Joe's Garage is generally regarded as one of Zappa's finest post-'60s conceptual works, a sprawling, satirical rock opera about a totalitarian future in which music is outlawed to control the population.
It satirizes social control mechanisms, consumerism, corporate abuses, gender politics, religion, and the rock & roll lifestyle; all these forces conspire against the title protagonist, an average young man who simply wants to play guitar and enjoy himself.
The music encompasses a variety of styles, including blues, jazz, doo wop, lounge, orchestral, rock, pop and reggae. The guitar solos that Zappa plays in Joe's imagination burn with a desolate, devastating beauty, including the classic "Watermelon In Easter Hay.”


Frank Zappa

Joe’s Garage
Acts 1, 2 & 3

Originally released in 1979
3 LPs on 2 CDs


2Cds / 2012 / Remastered / 320Kbps


Disc 1:

Act 1:

1. The Central Scrutinizer

2. Joe's Garage

3. Catholic Girls

4. Crew Slut

5. Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt

6. On The Bus

7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?

8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

9. Scrutinizer Of Postlude

Act 2:

10. A Token Of My Extreme

11. Stick It Out

12. Sy Borg

Disc 2:

1. Dong Work For Yuda

2. Keep It Greasy

3. Outside Now

Act 3:

4. He Used To Cut The Grass

5. Packard Goose

6. Watermelon In Easter Hay

7. A Little Green Rosetta


Frank Zappa / Joe’s Garage / Acts 1, 2 & 3 / 1979


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