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Frank Zappa, Son of Cheep Thrills

Audio CD

Disk ID: 990984

Disk length: 44m 54s (11 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1999

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. WPLJ 2:50
2. Twenty small cigars 2:17
3. The legend of the golden arches 3:27
4. Ya hozna 6:26
5. It just might be a one-shot deal 4:16
6. Love of my life (live version) 2:15
7. Disco boy (live soundtrack version) 3:51
8. Night school 4:47
9. Sinister footwear 2nd mvt. (live version) 6:39
10. The idiot's bastard son 2:39
11. What's new in Baltimore 5:20

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Review

Another extremely broad sampler of Frank Zappa's music from Rykodisc, Son of Cheep Thrills contains more than enough music to justify its price but offers nothing new for longtime fans. Like its equally cheap predecessor, this eclectic set contains a smattering of tunes that cover the entire range of Zappa's career. Unlike the selections on some of Ryko's more focused Zappa retrospectives, the music here pokes at Zappa's more challenging and off-center pieces and could serve as a road map for interested newcomers who may not know where to start within Zappa's huge discography. The greasy doo-wop tracks "Love of My Life" and "WPLJ" provide entrée to Zappa classics such as Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. Some of his more intricate instrumentals will hopefully engender interest in Jazz from Hell or the fantastic You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore series. If you enjoyed Strictly Commercial or another Ryko retrospective and are at a loss for a next Zappa purchase, this disc may point you in the right direction. And Zappa experts and completists may find this well-priced disc a welcome diversion while waiting for the next lost tapes to appear from the vault. --Andrew Boscardin

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Son of Cheep Thrills

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 44m 56s (+0m 2s)

Son of Cheep Thrills

Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 49m 37s (+4m 43s)

Son of Cheep Thrills

Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 49m 41s (+4m 47s)

Son of Cheep Thrills

Tracks: 12 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 50m 39s (+5m 45s)

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