We’re Only in It for the Money

This music is art with a purpose. Such a well crafted piece of social commentary that sounded ahead of its time. 5/5

I have listened to frank zappa before but never really got his sense of humour or understood the satire, and this album is no exception. Maybe I am just a dumb millennial. This was bordering close to pretentiousness but I suppose I understand a little bit why it got good reviews. I might listen to other frank zappa albums though, such as Joe's Garage

This list is fucked.

When it was laid down, maybe not. However, in 2026 Zappa is less than meaningless. Imagine being teen who likes Zappa now.

I'm going to find the guy who gave this 5 stars and Highway 61 one. Jesus christ.

Moustache.

10/10 would weird again!

What did hippies ever do to you?

Despite my dad always playing Zappa when I was growing up, I'd never heard this before. Fun listen

Self-indulgent garbage. Still some interesting elements which prevent it getting a 1, but it's close.

1 star but it's really cool. Could never be something I listened to again except for as a joke but happy to have heard this weird music once

This is #day524 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… the sheer weirdness of this record is overwhelming. I understand both the intent and the execution, but... I'm fairly certain, though, that it might have been fun for its time. We'll see what else The Mothers have in store down the road. For now, this is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day525.

Det ska väl vara någon slags revolt samtidigt mot vuxenvärlden som mot hippiekulturen. Det enda jag tänker på är dock Carl Lidbom. ”Det ät trams”. Håller möjligtvis för en lokal nyårsrevy. Att albumet finns i boken är ett tydligt bevis för rockkritikersläktets bristande omdöme.

1.53

Frank Zappa is one of those artists where you can love his albums and hate other ones at the same time. Hot Rats and Freak Out are the greats of his 60's period, this one the stinker. I like when Frank Zappa combines his experimental approach with his excellent playing and songcraft, not when the album is composed of sped up and looped throwaway tapes with the occasional bit of enjoyable music in them. There was half of a fun song on Flower Punk, but the listening experience bounces between background noise and 7 layers of irony deep Chipmunks chatter and noodling. The Mothers can do so much better.

This album was so much fun to listen to and feels still relevant today.

I dont understand the Sgt Peppers connection.

Really didn't like the first Frank Zappa record - the r&b/beat parody with soft mocking lyrics and self-satisfaction that the first record did (and that that this record sometimes goes to) doesn't really appeal to me. But at other times on this record it is basically The Residents or Devo a few years early and it is genuinely pretty woke throughout even if Zappa seems a bit full of himself at all times

I'm used to more interesting stuff from Frank Zappa. This ain't it. I didn't like it. I like the artwork though. I imagine he wrote this as some kind of diss to The Beatles? At least the artwork. But that doesn't justify the fact that it's a bad record.

It was a bit pointless

Super weird, but I pretty much expected that with Frank Zappa involved. I don't know how much I would give this repeat listens but there's a few cool tunes in here. Favorite track: Absolutely Free

Ordentliche Beats der 70er ohne Supersongs.

fine. to be honest it didn't hold my attention enough to really listen for the satire it purported to have.