Reviews (page 6 of 8)
I really wanted to love this. Needs psychoactive assistance.
Fine. Very quirky. I don’t know if I liked the music enough to listen afain
Meh way too experimental avant garde for my tastes. Very weird.
This is the bad side of psychedelic rock. The skits kinda stink of shit, like 'Hot Poop.' This album is for a very acquired taste. Not for me
i think i appreciate Frank Zappa, Legendary Weirdo and Anti-Censorship Crusader, more than I appreciate the music of Frank Zappa
Not really a fan of this one.
If you wanna spoof the Beatles I’m all for it, but you’ve got to have some actual music to back it up. About half of this album was sped up spoken word and it got tiresome.
This makes it very clear why Frank Zappa never had mainstream success. There is talent in there somewhere but it’s buried by too much nonsense.
This sucked. I get that it was supposed to be a parody of the hippies and music from this era but it was more like a bad sound collage. I also just didn’t think it was that funny.
I'm glad I got to listen to this, if only to confirm for the 100th time that I just don't like Frank Zappa. I know a lot of people think he's a genius but it's just not that good or interesting to me. Every once in a while Zappa does something I like, but those moments are few and far between. 2 stars.
interessante como sátira e tals, mas não muito agradável de curtir sem o contexto
StRaNgEr ThInGs
Fine. I liked that they worked in a dig at "corporate logos" into the lyrics of one song. And made fun of hippies and San Francisco way before that was cool. And yet... the music just doesn't do much for me. I can appreciate that we probably don't have some of the noisier, weirder bands I do like without these mothers, but it's rare for me to listen to something repeatedly just because I appreciate it.
So how much is too much? I had quite enjoyed the album Freak Out! as an exercise in satire and experimentation. This one maybe not so much. While this album had some great moments of spot-on satire, much of it reminded me of when I was 12 and used to make tape recordings with friends of noises and silliness that were hilarious to ourselves then, but definitely haven't stood the test of time. It was interesting as a historical document, but I don't think I'll ever want to listen to it again.
Usually open to whatever Zappa's thinking, but this one doesn't come together for me. Too sparse in the instrumentation to have any kind of throughline, and too spastic in the ideation to grab me with any kind of experimental hook.
Weird album, I didn’t enjoy the experimental tracks and off-beat singing. Zappa is not for me.
Cool that it's satire, kinda lame lyrics and singing though. And annoying music.
Didn’t do anything for me but gotta respect the originalities.
Really isn’t convincing me that I need to listen to more Zappa.
Lekfullt och knasigt, men har inte åldrats så väl
Ik snapte het niet helemaal. Het moet satire zijn, maar de referenties waren misschien buiten mijn kennis
I already know what this is all about, and it's just not my thing. Not a big fan of Zappa's sound. I've mentioned before, on the last MOI record that I was assigned not so long ago, that while I can appreciate his unique POV and bold willingness to experiment, I just don't like the way the music sounds. It's not my bag, baby. Simple as that.
I mean, do I really have to say why this is a classic?
Rock psicodélico. Demasiada psicodelia y ácido para mi gusto. Un 2.
Not a clue what that was about, but some bits were melodic
4/10. Hot Rats has given me the false impression that I might one day find something else that Frank Zappa had a hand in that I actually like. Plus, I think Sgt. Pepper's is overrated, so I was looking forward to hearing it mocked. As such, I am disappointed, as well as annoyed by this album, because it didn't do much for me than get on my nerves.
Wow this sounded awful. 3/10
Ehh I've liked some other Zappa stuff here but this wasn't for me.
2.5
craziest album cover ever. the sixties are not so different
I like the idea of Frank Zappa I just like his music that much.
Was onboard at the start then they just seem to be taking the piss. Seems more like a comedy album
Nope
I bet this was more enjoyable on acid in the 60s.
Weird - I kept waiting for it to take off but just kept staying wierd.
It was okay
Not an easy album to listen to, there were some tracks that were ok but I doubt I'll ever put this on again
I like the funny lyrics but the actual music is too chaotic and noisy.
Een combinatie van lollig en niet te doen.
im too dumb to understand this intellectual masterpiece so 2 stars
rock psicodelico dos 60s, muito experimental e alternativo
4/10
Interesting message at an interesting time in our history. Wouldn’t go back to listen
I know I'm in the minority of music fans that think Frank Zappa is overrated. Is there talent there? Absolutely. Is it interesting to listen to? I guess if you're in the mood. Will I ever be in that mood? Nope. Not a chance.
I honestly shouldn’t have expected anything different from a 1968 Frank Zappa led album with a cover parodying the Beatles. It was weird, satirical, bizzare, annoying, political, sporadically fun, and very of its time. Take your clothes off when you dance was probably my favorite followed by what’s the ugliest part of your body
Batshit crazy - quite fun, made no sense
Interestingly weird
The choice of opening unfortunately relegates this one to sound artifact (?) territory. No song even leaves you satisfied, which I suppose is the point; The opening minutes, however, are so senseless than the question on my mind is why this is an alleged LP. Certainly not the most interesting Zappa work I've heard, but I'm glad I listened and can see myself returning at least once. Impressive amount of dead space in under forty minutes, though.
silly
Fucking nuts, tho' to be fair, didn't expect anything else. Plenty of method in the nuttiness, but not very listenable to. It's a no from me.
