![]() ![]() "Teen-Age Prostitute", in specific, is one of the most exciting pieces in Zappa's entire discography. ![]() Zappa composed all of the tracks and conducted the music yes Zappa conducts rock music. His style added a spice of complexity to the album’s instrumentation - such as the solo in the latter half of "I Come from Nowhere." Other characteristics of the album included heavy yet playful bass lines in nearly every song, overly obnoxious vocals, and in the case of "Teen-Age Prostitute", the use of a professional opera singer. Recently Zappa had hired Steve Vai to play some of the guitar parts on You Are What You Is for Ship Arriving, Vai took place as lead guitarist. The album's mood musically ranges from silly to suspenseful to outright strange. Despite this, every single track on it is brilliant, so it almost makes up for the poor flow between songs. This causes the two sides to seem haphazardly pasted together like a compilation. The first 3 tracks were recorded in the studio, and the last 3 are from live performances. The album is rather brief (6 tracks, 34 minutes), and doesn't necessarily hold a strong theme, other than being a silly 80s progressive rock album. It was evident that it was about time Zappa gave the new 80s rock sound a chance. The guitar styles of Steve Vai and the outlandish humor of Zappa help Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch to become another bright moment in a lengthy discography.ĭespite coming out in 1981, Frank Zappa's previous masterpiece, You Are What You Is still felt reminiscent of the 1970s. Review Summary: Unlike a lot of 80s progressive rock, this album is far from pop.
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