Uncle Meat
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| Uncle Meat | ||
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| Missing image Frank_Zappa_-_Uncle_Meat.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention | ||
| Released | June 1969 | |
| Recorded | October 1967- February 1968 | |
| Genre | Experimental Rock | |
| Length | 120 min 25 sec | |
| Record label | Rykodisc | |
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 4.5/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47918D24EA47320D09A3A7BC7BD7DE60CD044FF8017355975C5B43947824375EE51E9AA96F48E02D718FCB32FA54508CCC8EE56F8906F373E85E4A560285E36&uid=SUB040411072138&sql=10:mcpyxdjbjola~T1) |
| Frank Zappa Chronology | ||
| Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968) | Uncle Meat (1969) | Hot Rats (1969) |
Uncle Meat Released in 1969, "Uncle Meat" is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's long-delayed film of the same name.
Uncle Meat was another evolution in Zappa's career. Uncle Meat stepped further into the world of jazz and classical music--as Zappa saw them. Uncle Meat also contains elements of neo doo-wop, blues, rock, and sound-bites from the movie. The expected Zappa weirdness is still present on the album; Suzy Creamcheese from "Freak Out!" is back, as are the biting, satirical lyrics. However, the album focuses more on instrumental music, as can best be seen in the epic, 18 minute long, jazz-rock fusion of "King Kong."
The CD version was released in 1995, and contained a new song, "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" as well as an additional ~40 minutes worth of sound-bites from the movie.
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Track listing
all tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted
- "Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme" - 1:56
- "The Voice of Cheese" - 0:26
- "Nine Types of Industrial Pollution" - 6:00
- "Zolar Czakl" - 0:54
- "Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague" - 3:59
- "The Legend of the Golden Arches" - 3:28
- "Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)" (Richard Berry) - 2:19
- "The Dog Breath Variations" - 1:48
- "Sleeping in a Jar" - :50
- "Our Bizarre Relationship" - 1:05
- "The Uncle Meat Variations" - 4:46
- "Electric Aunt Jemima" - 1:46
- "Prelude to King Kong" - 3:38
- "God Bless America" (Irving Berlin) - 1:10
- "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" - 1:29
- "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" - 5:05
- "Mr. Green Genes" - 3:14
- "We Can Shoot You" - 2:03
- "If We'd All Been Living in California..." - 1:14
- "The Air" - 2:57
- "Project X" - 4:48
- "Cruisin' for Burgers" - 2:18
- "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 1" - 37:34
- "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" - 3:46
- "Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 2" - 3:50
- "King Kong Itself [Played by the Mothers]" - 0:49
- "King Kong II [Interpreted by Tom Dewild]" - 1:21
- "King Kong III [Motorhead Explains It]" - 1:44
- "King Kong IV [Gardner Varieties]" - 6:17
- "King Kong V" - 0:34
- "King Kong VI" [Live at Miami Pop Festival] - 7:24
Personnel
- Frank Zappa - guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black - comedy, percussion, drums, voices
- Ray Collins - guitar, vocals
- Aynsley Dunbar - guitar
- Roy Estrada - bass, electric bass, vocals
- Bunk Gardner - clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, wind
- Ruth Komanofff - percussion, marimba
- Billy Mundi - drums, vocals
- Don Preston - bass, keyboards, electric piano
- Euclid James Sherwood - tenor saxophone, tambourine, voices
- Jim Sherwood - guitar, vocals, wind
- Art Tripp - percussion, chimes, drums, marimba, xylophone, bells, tympani, vibraphone, wood block
- Ian Underwood - organ, clarinet, flute, guitar, piano, celeste, harpsichord, keyboards, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, wind, electric organ
- Ruth Underwood - percussion, keyboards (Maiden name Ruth Komanoff...this is a duplicate entry)
- Nelcy Walker - soprano vocals
- Suzy Creamcheese (Pamela Zarubica)
Production
- Producer: Frank Zappa
- Engineer: Jesper Hansen
- Equipment technician: Euclid James Sherwood
- Advisor: Art Tripp
- Package design: Cal Schenkel
- Choreographer: Euclid James Sherwood
- Prop design: Roy Estrada
- Copyist: Ian Underwood
- Public relations: Ian Underwood
- Special assistance: Ian Underwood
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | Pop Albums | 43 |
External link
Uncle Meat Lyrics (http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/Uncle_Meat.html)