Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation
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Artist: Frank ZappaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-04-18
Music Label: Zappa Records
Product features:
- Ryko Records
- Camarillo Brillo
- I'm The Slime
- Dirty Love
- Fifty-Fifty
- Zombie Woof
- Dinah-Moe Humm
- Montana
Music reviews of Over-Nite Sensation
Music Review: Funky and brilliant. And 5 dream guitar solos.
Rating: 5 Stars
This album goes nicely with apostrophe'. 34 minutes long and it's perfect. One of Zappa'a best bands plays on this, his funkiest sounding album. The funkiness is largely down to George Duke's amazing organ playing. There are seven songs, with Frank doing most of the lead vocals. It's a great rhythm section, ralph humphrey on drums tom fowler on bass, adding to the funkiness. Camarillo Brillo is a top tune indeed. It's got a great melody and funny lyrics: 'she stripped away her rancid poncho...we did it till we were unconcho'. And Frank has little bits of guitar and George Duke plays lovely piano. Moving on to I'm the slime, a fantastic song about tv. Frank refers to it as 'a tool of the government ', he loved attacking governments . The band sound fabulous on this tune, we have Sal Marquez on trumpet, Bruce Fowler on trombone, ruth Underwood on percussion. There is super female backing singing which leads into one of Frank's greatest studio solos. You can hear every pluck of his plec, it is immaculately recorded. Tom Fowler's bass sounds great here too. Then we have the song 'Dirty Love' about poodlesand porno. More great lyrics from zappa, even if they're impossible to fathom:'i'll ignore your cheap aroma and your little bo-peep diploma i'll just put you in a coma with some dirty love'. The guitar solo is quite short but very good; it reminds me of jimi hendrix type playing. Then 50-50, which is very funky. It has a great vocal performance by the late ricky lancelotti. Pity he only did a few songs. Then 3 great solos. George on organ plays beautifully. He is followed by that maestro of electric violon John Luke Ponty. Ponty gives us a gorgeous solo, and the violin sound is lush. Finally a really brilliant Frank Zappa solo with some of his fastest ever playing. Watch your jaw drop! And the last bit of the song is great, when they wrap it with some frenetic playing. Zomby Woof is another belter. It has a very 'cartoony' sound and terrific female backing vocals. It is just so zany as a composition, especially the bit when you have 'reety alrighty the zomby woof'. Zappa has another great solo here, the guitar sound being very heavy. Dinah moe Humm is the funniest song , about whipping off girls bloomers and giving manual stimulation. More funkiness, great backing vocals again. A concert favourite in the seventies. Finally we have the awesome song, Montana. It's a hell of a thing. The lyrics are quite possibly the silliest lyrics Frank has ever come up with: 'i might be moving to Montana soon, just to raise me up some dental floss. ' They are great lyrics. The tune is a top tune, i love that B fowler trombone. Frank plays yet another beautiful guitar solo, probably the album's best solo. There's an awesome bit in this solo where he brings it up to a higher pitch/key. This is one of his very finest guitar moments. Nobody has played such moving guitar as this. E nough, enough. Anyway, there's still lots of greatness after the solo finishes. There is more beautiful female chorus singing, from Tina Turner and co. :'i don't care if you think it's silly folks..' Frank winds up the song with his pygmy pony and zircon encrusted tweezer references, and kin vassey does some fantastic yippee aye ay singing to draw the album to a close. If you don't like this album, you're probably deaf. Thank you.
Description of Over-Nite Sensation
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!
Best known for the infamous "Dinah-Mo-Hum"--a tale of sexual depravity and bovine perspiration--Over-Nite Sensation is a flawlessly executed collection of jazz-rock Frank Zappa classics. The seven-song set, which includes backup vocals by Tina Turner and the Ikettes, equally showcases Zappa's unique penchant for storytelling and the abilities of his studio-musician sidemen. Zappa's guitar work is also some of his finest, flaring up on "I'm the Slime," "Zomby Woof" and "Montana." --Andrew Boscardin
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