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Over-Nite Sensation | 
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| Artist: Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Label: Zappa Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 7893
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 310518
UPC: 014431051821
EAN: 0014431051821
ASIN: B0000009SG
Release Date: April 18, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Camarillo Brillo | | • | I'm The Slime | | • | Dirty Love | | • | Fifty-Fifty | | • | Zombie Woof | | • | Dinah-Moe Humm | | • | Montana |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Best known for the infamous "Dinah-Mo-Hum"--a tale of sexual depravity and bovine perspiration--Over-Nite Sensation is a flawlessly executed collection of jazz-rock Frank Zappa classics. The seven-song set, which includes backup vocals by Tina Turner and the Ikettes, equally showcases Zappa's unique penchant for storytelling and the abilities of his studio-musician sidemen. Zappa's guitar work is also some of his finest, flaring up on "I'm the Slime," "Zomby Woof" and "Montana." --Andrew Boscardin
Album Description
Imported from Japan by Rykodisc. Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums by rock legend FRANK ZAPPA are now available as limited edition Japanese Imports! These packages re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form!
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Limited LP Style Slipcase Cover. Strictly Limited to 2000 Copies!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 68 more reviews...
 zappa in top form. September 7, 2008
zappa at his peak. rock,jazz,avant-gard all in one album.
i was a teen when this came out,unlike me,this music never gets old.
 Frank Zappa - Moving To Montana August 21, 2008
Zappa had been around for quite a while by 1973 with somewhat limited success commercially, but that would all change with the "Overnight Sensation" album. This would be Zappa's first album to go gold in the U.S. and would actually get some airplay on more progressive oriented radio stations here. To many longtime Zappa fans this album was a bit of a commercial sell out, while at the same time it opened up Frank's music to a whole new set of fans. I have mixed feelings about this album, some of it is brilliant and some I find a bit annoying. "I Am The Slime", "Dirty Love", "Dinah Moe Hum" and "Montana" are all prime Zappa satire. On the other hand songs like "50/50" and "Zomby Woof" grate on my ears every time I listen to them. In the end I give this one 3.5 to 4 stars.
GENIUS June 28, 2008
This is the Best. FZ's creative genius shines bright on this album/CD. Play this when you're having a down day, Guaranteed to make you smile and laugh out loud. Lost a CD case and this was one of the first I had to replace, ASAP!!!!
Zappa 101 December 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For nearly as long as I can remember, I have known of Frank Zappa and his trademark facial hair. I had seen his face and heard of him, although nobody ever really reccomended a specific album to start on. One day during college, a friend of mine bought me the "Baby Snakes" DVD, which is focused on "people that do things that aren't normal". I attempted to watch the DVD and after about an hour, turned it off very confused. The DVD would then follow me for two years, with only one more attempted viewing just to show a friend how far out it was.
Two years later and I was a junior in college. I was talking about music with my roomate and mentioned how I had heard great things about Frank Zappa, although was never able to find that album to make me a fan. He mentioned he had one Zappa CD, Overnite Sensation, and that it had "Zombie Woof" on it. (A song we had both heard covered by a band called Pork Tornado, with Phish guitarist Jon Fishman) He put in the CD and I was a fan of two songs. Dinah-Moe Hum and Zombie Woof. I purchased the CD at a used record store, listened to it a few times, and put it into my CD case.
A few more months go by & I continue to occasionally play this CD. Slowly I begin to absorb more of the tracks and realize the complex compositions of each song. Gradually over the course of three years, this became one of my top listened to albums. Soon I fell in love with every track (Especially Montana) & became increasingly interested in Zappa. I have since re-watched Baby Snakes and found it very amusing now that I understand more about Zappa and his humor. (Poodles?)
I am in the process of building up my collection of Zappa albums, and mkany of them take the same approach as Over-Nite Sensation. I will get the album, be confused, like a song or two, and re-listen to it until I can wrap my head around the complex composition of the notes and the trademark Zappa humor.
Zappa has a lot of albums that are all very different. Many of his albums also have songs that are completely different from one another. He can be a difficult artist to "get into". It took me nearly five years to realize "Hey, I'm a huge Zappa fan and need to hear as much of his music as possible!". If you start at the wrong place (like Baby Snakes) you may be turned off by his strangeness. If you start at the right place, you may (eventually) be amazed by his genius.
Buy this album, listen to Zombie Woof & Camarillo, then slowly explore the other tracks on the albums. I'm really glad I took Zappa 101 during my Junior year in college.
An intro to Zappa October 20, 2007
This is the perfect way to introduce yourself to multiple talents of Frank Zappa. Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter and Satirist.
The track listing is:
Camarillo Brillo
I'm The Slime
Dirty Love
Fifty-Fifty
Zomby Woof
Dinah-Moe-Humm
Montana
The lyrics are frequently very near the knuckle (especially on Dinah-Moe-Humm), but they are also very funny and pertinent to today's society. Take 'I'm the Slime' as an example:
"I'm the tool of the Government, an industry tool, for I am destined to rule, and regulate you, I may be vile and pernicious but you can't look away, I make you think I'm delicious, with the stuff that I say, I'm the best you can get have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozin' out from your TV set"
Bare in mind this written over 30 years ago, and you can see that Zappa was on the ball. Of course it's true he lived in the US where the awfulness of TV was way ahead of us! Whilst the songs may be near the mark, this is one of Zappa's more catchy albums.
With Ian Underwood, George Duke and Jean-Luc Ponty in the band the standard of musicianship is also very high. Listen to Fifty Fifty and Camarillo Brillo as examples. Zappa will not be to everybody's taste but this is as a good a way to start as I know.
If you're still not sure, try the cheap compilations Cheap Thrills and Son of Cheap Thrills.
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