- Audio CD (Mar 17 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Rykodisc
- ASIN: B0000009RX
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Are You Hung Up? |
| 2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? |
| 3. Concentration Moon |
| 4. Mom and Dad |
| 5. Telephone Conversation |
| 6. Bow Tie Daddy |
| 7. "Harry, You Are A Beast" |
| 8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? |
| 9. Absolutely Free |
| 10. Flower Punk |
| 11. Hot Poop |
| 12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music |
| 13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black |
| 14. The Idiot Bastard Son |
| 15. Lonely Little Girl |
| 16. Take Your Clothes Off When you Dance |
| 17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) |
| 18. Mother People |
| 19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny |
Product Description
Product Description
The Mothers of Invention answer the sentiments of the suits, the suburb dwellers and flower children of the 1960s with a big fat raspberry. Considered by many to be the Mothers' (and some would say Zappa's) best album, We're Only In It For The Money deals with harsh subject matter in a seemingly glib and light-hearted fashion (eventually a Zappa trademark), sparing no targets with catchy melodies and high-pitched vocals. Zappa applies the same aggressive studio techniques he did on Lumpy Gravy, creating a jarring collage of noise that still sounds avant-garde today. Highlights from this flawless album are numerous and include the hippy bashing "Who Needs the Peace Corps", the bedroom science of "Let's Make the Water Turn Black", the anthemic "Mother People", and the perfect payoff of "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" Quite simply one of the best rock albums of all time. --Andrew Boscardin
Album Description
Japanese limited edition reissue of 1968 album, packaged in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve.
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Good for collecting dust
Nov 11 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a huge Zappa fan (favorites are Hot Rats, Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka). However, this one is just a bit too off beat for me. I'm sure that at the time, the satire really struck a chord in the late 60's. And as a historical document, it has great value. But as for something that I'll want to listen to again and again, it fails miserably. I'd like to give it a 2nd and 3rd listen, on the chance that it'll grow on me, but alas, life is just too short.
Snippets & Substance
Jan 20 2008
Format:Audio CD
This classic album, a devastating satire of the 1960s hippie scene, is comprised of mostly short songs interspersed with even briefer linking snippets. One of the most memorable songs, Who Needs The Peace Corps? is all about San Francisco with acerbic observations on an aspiring hippie daydreaming about the big time in Height Street. Concentration Moon and Mom & Dad are more serious social commentary but Harry You're A Beast and What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? bring out the laughs again.
Absolutely Free is a tuneful ditty and Flower Punk with its nervous rhythm takes the listener into the head of an ambitious, highly materialistic flower child. The instrumental Nasal Retentive Calliope Music is pure found sound a la Edgar Varese, Let's Make The Water Turn Black sounds like a singalong folk tune and The Idiot Bastard Son is a mix of talking vocals, sound FX and snatches of chorus. There are gripping instrumental textures in the lyrically sharp Lonely Little Girl and Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance.
Then follows the reprise of What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body, the penultimate track Mother People with lovely snatches of melody, including what sounds like classical music sequences. The album concludes with the only long track (over 6 minutes), called The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny, another excursion into Varese territory with its SFX. Overall, despite the different styles of music and the many short tracks, the album is quite cohesive. At first listen it sounds messy but repeated play will soon enough reveal the magic.
Absolutely Free is a tuneful ditty and Flower Punk with its nervous rhythm takes the listener into the head of an ambitious, highly materialistic flower child. The instrumental Nasal Retentive Calliope Music is pure found sound a la Edgar Varese, Let's Make The Water Turn Black sounds like a singalong folk tune and The Idiot Bastard Son is a mix of talking vocals, sound FX and snatches of chorus. There are gripping instrumental textures in the lyrically sharp Lonely Little Girl and Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance.
Then follows the reprise of What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body, the penultimate track Mother People with lovely snatches of melody, including what sounds like classical music sequences. The album concludes with the only long track (over 6 minutes), called The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny, another excursion into Varese territory with its SFX. Overall, despite the different styles of music and the many short tracks, the album is quite cohesive. At first listen it sounds messy but repeated play will soon enough reveal the magic.
Good Mostly
Jan 26 2006
Format:Audio CD
Considering i am a big fan of anything psychedelic this review may not be of much use, but i enjoyed this album. I enjoyed the way it flows oddly and has some very strange songs, very Frank Zappa, very San Fransico. Although the sound effects can get alittle excessive at times, it is overall very trippy, a nicely done record, with some humor too.
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Published on July 28 2005 by Ray
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Published on April 14 2004 by JS Lap
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Don't be fooled by the post before me, this is in fact the same mix that is available in the States. Bill Whitely must be referring to the original '87 cd release of WOIIFTM. Read more
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Published on Jan 1 2004 by TheIntruder
Whats wrong here?
This was my first Zappa album growing up. It is still one of my favorites, and should be 5 stars. I took 2 stars away because of the way they just chop the ends of the songs off. Read more
Published on Dec 21 2003 by Monkey Bucket
The Mothers' Best!
I just felt it was my responsibility as a Zappa fan to rate this with five stars in hopes that it would actually show up as a five-star album. Because it IS a five-star album. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2003 by Eric Thompson
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This I give four stars only because it's impossible to get anyone else to listen to it. Most people are immediately put off by the Chipmunk vocals. Read more
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