Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

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Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
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Studio album by Frank Zappa
Released November 1985
May 16, 1995 (reissue)
Recorded  ???
Genre Rock, electronic, musique concrète
Length 43:46 (reissue)
Label Barking Pumpkin
Rykodisc (reissue)
Producer(s) Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
Frank Zappa chronology
Francesco Zappa
(1984)		 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
(1985)		 Does Humor Belong in Music?
(1985)


Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention is a 1985 album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released in two slightly different versions in the US and Europe, but the two versions were later combined and reissued on a compact disc first on the European "Zappa Records" disc, released in 1990, and on a Rykodisc CD in 1995.

The album's title is a reference to the lobby group, the PMRC, who were campaigning to require record companies to put warning stickers on albums they considered offensive. The original US version of the album contains the track, "Porn Wars" — a sound collage featuring excerpts from PMRC hearings. This track was omitted from non-US versions, and replaced with three other pieces: "I Don't Even Care", co-written by Zappa and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and two instrumental tracks — "One Man, One Vote" (a Synclavier composition) and "H.R. 2911," which collates some of the backing music "Porn Wars", without the PMRC hearing excerpts and other dialogue.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

[edit] US version

[edit] Side one

  1. "We're Turning Again" – 4.55
  2. "Alien Orifice" – 4.03
  3. "Yo Cats" (Zappa, Tommy Mariano) – 3.31
  4. "What's New in Baltimore?" – 5.21

[edit] Side two

  1. "Little Beige Sambo" – 3.02
  2. "Porn Wars" – 12.04
  3. "Aerobics in Bondage"– 3.16

[edit] European version

[edit] Side one

  1. "We're Turning Again" – 4.55
  2. "Alien Orifice" – 4.03
  3. "Yo Cats" (Zappa, Mariano) – 3.31
  4. "What's New in Baltimore?" – 5.21

[edit] Side two

  1. "I Don't Even Care" (Zappa, Watson) – 4:39
  2. "One Man, One Vote" – 2:35
  3. "H.R. 2911" – 3:35
  4. "Little Beige Sambo" – 3:02
  5. "Aerobics in Bondage" – 3:16

[edit] European CD

The first European CD issue contained nine tracks from both versions of the album on a two for the price of one CD released in 1986, the other album on the disc being Jazz From Hell. The 1990 CD reissue (without Jazz From Hell) was the first to compile all of the tracks on one disc. That CD had this track listing:

  1. "Porn Wars"
  2. "We're Turning Again"
  3. "Alien Orifice"
  4. "Aerobics in Bondage"
  5. "I Don't Even Care" (Zappa, Watson) – 3:47
    • The song is shortened on this European release; 47 seconds of Johnny "Guitar" Watson adlibs are missing.
  6. "Little Beige Sambo"
  7. "What's New in Baltimore?"
  8. "One man, One Vote"
  9. "H.R. 2911"
  10. "Yo Cats" (Zappa, Mariano)

[edit] 1995 CD reissue

  1. "I Don't Even Care" (Zappa, Watson) – 4:39
  2. "One Man, One Vote" – 2:35
  3. "Little Beige Sambo" – 3:02
  4. "Aerobics in Bondage" – 3:16
  5. "We're Turning Again" – 4:55
  6. "Alien Orifice" – 4:10
  7. "Yo Cats" (Zappa, Mariano) – 3:33
  8. "What's New in Baltimore?" – 5:20
  9. "Porn Wars" – 12:05
  10. "H.R. 2911" – 3:35

[edit] Credits

  • Engineered by Bob Stone
  • Mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound Recorders

[edit] External links


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