One Size Fits All
by The Mothers
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 June 1975
- Label: DiscReet
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:38
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: James Youman, George Duke, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Frank Zappa, Chester Thompson, Napoleon M. Brock
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Boasting what is arguably the most virtuosic and tightly rehearsed iteration of his legendary ensemble, Frank Zappa reached an absolute peak of progressive jazz-rock brilliance. 'One Size Fits All' is an incredibly dense, fiercely energetic masterclass in musical complexity, matching staggeringly technical, shifting time signatures with wonderfully humorous, intensely satirical lyricism.
Genres
Descriptors: fusion, avant-garde, complex, technical, uncommon-time-signatures, satirical, progressive
Tracklist
- Inca Roads (8:45)
- Can't Afford No Shoes (2:37)
- Sofa No. 1 (2:38)
- Po-Jama People (7:38)
- Florentine Pogen (5:23)
- Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:05)
- San Ber'dino (5:51)
- Andy (6:03)
- Sofa No. 2 (2:38)
Credits
- Frank Zappa - primary artist, lead vocals, producer, guitar, backing vocals, written-by
- The Mothers of Invention - primary artist
- Tom Fowler - bass
- Chester Thompson - drums
- Gary Olazabal - engineer
- Jukka Teittinen - engineer
- Napoleon M. Brock - flute, tenor saxophone [tenor sax], backing vocals, lead vocals
- Bloodshot Rollin' Red - harmonica
- George Duke - keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals, lead vocals
- Kerry McNabb - mixed by [re-mix]
- Ruth Underwood - vibraphone [vibes], marimba, percussion
- Johnny Guitar Watson - vocals [flambe]
- James Youman - bass