Baby Snakes (soundtrack)

Baby Snakes
1995 CD reissue cover depicting the original picture disc
Soundtrack album by Frank Zappa
Released	March 28, 1983
Recorded	October 28–31, 1977
Venue	The Palladium (New York City)
Genre	Hard rock progressive rock art rock comedy rock
Length	37:02
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
The Man from Utopia (1983) Baby Snakes (1983) London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I (1983)
Alternate cover
1988 CD reissue cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Baby Snakes is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's film of the same name. It features seven songs from the film.

Overview

The track "Baby Snakes" is the studio recording which appears on Sheik Yerbouti , but omits the opening riff (instead starting at the first verse). All other tracks are live recordings, unique to this album and the film.

Like the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar set, this LP was originally offered for sale only as a mail order item through Columbia Records' Record Club division in Terre Haute, IN. The LP was later offered to distributors for conventional brick-and-mortar store sales.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Baby Snakes"	1:45
2.	"Titties & Beer"	6:13
3.	"The Black Page #2"	2:50
4.	"Jones Crusher"	2:53
5.	"Disco Boy"	3:51
Total length:		18:19

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Dinah-Moe Humm"	6:37
7.	"Punky's Whips"	11:29
Total length:		18:43

CD version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro Rap"	0:37
2.	"Baby Snakes"	1:46
3.	"Titties 'n' Beer"	6:13
4.	"The Black Page #2"	2:51
5.	"Jones Crusher"	2:53
6.	"Disco Boy"	3:52
7.	"Dinah Moe Humm"	6:37
8.	"Punky's Whips"	11:30
Total length:		36:19

Credits

• Frank Zappa – director, keyboards, vocals, guitar
• Adrian Belew – vocals, guitar
• Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
• Peter Wolf – keyboards
• Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
• Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals on "Titties & Beer" and "Punky's Whips"
• Ed Mann – percussion

Production

• Arranged & Produced by Frank Zappa
• Engineered & Mixed by Joe Chiccarelli
• Mastered by Bob Stone
• Norman Seeff – photography
• Lynn Goldsmith – photography

References

1. AllMusic review