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Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa [Import]

~ Vaya Con Dios, Frank Zappa
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (22 Aug 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • ASIN: B0000009VS
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 118,799 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Peaches en Regalia
2. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow [Single Version]
3. Dancin' Fool
4. San Ber'dino
5. Dirty Love
6. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
7. Cosmik Debris
8. Trouble Every Day
9. Disco Boy
10. Fine Girl
11. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
12. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
13. I'm the Slime
14. Joe's Garage [Single Version]
15. Tell Me You Love Me
16. Montana [Single Version]
17. Valley Girl - Frank Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa
18. Be in My Video
19. Muffin Man

Product Description

Product Description
Frank Zappa for beginners. As close as anyone has come to a definitive greatest hits set, Strictly Commercial manages to encapsulate much, if not most, of a career that deliberately defied any such attempts. This is the most accessible single collection of Zappa's music available, containing familiar ditties such as "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow", "Joe's Garage", and the radio hit, "Valley Girl". Those sceptical of his guitar work will most certainly find the included selections--"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace", "I'm the Slime" and "Muffin Man"--to be educational. Excellent for whetting the appetites of potential Zappa fanatics. --Andrew Boscardin

Amazon.co.uk Review
Frank Zappa 101. As close as anyone has come to a definitive greatest hits set, Strictly Commercial manages to encapsulate much of a career that deliberately defied any such attempts. This is the most accessible single collection of Zappa's music available, containing familiar ditties such as "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow", "Joe's Garage" and the radio hit "Valley Girl". Those skeptical of his guitar work will most certainly find the included selections, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," "I'm the Slime" and "Muffin Man" to be educational. Excellent for whetting the appetites of potential Zappa fanatics. --Andrew Boscardin

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Zapped!, 15 Jan 2004
By M. A. Kelly "Wild eyed loner on the edge of o... (Milton Keynes Centre of the Universe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best (Audio CD)
Having just read the retrospective of Zappa's work in Mojo magazine I thought i'd give this cd a try to see if it was as good as everybody was intimating.
My tastes in music range from Punk rock through to Heavy metal and progressive rock so I feared that this cd might be too Jazzy for my liking.How wrong could I be? Every single track here is a tour de force of exemplary musicianship coupled with great humour.
For me the strangest thing I can say about this collection is that I really cannot put my finger on why I love it I just do!
Im so impressed by the production of this cd,the clarity of the myriad of instruments is astonishing and i'm no audiophile i've just played it on my bog standard in-car cd player.
Trying to single out any stand out tracks is exceedingly difficult as the tracks are all so different but I do especially like the doo wop influenced " Joe's Garage" and the awesome guitar wig out of the "Muffin Man" which has an hilarious spoken word intro.
All in all this is a great introduction to a great great talent whose love for music shines through in every track and best of all it's inspired me to get hold some more of his work.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rykodisc did a very good job here, 20 Jan 2003
This review is from: The Very Best (Audio CD)
Before this CD came out I did often wonder which songs would make a proper "best of Frank Zappa" CD. I bought Strictly Commercial at first sight although I already had the music on the old albums and I wasn't disappointed. Rykodisc have gathered together all the "top list" songs here (if Top 40 only had been hip enough). The exception may be Sexual Harassment. They should have chosen I Don't Wanna Get Drafted instead. (The 1980 single mix). It was actually on the charts here in Sweden. I especially appreciate the single edits of some songs, Joe's Garage for instance. Strictly Commercial is a perfect young person's guide to FZ.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It contains some of the greatest stuff ever conceibed, 3 Mar 2000
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This review is from: The Very Best (Audio CD)
So there you have it! This is a hell of an album which contains some of the most inspired music ever played. You can find in it some of the old classics like "dont you eat that yellow snow" mixed whith some really cheesy songs and virtuoso guitar soloing. Take a look at sexual harassment in the workplace to see what i mean... Frank's sense of humor is always present and its just fantastic to hear again biblic stuff like "Bobby brown".
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