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Title: Quality Control
Review: I realize that Zappa was releasing music to amuse and occupy himself without regard to critical or commercial reception. Nonetheless, far too much of this album sounds half-baked. Employing lyrics that are, on average, mediocre just obscures the technical complexity of the instruments. What might have been a fine instrumental becomes an ad hoc attempt at topicality. Granted, a song like "You Are What You Is" succeeds beautifully, but too many of the other songs are unfunny and poorly crafted lyrically. Most of this period is hit and miss in a given album and this proves no exception.
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