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You Are What You Is was another of Frank Zappa's periodic post-Over-Nite Sensation efforts that concentrated on tight songwriting supported by satirical lyrics. Originally a two-record set featuring 20 songs, You Are What You Is skewered a variety of targets, from teenagers, punk rock, disco, and country music to the media, yuppies, the beauty-and-fitness industry, upper-class vice, religious hypocrisy, suicide, and the military draft -- all the trappings of Reagan-era America. Occasionally, Zappa's satirical points seem ill-thought-out, if not unnecessarily malicious; "Jumbo Go Away" is perhaps the most offensive song in Zappa's huge canon of potentially offensive songs, a tale of a whining, VD-riddled groupie who is portrayed as deserving the punch in the face she gets from an irritated musician. Despite that misstep, though, You Are What You Is is quite ambitious in scope and in general one of Zappa's most accessible later-period efforts; it's a showcase for his songwriting skills and his often acute satirical perspective, with less of the smutty humor that some listeners find off-putting.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Teen-Age Wind Frank Zappa 3:02
2 Harder Than Your Husband Frank Zappa 2:28
3 Doreen Frank Zappa 4:44
4 Goblin Girl Frank Zappa 4:07
5 Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear Frank Zappa 3:34
6 Society Pages Frank Zappa 2:27
7 I'm a Beautiful Guy Frank Zappa 1:56
8 Beauty Knows No Pain Frank Zappa 3:02
9 Charlie's Enormous Mouth Frank Zappa 3:36
10 Any Downers? Frank Zappa 2:08
11 Conehead Frank Zappa 4:24
12 You Are What You Is Frank Zappa 4:23
13 Mudd Club Frank Zappa 3:11
14 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing Frank Zappa 3:10
15 Dumb All Over Frank Zappa 5:45
16 Heavenly Bank Account Frank Zappa 3:44
17 Suicide Chump Frank Zappa 2:49
18 Jumbo Go Away Frank Zappa 3:43
19 If Only She Woulda Frank Zappa 3:48
20 Drafted Again Frank Zappa 3:07
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