Does Humor Belong in Music? (album)

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Does Humor Belong in Music?
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	January 27, 1986
Recorded	October 8, 1984 – December 23, 1984
Genre	Comedy rock, hard rock, progressive rock, art rock
Length	61:41
Label	EMI
Producer	Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Frank Zappa chronology
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (1985) Does Humor Belong in Music? (1986) The Old Masters Box Two (1986)
Alternate cover
Cover for the 1995 reissue, by Cal Schenkel.

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 video 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" (Gregg Allman) – 8:23

[edit] Personnel

• Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
• Ray White – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Ike Willis – rhythm guitar, vocal
• Bobby Martin – keyboards, saxophone, vocal , french horn
• Alan Zavod – keyboards
• Scott Thunes – bass guitar
• Chad Wackerman – drums
• Dweezil Zappa – lead guitar on "Whipping Post"

[edit] Notes

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