We're Only inward It for the Money is the 3rd studio album yesteryear the Mothers of Invention. Released on March 4, 1968 on Verve Records, it was after remixed too re-recorded yesteryear Frank Zappa too reissued yesteryear Rykodisc inward 1986.
As amongst the band's previous 2 albums, We're Only inward It for the Money is a concept album, too satirizes left too right-wing politics, peculiarly the hippie subculture, too every bit the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was conceived every bit role of a projection called No Commercial Potential, which produced 3 other albums: Lumpy Gravy, Cruising amongst Ruben & the Jets too Uncle Meat.
We're Only inward It for the Money encompasses rock, experimental music too psychedelic rock, amongst orchestral segments deriving from the recording sessions for Lumpy Gravy, which was previously issued every bit a solo instrumental album yesteryear Capitol Records too was after reedited yesteryear Zappa too released yesteryear Verve; the reedited Lumpy Gravy was produced simultaneously amongst We're Only inward It for the Money too is the outset role of a conceptual continuity, continued amongst the reedited Lumpy Gravy too concluded amongst Zappa's concluding album, Civilization Phaze III (1994).
Lumpy Gravy is the debut solo album yesteryear Frank Zappa, an album of orchestral, electrical too concrete audio written yesteryear Zappa too performed yesteryear a grouping of session players he dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. Zappa conducted the orchestra simply did non perform on the album. It is his 3rd album overall: his previous releases had been nether the cry of his group, the Mothers of Invention.
It was commissioned too briefly released, on August 7, 1967, yesteryear Capitol Records inward the 4-track Stereo-Pak format solely too thence withdrawn due to a trial from MGM Records. MGM claimed that the album violated Zappa's contract amongst their subsidiary, Verve Records. In 1968 it was reedited too reissued yesteryear MGM's Verve Records on May 13, 1968. It consisted of 2 musique concrète pieces that combined elements from the master copy orchestral surgical operation amongst elements of surf music too the spoken word. It was praised for its music too editing.
Produced simultaneously amongst We're Only inward It for the Money, Zappa saw Lumpy Gravy every bit the instant role of a conceptual continuity that later included his concluding album, Civilization Phaze III.
Later it was re-edited yesteryear Zappa every bit role of a projection called No Commercial Potential, which included 3 other albums: We're Only inward It for the Money, Cruising amongst Ruben & the Jets too Uncle Meat.
In college, our "hippie" friend Lowell W... introduced our grouping to Frank Zappa too the Mothers of Invention. Soon, I was adding Mothers LPs (They came on vinyl, y'all know) to my ecclectic tape collection. So, what was this materials anyhow? Political comment? Rock due north Roll? It sure enough was non Country & Western! What a puzzle! (However, it powerfulness bring been political satire because Zappa seems to bring written a vocal nearly my menage unit of measurement friendly congressman earlier he was fifty-fifty elected. "Just bring your fun, y'all onetime boy of a gun, too drive off inward your Lincoln..." So, Lowell upward too writes Frank nearly what's it actually hateful anyhow too signs it Lo W... Now, Zappa was non 1 to waste matter a postage stamp on a fan. But, a few months later a sum page advertising appeared for the newest Mother's album inward "The Rolling Stone." The headline read: "Dear Lo: We're solely inward it for the money!" too in that location was a large photograph of the album covert too another stuff. Well, nosotros withal did non know what it was all about, simply I enjoyed the album. I cannot verbalize for the entire listings of the Mothers on Amazon, simply "We're solely inward it for the money" is my favorite Zappa CD. I withal orbit non know what the goofy affair is all about, simply I mean value the championship is telling the truth.
Track listing:
We're Only In It For The Money
1 Are You Hung Up? 1:29
2 Who Needs The Peace Corps? 2:35
3 Concentration Moon 2:17
4 Mom & Dad 2:19
5 Telephone Conversation
Voice [On Telephone] – Suzy Creamcheese
0:45
6 Bow Tie Daddy 0:33
7 Harry, You're Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Beast 1:21
8 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? 1:03
9 Absolutely Free 3:28
10 Flower Punk 3:04
11 Hot Poop 0:29
12 Nasal Retentive Calliope Music 2:02
13 Let's Make The Water Turn Black 1:45
14 The Idiot Bastard Son 2:43
15 Lonely Little Girl 1:44
16 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance 1:35
17 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) 0:57
18 Mother People 2:31
19 The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny 6:25
Lumpy Gravy
twenty Lumpy Gravy I 15:48
21 Lumpy Gravy II 15:51
Personnel:
Frank Zappa (guitar, piano, Pb vocals, "weirdness & editing")
Dick Barber ("snorks")
Jimmy Carl Black ("Indian of the group", drums, trumpet, vocals)
Roy Estrada (electric bass, vocals, "asthma")
Bunk Gardner (all woodwinds, "mumbled weirdness")
Billy Mundi (drums, vocal, "yak & dark lace underwear")
Don Preston (keyboards)
Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood (soprano & baritone saxophones, "all role weirdness")
Ian Underwood (piano, woodwinds, "wholesome")
Pamela Zarubica every bit Suzy Creamcheese ("telephone")
Also:
Spider ("is the 1 who wants y'all to plow your radio around")
Eric Clapton ("has graciously consented to verbalize to y'all inward several critical area")
Gary Kellgren ("creepy whispering")
Dick Kunc ("cheerful interruptions")
Sid Sharp (orchestral segments conductor)
Vicki ("telephone ")
Ronnie Williams (backwards voice)
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