freak out!

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Freak Out!
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	colspan="2" valign="top"\|July, 1966
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	colspan="2" valign="top"\|1965, 1966
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	colspan="2" valign="top"\|60 min 23 sec
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Rykodisc (reissue)
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producer	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Tom Wilson
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|AMG	valign="top"\|5/5	valign="top"\|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Frank Zappa Chronology
olspan="2" valign="top"\|Freak Out! (1966)	valign="top"\|Absolutely Free (1967)

Freak Out! is the debut album of Frank Zappa and his group, the Mothers Of Invention. Released in 1966, it was one of the first double album sets, showcasing Zappa's lyrical talents for demoralising American politics while also making fun of the prevailing counterculture in the latter part of the decade. With both broad and subtle strokes of humor, it paints a picture of an American public in thrall to the opiate of the media, shifting from one prefabricated empty craze to the next with frenzied mindlessness, under the grim supervision of a vague but all-powerful authoritarian intelligence. "Who Are the Brain Police?", asks Zappa. Underlying the whole album is Zappa's trademark tweaking of sexual and scatological taboos. Freak Out! is a stunning amalgamation of everything typically Zappa, from R&B, doo-wop and standard blues-influenced rock to orchestral arrangements to dissonant, bizarre inanities and avant-garde sound collages. The album features vocalist Ray Collins, along with initial guitar player Elliot Ingber, bass player Roy Estrada and drummer Jimmy Carl Black. All orchestrations are arranged by Zappa and featured heavily on many of the songs. Suzy Creamcheese, infamous Zappa character, makes her debut with this release, as does a lifetime career of savage parody and serious music progression. As one of the most original releases recorded on vinyl, and subsequently CD, the album is a seminal recording and a milestone in rock music. As one of the first integrated albums, with all songs centered on a common theme, it heavily influenced The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Track listing

all songs by Frank Zappa

"Hungry Freaks, Daddy" - 3:27
"I Ain't Got No Heart" - 2:30
"Who Are the Brain Police?" - 3:22
"Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder" - 3:31
"Motherly Love" - 2:45
"How Could I Be Such a Fool?" - 2:12
"Wowie Zowie" - 2:45
"You Didn't Try to Call Me" - 3:17
"Any Way the Wind Blows" - 2:52
"I'm Not Satisfied" - 2:37
"You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" - 3:37
"Trouble Every Day" - 6:16
"Help, I'm a Rock" - 8:37
"It Can't Happen Here" - 3:56
"The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" - 12:17

Personnel

Frank Zappa - guitar, harmonica, conductor, cymbals, tambourine, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black - percussion, drums, vocals
Ray Collins - guitar, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, vocals, finger cymbals
Gene Estes - percussion
Roy Estrada - bass, vocals, guitarron, soprano Vocals
Elliot Ingber - guitar, rhythm guitar
Plas Johnson - saxophone
Ruth Komanofff - percussion
John Rotella - percussion
David Anderle
Ben Barrett
Edwin Beach
Paul Bergstrom
Roy Caton
Virgil Evans
Kim Fowley
Carl Franzoni
Roy Gaton
John Johnson
Carol Kaye - bass
Ray Kelloff
Arthur Maebe
George Price
Kurt Reher
Emmet Sargeant
Joe Saxon
Neil Vang
Henry Vestine
Dave Wells

Production

Producer: Tom Wilson
Engineering director: Val Valentin
Engineers: Ami, Tom, Val Valentin
Assistant: Eugene Dinovi, Neil Levang, Vito, Ken Watson
Musical director: Frank Zappa
Orchestration: Frank Zappa
Arranger: Frank Zappa
Cover design: Jack Anesh
Hair stylist: Ray Collins

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

lign="left"\|Chart	align="left"\|Position
lign="left"\|1967	align="left"\|Pop Albums	align="left"\|130

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