Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More

by Frank Zappa

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 May 1981
  • Label: Barking Pumpkin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:47:28
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the second installment of a mail-order guitar solo trilogy, this release further isolates the composer's heavy, highly technical instrumental improvisations from their original live context. Utilizing sophisticated xenochrony, Zappa spliced distinct solos into entirely new rhythmic beds, demonstrating his innovative mastery of studio manipulation.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Five-Five-Five (2:36)
  2. Hog Heaven (2:48)
  3. Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (5:38)
  4. While You Were Out (6:03)
  5. Treacherous Cretins (5:34)
  6. Heavy Duty Judy (4:38)
  7. Soup 'N Old Clothes (7:56)
  8. Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression (3:58)
  9. Gee, I Like Your Pants (2:31)
  10. Canarsie (6:08)
  11. Ship Ahoy (5:22)
  12. The Deathless Horsie (6:21)
  13. Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More (6:53)
  14. Pink Napkins (4:38)
  15. Beat It With Your Fist (1:58)
  16. Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (8:30)
  17. Pinocchio's Furniture (2:05)
  18. Why Johnny Can't Read (4:35)
  19. Stucco Homes (9:08)
  20. Canard Du Jour (9:59)

Credits

  • Arthur Barrow - bass
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
  • Bob Harris - keyboards
  • Tommy Mars - keyboards
  • Ike Willis - rhythm guitar
  • Ray White - rhythm guitar
  • Steve Vai - rhythm guitar
  • Peter Wolf - keyboards

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