Artist: Frank Zappa
Album: Hot Rats
Year: 1969
Here it is...the FINAL ALBUM OF THE 1960'S!
The always-adventurous and unpredictable Frank Zappa is the artist behind Hot Rats, a bizarre album that kind of straddles the line between rock and jazz. It's a really slick sounding album, a grand and lavish take on guitar rock. Best track here is "Willie the Pimp," which features the iconoclastic vocals of Captain Beefheart before settling into an awesome groove. "Peaches En Regalia" is an insanely catchy instrumental with saxophone and organ arpeggios combining to make for a really cool effect.
I gotta say, this one doesn't sound like anything else, but has hints of just about everything else that was going on at the time (soul, psychedelic, blues, jazz, rock). When one thinks of Frank Zappa, the word "classy" doesn't usually come to mind, but Hot Rats represents jazz-rock at its most sumptuous.
Rating: Worth repeated listens
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