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Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) [VideoArts, Japan]

Posted By: v3122
Date: 20 Apr 2022 13:48:56
Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1255 | ~ 497 or 168 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 36 Mb
Hard Rock, Avantgarde, Art Rock, Doo Wop

Released in October 1984, Them or Us is Frank Zappa's last studio rock album (unless one counts Thing-Fish). It contains a little of everything for everyone, but most of all it has that cold and dry early-'80s feel that made this and other albums like The Man From Utopia and Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention sound dated pretty quickly. The record begins and ends with covers. "The Closer You Are" is one of those '50s R&B tunes the man loved so much. As for the Allman Brothers' "Whippin' Post," it answered a request from an audience member in Helsinki back in 1974 (go figure). In between one finds the usual offensive lyrics – the cliché-ridden "In France," the sexually explicit "Baby, Take Your Teeth Out." Crunchy guitars are found in "Ya Hozna" and "Stevie's Spanking" (named after Steve Vai, playing guitar in it, too), arguably one of Zappa's best straightforward rock songs from that period. "Sinister Footwear II" and "Marqueson's Chicken" represent an '80s update of complex instrumental pieces the likes of "RDNZL." "Planet of My Dreams" salvages a bit from the never-produced stage play Hunchentoot (the scenario of which was incidentally published in a book titled Them or Us released at the same time). Finally, "Be in My Video" mocks David Bowie's hit "Let's Dance" and the MTV generation, still in its infancy stage at the time.

by François Couture, allmusic
Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984):

Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) [VideoArts, Japan]

Tracklist:

01. The Closer You Are 2:56
02. In France 3:33
03. Ya Hozna 6:27
04. Sharleena 4:33
05. Sinister Footwear II 8:39
06. Truck Driver Divorce 8:59
07. Stevie's Spanking 5:24
08. Baby, Take Your Teeth Out 1:54
09. Marqueson's Chicken 7:34
10. Planet Of My Dreams 1:37
11. Be In My Video 3:40
12. Them Or Us 5:23
13. Frogs With Dirty Little Lips 2:42
14. Whippin' Post 7:33

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 23. July 2014, 21:27

Frank Zappa / Them Or Us (VACK-1255)

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-891SA Adapter: 3 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source%


TOC of the extracted CD

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Filename H:\dafnaplus\1984 - Frank Zappa - Them Or Us\Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (VACK-1255).wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 10.0 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 36034C91
Copy CRC 36034C91
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

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None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database

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