Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar

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Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar
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Artist: Frank Zappa
Released: 1981, 11 May
Labels: Barking Pumpkin Records
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Tracks

  Five-Five-Five (Zappa) - 2:35 Lyrics
  Hog Heaven (Zappa) - 2:49 Lyrics
  Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar (Zappa) - 5:38 Lyrics
  While You Were out (Zappa) - 5:59 Lyrics
  Treacherous Cretins (Zappa) - 5:35 Lyrics
  Heavy Duty Judy (Zappa) - 4:42 Lyrics
  Soup 'n Old Clothes (Zappa) - 7:52 Lyrics
  Variations on the Carlos Santana (Zappa) - 3:57 Lyrics
  Gee, I Like Your Pants (Zappa) - 2:35 Lyrics
  10  Canarsie (Zappa) - 6:05 Lyrics
  11  Ship Ahoy (Zappa) - 5:19 Lyrics
  12  Deathless Horsie (Zappa) - 6:19 Lyrics
  13  Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More (Zappa) - 6:52 Lyrics
  14  Pink Napkins (Zappa) - 4:38 Lyrics
  15  Beat It With Your Fist (Zappa) - 1:57 Lyrics
  16  Return of the Son of Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar (Zappa) - 8:30 Lyrics
  17  Pinocchio's Furniture (Zappa) - 2:04 Lyrics
  18  Why Johnny Can't Read (Zappa) - 4:15 Lyrics
  19  Stucco Homes (Zappa) - 9:07 Lyrics
  20  Canard du Jour (Ponty, Zappa) - 9:56 Lyrics
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Credits

All tracks are instrumentals.

Recorded: early 1973; February 1976; February 1977 - December 11, 1980

Frank Zappa - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Reviews

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10/10 militant (June 24, 2004)
spectacular instrumental work. stuningly mastered vinyl work. audiophile heaven. for anyone who can appreciate musicianship at its finest.
Favourites are:Canarsie, Ship Ahoy, Beat It With Your Fist, Stucco Homes and Canard du Jour.
the one record in my 3000+ collection that I miss hearing the most due to a defunct turntable and lent out amp

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