09/23/2022 Was really disappointed with this one considering that I love Zappa and all the work I’ve heard from him thus far. Parts of this album reminded me The Who sell out, which came out a year earlier. The ugliest part of your body was my favorite song on this album. The others kinda all sounded the same.
Very trippy. Some music which felt kinda "math-rock"-ey (very tight coordination between vocals, instruments, and percussion), some spoken-word stuff, and some sections of random sounds effects (static, jangling strings, laughs)
Il rock psichedelico è divertente... per i primi dieci minuti di ascolto. Un intero album di suoni distorti e voci cantilenanti è, francamente, troppo per me. Mi dispiace perché è un album indubbiamente originale (infatti nasce dalla mente di Frank Zappa), ma ho fatto fatica ad arrivare in fondo.
This thing is silly dumb. The songs make some decent arguments and are quite funny, but as soon as you hear any bit of the music itself, all the quality goes away. It pretty much sounds like they’re intentionally making awful Beatles rip-off’s. 3/10
Beatles but on more drugs 2/10
Very experimental
2/13, 15%
We all agree this is trash, right?
Thank you
Lou Reed was right this guy is an absolute hack.
++: Are You Hung Up?, Bow Tie Daddy, What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?, Mother People +: Mom & Dad, Absolutely Free, Flower Punk, Hot Poop, Lonely Little Girl, What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise) +-: Who Needs the Peace Corps?, Concentration Moon, Harry, You're a Beast, Let's Make the Water Turn Black, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny -: Nasal Retentive Calliope Music --: The Idiot Bastard Son 3,3/10
Awful like a parody from Monty Python just gibberish hated it
No nyt oli turhan hippimeininkiä.
richtig whack und random, irgendwie eine beatles parodie aber nur mit komischen geräuschen und nicht enjoyable AT ALL??
I'm just not cool enough for this...
For me, one of the hardest albums to listen to out of the approximately 800 I have had. I think the tracks that are just whispering were the worst, although quite a lot of it falls into my personal category of Not Music. As satire, it has not aged well at all, it's like picking up a 60-year old issue of Mad magazine, but far more grating and obnoxious.
Wtf was that. Burn it.
Terrible. Literally awful. I’m questioning the validity of this experiment.
1.5
Let's make fun of great music by making utter shite. 1/5
I only got a couple songs into this album. I did not like it at all.
Very not for me.
Top album my eye
You really told those hippies, Frank.
I only recently realized that I don't hate all Frank Zappa. This one however, I do.
I am aware of the existence of Frank Zappa. But in my mind he was always a novelty act doing joke songs like "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" and "Catholic Girls" in the 70s and "Valley Girl" (with his daughter Moon Unit) in the 80s. He was the kind of joke act you'd hear on Dr Demento radio show. So, seeing him pop up as having some supposedly great albums surprises me. But, I'm open to see what all the excitement is about. Thoughts after listening 3 times... Wow, 19 songs, I hope this isn't a double album. Looks like it's not - but it just has a bunch of really short tracks. Ok, I lied - I didn't listen to this 3 times like I usually do with the albums on this site. Once was enough and life is too short to waste time on this nonsense. If we're putting novelty albums on this list - I'd nominate nearly any Weird Al Yankovic album. I have not listened to any Weird Al albums in total but I would bet a billion dollars that any one of them would be more enjoyable than this - just based on the handful of his songs that I do know. At least his stuff is funny. I will add that I've seen clips of Frank Zappa on YouTube outsmarting Congress people and conservative pundits in the 70s and 80s (I think). He seems like a very intelligent and quick witted guy. I would rather watch those clips on repeat for a few hours than listen to this. I don't need to hear any of this again. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/19 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
Turbo ass
Jesus fucking Christ, Frank Zappa was SUCH a pretentious douchebag.
Emperor's new clothes
Feels like a compilation made up exclusively of bad filler tracks. Incredibly disappointing after getting Hot Rats yesterday and finding they can do something great when they want
Super low effort comedy music. Nobody should be compelled to subject themselves to this crap before they die. Life is too short for this.
Oh boy, ANOTHER crappy Zappa album?? I just can't ...
Almost 2 for the inspiration on the cover
Ah yes, a Sgt Pepper's parody. I guess this is a function of its time. Did not enjoy this at all, but maybe I just had to be there and it would have been edgy af. 1*
Love zappa. This be shit
Too experimental, and i dont like their voices
I hated this so much.
What in the actual hell is this?
