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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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My 600 Favorite Albums Of All Time
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Published 11 years ago
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101 Albums for desert island
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Published 12 years, 9 months ago
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[Favs] My Top 500 Albums
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Published 9 years, 9 months ago
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Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental (the song "Willie the Pimp" features a short vocal by Captain Beefheart). It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention. In his original sleeve notes Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears."
Because Hot Rats focuses on instrumental jazz-like compositions with extensive soloing, the music sounds very different from earlier Zappa albums, which featured satirical vocal performances with extensive use of Musique concrete and e
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Manufacturer: Bizarre Records
Release date: 10 October 1969
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0014431050824 UPC: 014431050824
Release date: 10 October 1969
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0014431050824 UPC: 014431050824
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (2020 music items)"HOT RATS (1969) FRANK ZAPPA Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Willie the Pimp"; "The Gumbo Variations"; "Peaches en Regalia"; "Son of Mr. Green Genes"; "It Must Be a Camel"; "Little Umbrellas" "