Thing-Fish

Release Date: 21/12/1984

Zappa

CD Release 09/1986

RYKODISC RCD 10020/21

UPC: None US

Official Release #041

CD 1

Part I
 1.Prologue 2:57
 2.The Mammy Nuns 3:31
 3.Harry & Rhonda 3:36
 4.Galoot Up-Date 5:27
 5.The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32
 6.That Evil Prince 1:17
 7.You Are What You Is 4:31
 8.Mudd Club 3:16
 9.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
10.Clowns on Velvet 1:38
11.Harry-As-A-Boy 2:50
12.He's So Gay 2:46

Total Playing Time 45:35

CD 2

Part II
 1.The Massive Improve'lence 5:08
 2.Artificial Rhonda 3:33
 3.The Crab-Grass Baby 3:48
 4.The White Boy Troubles 3:33
 5.No Not Now 5:50
 6.Briefcase Boogie 4:09
 7.Brown Moses 3:01
 8.Wistful Wit a Fist-Full 4:02
 9.Drop Dead 7:56
10.Won Ton On 4:17

Total Playing Time 45:17

Zappa: Thing-Fish

The Musicians

Frank Zappa: guitar, synclavier
Steve Vai: guitar
Ray White: rhythm guitar, vocals
Ike Willis: rhythm guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars: keyboards
Chuck Wild: broadway piano
Arthur Barrow: bass
Scott Thunes: bass
Jay Anderson: string bass
Ed Mann: percussion
Chad Wackerman: drums
Steve De Furia: synclavier programmer

David Ocker: synclavier programmer
Bob Harris: keyboards, trumpet & high vocals (1.4,2.3,2.8)
Jim 'Motorhead' Sherwood: tenor sax (1.8)
Bobby Martin: keyboards, sax (1.10)
Denny Walley: slide guitar (1.9)
Roy Estrada: background vocal (1.14,2.3,2.8)
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart): harmonica (1.14)
Ruth Underwood: synth (1.14)

The Cast
Ike Willis: Thing-Fish, Mammifield Evil Prince
Terry Bozzio: Harry, Mammifield Evil Prince
Dale Bozzio: Rhonda
Napoleon Murphy Brock: Evil Prince
Bob Harris: Harry-as-a-Boy
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson: Brown Moses
Ray White: Owl-Gonkwin-Jane-Cowhoon

Best Songs
None - No Song Got a Score of at Least 4/5

Good Songs

 7.Brown Moses 3,5/5

12.He's So Gay 3/5
 2.Artificial Rhonda 3/5

 5.The 'Torchum' Never Stops 2,5/5

 3.The Crab-Grass Baby 2,5/5
 4.The White Boy Troubles 2,5/5

 2.The Mammy Nuns 2/5
 4.Galoot Up-Date 2/5
 7.You Are What You Is 2/5
 9.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 2/5

 1.The Massive Improve'lence 2/5

 5.No Not Now 2/5
 6.Briefcase Boogie 2/5

 8.Wistful Wit a Fist-Full 2/5
Terrible Songs

 3.Harry & Rhonda 1,5/5

 6.That Evil Prince 1,5/5

 8.Mudd Club 1,5/5

10.Clowns on Velvet 1,5/5
11.Harry-as-a-Boy 1,5/5

 9.Drop Dead 1,5/5

 1.Prologue 1/5

10.Won Ton On 0,5/5

Personal Score 1,98 / 5
"Not My Favorite Album" Jany

Related Links

Disc 1

Matrix / Runout: RCD 10020 02! B 818 PUMPKIN

MOUTH TEXT: MADE IN USA BY PDO

Disc 2

Matrix / Runout: RCD 10021 02@ L 818 PUMPKIN

MOUTH TEXT: MADE IN USA BY PDO

Manufactured in Japan. (On Cover)

Variant 1