Not Sargent Pepper
1/5
Pre Listen: I have a...complicated relationship, with Frank Zappa. He's like that one friend who has so much potential, and you really love hanging with him for like 30 minutes. Then suddenly he does something so despicably cringe, it makes that Pickle Rick kid look like a comedic genius. The album cover being a parody of Sgt. Peppers doesn't fill me with hope. The Beatles are one of my top bands. You come at the king, you better not miss. I had a music professor my freshman year of college who's favorite artist was Frank Zappa. I respected her a lot as a teacher, but I can't fathom why she likes Frank so much. Every new album I encounter from him, I try and put myself in her shoes. My expectations for this are the lowest to date, but I'm trying to put myself in that professor's headspace. Notable Tracks: Who Needs The Peace Corps? - Song raised my expectations for the album somewhat. Funny little critique of hippie culture. Doesn't sound horrible. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body - My favorite track on the album, it parodies the Beatles the best I think. The harmony they hit is so fucking spot on. The "All your children-" verses made me laugh pretty hard. **NOT** including the Reprise. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music | The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny - Tied for the worst tracks on the album by a fucking landslide, holy shit. This is exactly what I was talking about in my Pre Listen. If this is music, then dogshit is food. Post Listen: It's an early shitpost in audio form. If this album was supposed to be a statement of some sort, it's about as deep as a 9gag meme. The Zappa experience here is identical to every other encounter I've had with him. A lot of songs have really, *really* great instrumentation on occasion, only to be interrupted by the worst shit you've heard in your life. The lyrics are funny or briliantly satirical, only to be quite literally interrupted by burps and audio cuts. Zappa takes something nice, and ruins it before your very ears. He's like those Turkish ice-cream guys, but he never gives you the ice cream. Instead he flashes you and gets away with it. I told a friend I'd not give this album a 1/5 before I finished it, since he is a big Zappa fan. I can't do it. I just can't. I never want to hear any of this again, 1/5.
Yes Frank, the Beatles and hippies suck, but you are annoying and should shut up. 40 minutes that would’ve gone by easier staring at a wall clock. Now Tie Daddy was a favorite but it ended up being 30 seconds so that sucks. Thank God Absolutely Free was an actually great song or I would’ve had a meltdown. I’ve got four hours of driving to go. I did not need this today. Worse than Beyond Skin award 🏅 https://tenor.com/iirIUBJEdVI.gif
Oh god what even is this
Yikes. I really didn't like their last album. If anything this one is worse.
Lame satire and weak material, a deadly combination.
This Frank Zappa thinking he's extremely funny and smarter than everyone else.
Uncomfortable ASMR for an entire album. How did this ever sell?
I don't like Frank Zappa. And this is him at his worst. I tried to get through this, but two bad albums in a row was too much for today. I'm out.
This record is trash. I'm sure if I paid attention to the lyrics there's some pointed satirical humor of the time here, but it's not pleasant to listen to. Most of it is about as interesting as a children's song, and the last track is just 6 minutes of chaotoc noise FFS.
Was soll das
Nonsense. How did Zappa ever become popular? He's like Weird Al but way less musical.
I’m very much a Prog Rock lover and as such been recommended many times that I should listen to Frank Zappa. I have done, including this album. I can only conclude that my recommenders are either liars or delusional. I believe it is the latter and that they have been fooled into thinking Prog is just unconventional random noise rather than long melodic musical masterpieces. So having established it’s not Prog then what the hell is it? Search me. Maybe Frank found it somewhere hidden in that toilet basin he made famous. 1/5 31/5/26
Garbage album. It’s not even creative.
I have some friends who are really into Frank Zappa, but me not as much. Normally, I appreciate satire, as I am plenty disillusioned by the fallacies of society, but I guess I view music as separate from all of that. At the very least, his music ends up coming off as if it's making light of music itself. I listen to music so that I can hear good music, not so that I can listen to noise that is making fun of music and everything else
Jamais écouté avant. Une longue et pénible inside joke de 40 minutes... Si je peux comprendre, et même adhérer à l'envie de se moquer des excès et des dérives de la culture hippie, force est de constater que la blague, près de 60 ans plus tard, tombe carrément à plat. Reste une série de "morceaux" très courts, plus foutraques que réellement expérimentaux, parfois tout à fait aléatoires, et dont la parenté avec les artistes dont ils sont censés être un pastiche est parfaitement illisible. A pousser la caricature jusqu'au non-sens (finalement, la meilleure parodie de We're Only in It for The Money, c'esr sa pochette !), Zappa a juste oublié de faire un album écoutable... Top : Mom & Dad Flop : The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny
Annoying music
I like experimental music. I really like some of Zappa's music. This shit is just stupid. The humor is reflective of the worst of Zappa, the uninspired BS that turned me off to him for many years. I reserve 1* to unlistenable material, which is rare, but this helps me redefine the bar.
I don't get it.
We're Only in It for the Money by The Mothers of Invention is an album I really struggled with. At its best it can be amusing and satirical, but at its worst I found it genuinely quite boring. I approached it as a parody album because it feels impossible to take seriously, with a lot of the humour coming across as cynical, bitter and almost jealous of the very music and culture it is mocking. The vocals, sound effects and random noises throughout the album are intentionally strange, but for me they quickly became more irritating than interesting. There are moments where you can appreciate the creativity and experimentation, but overall it just felt messy and difficult to enjoy as an actual listening experience. The biggest positive is how short the abum is. Unfortunately, this is not an album I can see myself ever coming back to. Favourite tracks: Honestly, nothing really stood out for me Least favourite tracks: “Flower Punk” was particularly awful Album artwork: I actually prefer this cover to Sgt. Pepper — it’s a clever parody visually
Nope, not my cup of tea.
This is ass
Not enjoyable
Urgh, hippie nonsense. I know Frank Zappa has done some great things, but this isn't one of them. It's clearly a blueprint for others to follow, but does nothing for me.
Interesting but not for me.
