Son of Cheep Thrills

Son of Cheep Thrills Artist: Frank Zappa
Label: Zappa Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 014431058127
EAN: 0014431058127
ASIN: B00000IN4I


Release Date: 1999-04-27

Son of Cheep Thrills


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Tracks:

  1. WPLJ
  2. Twenty Small Cigars
  3. The Legend Of The Golden Arches
  4. Ya Hozna
  5. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
  6. Love Of My Life
  7. Disco Boy
  8. Night School
  9. Sinister Footwear 2nd Movemen
  10. The Idiot Bastard Son
  11. What's New In Baltimore?

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Another extremely broad sampler of Frank Zappa's music from Rykodisc, Son of Cheep Thrills contains more than enough music to justify its price but offers nothing new for longtime fans. Like its equally cheap predecessor, this eclectic set contains a smattering of tunes that cover the entire range of Zappa's career. Unlike the selections on some of Ryko's more focused Zappa retrospectives, the music here pokes at Zappa's more challenging and off-center pieces and could serve as a road map for interested newcomers who may not know where to start within Zappa's huge discography. The greasy doo-wop tracks "Love of My Life" and "WPLJ" provide entrée to Zappa classics such as Cruising with Ruben & the Jets. Some of his more intricate instrumentals will hopefully engender interest in Jazz from Hell or the fantastic You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore series. If you enjoyed Strictly Commercial or another Ryko retrospective and are at a loss for a next Zappa purchase, this disc may point you in the right direction. And Zappa experts and completists may find this well-priced disc a welcome diversion while waiting for the next lost tapes to appear from the vault. --Andrew Boscardin

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good.......2005-07-29

This album is a well arranged selection of quality Zappa work. Better than the first. Niether of these albums really give a well rounded history of zappa's work, but I don't think it's meant to do this. I don't think Zappa would think it was neccessary to honor him with a psuedo "best of" run through of his career, espeacially because the magnitude and diversity of his career makes it impossible to do so. I do think this is a nice collection for newcomers and patrons alike simply because I think it has nice order and fluency. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOST THE MATERIAL THAT IS ON THESE DISCS ON OTHER RECORDINGS< DON"T BOTHER BUYING IT. Just make your own mixes as best you can, if you like. There is no cheap way to really get a grip of what Zappa was all about. Unless you go to emusic.com. OOpps. Gave it away.

3 out of 5 stars Let them eat Zappa.......2005-02-22

Firstly, being told to buy Frank's albums does not help at all. If you were there all the time you have only ever been able to wait for his next release but if you are new to Frank Zappa on the wrong end of his career with well over fifty albums to choose from and not cash heavy which one do you buy first?

Secondly, what does die-hard Zappa fan mean? On the album Tinsel Town Rebellion at the start of Dance Contest a fan who has come onto the stage sounding extremely stoned blurts out how much he adores Frank and asks him to play Dinah Mo Hum, one of Zappa's occasionally more pornographic numbers. That fan is not presented in the best light in the liner notes. Do you want that person's advice? There is no such person as The Die-Hard Zappa Fan - people followed his career for countless reasons. Does anyone ever refer to the archetypal die-hard Stravinsky fan? It's not just a question of having all or nearly all of Frank Zappa's albums.

Thirdly, taken in isolation, Son of Cheep Thrills is a great album, the tracks are segued together nicely a la Zappa. I imagine you could put countless collections together like this if you wanted, but for a sampler, as a "die-hard" Zappa fan, I would have chosen different tracks. This album doesn't really capture Zappa's breadth and there are also better representatives of the aspects that it does address. None the less, it's all great Zappa music and even as a long time fan I don't regret buying it as cheap as it was, if nothing else it shows how pliable his music can be.

Fourthly, there are no rules, except that die-hard Frank Zappa fans do not own Frank Zappa.

So, should you buy this or go straight to Zappa's own output? I figure the odds be fifty fifty. A vote from all Zappa Fans would no doubt produce a most popular album, but that may not be the best place to start, for example You Are What You Is is nearly all songs which is not a typical Zappa album. Samplers such as Son of Cheep Thrills, if they're cheap and well thought out may give someone new to Zappa a good place to start. If you're not going to get a sampler then in my opinion, Roxy And Elsewhere would be hard to beat as a first Zappa Album. This was a double album, now on one CD. It has pieces pretty much spanning the entire Zappa spectrum played live by an amazing big band and MCed very amusingly and nostalgically by the man himself. It's a very apt and at the same time personal introduction to Frank Zappa. That album is still taking my breath away after 30 years.

If you are going to like Frank Zappa you'll most probably like Son Of Cheep Thrills which at the very least points to the various albums where the material originated. Toss a coin - heads you buy Son Of Cheep Thrills, tails you buy Roxy And Elsewhere.

5 out of 5 stars Better than the first.......2003-10-20

Get this along with Cheap Thrills for a pretty good intro to Zappa. This one has a better selection than the first, so if you only get one get this.

5 out of 5 stars You wanna know why Im mad?.......2002-01-13

Because, thanks to this disc, I have to go get "Waka/Jawaka", "Were Only In It For the Money" and "Uncle Meat". Like its predecessor, a great, cheap Zappa starter.

4 out of 5 stars

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