Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6

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Flash Fearless vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6
Studio album by
various artists
Released1975
RecordedOctober 1, 1974 - December 31, 1974
Genre Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, soft rock
Length38:20
LanguageEnglish
Label Chrysalis
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 is a comic book hero idea put to music with Alice Cooper, Elkie Brooks, Black Oak Arkansas' Jim Dandy, the Who's John Entwistle and Keith Moon, Justin Hayward, Carmine Appice, Eddie Jobson, Nicky Hopkins, Kenney Jones, Thunderthighs, Bill Bruford, James Dewar and many others. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Trapped - 4:10 (vocal by Elkie Brooks)
  2. I'm Flash - 3:09 (vocal by Alice Cooper)
  3. Country Cooking - 5:03 (vocal by Jim "Dandy" Mangrum)
  4. What's Happening - 6:51 (vocal by James Dewar)
  5. Space Pirates - 3:13 (vocal by Alice Cooper, speech by Keith Moon)
  6. Sacrifice - 3:55 (vocal by Elkie Brooks)
  7. Let's Go to the Chop - 2:41 (vocal by John Entwistle)
  8. Supersnatch Fearless Flash - 3:24 (vocal by Frankie Miller)
  9. Georgia Sycopator Fearless Flash - 3:02 (instrumental)
  10. Blast Off - 4:33 (vocal by Jim "Dandy" Mangrum)
  11. Trapped - 1:24 (instrumental by Eddie Jobson)

Charts

Various artists original studio cast. [4]

Chart (1975)PeakRef.
US Billboard FM Action9 [5]
US Record World 181 [6]
US Billboard Bubbling Under the Top LP's209 [7]

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