One size fits all
| One size fits all | ||||
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| Studio album by The Mothers of Invention | ||||
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Publication |
June 25, 1975 |
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DiscReet Records Barking Pumpkin Records (CD) Rykodisc (CD) VideoArts Music (CD) |
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Format (s) |
LP vinyl , CD |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
42:53 |
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Studio (s) |
The Record Plant, Los Angeles |
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One Size Fits All is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention released in 1975. It was recorded by the same band as Roxy & Elsewhere , but does not contain a brass choir. It is the tenth and final studio album by the band.
The two "bed" pieces are from the sofa suite, which also discloses the song Stick It Out Album Joe's Garage dates. The entire suite was often performed live by the Mothers in the early 1970s and was only released on the official bootleg Swiss Cheese / Fire! fully published. Sofa # 1 is the instrumental version, Sofa # 2 also contains English and German-speaking vocals.
reception
In June 2015, the renowned trade journal Rolling Stone selected the album as number 18 of the 50 best progressive rock albums of all time .
Track list
All the tracks were composed by Frank Zappa.
- Inca Roads - 8:45 am
- Can't Afford No Shoes - 2:38
- Sofa no. 1 - 2:39
- Po-Jama People - 7:39
- Florentine Pogen - 5:27
- Evelyn, A Modified Dog - 1:04
- San Ber'dino - 5:57
- Andy - 6:04
- Sofa no. 2-2 :42
occupation
- Frank Zappa - electric guitar , vocals
- George Duke - keyboard , synthesizer , vocals
- Napoleon Murphy Brock - flute , tenor saxophone , vocals
- Ruth Underwood - percussion
- Tom Fowler - electric bass
- Chester Thompson - drums
- James "Bird Legs" Youman - E-Bass in Can't Afford No Shoes (guest musician)
- Johnny Guitar Watson - vocals in San Ber'dino and Andy (guest musician)
- "Bloodshot Rollin 'Red" (guest musician Captain Beefheart under a pseudonym) - harmonica
Web links
- One Size Fits All at Discogs (English)
- About the cover
- Song lyrics
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bootleg "Swiss Cheese / Fire!" ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Status: February 2007)
- ↑ sofa suite (as of 2/2007)
- ↑ Kory Grow: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, 'One Size Fits All' (1975). In: Rolling Stone . Wenner Media, June 17, 2015, accessed on September 25, 2015 .
