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Track Listings
| 1. Inca Roads |
| 2. Can't Afford No Shoes |
| 3. Sofa No.1 |
| 4. Po-Jama People |
| 5. Florentine Pogen |
| 6. "Evelyn, A Modified Dog" |
| 7. San Ber'dino |
| 8. Andy |
| 9. Sofa No.2 |
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By Jazzrook
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
For me, 'One Size Fits All' is Zappa's masterpiece and one of the great rock albums. Zappa's tight, complex arrangements were combined with exciting high-energy rock rhythms and played by a classic edition of The Mothers which included versatile musicians such as Ruth Underwood, George Duke and Napoleon Murphy Brock.
'One Size Fits All' is a record of tremendous vitality and musical intelligence. All of Zappa's diverse influences are evident on this magnificent, multi-layered, sumptuously recorded album which reveals new delights with every hearing.
'One Size Fits All' is a record of tremendous vitality and musical intelligence. All of Zappa's diverse influences are evident on this magnificent, multi-layered, sumptuously recorded album which reveals new delights with every hearing.
Anyone who wants to know what Zappa was all about could do no better than start listening here.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By riteofspring
Format:Audio CD
... this would be it.
Fairly accessible for the new listener. If you are just slightly open-minded about your music it should, by rights, blow you away.
And for the seasoned Zappa expert (ahem... like me), it is one of the most regularly aired recordings in my collection.
In one word: brilliant
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Tom Pitsis
Format:Audio CD
5 BILLION STARS to THE POWER OF 5 BILLION STARS!!!!!
Verily, I say unto you, this album is a miracle! This one's in my top 3 of best albums ever made! This is an album of rock/bluegrass/prog/fusion/punk/world-music/space-rock/pop/classical/torch-song/heavy metal/EVERY-ROCK and not served up piece-meal a la White Album and every other band would try, but all at the same time! A dense, yet crystal-clear creation of such power! such melodiousness! such intelligence! such humour! - No wonder Zappa couldn't stand the religious and dogma wielding zealouts of all gang members who declare themselves: "I'm White I'm Black! I'm prog! I'm garage! I'm Christian! I'm Muslim! I'm American Idol material! I'm satanic Heavy Metal Shredding! I'm this! I'm that: endless opposition creating endless trouble!" If God composed an album of music it would be this! And if you don't like Zappa because of his profanity/schatology and his penchant for themes anal, there is none of that there - excepting the fact that "Andy Devine, had a thong rhind". This album is so amazing, so beautiful, (it's making me write like a madman in a feeble attempt to tell people of its greatness.) I've got thousands of albums, but if somebody said "it's all those or One Size Fits All! Which do you give up, so that, perhaps, we'll let you live?" I'd say, take all the others, and leave me "One Size Fits All". Thank you Mr Zappa! The day that you died, my life has been a bit more of a drudgery since, and the world has certainly become "dumb all over, and" very "ugly on the side." This album should be required listening at all schools the world over and students should be tested on its contents - only then we might be able to save the world and its Art!
Verily, I say unto you, this album is a miracle! This one's in my top 3 of best albums ever made! This is an album of rock/bluegrass/prog/fusion/punk/world-music/space-rock/pop/classical/torch-song/heavy metal/EVERY-ROCK and not served up piece-meal a la White Album and every other band would try, but all at the same time! A dense, yet crystal-clear creation of such power! such melodiousness! such intelligence! such humour! - No wonder Zappa couldn't stand the religious and dogma wielding zealouts of all gang members who declare themselves: "I'm White I'm Black! I'm prog! I'm garage! I'm Christian! I'm Muslim! I'm American Idol material! I'm satanic Heavy Metal Shredding! I'm this! I'm that: endless opposition creating endless trouble!" If God composed an album of music it would be this! And if you don't like Zappa because of his profanity/schatology and his penchant for themes anal, there is none of that there - excepting the fact that "Andy Devine, had a thong rhind". This album is so amazing, so beautiful, (it's making me write like a madman in a feeble attempt to tell people of its greatness.) I've got thousands of albums, but if somebody said "it's all those or One Size Fits All! Which do you give up, so that, perhaps, we'll let you live?" I'd say, take all the others, and leave me "One Size Fits All". Thank you Mr Zappa! The day that you died, my life has been a bit more of a drudgery since, and the world has certainly become "dumb all over, and" very "ugly on the side." This album should be required listening at all schools the world over and students should be tested on its contents - only then we might be able to save the world and its Art!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fits perfectly.
Frank Zappa was not an easy man to pigeonhole, so I won't. Here is another collection of tunes that are vehicles for Franks ongoing attack on things he considered stupid and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen (real name)
5.0 out of 5 stars
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Definately high up there amoung my favorite Frank Zappa albums, coming from a time when he was probably at his ingenious best.
Published 3 months ago by william miller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ich bin der Dreck unter deinen Walzen
I hadn't heard this album till a couple of weeks ago. It's very accomplished. The compositions and arrangements are the work of a very sophisticated musician - it's easy to forget... Read more
Published 5 months ago by molondas
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Emporers new clothes
Thats what my lady friend said about this album. In fact thats what she said about all the FZ stuff I have played to her, but then I think FZ's music has always been a very male... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Zomby Woof
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get offa dat sofa!
A bloody good album. Best track is where they're tearing it up on San Bardino. Still trying to figure out what FZ meant with Evelyn, A Modified Dog.
Published 12 months ago by Earnest Mann
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best of FZ - should fit everybody
Many would say that the band on One Size Fits All was the best reincarnation of FZ and the Mothers - and that includes Frank himself. Read more
Published 19 months ago by David Terrar
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Zappa
One of Zappa's best of that period. Fairly easy listening for people who would have heard of Zappa's genius and would like to give a go at listening to his musical work. Read more
Published 22 months ago by SleepyOtter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Zappa
With one of Zappa's best line-ups and a great selection of songs, this album sound fantastic today with the kind of musicianship that doesn't seem to exist these days. Read more
Published on 9 May 2011 by Freddie Valentine
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five Stars
This record, I would say, is the apex of Zappa's George Duke/Napoleon Murphy Brock line-up in the mid-seventies, right before the Bozzio years. Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by D. Widegren
5.0 out of 5 stars
Warning: Not for PoJama People !
"He lives in Mojave in a winnebago
His name is Bobby he looks like a potato"
I agree with many of the reviewers - FZ's masterpiece - in that it is consistently BRILLIANT;... Read more
His name is Bobby he looks like a potato"
I agree with many of the reviewers - FZ's masterpiece - in that it is consistently BRILLIANT;... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by Huck Flynn
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