Civilization Phaze III is a Classical album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Classical
- Modern & Contemporary
- synthetic
- eerie
- cerebral
About
Civilization Phaze III is the twenty third solo studio album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously as a double album on October 31, 1994. The album marks the third part of a conceptual continuity that started with We're Only in It for the Money (1968), with the second part being a reedited version of Zappa's 1967 album Lumpy Gravy. The storyline of Civilization Phaze III involves a group of people living inside a piano, and the menacing reality of the outside world. The album's themes include personal isolation and nationalism. Much of the album's improvised dialogue was originally recorded as part .
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Credits
Performers
- Michael SvobodaBASS TROMBONE
- Veit ScholzBASSOON CONTRABASSOON
- Friedemann DähnCELLO
- Rumi Ogawa-HelferichPERCUSSION
- Roland DiryCLARINET
- Thomas FichterCONTRABASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Franck OlluFRENCH HORN
- Stefan DohrFRENCH HORN
- Jürgen RuckGUITAR BANJO
- Ueli WigetHARP
- Detlef TewesMANDOLIN
- Rainer RömerMARIMBA PERCUSSION
- Catherine MillikenOBOE ENGLISH HORN
- Hermann KretzschmarPIANO
- Dietmar WiesnerPICCOLO FLUTE FLUTE ALTO FLUTE
- Frank ZappaCONDUCTOR
- Wolfgang StryiTENOR SAXOPHONE BASS CLARINET CONTRABASS CLARINET
- Uwe DierksenTROMBONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold