Does Humor Belong in Music? (album)

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Does Humor Belong in Music?
Does Humor Belong in Music? cover
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released January 1986
Recorded October 8, 1984December 23 1984
Genre Rock
Length 61:41
Label Rykodisc
Producer(s) Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
Frank Zappa chronology
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
(1985)
Does Humor Belong in Music?
(1986)
The Old Masters Box Two
(1986)


Cover by Cal Schenkel for 1995 re-release
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Cover by Cal Schenkel for 1995 re-release

Does Humor Belong in Music? is a live album by Frank Zappa. It features concert recordings from October–December 1984. It was the first album by Zappa to be released on CD only (although it was bootlegged on vinyl for listeners who did not own CD players).[1]

A home video (later reissued on DVD) of the same name was released. "Tinseltown Rebellion", "Trouble Every Day" and "Whipping Post" appear on both, but are different performances. Fragments of "Hot-Plate Heaven" also appear in the video (with only the verses of the song left intact). The cover art of the original CD release and the VHS release, however, are the same.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa except as noted

  1. "Zoot Allures" – 5:26
  2. "Tinsel-Town Rebellion" – 4:44
  3. "Trouble Every Day" – 5:31
  4. "Penguin in Bondage" – 6:45
  5. "Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel" – 6:43
  6. "What's New in Baltimore" – 4:48
  7. "Cock-Suckers' Ball" (traditional, arr. Frank Zappa) – 1:05
  8. "WPLJ" (Ray Dobard) – 1:31
  9. "Let's Move to Cleveland" – 16:44
  10. "Whipping Post" (Greg Allman) – 8:23

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Info for Does Humor Belong in Music? at the Zappa Patio


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