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Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) {2012 UMe Remaster}

Posted By: ruskaval

Date: 27 Dec 2012 09:19:05

Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984) {2012 UMe Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 472 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 163 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 14 Mb
© 2012 UMe / ZFT | ZR 3870
Rock / Experimental Rock

Remastered by Doug Sax from the original 1984 digital master (this album was recorded digitally, so there was no analog master to use). Reverts to the original LP mix, which means it contains the original, shorter version of "Them or Us." A reader summarizes the changes: Notes on the 2012 reissue: this has been boosted, somewhat, and as a result is sliiightly more compressed than the original. I think it sounds fine. It lacks the ridiculously low dBs of the original Ryko (a problem that the EMI solved, to an extent), and also lacks the ugly digital edit that begins "Them Or Us." All in all, I'd say it's an upgrade. 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.

tracklist:
01. The Closer You Are
02. In France
03. Ya Hozna
04. Sharleena
05. Sinister Footwear
06. Truck Driver Divorce
07. Stevie's Spanking
08. Baby, Take Your Teeth Out
09. Marque-son's Chicken
10. Planet Of My Dreams
11. Be In My Video
12. Them Or Us
13. Frogs With Dirty Little Lips
14. Whipping Post

EAC log

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

EAC extraction logfile from 25. December 2012, 17:15

Frank Zappa / Them Or Us

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CUEtools report

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