Frank Zappa Appreciation Thread

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Originally Posted by Plainview

Uncle Meat is incredible.

His most underrated release imo is Jazz from Hell. If you're a fan of Zappa and you haven't heard it, dig it out.

Like Bongo Fury a lot too, but don't care as much for Beefheart generally. Frownland will hate me, but TMR is overrated to hell and I don't think it does anything that Zappa wasn't already doing. Like Shiny Beast a lot though

I've always felt that Beefheart was doing a totally different thing from Zappa.
I love Beefheart and he influenced so much of my favourite music, but I have to admit I don't listen to him that often and TMR, while great, is a little too long and Lick My Decals Off, Baby is more often my album of choice.

Jazz From Hell has great compositions, but the sound of the synclavier is at times slightly annoying.
Uncle Meat is one of Zappas best, but all those skits and interludes and little stories are something that always bothers me about Zappa, I like his music far more than his humour.