Tinseltown Rebellion

by Frank Zappa

Tinseltown Rebellion cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 May 1981
  • Label: Barking Pumpkin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:42
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released simultaneously with a series of instrumental guitar albums, this double-LP focuses heavily on the bandleader's scatological humor and biting social satire. The virtuosic live band effortlessly navigates complex time signatures while Zappa ruthlessly mocks the emerging punk rock movement and the plasticity of the music industry.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive

Tracklist

  1. Fine Girl (3:31)
  2. Easy Meat (9:18)
  3. For The Young Sophisticate (3:13)
  4. Love Of My Life (2:15)
  5. I Ain't Got No Heart (1:59)
  6. Panty Rap (4:35)
  7. Tell Me You Love Me (2:07)
  8. Now You See It - Now You Don't (5:05)
  9. Dance Contest (3:00)
  10. The Blue Light (5:26)
  11. Tinsel Town Rebellion (4:35)
  12. Pick Me, I'm Clean (5:32)
  13. Bamboozled By Love (5:46)
  14. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:13)
  15. Peaches III (5:00)

Credits

  • Cal Schenkel - artwork [cover art]
  • Arthur Barrow - bass, vocals
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
  • John Williams - graphics
  • Ike Willis - guitar [rhythm], vocals
  • Ray White - guitar [rhythm], vocals
  • Steve Vai - guitar [rhythm], vocals
  • Warren Cuccurullo - guitar [rhythm], vocals

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