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Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa flac album
  • Performer Frank Zappa
  • Title Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa
  • Date of release 1995
  • Country US
  • Style Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Avantgarde, Parody
  • Other formats XM AC3 AHX AU AIFF MP3 AUD
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1391 mb
  • Size FLAC 1847 mb
  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 981

For all of his many attributes, one thing Frank Zappa most certainly was not is commercial. Presumably, the title of this collection is ironic. Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa is a compilation not of the composer's hits - he only broke the Top 40 on one occasion, with "Valley Girl" - but rather, a collection of his best-known material, from "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" to "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.

Listen free to Frank Zappa – Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (Peaches en Regalia, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (single version) and more). Strictly Commercial is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. It was released in 1995, two years after his death. The disc is currently out of print and has been replaced in Zappa's catalog by the 2016 compilation album Atite

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Frank Zappa 101. As close as anyone has come to a definitive greatest hits set, Strictly Commercial manages to encapsulate much, if not most, of a career that deliberately defied any such attempts. See and discover other items: the best of classic jazz, best jazz album.

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983). Zappa’s 80s period tends to divide his hardcore fans. The trilogy of albums of which this is a part (and which also includes the albums Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch and Thing Fish) includes some of Zappa’s best late-period material, as well as some of his worst. Zappa and The Mothers also made some excellent live albums, the best of which are Fillmore East June 1971, Just Another Band From LA and Broadway The Hard Way. Zappa’s work in the 80s is best represented by 1982’s Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (which spawned his biggest-selling single, Valley Girl (and the already mentioned The Man From Utopia, his last really great ‘conventional’ rock studio album). Civilization, Phaze III, the last album Zappa completed, still divides fans.

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. Style:MLA Chicago APA. "Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa Album.

This Frank Zappa discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Frank Zappa albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Frank Zappa singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. Use this fact-based list to build your own just like it that fits your opinions of where everything should be ranked.

First is the Video Arts obi, black on white. Rykodisc obi. Double A side cover on heavy card. The back picture is upside down, so the gatefolded sleeve can be read properly from both sides. The inner gatefold pics are the same.

Nom du groupe Frank Zappa. Nom de l'album Strictly Commercial : The Best Of Frank Zappa. Date de parution 22 Août 1995. Style MusicalRock Psychédélique. Membres possèdant cet album9. 1. Peaches En Regalia. 2. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (single version).

Cheap Thrills is a compilation album by Frank Zappa, with material from previously released albums. All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted. I Could Be a Star Now" (from The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (Film), 1988 & Playground Psychotics, 1992). Catholic Girls " (from You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6, 1992). Bobby Brown Goes Down " (from You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3, 1989).

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Peaches En Regalia 3:37
2 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (Single Version) 3:34
3 Dancin' Fool 3:43
4 San Ber'dino 5:57
5 Dirty Love 2:57
6 My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 3:31
7 Cosmik Debris 4:14
8 Trouble Every Day
Producer – Tom Wilson
5:49
9 Disco Boy 5:08
10 Fine Girl 3:29
11 Sexual Harassment In The Workplace 3:42
12 Let's Make The Water Turn Black 2:01
13 I'm The Slime 3:34
14 Joe's Garage (Single Version) 4:08
15 Tell Me You Love Me 2:33
16 Montana (Single Version) 4:47
17 Valley Girl
Written-By – Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa
4:50
18 Be In My Video 3:39
19 Muffin Man 5:32

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D 102851
  • Pressed By – HMG – 2110

Credits

  • Compilation Producer – Jill Christiansen
  • Design – Steven Jurgensmeyer
  • Mastered By – Toby Mountain
  • Photography By [Cover] – Norman Seeff
  • Photography By [Rear Card] – Jean-Pierre Leloir
  • Producer – Frank Zappa (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 19)
  • Written-By – Frank Zappa (tracks: 1 to 16, 18, 19)

Notes

This BMG music club edition also has the Club ID "D 102851" printed on CD face. It also appears on the back inset panel and hub matrix.

Instead of barcode:
D 102851
Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
under License
6550 East 30th Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46219

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: 2110-1-1 HMG *D102851*
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L451
  • Mould SID Code: iƒpi 7710

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RALP 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa ‎(2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num) Rykodisc RALP 40500 US 1995
RCD 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa ‎(CD, Comp, Club) Rykodisc RCD 40500 US 1995
RAC 40600 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp) Rykodisc RAC 40600 Canada 1995
RAC 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp, Club, Col) Rykodisc RAC 40500 US 1995
AL 396 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp, RE, Unofficial) Alpha Music AL 396 Russia Unknown

Tracklist

1 Peaches En Regalia 3:37
2 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (Single Version) 3:34
3 Dancin' Fool 3:43
4 San Ber'dino 5:57
5 Dirty Love 2:57
6 My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 3:31
7 Cosmik Debris 4:14
8 Trouble Every Day 5:49
9 Disco Boy 5:08
10 Fine Girl 3:29
11 Sexual Harassment In The Workplace 3:42
12 Let's Make The Water Turn Black 2:01
13 I'm The Slime 3:34
14 Joe's Garage (Single Version) 4:08
15 Tell Me You Love Me 2:33
16 Montana (Single Version) 4:47
17 Valley Girl 4:50
18 Be In My Video 3:39
19 Muffin Man 5:32

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered At – Northeastern Digital
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Rykodisc
  • Copyright (c) – Rykodisc
  • Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 37530
  • Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated

Credits

  • Compilation Producer – Jill Christiansen
  • Design [Package Design] – Steven Jurgensmeyer
  • Mastered By – Toby Mountain
  • Photography By [Profile Cover] – Jean-Pierre Leloir
  • Photography By [Smiling Cover] – Norman Seeff
  • Producer – Frank Zappa (tracks: Except B4)
  • Written-By – Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa (tracks: D3)

Notes

Mastered for Northeastern Digital Recording.
Copyright (P)&(C) 1995 Rykodisc. All rights reserved.
Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
Ryko/FZ

Issued in Ryko's green tinted jewel case. Includes 20-page booklet.
Printed and manufactured in USA

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 014431050015
  • Matrix / Runout: IFPI L909 Z69879 MOS1 A4 P2 310500-2 02
  • Matrix / Runout: IFPI 2U7A

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RALP 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa ‎(2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Num) Rykodisc RALP 40500 US 1995
RCD 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial - The Best Of Frank Zappa ‎(CD, Comp, Club) Rykodisc RCD 40500 US 1995
RAC 40600 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp) Rykodisc RAC 40600 Canada 1995
RAC 40500 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp, Club, Col) Rykodisc RAC 40500 US 1995
AL 396 Frank Zappa Strictly Commercial (The Best Of Frank Zappa) ‎(Cass, Comp, RE, Unofficial) Alpha Music AL 396 Russia Unknown