Garbage
2.0 / 10
Not for me
Dogshit
Not my vibe
I really like Frank Zappa and the Mothers, just not this era. I get it’s important and all, but I try to rate music based on how much I personally enjoy it. I don’t enjoy this one haha
Title checks out. Utter by-the-numbers-60s-pyschedelic rubbish, clearly phoned in without due care, attention or regard for the paying public. I expected better of Zappa. I don't know why, he's massively overrated, but I did.
Diogenes of Sinope is often rejoiced in online communities for being the ancient greek madlad. Didn't give a shit (unless he wanted to throw them at his detractors) and was a founding father of the cynic philosophy. I wonder though, whether those near Diogenes really admired him or were sick of his shit. Because though his ideas are in concept great, being at risk of getting urinated on does not sound like he's a fun person to hang around with. All to say that I get the same feeling about this album. In concept, mocking the Beatles and satirizing the hippie subculture is great. But having to listen to it is something else. With satire, you're walking the fine line between being a chuckleworthy cynic or being an insufferable twat. I think the Mothers of Invention have pissed all over the line like Diogenes did in this blaring, noisy, and annoying album.
It's like listening to old memes without any context. Confusing and painfully unfunny.
What the hell am I listening to?! Couldn't make it through the whole...thing
Honestly … has anyone ever listened to this more than once?! Truly awful.
me dormí
I have no idea what this is. Some sort of hippie bullshit that may of sounded good on acid in the 60’s. It’s just a bunch of people making noise. It’s terrible.
Man they really stuck it to those try-hard musicians who actually put effort into their albums with this one
It would be really easy to dismiss this one as nothing more than stupid bullshit. So easy, in fact, that I think that’s exactly what I’ll do. 1/5
I did not like this and it felt like it was much longer than it was. I know Zappa is considered a legend but I don't think this is very good. I don't even understand what it is making fun of? Im confused at the point. This just felt like noise and was dumb. Liked Songs: "Concentration Moon" , "Mom & Dad" , "Absolutely Free" , "Lonely Little Girl"
I’m sure it’s meaningful in some avante garde way but man it’s unlistenable
não experimentalidade é diferente de bagunça, e crítica é diferente de fazer qualquer merda e falar que critica
Poor album musically more annoying and stale i would just listen to one of his older albums
What a waste of time
i gotta thank Frank Zappa, enduring this trash album made all the music I listened to after it sound so much better 2 / 10
Too mental
The songs are just weird, some of them I can't even consider "songs" really. Hard pass. Best song: Bow Tie Daddy
Oh man this is shit. You can hate on the populist approaches of society in a far less childish manner than this, surely? Nearly gave up on several occasions.
⅛★
Absolute garbage album. I'm not sure if it's meant to be satire but if it is I'm missing the point entirely. The production is horrible, the songwriting is downright bizarre, and whatever meaning the artists are trying to portray is not coming through at all. There are moments that are so baffling it feels like a random collection of weird noises and sound bites that don't relate to each other whatsoever. That's genuinely 39 minutes of my life I won't get back.
I'm not sure what I just listened to but my ears feel violated
People are insane for liking this album
Not my thing
3/10
I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would listen to this for pleasure. Psychedelia is fine but it has to also be musically enjoyable, and this just isn't. It's far too weird but without the redeeming features to make that weirdness cool. 'The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny' includes several minutes of just noise and both concludes and sums up the album as a whole
While I appreciate Frank Zappa for his social commentary and politics, I have never been a fan of his music. Valley Girl being the exception. Hard pass on this album.
We're Only In It For The Money, and you aren't getting any of mine for this crap. 0.00
dont piss me off....
I'm sure it was fun to be on drugs in the 60s - but listening at work in 2026, this was unpleasant.
I’m rating this so low. It sounds like they all took a bunch of acid in the recording studio and then took acid again when mixing the album. Horrible.
An album so bad it not only makes me hate this one, it makes me question other stuff I thought I liked by Zappa
Well this was a wild Tuesday morning commute. Absolutely bonkers, more so than any Zappa or Beefheart stuff. Frequently descends into sped up samples of random talking. May have been inspiration for the Chipmunks. Too surreal for me I’m afraid.
I tried but it's just too limp sounding. Production is dated and the humour misses for me. Inventive yes.
o típico álbum de artista edgy que se acha mais inteligente do que o resto...bleh e irritante. 0/5.
Det var lite småkul i ett par låtar, outhärdligt som album.
Boring and repetitive, couldn’t even finish it
Just a bunch of unfunny and unenjoyable songs. Absolute crap
This list is fucked. When it was laid down, maybe not. However, in 2026 Zappa is less than meaningless. Imagine being teen who likes Zappa now. I'm going to find the guy who gave this 5 stars and Highway 61 one. Jesus christ. Moustache.
Musical parody that doesn’t really have any humour. Not for me
Could never get into Frank Zappa
It's so insanely pretentious that I can't co-sign this at all. Like what the hell are these people's problem. "Everyone is dumb and fake except for me har har har". I'd normally give it a 2 because there are some musically interesting ideas here, but I had such a miserable time listening to it.
