WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO GIVE THIS ALBUM 5 STARS?
Is it perhaps undeserving? And would you be capable of judging a Frank album?
Here, the Zappa jazzrock roars, stands out, is depraved like "Willie the Pimp," is without his Mothers of Invention and thus, free. Abstraction takes shape.
From its instrumental beginning to its post-dream stages, the "hot rats" dress elegantly. In the "Regalia," among the "Camels" and "Under the Umbrellas," nothing is more delightfully fragmented. As always, the good Beefheart is by his side eager to learn, indeed.
Let's remember Zappa, let's not allow "Hot Rats" to be devoured by rats in any filthy attic, insert it into the player and you'll understand!
And don't applaud at the wrong time, Frank hated that!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Peaches en Regalia (03:34)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Violin, Keyboards
Paul Humphrey - Violin, Drums
Shuggie Otis - Bass, Guitar
Lowell George - Guitar
Captain Beefheart - Harmonica, Keyboards, Vocals
Max Bennett - Bass
Frank Zappa - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards,
Vocals, Producer, Octave Bass
John Guerin - Drums
Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Violin, Vocals
Jack Hunt - Engineer
Brian Ingoldsby - Engineer
Dick Kunc - Engineer, Director of Engineering
Cal Schenkel - Design, Cover Design
Ron Selico - Drums
Ian Underwood - Organ, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone
John Williams - Design
Max Bennet - Bass
Cliff Goldstein - Engineer
02 Willie the Pimp (09:16)
Frank Zappa (guitar, octave bass, percussion)
Ian Underwood (piano, organus maximus, clarinet, saxophone)
Captain Beefheart (vocals)
Don "Sugar Cane" Harris (violin)
John Guerin (drums)
Max Bennet (bass)
I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed back
Pair a khaki pants with my shoe shined black
Got a little lady ... walk the street
Tellin' all the boy that she cain't be beat
Twenny dollah bill ( I can set you straight )
Meet me onna corner boy'n don't be late
Man in a suit with a bow-tie neck
Wanna buy a grunt with a third party check
Standin' onna porch of the Lido Hotel
Floozies in the lobby love the way I sell:
HOT MEAT
HOT RATS
HOT CATS
HOT RITZ
HOT ROOTS
HOT SOOTS
HOT ZITZ
HOT MEAT
HOT RATS
HOT CATS
HOT ZITZ
HOT ROOTS
HOT SOOTS
06 It Must Be a Camel (04:23)
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