Thing-Fish

Release Date: 21/12/1984

Zappa

CD Release 1987

EMI CDS 7 90081 2

UPC: 077779008124 UK

Official Release #041

CD 1
1.Prologue 2:56
2.The Mammy Nuns 3:31
3.Harry & Rhonda 3:36
4.Galoot Up-Date 5:30
5.The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32
6.That Evil Prince 1:18
7.You Are What You Is 4:30
8.Mudd Club 3:16
9.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
10.Clowns on Velvet 1:51
11.Harry-As-A-Boy 2:38
12.He's So Gay 2:46

Total Playing Time 45:38

CD 2
1.The Massive Improve'lence 5:08
2.Artificial Rhonda 3:30
3.The Crab-Grass Baby 3:47
4.The White Boy Troubles 3:35
5.No Not Now 5:50
6.Briefcase Boogie 4:09
7.Brown Moses 3:01
8.Wistful Wit a Fist-Full 3:53
9.Drop Dead 7:56
10.Won Ton On 4:18

Total Playing Time 45:07

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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

My FZ Collection

Thing-Fish

Zappa

Official Release #041

Personal Score 1,98 / 5

"Not My Favorite Album" Jany