Je m’attendais à mieux quand j’ai vu frank zappa. J’ai fais le saut, par moment j’avais l’impression d’écouter un band de oompa loompa. 1 étoile parce que c’était agressant. Chansons « préférées »: mom and dad, absolutely free, lonely little girl
This reminds me of when my little niece plays with her little electric piano and karaoke machine. It sounds dissonant and offkey to me the whole time. Or like it should be the background music to some LSD fueled indi film from the 70s. Certainly a lot of LSD was involved in the production of this album.
The proto 100 gecs annoying music
What did hippies ever do to you?
Politcially charge satira album. Terrible listening experience.
5 minutes into the album I was ready give up, but the fourth song actually had some sounds that were at least listenable. If nothing else, at least I learned the word discorporate. While I like weird music I think this album was mostly not about music, but random sounds and lyrics. What the hell was the last song and was the intention of the first half of it to cause physical pain..?
One of the first true misses for me, really atonal, I know its experimental soundscape and Zappa, but its just not my vibe. Maybe if I had smoked a lot of 60s dirt weed and thought Marx was a cutting edge figure. The interruptions, the style, just not what I'm looking for in an album.
I have no idea what I was listening to or what I was supposed to get from that. I never understood an album less than this one. I have not listened to Frank Zappa before, and this was not the impression I was hoping for when delving into his collection. I'm sure his solo stuff is different (crosses finger)
Tom Green - The Album
Album name is a bit on the nose. It isn't even ironic. A dreadful mix of nonsense but I somehow managed the whole thing.
This is fucking stupid.
The first reaction I had to anything on this album was the uglies part of your body bit. An unexpected brutal roast. I get the importance of social commentary, especially through music, to US history and general progress, but this is pretty difficult to recognize as music. And the parts that are musically recognizable aren't really that good. I will give some commendation to some of the electronic experimentation "noise". Some of it is actually really good and sounds very close to what might be done on modern avant-guard rock. I would much rather have read an article detailing Frank Zappa's influence through this album than have had to listen to it. And I don't do much reading these days, especially non-fiction. Favorite Song(s): Absolutely Free
It certainly sounds like they’re only in it for the money but even then, if this wasn’t Frank Zappa there would be no money made from this album. It fucking sucks
Weird, spoken word, limited music
A painful, painful listen. I have tried many times to get into Zappa, but I guess I just don't have the advanced intelligence needed to to find this stuff palatable. Best left for all the Misunderstood Geniuses out there.
Holds the listener in contempt, Zappa is a tool.
This album made me look up the most popular drugs of the late 60s within 5 minutes of the album because WHAT are these people on???? (it was LSD which makes sense) I just cant imagine anybody enjoying this at all, including myself. MADE ME WANT TO TAKE MY SKIN OFF
no no no no no no no. This was just horrendous. Even if I was coked up to the eyeballs I don't think I would've liked this. 'Nasal retentive calliope music' just about finished me off and then for the rest of the album I felt like I was making my way through the circles of hell. Why am I alive
The first track echoed around my head phones and made me quite uncomfortable as I was listening, it felt like they were whispering to me. Not cool. The rest felt flat and the vocals were not very good. On a side note who makes a rock album and decides 'hot poop' would be a good track name?
2.0/10 This was horrible… who would want to listen to this??
no
Just because it’s a satirical joke album doesn’t mean the songs can’t be good.
Not too fond of humour in music, and not at all humour I don’t find funny. Good music should send shivers down your spine, and not because the sounds are so nasty.
I think it's your muuuum It's been a while since I've heard something this awful, absolute peak retardism in .mp3 form
Felt like I was listening to someone have a full on skitso meltdown
Skip track. More shit. Skip another. Worse. Skip,skip,skip. 10 minutes of my life I’ll not get back.
Distressing
I've never been a fan of Frank Zappa's Avant-Garde Experimental Acid Rock. This album is supposed to be satirical but I don't find it funny.
geen muziek voor mij
This won’t take long, the most basic form of satire, not even thought provoking. Must have been aimed at the american market. Utter shite
1 star but it's really cool. Could never be something I listened to again except for as a joke but happy to have heard this weird music once
Hot garbage. Hot dog water. A festering pile of dog shit.
Ah idk about this one. Felt like kids making music.
dumbest shit I ever heard
This did not remind me of Sergeant Peppers. It reminded me of the White Album, but if the White Album was 90% “Revolution 9” and 10% the other bad songs from the White Album but not a whole song at once, but a bad song for ten seconds at a time every five minutes, often playing at the same time as “Revolution 9”. All that to say, this sucked.
Įkyrus. Per trumpi ir dažnai keičiasi, balsai meh.
I haven't listened to the Mothers in decades. They were one of those fringe bands for me during my college years, their schtick, just didn't wear that well with me on most occasions. This trip back then into memory lane has demonstrated the Mother's music hasn't improved with me, with age.
Just no, what the hell are we even doing here? Why do these 60s and 70s concept albums tend to suck so hard. This was grating on the ears, annoying AF in so many ways, and I gave up on it.
bad.
This sucks.
Cosmic Junk
This is the album that killed me. I only made it to 603 albums before I died.
artsy fartsy
what is going on?
Jag har förstått att Zappa liksom Prince var omåttligt musikaliskt begåvad, för bra för sitt eget bästa. Men det är onekligen skillnad på hur man väljer att använda sin begåvning.
Skämtmusik.
