Album content
Its opening and closing songs were not written by Zappa: "The Closer You Are", was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and "Whippin' Post", originally performed by The Allman Brothers Band.
"Ya Hozna" includes backward vocals taken from "Sofa No. 2" (from "One Size Fits All", 1975), "Lonely Little Girl" (from We're Only in It for the Money, 1968) and unreleased outtakes of "Valley Girl" (vocals by Moon Zappa). "Planet of My Dreams" (featuring Bob Harris on vocals) is a 1981 studio recording taken from the score of Zappa's unrealized 1972 stage musical "Hunchentoot" (other titles from this show appear on the first-CD edition of the Sleep Dirt reissue from 1993).
As with other Zappa rock albums of this era, many of the tracks are sourced from live recordings. Later studio overdubs were liberally applied, although there is no mention of this on the album notes.[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Frank Zappa, except where noted.
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1. | "The Closer You Are" (Earl Lewis, Morgan "Bobby" Robinson) | 2:55 |
2. | "In France" | 3:30 |
3. | "Ya Hozna" | 6:26 |
4. | "Sharleena" | 4:33 |
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5. | "Sinister Footwear II" | 8:39 |
6. | "Truck Driver Divorce" | 8:59 |
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7. | "Stevie's Spanking" | 5:23 |
8. | "Baby, Take Your Teeth Out" | 1:54 |
9. | "Marque-son's Chicken" | 7:33 |
10. | "Planet of My Dreams" | 1:37 |
Personnel
Production staff
- Mark Pinske – chief engineer
- John Matousek – mastering
- Gabrielle Raumberger – artwork, graphic design
- Steve Schapiro – photography
- Bob Stone – engineer
- Donald Roller Wilson - Cover art
References
- ↑ Couture, F. "Them or Us - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ↑ "Them or Us". globalia.net/donlope/fz. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Zappa, Frank with Occhiogrosso, Peter (1989). The Real Frank Zappa Book. New York: Poseidon Press. pp. 278–279. ISBN 0-671-63870-X.
External links
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Miscellaneous compilations | Birthday Bundle series | |
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