Hot Rats (studio album) by Frank Zappa

on and on and on about nothing

If you've ever thought jazz music is boring, you should give this a try, it will change your mind.

My favorite from Zappa. One of the few from him I still listen to with any regularity. Great fusion, great cameo from Beefheart

“A beautiful and madness piece”

Cuando escuche este disco no lo entendía. Ahora que lo entiendo veo su belleza. De todos modos no es el tipo de jazz que me gusta más. Soy más de las cosas melódicas. Sin embargo, el disco entretiene bastante

Great fusion of rock and jazz. Good ambient album.

Really good album start to finish.

I love the Jazz leanings of 'Little Umbrellas'. Track 2 side 2 (vinyl) then moves into an improvisation which is very 'Gongesque', particularly with the sax right at the front of the mix taking the lead through the first part and then handing over to violin in the second half. In contrast track 3 side 3 moves back into more of a Latin Jazz feel. I love the contrast on this album and wish Zappa had turned out more consistent albums like this which focus on musicianship rather than a lot of the satirical drivel on other later albums. I have got pretty much all of the core Zappa albums and most apart from a few are spoiled by the satirical or damright crude (not that I'm a prude) and unnecessary drivel.

From wenny 04/21/2019 12:44

Quite strange, yet very welcoming and digestible at the same time. Incredibly impressive instrumentation, and surely an influencer on many contemporary artists.

From Graeme2 02/16/2019 21:49

I'm seeing comments about jazz, rock, psych, prog. Fair enough but am I the only one hearing a funk record?

From Boltzmann 09/16/2018 11:44

The rhythms and melodies are not as random and interesting as he thinks they are.
I feel like he’s not really good at making rock ‘n’ roll or jazz, so he decided to fuse them in the hope that the whole would be more than the sum of the parts. He succeeded to a very small extent, such that I still think this album can be skipped by anyone and that person would not really miss an important part of music history.