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title: Sheik Yerbouti
artist: Frank Zappa
release year: 1979
label: Rykodisc
catalogue number: RCD10528
tools: EAC, LAME 3.90.3 (aps)
length: 70:31
tracks: 18
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t r a c k l i s t
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01. I Have Been In You 03:34
02. Flakes 06:41
03. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 03:42
04. I'm So Cute 03:09
05. Jones Crusher 02:49
06. What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World 00:33
07. Rat Tomago 05:17
08. Wait A Minute 00:31
09. Bobby Brown Goes Down 02:49
10. Rubber Shirt 02:43
11. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango 03:58
12. Baby Snakes 01:50
13. Tryin' To Grow A Chin 03:32
14. City Of Tiny Lites 05:31
15. Dancin' Fool 03:43
16. Jewish Princess 03:16
17. Wild Love 04:09
18. Yo' Mama 12:35
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c o m m e n t s / r e v i e w
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In order to finance his artier excursions, which increasingly required more
expensive technology, Frank Zappa recorded several collections of guitar- and
song-oriented material in the late '70s and early '80s, which generally
concentrated on the bawdy lyrical themes many fans had come to expect and enjoy
in concert. Sheik Yerbouti (two LPs, one CD) was one of the first and most
successful of these albums, garnering attention for such tracks as the
Grammy-nominated disco satire "Dancin' Fool," the controversial "Jewish
Princess," and the equally controversial "Bobby Brown Goes Down," a song about
gay S&M that became a substantial hit in European clubs. While Zappa's attitude
on the latter two tracks was even more politically incorrect than usual for
him, it didn't stop the album from becoming his second highest-charting ever.
Social satire, leering sexual preoccupations, and tight, melodic songs
dominated the rest of the record as well, as Zappa stuck to what had been
commercially successful for him in the past. The "dumb entertainment" (as Zappa
liked to describe this style) on Sheik Yerbouti was some of his dumbest, for
better or worse, and the music was undeniably good -- easily some of his best
since Apostrophe, and certainly the most accessible. Even if it sometimes
drifts a bit, fans of Zappa's '70s work will find Sheik Yerbouti on nearly an
equal level with Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation, both in terms of humor and
musical quality.
Steve Huey (http://www.allmusic.com/)