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Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
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Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
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by Frank Zappa
Sales Rank: 37156
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List Price: $29.98
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on 10-28-2008.
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1. Peaches en Regalia
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2. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow [Single Version]
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3. Dancin' Fool [12" Dance Mix]
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4. San Ber'dino
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5. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
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6. Dirty Love
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7. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
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8. Cosmik Debris
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9. Trouble Every Day
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10. Disco Boy
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1. Bobby Brown Goes Down
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2. I'm the Slime
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3. Joe's Garage [Single Version]
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4. Fine Girl
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5. Planet of the Baritone Women
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6. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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7. Tell Me You Love Me
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8. Montana [Single Version]
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9. Valley Girl
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10. Be in My Video
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See all 11 tracks on this disc
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Imported from Japan by Rykodisc.
Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums by rock legend FRANK ZAPPA are now available as limited edition Japanese Imports! These packages re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form!
Anyone who knows Zappa - even a little - knows he isn't the most accessible artist, although perhaps one of the most versatile, brilliant, and worthwhile (for those willing to break through the initial inaccessibility to find the treasures that lie beyond). Having said that, this is the album (and/or American version) to start with. I will not rehash, then, reviews of the American release of Strictly Commercial, I'll just comment on the subtle differences on this one, and how this one works as a whole. This version has twenty-one songs as opposed to American version's nineteen. That's cool. The addition of two extra tracks is what makes this edition unique. "Planet of the Baritone Women," offers the late 80s Zappa era previously unincluded, even if the song itself isn't fantastic (but worthy). The Horn section and Ike Willis on vocals, how can you go wrong? The other addition is "Bobby Brown Goes Down." From what I understand, this was a number one hit in Norway at one point. "Huh?" says I. The song itself is humorous and showed that Zappa was a witty lyricist, but from a musical standpoint, I would say it's just okay. Not bad, not sub-par, but okay. An interesting phenomenon that occurred to me with the listening of the American version was the care that whoever took in arranging the song order. Even though the tracks, chronologically speaking, spanned two decades, each song segued smoothly into the next. For a "best of" collection, it really stood on its own as its own album, and I found that especially impressive. All in all, fantastic album from one of the true brilliant (musical or otherwise) minds of the twentieth century. Behind the at times immature humor and at times static music was a profound machine doing only what it (he) knew how to do.
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Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
Available from Amazon
Price: $29.98
Updated on 10-28-2008.
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