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Frank Zappa’s Innovative 1983 Album

March 28, 2024 by Admin

Released in March 1983, The Man From Utopia arrived at a turning point in Frank Zappa’s career. It was the first album after the biggest hit of the composer’s career to date, the “Valley Girl”-assisted Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch. Zappa could very easily have dumbed down, cranked out another novelty … Read more

‘Civilization Phaze III’: Frank Zappa’s Late Masterpiece

October 31, 2023 by Admin

After being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in 1990, Frank Zappa did what he had always done. He devoted every possible minute to working on music. Released on October 31, 1994, Civilization Phaze III was one of the most important results of that work. Unsurprisingly to those who had followed his career, Zappa’s illness did … Read more