Frank Zappa – You Are What You Is (VG+/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1981

You Are What You Is is an LP by Frank Zappa from 1981 released on the CBS label.

About this album

You Are What You Is is a sharp late-period Frank Zappa album that turns pop satire, social commentary and genre-warping musicianship into a dense but pointed statement. Released in 1981, it draws on jazz-rock, fusion and avant-garde textures, with Zappa’s band shifting from wiry grooves to abrupt stylistic detours and back again. The album’s humour is barbed rather than playful, targeting consumer culture, conformity and the shallow certainties of American life. Widely regarded as one of his most accessible records from the era, it shows Zappa balancing technical invention with some of his clearest lyrical attacks.