Album
Sheik Yerbouti
1979 · Jazz, Rock
50 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sheik Yerbouti is a Rock album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 138 pressings tracked, owned by 50 collectors.
About
For many casual listeners, <i>Sheik Yerbouti</i> features the Frank Zappa they remember. Deeply satiric, bitingly funny and simply over-the-top, <i>Sheik</i> was credited at one point as being the best-selling album in the Zappa catalog. Zappa used these "commercial" releases to finance his instrumental work and his more unusual experiments. "I Have Been In You" goofs on Peter Frampton's cheesecake <i>I'm In You</i> album. "Flakes" observes the air-head side of his home state, California, with a sudden Dylan parody by guitarist Adrian Belew. "Dancin' Fool" became an actual disco hit, despite skewering the music it invokes. "Jewish Princess" angered the Anti-Defamation League while Zappa stood behind his song. "Broken Hearts Are For A*****es" cranks out hard-edged FM radio rock. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" became a huge hit in Norway, but was too risqué for American audiences. In lesser hands, these pop songs could've fallen flat, but Zappa charges up the music to such high levels of musicianship that it's not easy to dismiss. It's hard to believe but most of the basic tracks were recorded live with studio overdubs added later.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1I Have Been In You3:33
- A2Flakes6:41
- A3Broken Hearts Are For Assholes3:46
- A4I'm So Cute4:20
Side B
- B1Jones Crusher2:49
- B2What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World0:33
- B3Rat Tomago5:15
- B4We Gotta Get Into Something Real0:32
- B5Bobby Brown2:43
- B6Rubber Shirt2:58
- B7The Sheik Yerbouti Tango2:44
Side C
- C1Baby Snakes1:50
- C2Tryin' To Grow A Chin3:32
- C3City Of Tiny Lites5:30
- C4Dancin' Fool3:43
- C5Jewish Princess3:16
Side D
- D1Wild Love4:10
- D2Yo' Mama12:38
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- gritty
- sarcastic
- theatrical
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Adrian BelewGUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR , VOCALS
- Andre LewisBACKING VOCALS
- Barbara IssakENGINEER
- Davey MoireBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- David OckerCLARINET
- Ed MannPERCUSSION PERCUSSION , VOCALS PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Frank ZappaLEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Napoleon M. BrockBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Patrick O'HearnBASS BASS , VOCALS BASS GUITAR
- Peter WolfKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS , OTHER KEYBOARDS, OTHER
- Randy ThorntonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , CLARINET LEAD VOCALS
- Terry BozzioDRUM, VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS , VOCALS
- Tommy MarsKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS , VOCALS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
50 collectors on Gatefold own this · 138 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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