Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III

Joe's Garage was originally released in 1979 in two separate parts; Act I came first, followed by a two-record set containing Acts Ii & Iii. Rykodisc's reissue puts all three acts together on two CDs. Joe's Garage is generally regarded as one of Zappa's finest post-'60s conceptual works, a sprawling, satirical rock opera about a totalitarian future in which music is outlawed to control the population. The narrative is long, winding, and occasionally loses focus; it was improvised in a weekend, some of it around previously existing songs, but Zappa manages to make most of it hang together. Read More