Frank Zappa - 2002 - Zappa Picks - by Jon Fishman of Phish torrent

Rykodisc sought a way to market the recordings of Frank Zappa (who died in 1993) to younger listeners, so their solution was to ask musicians like Jon Fishman of Phish, who already appeals to the audience the label was trying to reach, to put together a collection of favorite Zappa recordings. Unlike Larry LaLonde of Primus, who also assembled a Zappa anthology for Rykodisc, Fishman's picks aren't as wide-ranging, featuring just 16 tracks from ten Zappa albums (almost exclusively from the 1970s), and they don't include nearly enough memorable performances by the late guitarist and composer, while incorporating filler tracks like "Wait a Minute" and "What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World." Newcomers to Zappa's music will be better served by picking up LaLonde's more thoughtfully assembled anthology, or better yet, one sequenced by Zappa himself.

1 Excentrifugal Forz song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 1:33

2 Apostrophe
Jack Bruce / Jim Gordon / Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 5:50

3 Magdalena
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 6:24

4 Dog Breath
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 3:35

5 Cheepnis
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 6:33

6 Son of Orange County
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 6:13

7 More Trouble Every Day
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 5:40

8 It Can't Happen Here
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 3:55


9 Keep It Greasey song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 8:21

10 For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 6:06

11 What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 0:33

12 Rat Tomago song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 5:17

13 Wait a Minute song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 0:31

14 It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal song review
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 4:16

15 I'm the Slime
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 3:34

16 Sofa No. 2
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa 2:41