Hot Rats

Last updated

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa

Hot Rats
Hot Rats.jpg
Studio album by
Frank Zappa
ReleasedOctober 10, 1969
RecordedJuly 18 – August 30, 1969
T.T.G., Los Angeles
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Whitney Studios, Glendale using 16-track
Genre
Length43:11
Label Bizarre/Reprise
Producer Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Uncle Meat
(1969)		Hot Rats
(1969)		 Burnt Weeny Sandwich
(1970)
Frank Zappa (solo) chronology
Lumpy Gravy
(1967)		Hot Rats
(1969)		 Chunga's Revenge
(1970)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Peaches en Regalia"3:38
2."Willie the Pimp"9:21
3."Son of Mr. Green Genes"8:58
Total length:21:57
Side two
No.TitleLength
4."Little Umbrellas"3:06
5."The Gumbo Variations"12:53
6."It Must Be a Camel"5:15
Total length:21:14
Rykodisc CD version
No.TitleLength
1."Peaches en Regalia"3:37
2."Willie the Pimp"9:16
3."Son of Mr. Green Genes"8:58
4."Little Umbrellas"3:04
5."The Gumbo Variations"16:55
6."It Must Be a Camel"5:15
Total length:47:05

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Hot Rats liner notes. [19]

Also featuring

Production

Charts

Chart (1969-70)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [20] 19
Billboard 200 173
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 9

Related Research Articles

<i>Were Only in It for the Money</i> 1968 studio album by the Mothers of Invention

We're Only in It for the Money is the third album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two efforts, it is a concept album, and satirizes left- and right-wing politics, particularly the hippie subculture, as well as the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was conceived as part of a project called No Commercial Potential, which produced three other albums: Lumpy Gravy, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, and Uncle Meat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dweezil Zappa</span> American rock guitarist and actor

Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Zappa developed a strong affinity for playing the guitar and producing music. Able to learn directly from guitarists such as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, Zappa released his first single at the age of 12.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shuggie Otis</span> American musician (born 1953)

Johnny Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.

<i>Uncle Meat</i> 1969 studio album with live elements by the Mothers of Invention

Uncle Meat is the sixth album by the Mothers of Invention, and seventh overall by Frank Zappa, released as a double album in 1969. Uncle Meat was originally developed as a part of No Commercial Potential, a project which spawned three other albums sharing a conceptual connection: We're Only in It for the Money, Lumpy Gravy and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets.

<i>Fillmore East – June 1971</i> 1971 live album by The Mothers

Fillmore East – June 1971 is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1971. It is the twelfth album in Frank Zappa's discography, and was produced by Zappa and mixed by Toby Foster.

<i>Chungas Revenge</i> Album by Frank Zappa

Chunga's Revenge is the third solo album, and eleventh album counting the work of his band The Mothers of Invention, by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa's first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan - nicknamed Flo & Eddie - on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa's history. Chunga's Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats.

<i>Apostrophe ()</i> Album by Frank Zappa

Apostrophe (') is the sixth solo album and eighteenth in total by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was the first of Zappa's three Billboard Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at number 86. The album itself became the biggest commercial success of Zappa's career, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200.

<i>Cruising with Ruben & the Jets</i> 1968 studio album by the Mothers of Invention

Cruising with Ruben & the Jets is the fourth album by the Mothers of Invention, and fifth overall by Frank Zappa, released under the alias Ruben and the Jets. Released on December 2, 1968 on Bizarre and Verve Records with distribution by MGM Records, it is a concept album, influenced by 1950s doo-wop and rock and roll. The album's concept deals with a fictitious Chicano doo-wop band called Ruben & the Jets, represented by the cover illustration by Cal Schenkel, which depicts the Mothers of Invention as anthropomorphic dogs. It was conceived as part of a project called No Commercial Potential, which produced three other albums: Lumpy Gravy, We're Only in It for the Money and Uncle Meat.

<i>Burnt Weeny Sandwich</i> 1970 studio album with live elements by The Mothers of Invention

Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the seventh album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, and the ninth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. It consists of both studio and live recordings. Following the Mothers' split in late 1969, Zappa assembled two albums of unreleased recordings by the band - this album and its follow-up Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, while Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces. Both albums also include some outtakes/leftovers from the sessions for Zappa's 1969 solo album Hot Rats.

