- Audio CD (2 Oct 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Enhanced
- Label: ADA Global
- ASIN: B00000IN4I
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,824 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. WPLJ |
| 2. Twenty Small Cigars |
| 3. Legend of the Golden Arches |
| 4. Ya Hozna |
| 5. It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal |
| 6. Love of My Life |
| 7. Disco Boy |
| 8. Night School |
| 9. Sinister Footwear [2nd Movement] |
| 10. Idiot Bastard Son |
| 11. What's New in Baltimore? |
Product Description
FRANK ZAPPA Son Of Cheep Thrills (UK Ryko issue 11-track enhanced CD album includes live versions of - Love Of My Life Sinister Footwear 2nd Mvt. and The Idiot Bastard Son cartoon picture sleeve RCD10581)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Following "Cheap Thrills" - (don't understand the change in spelling) - this provides another overview of the great man's work, touching on beautifal jazz ("20 small cigars" - a masterpiece) and the Lowell George inspired pedal steel guitar work of "It Just might be..."( who would expect that to pop up on Waka Jawaka?)- a treat for Little Feat fans. Zappa's influence reaches right across the spectrum. There's something for everyone here. Try the hilarious, revved- up version of "Disco Boy" - the best of the three versions I have heard (others being on "Zoot Allures" and "Have I Offended Someone") This is a supreme put-down of the post -Travolta self-obsessed Disco- strutting male. "Leave his hair alone, but you can kiss his comb" A great collection, worth three times its crazy price. Buy it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
To me, Zappas legacy of music is life enhancing. He has a considerable back log of music both released and probably still in the vaults of the Zappa Family Trust Emporioum. So, if you want to discover the wealth of Zappa's legacy where to begin? As the TV ad Meerkats would say "Simples", you buy the compilation CDs. Cheap Thrills, The best of Franks Zappa. Zappa Picks by Larry Lalonde of Primus, and this disc Son of Cheap Thrills they are all great introductions to the music of Frank Zappa and a lot cheaper than trying to buy all the albums. They are all good, and worth getting, if you either have a limited budget, and in these days don't we all? or you have limited storage space and are also into other artists,then these albums give you a good overview, afterwards it is down to you whether you add more or just enjoy these little beauties. They are great value and great music!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Let them eat Zappa
21 Feb 2005
Format:Audio CD
Firstly, being told to buy Frank's albums does not help at all. If you were there all the time you have only ever been able to wait for his next release but if you are new to Frank Zappa on the wrong end of his career with well over fifty albums to choose from and not cash heavy which one do you buy first?
Secondly, what does die-hard Zappa fan mean? On the album Tinsel Town Rebellion at the start of Dance Contest a fan who has come onto the stage sounding extremely stoned blurts out how much he adores Frank and asks him to play Dinah Mo Hum, one of Zappa's occasionally more pornographic numbers. That fan is not presented in the best light in the liner notes. Do you want that person's advice? There is no such person as The Die-Hard Zappa Fan - people followed his career for countless reasons. Does anyone ever refer to the archetypal die-hard Stravinsky fan? It's not just a question of having all or nearly all of Frank Zappa's albums.
Thirdly, taken in isolation, Son of Cheep Thrills is a great album, the tracks are segued together nicely a la Zappa. I imagine you could put countless collections together like this if you wanted, but for a sampler, as a "die-hard" Zappa fan, I would have chosen different tracks. This album doesn't really capture Zappa's breadth and there are also better representatives of the aspects that it does address. None the less, it's all great Zappa music and even as a long time fan I don't regret buying it as cheap as it was, if nothing else it shows how pliable his music can be.
Fourthly, there are no rules, except that die-hard Frank Zappa fans do not own Frank Zappa.
So, should you buy this or go straight to Zappa's own output? I figure the odds be fifty fifty. A vote from all Zappa Fans would no doubt produce a most popular album, but that may not be the best place to start, for example You Are What You Is is nearly all songs which is not a typical Zappa album. Samplers such as Son of Cheep Thrills, if they're cheap and well thought out may give someone new to Zappa a good place to start. If you're not going to get a sampler then in my opinion, Roxy And Elsewhere would be hard to beat as a first Zappa Album. This was a double album, now on one CD. It has pieces pretty much spanning the entire Zappa spectrum played live by an amazing big band and MCed very amusingly and nostalgically by the man himself. It's a very apt and at the same time personal introduction to Frank Zappa. That album is still taking my breath away after 30 years.
