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Zoot Allures

by Frank Zappa

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2,565
1970's

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151
1976

of 309

12

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Overall Rating: 3.1703 Zoot Allures is ranked overall as 3.1703 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2933 Zoot Allures has an avg. critic score of 3.2933 out of 4 stars

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Rolling Stone

With regard to poo-poo, snot, vomit, depersonalized sex, booze, zoot suits and the banality of mainstream rock, Frank Zappa, one of rock's original angry young men, remains vehement. AndZoot Alluresis his latest blow against the Empire. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Zoot Allures, released in October 1976, is mostly a studio album (there are some basic live tracks, as in the title track and "Black Napkins") featuring a revolving cast of musicians who, oddly, do not correspond to the ones pictured on the album cover (for instance, Patrick O'Hearn and Eddie Jobson did not contribute). ...more

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Coming off what turned out to be the final dissolution of the Mothers Of Invention and a short tour with his old friend Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa did something that many people may not have expected - he released a dark-sounding, more serious ...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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It's a low 8, but an 8 nonetheless, and a pretty fun one at that. It's a far, far less "sophisticated" album than OSFA , but it's not hard to tell that that's exactly what Zappa wanted. The busy big-band jazz-prog overtones of the last couple ...read the complete review at John Mcferrin Music Reviews

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