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Frank Zappa – Tinsel Town Rebellion (VG/VG+) – 2xLP, US 1981
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Tinsel Town Rebellion is an LP by Frank Zappa from 1981 released on the Barking Pumpkin Records label.
About this album
Tinsel Town Rebellion finds Frank Zappa turning live performance and studio polish into a pointed satire of late-70s American culture and rock excess. Issued in 1981, the album draws on Zappa’s band chemistry at a time when he was refining longer, more intricately arranged material alongside abrupt comic detours and biting social commentary. The result is a record that balances hard-edged guitar, complex ensemble writing and Zappa’s trademark irreverence, with songs such as Easy Meat and Brown Shoes Don’t Make It reinforcing his reputation as one of rock’s most idiosyncratic composers. It remains a strong entry in his early-80s catalogue.
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Artist: Frank ZappaLabel: Barking Pumpkin Records – PW2 37336Format: LP, Album, StereoUnits: 2Country: USReleased: 1981Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Alternative Rock, Prog Rock
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A1 Fine Girl
A2 Easy Meat
A3 For The Young Sophisticate
B1 Love Of My Life
B2 I Ain'T Got No Heart
B3 Panty Rap
B4 Tell Me You Love Me
B5 Now You See It - Now You Don'T
C1 Dance Contest
C2 The Blue Light
C3 Tinsel Town Rebellion
C4 Pick Me, I'M Clean
D1 Bamboozled By Love
D2 Brown Shoes Don'T Make It
D3 Peaches Iii