Thursday 8 January 2009

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe'(1974)

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe'(1974)



1.Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
2.Nanook Rubs It
3.St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4.Father O'Blivion
5.Cosmik Debris
6.Excentrifugal Forz
7.Apostrophe'
8.Uncle Remus
9.Stink-Foot.



Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, bass)
Tony Duran (guitar)
Sugar Cane Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty (violin)
Ian Underwood (saxophone)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (saxophone, background vocals)
George Duke (keyboards)
Jack Bruce, Erroneous, Tom Fowler (bass)
Jim Gordon, Johnny Guerin, Ralph Humphrey, Aynsley Dunbar (drums)
Ruth Underwood (percussion)
Ray Collins, Kerry McNabb, Susie Glover, Debbie, Lynn, Ruben Ladron De Guevara, Robert "Frog" Camarena (background vocals).

3 comments:

  1. Apostrophe'

    One of Frank Zappa's most commercially successful albums, APOSTROPHE is also among his goofiest. The album found its way to the semi-mainstream chiefly on the strength of "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow." As the title of that single indicates, the ... Full Descriptionscatological humor and cheap jokes that are part of Zappa's stock in trade abound here (see also the self-explanatory "Stink-Foot"). Part of Zappa's genius, though, much like that of Gong's Daevid Allen, was to deflate his sophisticated instrumental excursions and conceptual work with lowbrow humor and downright silliness. Nowhere is that process more apparent than on APOSTROPHE.

    The typically large band (including violin and horns) that accompanies Zappa here follows him through daunting twists and turns as tempos get turned around and counterpoint riffs bounce off each other at breakneck speed. In the midst of all this instrumental facility, Zappa's satirical side blazes forth, as on "Uncle Remus," which addresses racial strife, and the bluesy "Cosmik Debris," where he casts aspersions on the idea of gurus. APOSTROPHE finds Zappa at a peak: successfully mingling humor with harmonic exploration, yet succumbing to the excesses of neither.

    One of Zappa's most commercially successful albums, APOSTROPHE is also among his goofiest. The album found its way to the semi-mainstream chiefly on the strength of "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"'s scatological humor, and the cheap jokes that were part of Zappa's stock in trade abound here, on tracks like the self-explanatory "Stink-Foot." Part of Zappa's genius though, much like that of Gong's Daevid Allen, was to deflate his sophisticated instrumental excursions and conceptual work with lowbrow humor and downright silliness. Nowhere is that process more apparent than on APOSTROPHE.

    The typically large band (including violin and horns) that accompanies Zappa here follows him through daunting twists and turns as tempos get turned around and counterpoint riffs bounce off each other at breakneck speed. In the midst of all this instrumental facility, Zappa's satirical side is well-represented, as on the bluesy "Cosmik Debris," where he casts aspersions on the guru concept. APOSTROPHE finds Zappa at a peak, where he was still successfully mingling humor with harmonic exploration and yet succumbed to the excesses of either.

    All songs have been digitally remastered.

    Personnel include: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar); Tony Duran (guitar); Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty (violin); Ian Underwood (saxophone); Sal Marquez (trumpet); Bruce Fowler (trombone); George Duke (keyboards); Jack Bruce, Tom Fowler (bass instrument); Jim Gordon, Ralph Humphrey, Aynsley Dunbar (drums); Ruth Underwood (percussion).

    Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, bass); Tony Duran (guitar); Sugar Cane Harris, Jean-Luc Ponty (violin); Ian Underwood (saxophone); Napoleon Murphy Brock (saxophone, background vocals); George Duke (keyboards); Jack Bruce, Erroneous, Tom Fowler (bass); Jim Gordon, Johnny Guerin, Ralph Humphrey, Aynsley Dunbar (drums); Ruth Underwood (percussion); Ray Collins, Kerry McNabb, Susie Glover, Debbie, Lynn, Ruben Ladron De Guevara, Robert "Frog" Camarena (background vocals).

    Engineers include: Steve Desper, Terry Dunavan, Barry Keene.

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