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- CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
- The Mothers of
Invention "Uncle Meat" 1968
(USA)
- Choosing an album to
represent the year 1968 was again a difficult choice. Ultimately I had
to go with our first Frank Zappa release to make the classic album cut
-- the fifth LP released under the Mothers of Invention moniker, and the
group's second double-album in a little over two years. "Uncle Meat" is
the record where Zappa first began to realize his lifelong dream of
composing "serious" music -- though there is plenty of his dada-esque
sense of humor present, most of this album consists of instrumentals
that merge elements of rock, jazz and classical music with Zappa's
cutting-edge mastery of the recording studio. Arguably, this was his
masterpiece.
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