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Title: Unsensational
Review: I bought Overnight Sensation under the impression that Frank Zappa was a witty satirist and an outstanding experimental guitarist. Only one song ("I'm the Slime") even relatively meets his reputation. The rest of the album consists of trashy, unamusing novelty songs ("Dinah-Moe Hum" "Dirty Love") or tracks too senseless to even warrant that modest title ("Fifty-Fifty" "Montana"). The guitar-playing is sublime, laid-back and funky. Unlike the songwriting, it is acceptable, but nothing any two-bit hack, leftover from the psychedelic movement could not do. Did I buy the wrong album? Is Mr. Zappa really that overrated?
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