Det ska väl vara någon slags revolt samtidigt mot vuxenvärlden som mot hippiekulturen. Det enda jag tänker på är dock Carl Lidbom. ”Det ät trams”. Håller möjligtvis för en lokal nyårsrevy. Att albumet finns i boken är ett tydligt bevis för rockkritikersläktets bristande omdöme.
Det här är inget musikalbum. Det är en skojskiva. Och den är inte särskilt rolig. Hippies är långhåriga och knarkar är tydligen ett fantastiskt roligt skämt 1968. Musiken är ungefär lika rolig. Precis som med Sparks är dokumentären bättre än musiken.
Frank Zappa is one of those artists where you can love his albums and hate other ones at the same time. Hot Rats and Freak Out are the greats of his 60's period, this one the stinker. I like when Frank Zappa combines his experimental approach with his excellent playing and songcraft, not when the album is composed of sped up and looped throwaway tapes with the occasional bit of enjoyable music in them. There was half of a fun song on Flower Punk, but the listening experience bounces between background noise and 7 layers of irony deep Chipmunks chatter and noodling. The Mothers can do so much better.
Fuck off
Really fucking bad.
I think I didn’t get it.
In fairness I have had an absolutely awful stressful day. This is one of the worst pieces of media I have ever consumed in my life. I would genuinely rather listen to nails scraping on a chalkboard or audio of unanaesthetised amputations than listen to this again. Who in their right mind puts the effort in to make the music, produce it, take all the photos to collage to make this album cover, to then print the albums and sell them, with such shit music. Feels like a prank honestly. Think I can safely say that if you could see the two paths that my life takes, one with me listening to this before I die and the other one being me dying without having to listen to this, the latter would be more enjoyable. Specific rating - 0.1 Fav song- none of them Least fav- the chrome plated megaphone of destiny
Bad music, mediocre satire
Ik was GEEN fan van Freak Out!, deels ook omdat het een dubbelalbum was en ik gewoon echt het gevoel had dat het me gewoon belachelijk aan het maken was met zn uur runtime en kazoo solos. Sindsdien heb ik ontzettend veel saaie rock en britpop geluisterd, tot het punt dat ik misschien toch wel een beetje benieuwd ben naar dit album. De cover is natuurlijk memes, Beatles maar dan net wat vreemder en absurdistischer. Ik sta echt veel meer open voor vreemde muziek dan ten tijde van het vorige album van hun. Maar Frank jij ouwe klootzak, beetje boeren in mn oor, dat is niet vreemd, maar gewoon niet echt chill. Ja nee, ik probeer echt open hiervoor te staan, maar het is niet echt muziek. Het is een soort aaneenschakeling van memes en rare shit met af en toe stukjes muziek. Ik geloof meteen dat dit een bijzonder album was in de tijd, dat is het namelijk nog steeds, maar als iemand mij in de toekomst verteld dat hij fan is van Mothers of Invention dan weet ik in elk geval dat die persoon emotioneel in de kindertijd is blijven hangen. Dit album voelt als iemand die heel erg zn best doet om weird en quirky te zijn en daardoor voornamelijk heel erg irritant is. FAVO:
Sometimes I think I'm being too milquetoast with my reviews: opting to sit the fence and center most around 3's with a few moving the needle to 2s and 4s. Albums like this remind me of why I use the scale I do. An absolute 1 if there ever were a 1. Production isn't just weird, it's noise, not music. Annoying and insufferable to listen to. Satire comes off as smug, mean‑spirited, and juvenile. Maybe it was cutting edge in 1968, but it sounds more like an art project than a “sit back and enjoy” album. I guess to throw it a bone, it serves is a glimpse into another perspective to the 60s? After I listened to it (and hated it), I saw that Frank Zappa was involved and it all made sense. I didn't enjoy the other album I got from him either.
39 minutes, and every one a punishment. This was brutal. A joke that’s not funny. You know the person that tells everyone how smart they are, but are actually just a total dick? This is the musical version of that.
It’s been 987 albums (my biggest gap between albums by an artist with only two albums on the list) since I reviewed Freak Out!, and at long last is the other Mothers of Invention album on this list. I thought Freak Out! was good, and I really enjoyed the lyrics on it. It seems like I might be in for of the same on this album, and if so, I think I might wind up enjoying this. Well, WOiIftM (I’m not typing out that whole album name) was certainly an experience. The lyrics on this album were funny at times, but for the most part, Zappa and his crew came across as bitter assholes who just hated everyone. To me, this album wasn’t satirical, because satire is fun and lighthearted, and this album just lambasted everyone in a way that felt like it came from a place of moral superiority. I’ll admit that “Who Needs the Peace Corps?” was hilarious, but after that, this album’s lyrical themes felt pretty tired and played out. Musically, I wasn’t into this album at all. I enjoyed the music on Freak Out!, but here, I felt like everything was just annoying noise. I can understand why this album is on the list, but it certainly didn’t line up with my personal tastes at all.
Nope. Not music.
Only someone as dumb and shitty as Frank Zappa could conclude that The Beatles, the band that constantly innovated and knowingly alienated their audience in order to pursue their artistic vision, are “only in it for the money”. There are 1000 bands you could correctly attribute that to, but The Beatles are not one of them. Also, the music on this album is terrible.
