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  • Posted: 09/03/2012 20:01
  • Post subject: Album of the day (#657): Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
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Today's album of the day

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (View album)

Year: 1969.
Overall rank: 305.
Average rating: 83/100 (from 157 votes).



Tracks:
1. Peaches En Regalia
2. Willie The Pimp
3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes
4. Little Umbrellas
5. The Gumbo Variations
6. It Must Be A Camel

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.
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  • Posted: 09/03/2012 20:07
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Extremely ahead of it's time. It combined prog and jazz fusion, before either of those genres were big THÉMSELVES!!!!
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  • Posted: 09/03/2012 20:16
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This album's greatness cannot be expressed in words.
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  • Posted: 09/05/2012 07:14
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What an album. Peaches En Regalia might be one of the most perfectly composed three and a half minute tracks ever. At first all the extended improvisation may seem a little boring but it's a hell of a lot of fun once you get into it, especially The Gumbo Variations. Ian Underwood is one of the most bad-ass sax players in rock, and his dirty blues-style jamming is one of the album's many highlights.

Though if you can skip the strange sounding, 'reverby' remix on previous CDs issues and try and get the original mix on vinyl or the new 2012 CD reissue.
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  • Posted: 09/05/2012 13:31
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thejoj96 wrote:
This album's greatness cannot be expressed in words.
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  • Posted: 09/05/2012 16:40
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This album leaves me a bit cold. Other Zappa albums from this period are better - Grand Wazoo, Waka/Jawaka and Burnt Weeny Sandwich.
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  • Posted: 09/05/2012 21:02
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I could only imagine how hard it is to play this...
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  • Posted: 09/05/2012 22:37
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Amazing work. The more I listen to Zappa, the more I appreciate his genius.
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