Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) 2CD (2012 Reissue) torrent

“Thing-Fish”, was originally released as a triple album box set in 1984. It was billed as a cast recording for a proposed musical of the same name.

The album's storyline is inspired by Broadway theatre, AIDS, eugenics, conspiracy theories, feminism, homosexuality and African American culture. It involves an evil, racist prince/theater critic who creates a disease intended to eradicate African Americans and homosexuals. The disease is tested on prisoners who are turned into "Mammy Nuns" led by the story's narrator, Thing-Fish. The story within a story is a satire of a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant couple, Harry and Rhonda (actually played by Italian-Americans), who attend a play performed by the "Mammy Nuns", and find themselves confronted with their pasts: Harry presented as a homosexual boy, Rhonda presented as a sex doll brought to life.

Cast:
Ike Willis - Thing-Fish
Terry Bozzio - Harry
Dale Bozzio - Rhonda
Napoleon Murphy Brock - The Evil Prince
Bob Harris - Harry-As-A-Boy
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Brown Moses

The story was constructed during the recording sessions, which included producing new overdubs for recordings which previously appeared on Zappa's albums “Zoot Allures, Tinseltown Rebellion, You Are What You Is and Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch.”

Thing-Fish was initially received poorly by critics, who criticized the use of previously recorded material, but has since been reappraised for its highly satirical content.

Frank Zappa's "most controversial, misunderstood, overlooked album".



Frank Zappa

Thing-Fish

1984

2012 Reissue


2CDs / 2012 VBR-V0


Track List:

Disc 1:

1. Prologue 2:56
2. The Mammy Nuns 3:31
3. Harry & Rhonda 3:36
4. Galoot Up-Date 5:27
5. The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:33
6. That Evil Prince 1:17
7. You Are What You Is 4:31
8. Mudd Club 3:17
9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
10. Clowns On Velvet 1:51
11. Harry-As-A-Boy 2:34
12. He's So Gay 2:45
13. The Massive Improve'lence 5:08
14. Artificial Rhonda 3:29


Disc 2:

1. The Crab-Grass Baby 3:47
2. The White Boy Troubles 3:34
3. No Not Now 5:49
4. Briefcase Boogie 4:10
5. Brown Moses 3:00
6. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full 4:00
7. Drop Dead 7:56
8. Won Ton On 4:18


Frank Zappa / Thing-Fish / 1984


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