Thing-Fish

by Frank Zappa

Thing-Fish cover art

Conceived as an immensely controversial, unproduced Broadway musical, 'Thing-Fish' serves as a scathing, profane satire of American culture, feminism, Broadway theater, and government conspiracies. The sprawling triple album heavily recycles and remixes previously released instrumental tracks, overlaying them with elaborate, racially charged AAVE vocal performances by Ike Willis. It remains one of the most polarizing and difficult entries in Zappa's extensive discography.

Genres

  • Experimental Rock
  • Comedy Rock
  • Rock Musical

Tracklist

  1. Prologue
  2. The Mammy Nuns
  3. Harry & Rhonda
  4. Galoot Up-Date
  5. The "Torchum" Never Stops
  6. That Evil Prince
  7. You Are What You Is
  8. Mudd Club
  9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  10. Clowns On Velvet
  11. Harry-As-A-Boy
  12. He's So Gay
  13. The Massive Improve'lence
  14. Artificial Rhonda
  15. The Crab-Grass Baby
  16. The White Boy Troubles
  17. No Not Now
  18. Briefcase Boogie
  19. Brown Moses
  20. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full
  21. Drop Dead
  22. Won Ton On