<i>Weasels Ripped My Flesh</i> 1970 studio album with live elements by The Mothers of Invention

Weasels Ripped My Flesh is the eighth album by the American rock group the Mothers of Invention, and the tenth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. Following the Mothers' late 1969 split, Zappa assembled two albums - Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh - from unreleased studio and live recordings by the band, as well as some outtakes/leftovers from his 1969 solo album Hot Rats. While Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces.

<i>Mothermania</i> 1969 compilation album by the Mothers of Invention

Mothermania (1969), subtitled The Best of the Mothers, is a compilation album by the Mothers of Invention. While the songs were previously released on Freak Out!, Absolutely Free and We're Only in It for the Money, it contains unique mixes or edits made specifically for this compilation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Napoleon Murphy Brock</span> American singer, saxophonist and flautist (born 1943)

Napoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, and Bongo Fury. He contributed notable vocal performances to the Zappa songs "Village of the Sun," "Cheepnis," and "Florentine Pogen."

<i>Sleep Dirt</i> 1979 studio album by Frank Zappa

Sleep Dirt is an album by Frank Zappa, released in January 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Records. It reached No. 175 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.

<i>Läther</i> 1996 studio album by Frank Zappa

Läther is the sixty-fifth official album by Frank Zappa. It was released posthumously as a three-CD set on Rykodisc in 1996. The album's title is derived from bits of comic dialog that link the songs. Zappa also explained that the name is a joke, based on "common bastardized pronunciation of Germanic syllables by the Swiss."

<i>Does Humor Belong in Music?</i> (album) Live album

Does Humor Belong in Music? is a live album by Frank Zappa.

<i>Zappa in New York</i> 1978 live album by Frank Zappa

Zappa in New York is a double live album by Frank Zappa released on his own DiscReet Records label, distributed by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded in December 1976 at a series of concerts at the Palladium in New York City.

"Willie the Pimp" is a song from Frank Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats. It features an idiosyncratic Captain Beefheart vocal and one of Zappa's classic guitar solos. It is the only track that is not instrumental on the album, though the track features a long guitar solo.

<i>Tinsel Town Rebellion</i> 1981 live album with studio elements by Frank Zappa

Tinsel Town Rebellion is a double live album released by Frank Zappa in May 1981. The album was conceived by Zappa after he scrapped the planned albums Warts and All and Crush All Boxes, and contains tracks that were intended for those albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peaches en Regalia</span> 1969 single by Frank Zappa

"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was initially released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since.

<i>The Hot Rats Sessions</i> 2019 box set by Frank Zappa

The Hot Rats Sessions is a 6-CD box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Frank Zappa album Hot Rats. It was released on December 20, 2019.

References

  1. 1 2 Reed, Ryan. "Frank Zappa's Funky Nothingness Is Full Of Meandering, Revelatory Jams" . Retrieved June 30, 2023. a missing link between the fiery, fusion-meets-blues-rock swirl of Hot Rats and the freewheeling musical buffet of Chunga's Revenge.
  2. ↑ Ellen, Mark (June 12, 2015). "The true story of Frank Zappa In The 70s". louder. Retrieved November 19, 2023. an instrumental rock album played mostly by jazz musicians
  3. ↑ Huey, Steve (2011). "Hot Rats - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2002). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0857125958.
  5. ↑ Martin C. Strong (2024). The Great Rock Bible (1st ed.). Red Planet Books. ISBN   978-1-9127-3328-6.
  6. ↑ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN   978-0-7876-1037-1.
  7. ↑ "Frank Zappa - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto".
  8. ↑ "Hot Rats - Record Collector Magazine".
  9. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Frank Zappa". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Tom Hull. "Grade List: frank zappa". Tom Hull - on the web. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ Cavanagh, David (2016). "Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention reissues". uncut.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January 29, 1970). "Consumer Guide (7)". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Frank Zappa: Biography". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  14. ↑ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
  15. ↑ "1001 Albums You Must Hear - 2008 Edition". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  16. ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 81. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6.
  17. 1 2 Neil Slaven (March 1, 2003). Electric Don Quixote. pp. 141–144. ISBN   978-0-7119-9436-2.
  18. ↑ "Would You Go All the Way? Zappa Reissues Arrive and Details Emerge, Next Batch Announced « The Second Disc". August 2, 2012. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012.
  19. ↑ (1969). "Hot Rats liner notes". In Hot Rats [Album cover]. Bizarre.
  20. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 209. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  21. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 60: 12 April 1970 - 18 April 1970" . Retrieved May 24, 2020.

Further reading

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.