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- Sheik Yerbouti
- - 82,103 plays
  - 39 favs
  - 7 shares
Frank Zappa
Released 1979

Bobby Brown Goes Down [Live]
02:49
8,338 plays

Broken Hearts Are for Assholes [Live]
03:42
7,833 plays

Jewish Princess [Live]
03:16
7,748 plays

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songs

- 1
- I Have Been in You [Live]
- 03:34
- 4,806 plays

- 2
- Flakes [Live]
- 06:41
- 5,292 plays

- 3
- Broken Hearts Are for Assholes [Live]
- 03:42
- 7,833 plays

- 4
- I'm So Cute
- 03:09
- 4,198 plays

- 5
- Jones Crusher
- 02:49
- 3,529 plays

- 6
- What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World
- 00:33
- 3,153 plays

- 7
- Rat Tomago [Live][Instrumental]
- 05:17
- 3,526 plays

- 8
- Wait a Minute
- 00:31
- 3,050 plays

- 9
- Bobby Brown Goes Down [Live]
- 02:49
- 8,338 plays

- 10
- Rubber Shirt
- 02:43
- 3,402 plays

- 11
- The Sheik Yerbouti Tango [Live]
- 03:58
- 2,988 plays

- 12
- Baby Snakes [Live]
- 01:50
- 5,384 plays

- 13
- Trying' to Grow a Chin [Live]
- 03:32
- 3,464 plays

- 14
- City of Tiny Lites [Live]
- 05:31
- 3,252 plays

- 15
- Dancin' Fool [Live]
- 03:43
- 5,272 plays

- 16
- Jewish Princess [Live]
- 03:16
- 7,748 plays

- 17
- Wild Love [Live]
- 04:09
- 3,218 plays

- 18
- Yo' Mama [Live]
- 12:37
- 3,650 plays

album review

In order to finance his artier excursions, which increasingly required more expensive technology, Frank Zappa recorded several collections of guitar- and song-oriented material in the late '70s and early '80s, which generally concentrated on the bawdy lyrical themes many fans had come to expect and enjoy in concert. Sheik Yerbouti (two LPs, one CD) was one of the first and most successful of these albums, garnering attention for such tracks as the Grammy-nominated disco satire "Dancin' Fool," the controversial "Jewish Princess," and the equally controversial "Bobby Brown Goes Down," a song about gay S&M that became a substantial hit in European clubs. While Zappa's attitude on the latter two tracks was even more politically incorrect than usual for him, it didn't stop the album from becoming his second-highest charting ever. Social satire, leering sexual preoccupations, and tight, melodic songs dominated the rest of the record as well, as Zappa stuck to what had been commercially successful for him in the past. The "dumb entertainment" (as Zappa liked to describe this style) on Sheik Yerbouti was some of his dumbest, for better or worse, and the music was undeniably good -- easily some of his best since Apostrophe, and certainly the most accessible. Even if it sometimes drifts a bit, fans of Zappa's '70s work will find Sheik Yerbouti on nearly an equal level with Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation, both in terms of humor and musical quality. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - Rockin Zappa at his Finnest!!!
  - - By Zappafan1
    - 10/14/2008 18:18:51
  - This album was the first Zappa album i bought. This album is rock at its finest. Zappa lets loose on this one. I beleive this album was made immediatly after his Warner bros. contract was ended. No live horns on this one. Just pure rock, and some pretty heavy at times. Lots of added dirty humor. Choice picks would be:
    City of Tiny Lights
    Rubber Shirt
    Yo'Mama
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