Frank Zappa did guitars and vocals here.
He got help from numerous guests, including his own daughter, who contributed with percussion, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, saxophone and vocals.
Frank Zappa had by now released his final album with original pop/rock material and were threading water. Something he did for the rest of his life.
He is said to be totally ignorant of his children although they lived in the same house and under the same roof as him throughout their lives. It is therefore more than ironic that his daughter Moon gave him one of his bigger songs while he was in threading water.
Valley Girl is the name of this song and it is the highlight of this album. It is a rather moronic song but it is also a groovy song who carries this album.
The rest of the album is a journey through his type of music. From a long guitar solo where Steve Vai is helping out to some more jazzy and avant-garde neo-classical stuff. And then we got the sillyness on Valley Girl and Teenage Prostitute. That is two songs nerds with a hatefilled attitude towards women would dig and love.
The result is a decent to good album. An album who provokes the listener more than entertaining them.
2.5 points
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