 | Frank Zappa Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
3.4
great
| Ranking: #53 for 1982 | |
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| 5.0 classic | levtolstoi | March 22nd 16 |
'Valley Girl' is one of the best songs ever written.
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| 3.0 good | praise jimmy EMERITUS | May 4th 14 |
jesus who thought Valley Girl was a good idea?
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| 4.5 superb | MrHarrison | February 4th 18 |
I definitely feel like this is supremely underrated, probably only because of Valley Girl (which I honestly really dig). Some of Frank's catchiest ditties here, not to mention the instrumental insanity of the title track, which is intricate even by his standards. Superb!
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| 2.5 average | Robbit | March 7th 17 |
For an album with such a lengthy title, this one is a relatively brief affair following Zappa's several sprawling and more ambitious albums. STLTSADW also lacks any real theme or cohesion as it is largely a compilation of studio and live recordings . Frank had a tendency to cobble together some of his more second rate material into such releases from time-to-time as a way of pulling together various and odds and ends into another album he could sell.rRegardless of its disjointed nature, the album actually sold quite well and even reached #23 on the US Billboard album charts. This was due in large part to the success of the novelty hit "Valley Girl", showcasing a sarcastic rant from Frank's daughter, Moon Unit. It's an amusing song, but not quite one of Frank's prouder moments. The second "live" half of the album is somewhat better, namely "Drowning Witch" and the opera singing on "Teen-Age Prostitute". Still, this album comes up a bit short when compared against Zappa's other works from this era.
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| 3.0 good | Araz | April 9th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | pabcel | July 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 14th 22 |
| 3.5 great | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | slackr | February 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 25th 21 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | December 30th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nate | April 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | July 3rd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | DRZ | April 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | March 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | eboph | January 1st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ADM20 | November 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Kinch | June 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | mcchub | December 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | iemona | December 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | wrax | November 21st 10 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jruined | April 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Egglord | January 8th 08 |
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