If you are going to like Frank Zappa you'll most probably like Son Of Cheep Thrills which at the very least points to the various albums where the material originated. Toss a coin - heads you buy Son Of Cheep Thrills, tails you buy Roxy And Elsewhere.
Secondly, what does die-hard Zappa fan mean? On the album Tinsel Town Rebellion at the start of Dance Contest a fan who has come onto the stage sounding extremely stoned blurts out how much he adores Frank and asks him to play Dinah Mo Hum, one of Zappa's occasionally more pornographic numbers. That fan is not presented in the best light in the liner notes. Do you want that person's advice? There is no such person as The Die-Hard Zappa Fan - people followed his career for countless reasons. Does anyone ever refer to the archetypal die-hard Stravinsky fan? It's not just a question of having all or nearly all of Frank Zappa's albums.
Thirdly, taken in isolation, Son of Cheep Thrills is a great album, the tracks are segued together nicely a la Zappa. I imagine you could put countless collections together like this if you wanted, but for a sampler, as a "die-hard" Zappa fan, I would have chosen different tracks. This album doesn't really capture Zappa's breadth and there are also better representatives of the aspects that it does address. None the less, it's all great Zappa music and even as a long time fan I don't regret buying it as cheap as it was, if nothing else it shows how pliable his music can be.
Fourthly, there are no rules, except that die-hard Frank Zappa fans do not own Frank Zappa.
So, should you buy this or go straight to Zappa's own output? I figure the odds be fifty fifty. A vote from all Zappa Fans would no doubt produce a most popular album, but that may not be the best place to start, for example You Are What You Is is nearly all songs which is not a typical Zappa album. Samplers such as Son of Cheep Thrills, if they're cheap and well thought out may give someone new to Zappa a good place to start. If you're not going to get a sampler then in my opinion, Roxy And Elsewhere would be hard to beat as a first Zappa Album. This was a double album, now on one CD. It has pieces pretty much spanning the entire Zappa spectrum played live by an amazing big band and MCed very amusingly and nostalgically by the man himself. It's a very apt and at the same time personal introduction to Frank Zappa. That album is still taking my breath away after 30 years.
If you are going to like Frank Zappa you'll most probably like Son Of Cheep Thrills which at the very least points to the various albums where the material originated. Toss a coin - heads you buy Son Of Cheep Thrills, tails you buy Roxy And Elsewhere.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Recycled and Reusable
6 Sep 2000
Format:Audio CD
There are two types of people whom this disk caters to. The obsessive collector and the green fans. Having only been a fan for a few years you might still see a little green around the edges. I think Ryko's target was green fans. Why else would they have colored the case and insert green? Hmmmn. Anyway I enjoyed this little collection. Its the perfect take it with you kind of album along the lines of Kmfdm's Retro. It beats compilation tapes in sound quality. I especially liked the the live stuff. It gives me an excuse to use the Live effect on my car's cd player.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
You get what you pay for.
28 Aug 2001
Format:Audio CD
Having heard much of Zappas works here and there, and seeing 200 MOTELS until I couldn't do it anymore, I decided I would buy some FZ album. But the choices were so mindboggling. So many phases, so many albums... so much of everything. So I decided to buy this c.d. and it's prequel, CHEAP THRILLS. While I was not very thrilled at the mediocre live versions of great songs and noodling bits, I found it very... well... ok. I waited a few days to listen to this one. And I found it very much suited my tastes. Great jazz stuff, great instrumental stuff, the great cover of the doo-wop song "WPLJ", and... MY FAVORITE OF THE SELECTIONS... the country and blues- tainted "It Just Might Be a One Shot Deal". THis c.d. has been in my player quite a bit, and while it may be a cheap advertisement for the whole catalog... I'd prefer this one to CHEAP THRILLS. Yes, now that I've gotten other c.d.s, they could have put better songs on these 2 discs, making it a better compilation/intro. I recommend this one. Just dig that cover art also! But you be the judge.
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