Buffalo (Frank Zappa album)
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| Live album by Frank Zappa | ||||
| Released | April 1, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York October 25, 1980 |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 140:35 | |||
| Label | Vaulternative | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa Gail Zappa Joe Travers |
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2007 as a two-CD set. It is the second installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete live shows of Zappa's (the first release being FZ:OZ, the concert at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on January 20, 1976).[2] This concert was recorded on October 25, 1980 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York with a band that has previously been heard on Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981). This is Official Release #80.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.
| Disc one | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Chunga’s Revenge" | 8:34 |
| 2. | "You Are What You Is" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Mudd Club" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Cosmik Debris" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Keep It Greasy" | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Tinsel Town Rebellion" | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Buffalo Drowning Witch" | 2:44 |
| 9. | "Honey, Don’t You Want a Man Like Me?" | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Pick Me, I’m Clean" | 10:15 |
| 11. | "Dead Girls of London" | 3:02 |
| 12. | "Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?" | 1:36 |
| 13. | "City of Tiny Lites" | 9:58 |
| Disc two | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Easy Meat" | 9:26 |
| 2. | "Ain’t Got No Heart" | 2:00 |
| 3. | "The Torture Never Stops" | 23:36 |
| 4. | "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes" | 3:39 |
| 5. | "I’m So Cute" | 1:38 |
| 6. | "Andy" | 8:14 |
| 7. | "Joe’s Garage" | 2:12 |
| 8. | "Dancin' Fool" | 3:36 |
| 9. | "The “Real World” Thematic Extrapolations" | 8:53 |
| 10. | "Stick It Out" | 5:36 |
| 11. | "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" | 2:48 |
| 12. | "Bobby Brown" | 2:42 |
| 13. | "Ms Pinky" | 3:48 |
Musicians
- Frank Zappa – lead guitar & vocals
- Steve Vai – stunt guitar & background vocals
- Ray White – vocals & rhythm guitar
- Ike Willis – vocals & rhythm guitar
- Tommy Mars – keyboards & vocals
- Bob Harris – keyboards, trumpet & high vocals
- Arthur Barrow – bass & vocals
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums, vocals
Album credits
- Frank Zappa – music, performance, band & recordings
- Gail Zappa & Joe Travers – CD production
- Frank Filipetti – mix
- John Polito – mastering
- George Douglas – original recording engineer
- Gail Zappa – art direction/concept & text
- Keith Lawler – design, layout & art execution
- Kaushal Parekh – cover photo
Notes
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Zappa, Gail. Liner Notes. Buffalo, VR 2007-1.
