The Mothers of Invention

Product Details

* Audio CD (May 2, 1995)
* Original Release Date: 2000
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
* Label: Rykodisc
* Catalog Number: 10510
* ASIN: B0000009S6
* Average Customer Review: based on 42 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,387 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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1. Didja Get Any Onya? Listen Listen
2. Directly From My Heart To You Listen Listen
3. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask Listen Listen
4. Toad Of The Short Forest Listen Listen
5. Get A Little Listen Listen
6. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue Listen
7. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwart Nebula Listen
8. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Listen
9. Oh No Listen
10. The Orange County Lumber Truck Listen
11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh Listen

Editorial Reviews
From the Label
The second collection in a row of archival Mothers material, a mix of live and studio recordings (following BURNT WEENY SANDWICH), originally released in 1970. Said Rolling Stone, "...finds the group peerless in the field of amalgamating satire, musical adventuresomeness and flash. This could be because they're the only ones attempting it, but no matter."

Perhaps the most diverse Mothers album of its time, WEASELS ranges from the avant excursion "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque" to the relatively tuneful "Orange County Lumber Truck," from the onstage hijinks on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" to the social satire, a la WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY, heard on "Oh No". "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" would sum up rock'n'roll brattiness for years to come; some kid named Dweezil Zappa even recorded it in the '80s. And there's a Little Richard cover ("Directly From My Heart to You") in the middle of all this? Sure.… (más)