FRANK ZAPPA - You Are What You Is (1981-1995) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

You Are What You Is was another of Frank Zappa's periodic post-Over-Nite Sensation efforts that concentrated on tight songwriting supported by satirical lyrics. Originally a two-record set featuring 20 songs, You Are What You Is skewered a variety of targets, from teenagers, punk rock, disco, and country music to the media, yuppies, the beauty-and-fitness industry, upper-class vice, religious hypocrisy, suicide, and the military draft -- all the trappings of Reagan-era America. Occasionally, Zappa's satirical points seem ill-thought-out, if not unnecessarily malicious; "Jumbo Go Away" is perhaps the most offensive song in Zappa's huge canon of potentially offensive songs, a tale of a whining, VD-riddled groupie who is portrayed as deserving the punch in the face she gets from an irritated musician. Despite that misstep, though, You Are What You Is is quite ambitious in scope and in general one of Zappa's most accessible later-period efforts; it's a showcase for his songwriting skills and his often acute satirical perspective, with less of the smutty humor that some listeners find off-putting. by Steve Huey  
Tracklist:
1     Teen-age Wind     3:01
2     Harder Than Your Husband     2:28
3     Doreen     4:44
4     Goblin Girl     4:06
5     Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear     3:31
6     Society Pages     2:26
7     I'm A Beautiful Guy     1:56
8     Beauty Knows No Pain     3:01
9     Charlie's Enormous Mouth     3:36
10     Any Downers?     2:08
11     Conehead     4:18
12     You Are What You Is     4:23
13     Mudd Club     3:11
14     The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing     3:10
15     Dumb All Over     4:03
16     Heavenly Bank Account     3:44
17     Suicide Chump     2:49
18     Jumbo Go Away     3:43
19     If Only She Woulda     3:47
20     Drafted Again     3:06
Credits:
Bass – Arthur Barrow
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – David Ocker
Drums – David Logeman
Guitar [Strat Abuse] – Steve Vai
Harmonica – Craig "Twister" Stewart
Keyboards – Tommy Mars
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Liner Notes – FZ
Percussion – Ed Mann
Producer, Composed By, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray White
Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley
Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – Motorhead Sherwood
Trumpet, Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Bob Harris
Vocals – Ahmet, Jimmy Carl Black, Moon