Thing‐Fish

Album by Frank Zappa

Thing-Fish is a 1984 triple album by Frank Zappa, conceived as a satirical stage musical/rock opera. It blends reworked and newly recorded material with extensive spoken narration and dialogue, exploring themes of social engineering, racism, sexuality and conspiracy within experimental rock and theatre-influenced formats.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prologue
    2:56
  2. 2.
    The Crab‐Grass Baby
    3:47
  3. 3.
    The Mammy Nuns
    3:31
  4. 4.
    The White Boy Troubles
    3:34
  5. 5.
    Harry and Rhonda
    3:36
  6. 6.
    No Not Now
    5:49
  7. 7.
    Briefcase Boogie
    4:10
  8. 8.
    Galoot Update
    5:27
  9. 9.
    The ‘Torchum’ Never Stops
    10:32
  10. 10.
    Brown Moses
    3:01
  11. 11.
    Wistful Wit a Fist‐Full
    4:00
  12. 12.
    That Evil Prince
    1:17
  13. 13.
    You Are What You Is
    4:31
  14. 14.
    Drop Dead
    7:56
  15. 15.
    Won Ton On
    4:17
  16. 16.
    Mudd Club
    3:17
  17. 17.
    The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
    3:14
  18. 18.
    Clowns on Velvet
    1:51
  19. 19.
    Harry‐As‐a‐Boy
    2:34
  20. 20.
    He’s So Gay
    2:44
  21. 21.
    The Massive Improve’lence
    5:07
  22. 22.
    Artificial Rhonda
    3:30

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