FRANK ZAPPA - Tinseltown Rebellion (1981-1995) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

An uneven, nearly all-live double-record set, Tinseltown Rebellion mixes new material and versions of Zappa oldies like "Love of My Life," "I Ain't Got No Heart," "Tell Me You Love Me," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," and a reworked "Peaches en Regalia," titled "Peaches III." These songs, as well as the band's stellar instrumental work, provide the album's best moments. Elsewhere, the title track is an only partially accurate satire of punk; Zappa's intentionally smarmy crowd banter is featured on "Dance Contest" and "Panty Rap," the latter a bit involving the collection of female audience members' underwear. More problematic is the sometimes violent sexual juvenilia of songs like "Fine Girl," "Easy Meat," "Pick Me, I'm Clean," and "Bamboozled by Love"; if, as Zappa insisted, this part of his oeuvre simply mixes dumb fun and satire of both sexes' peccadillos, with no underlying misogyny, it's rather difficult to tell. by Steve Huey
Tracklist:
1     Fine Girl 3:29
    Drums – David Logeman
2     Easy Meat 9:19
    Drums [On First Half] – David Logeman
3     For The Young Sophisticate     2:36
4     Love Of My Life     2:15
5     I Ain't Got No Heart     1:59
6     Panty Rap     4:35
7     Tell Me You Love Me     2:07
8     Now You See It Now You Don't     5:01
9     Dance Contest 3:00
    Bass – Patrick O'Hearn
10     The Blue Light     5:26
11     Tinseltown Rebellion     4:35
12     Pick Me, I'm Clean     5:00
13     Bamboozled By Love     5:46
14     Brown Shoes Don't Make It     7:14
15     Peaches III     4:56
Credits:
Artwork [Cover Art], Design [CD Design Consultant] – Cal Schenkel
Bass, Vocals – Arthur Barrow
Composed By, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Featuring [In The Role Of Eccentric Well-to-do Oregonian Party Giver] – Greg Cowan
Keyboards – Peter Wolf
Keyboards, Trumpet, Vocals [High] – Bob Harris
Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy Mars
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Percussion – Ed Mann
Producer – Frank Zappa
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray White, Steve Vai, Warren Cucurullo
Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley