Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Over-Nite Sensation

I love FZ!

I have wanted this on disc for many years, I think its great that it is still available. November 24, 2008

zappa in top form.

zappa at his peak. rock,jazz,avant-gard all in one album.
i was a teen when this came out,unlike me,this music never gets old. September 7, 2008

Frank Zappa - Moving To Montana

Zappa had been around for quite a while by 1973 with somewhat limited success commercially, but that would all change with the "Overnight Sensation" album. This would be Zappa's first album to go gold in the U.S. and would actually get some airplay on more progressive oriented radio stations here. To many longtime Zappa fans this album was a bit of a commercial sell out, while at the same time it opened up Frank's music to a whole new set of fans. I have mixed feelings about this album, some of it is brilliant and some I find a bit annoying. "I Am The Slime", "Dirty Love", "Dinah Moe Hum" and "Montana" are all prime Zappa satire. On the other hand songs like "50/50" and "Zomby Woof" grate on my ears every time I listen to them. In the end I give this one 3.5 to 4 stars. August 21, 2008

GENIUS

This is the Best. FZ's creative genius shines bright on this album/CD. Play this when you're having a down day, Guaranteed to make you smile and laugh out loud. Lost a CD case and this was one of the first I had to replace, ASAP!!!! June 28, 2008

Zappa 101

For nearly as long as I can remember, I have known of Frank Zappa and his trademark facial hair. I had seen his face and heard of him, although nobody ever really reccomended a specific album to start on. One day during college, a friend of mine bought me the "Baby Snakes" DVD, which is focused on "people that do things that aren't normal". I attempted to watch the DVD and after about an hour, turned it off very confused. The DVD would then follow me for two years, with only one more attempted viewing just to show a friend how far out it was.

Two years later and I was a junior in college. I was talking about music with my roomate and mentioned how I had heard great things about Frank Zappa, although was never able to find that album to make me a fan. He mentioned he had one Zappa CD, Overnite Sensation, and that it had "Zombie Woof" on it. (A song we had both heard covered by a band called Pork Tornado, with Phish guitarist Jon Fishman) He put in the CD and I was a fan of two songs. Dinah-Moe Hum and Zombie Woof. I purchased the CD at a used record store, listened to it a few times, and put it into my CD case.

A few more months go by & I continue to occasionally play this CD. Slowly I begin to absorb more of the tracks and realize the complex compositions of each song. Gradually over the course of three years, this became one of my top listened to albums. Soon I fell in love with every track (Especially Montana) & became increasingly interested in Zappa. I have since re-watched Baby Snakes and found it very amusing now that I understand more about Zappa and his humor. (Poodles?)

I am in the process of building up my collection of Zappa albums, and mkany of them take the same approach as Over-Nite Sensation. I will get the album, be confused, like a song or two, and re-listen to it until I can wrap my head around the complex composition of the notes and the trademark Zappa humor.

Zappa has a lot of albums that are all very different. Many of his albums also have songs that are completely different from one another. He can be a difficult artist to "get into". It took me nearly five years to realize "Hey, I'm a huge Zappa fan and need to hear as much of his music as possible!". If you start at the wrong place (like Baby Snakes) you may be turned off by his strangeness. If you start at the right place, you may (eventually) be amazed by his genius.

Buy this album, listen to Zombie Woof & Camarillo, then slowly explore the other tracks on the albums. I'm really glad I took Zappa 101 during my Junior year in college. December 11, 2007

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