Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
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Artist: Frank ZappaEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-05-30
Music Label: Zappa Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Five-Five-Five
- Hog Heaven
- Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
- While You Were Out
- Treacherous Cretins
- Heavy Duty Judy
- Soup 'n Old Clothes
- Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
- Gee, I Like Your Pants
- Canarsie
- Ship Ahoy
- Deathless Horsie
- Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More
- Pink Napkins
- Beat It with Your Fist
- Return of the Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
- Pinocchio's Furniture
- Why Johnny Can't Read
- Stucco Homes
- Canard du Jour
Music reviews of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Music Review: This set is a fantastic musical voyage for fans of the guitar and improvised music in general
Rating: 5 Stars
Frank Zappa's Shut Up `N Play Yer Guitar is a three disk set that defies categorization in that it spans so many styles and flavors of music (much like Frank's career). The fact that most of the tracks occur as `one off' jams or improvs between frank and his various musical foils over the years makes this set even more unique and exciting since the risks taken in improvisation often yield strange but beautiful fruit. I have personally owned this set for around a decade now and I can still listen to these same songs and find gold in the phrasing, the interplay of instruments, the tonal variations...on and on. I love just about any great improvised music of merit and this definitely is that! Listen to some of the track samples and see for yourself (I find that headphones give you a really focused representation of the nuances, but if you have a bazillion dollar audiophile system then I guess you can just use that instead).
The tracks I would recommend: Treacherous Cretins, Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression, Ship Ahoy, Deathless Horsie, Canard du Jour and Pink Napkins. If you have this set and love it, get Guitar and Trance Fusion, you won't be sorry.
Description of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Guitar solos and nothing but. Meticulously culled and assembled by Zappa from live recordings made between 1979 and 1980, this three part set features some of the most dynamic and musical guitar work recorded anywhere by anyone. From the rhythmically dazzling "five-five-FIVE" to the unique lyricism of the three title tracks, Zappa proves beyond doubt that he belongs among the most elite of rock's guitar virtuosos. The remarkable interplay between Zappa and Vinnie Colaiuta--some consider this to be the drummer's best work--provides this album with some of its most memorable moments. --Andrew BoscardinAlbum-Oriented Rock (AOR) CDs
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