I'm sure this is EXACTLY someone's jam, but it is DEFINITELY NOT MINE. DNF. -2 stars.
Built on frantic, collage-like bursts of warped guitars, rubbery bass lines, cheap-sounding keyboards, abrupt tape edits, and nasal, theatrically sneering vocals, this experimental rock album spins like a funhouse mirror maze. It's so jagged, jumpy, and willfully chaotic that mostly I am irritated and annoyed.
Terrible album. It's not even music.
I'm used to more interesting stuff from Frank Zappa. This ain't it. I didn't like it. I like the artwork though. I imagine he wrote this as some kind of diss to The Beatles? At least the artwork. But that doesn't justify the fact that it's a bad record.
It was a bit pointless
A classic 1960's weird album. Weird voices, weird lyrics, weird sounds and some weird music too. There were some similarities to tracks from Pink Floyd's Ummagumma album from around the same time, e.g. "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict". Unlike Ummagumma there don't seem to be any redeeming tracks on this album. It's all weird and one that I'll characterise as "just because you can make music like this doesn't mean to say you should do"
Terrrible!
This album was complete crap. I don't even know how this is categorized; as music. If I could give is 0 stars I would.
hell naw man
1/10
Nein. Absoluter Fiebertraum, leider nicht im positiven Sinn. Einziger Lichtblick als bei "Concentration Moon" kurz das Gefühl aufkommt, jetzt beginnt "Happy".
Ist nicht mein erster Versuch mit diesem Album, aber ich verstehe es einfach nicht. Kein Song, der mich überzeugt, kein Text, den ich unterhaltsam oder interessant finde (zugegebenermaßen etwas schwierig, darauf zu achten, wenn im Hintergrund ein Baby schreit) und falls irgendwo mal eine gute musikalische Idee vorhanden war, dann war der Song so schnell vorbei, dass es im Endeffekt auch wieder egal war. Spätere Zappa-Sachen sind da etwas zugänglicher.
1.4 Stop kidding yourself. It's shite. Frank Zappa is one of the medium-sized gang that this list has led me to realise they're shite
DNF
Bollocks...and just to clarify - that isn't good
I don't give this rating lightly. This is genuinely bad and I don't think I enjoyed any of these songs. It's just garbage hippie anti-music.
vaguely musical youtube poop. if you like it, you've correctly identified the transgression of true musical genius. if you don't like it, you're a mainstream sheep with unevolved tastes. if you don't really know and you're just confused, you've fallen into frank zappa's trap and you're exactly where he wants you. checkmate athiests. if he saw me give this 5 stars he would scrunch up his nose in disgust. if he saw me give 3 stars he would spit in my face. if he saw me give 1 star, he would finally nod his head in respect. "that's the point man, or something" frank zappa would say to me. favorite song is Mother People
Hard to come up with things I like about this album, which is surely part of the bit in this satirical take on music in the 60s. Counterpoint: pitched up voices aren't funny 1.5/10
Hmmm. "Haha funny album", sure, but how does this end up as one of the 1001 essential albums? I'm starting to think the real joke is the 1001 albums we listen to along the way. 0 garden goblins out of 10 wait was it agains
Perhaps it's a verry important album - but not for me.
Sounds like it's trying too hard to be non-conformists, but ends up just sounding terrible
Man I just don't like Frank Zappa's music. This still isn't an exception.
Utter tripe
That was quite the experience. I contemplated giving it two stars for that, but ultimately I think it's just Frank Zappa showing off his performative cynicism, rather than music.
Näe
Too weird for me
This could be good, but it's too concerned with being 'funny'. It is not funny. As soon as something starts cooking a sound effect or a stupid lyric stops everything in its tracks. I've always struggled with Frank Zappa. I don't he's clever or subversive or funny. He's not even weird, he tries too hard for that. Weirdness comes naturally, this is forced and I can smell a rat.
This shit sucks
Nope. Understand it’s satire, but I’m not listening to this entire thing.
Well. I got through it. I'm sure there is some meaning in these songs somewhere, but it sounds like Muppets singing carnival horror songs. No Sir, I didn't like it.
Yuck
Some albums really don't deserve a listen, this is one
I didn’t enjoy this album in the slightest. I understand that this is experimental and whatnot, but that “experiment” unfortunately flopped. There were a few songs that were boring at best and the rest were very hard to listen to.
this is the worst thing i have ever listened to -50 stars
really not good
It ought to be possible to select a 0 rating for this utter garbage.
I don’t really know what Frank Zappa was trying to achieve with this. It’s not enjoyable to listen to, it’s not funny and I don’t know what the message is beyond “everyone is stupid except Frank Zappa.”
Feels like typical 'hippie rock' from the 60s. Not good, experimental sounds. 2/10
Absolutely terrible. Late 60s Frank Zappa style LSD music
In the plight to make fun of everyone, I think the music fell a little flat. I wished the music was a little more interesting: instead of hard-hitting, it just came across as obnoxious. The random noises and squirrel voices were annoying. This could have been so good, but unfortunately, it came across as jealous. Some tracks sounded like the haunted house at Disney world, which bordered on Art Rock, but I don't think it was fully realized. 1 out of 5.
Could barely make it past the first 3 tracks!
I can’t believe this band has any, let alone two, albums on this list. This is the second time I am giving them one star. Although I will say this album is better than the other one. I probably would give the other one zero if possible.
1,5/5 I'm insanely confused. I enjoyed the instrumentals mostly. That's prob about it. I didn't know what certain lyrics were about. Some I did and I kinda could follow their point but yeah. i don't know wheter to be intrigued or weirded out. But I guess that was their goal and they achieved it.
Genuinely, why do people go on and on about Frank Zappa...? This is the second one of his albums/projects I've gotten on this list and they've both been painful listens. The first song on this album is just creepy, enraging noise. What is this garbage?
the mothers of inventing dogshit
umm….
LMAO
Feels like the obnoxious, annoying kid constantly saying "Hey, watch this. Hey, Hey did you see what I did?" thinking they're being funny and clever. You smile & nod to be polite while thinking "What the f*** is he going on about?"
Unable to like this, felt like a wasted 34 minutes or whatever.
This shit supposed to be funny? All I hear is a cynical little bitch thats bad at satire and acts just so cool and above it all. Zappa's just soo different and quirky, hes not like the other freaks. Maybe the time we're living through taints my view on this one, but relentlessly mocking people for caring about stuff or standing for something, even if they are stinky hippies, is pretty lame and depressing. In mocking others for taking themselves too seriously, he takes himself way too seriously. Some hot poop for sure, had to be there I guess.
This wasn't what I was expecting. It's definitely different but none of the faves. I could never see myself putting this on a record player and listening to it, but I guess you had to be there
This album smelled like unwashed underwear and marijuana
Zappa projekt.
Drek
I don't know, man, maybe this was really revolutionary in 1968 or whatever, but at this point the satire is unfocused and weak, the polemics are just as preachy as the stuff I think Zappa is making fun of, and the dirty stories are just dirty for dirty's sake. He has nothing to say and he says it in the most annoying way possible. Even the little bit of genuine artistry here - the collage on "Nasal Retentive Calliope Music" he has to ruin with a fart joke. It is a mark of my commitment to this project that I listened to this all the way through.
This was really hard to sit through
Sounds a bit like switching between stations on a broken radio, and all of the stations are playing the duck song
Did make me laugh a couple times but so much of it was so unlistenable and made me physically uncomfortable
This is the worst album we’ve gotten
The 60s, I know, but wtf.
Nonsense stitched together with sound effects.
Probably not as bad as I think but unfortunately reminds me too much of my ex. 👎🏻
Sitä samaa saatanan Zappa-paskaa. Orkestraalista komedia musikaalia tämä on, ei toimi levynä ei
The Weird All of his day
This was just a weird bunch of noise.
Shite this. 40 mins of recorded telephone calls and noise. Occasionally a tune threatens to come through but is then suppressed in favour of more noise and childish lyrics. Unbelievably this isn’t the worst album I’ve been served up on this list but it’s close
No
# Album Name: We're Only In It For The Money # Artist: The mothers of invention # Rating:1/5 # Comments: Absolute dog shit. Turns out you dont need talent to be an "artist" Wow. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No
Not really the kind of satire albums I like but I can respect the vision. This feels like a hannah-barberra joint
Genuinely unlistenable dogshit. I have nothing positive to say about this. How is it categorised with prog rock and art rock. Lmfao
Absolutely criminal No words to describe how bad it is
Fav: What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? Least Fav: The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny A song on this album is called Hot Poop, tells you all you need to know about this mistake of an album. Omg the final song is 6 minutes long???????
music for stoner freaks? weird freaks? it's nice sounding. lyrics are the most exciting part. cynical. maybe a bit too arrogant. few songs in, i DNF'd. was bored. it got tired. but i can see how this ??? maybe influenced parody music??? it was stupid. just jokes i wasn't around to get.
Kind of funny.... What's your ugliest body part? Your mind. Too trippy, too abstract for me.
wthelly 😭
My life will be better if I never listen to this again. Painful from start to finish.
OK...I'm trying to have an open mind, but the found sounds to start the album are not a good sign. This is terrible. No one calls it Frisco. This is one of the worst albums on the list. The combination of found sound, psychedelic music and audio effects combines for a truly terrible listening experience. It ends the way it began...with a bunch of random noises.
Day 8 Not for me at all this one, incredibly frustrating as there they’ll be 30 seconds of what could be a lovely song followed by a minute of noise. The vast majority of it just doesn’t connect with me in anyway, there’s nothing here I’d particularly want to listen to again. 2/10 Highlights Lonely little girl Take your clothes off when you dance
For today's 1001 albums to hear before I die, I got a Frank Zappa album!!! The Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for the Money is the first album I have ever heard from this weird side project of Zappa and I honestly have no idea what to expect. Immediately this album throws you into some very on the nose political satire of the current state of the world back in 1969 with very clear jabs at police brutality and politics at the time. What I don't appreciate is how annoying and weird for the sake of being weird this project is, there are maybe 2 or 3 coherent songs and the rest are just the ramblings of a madman put into audio form. The randomness is not charming, fun, or even all the interesting and instead it feels like it too is played for satire rather than any actual meaning. We're Only in It for the Money is a very fitting title as this entire album feels like one giant cash-grab and swindle hosted by The Mothers of Invention. I know they probably have better albums but this leaves quite a sour taste in my mouth for anything else they have to offer.