I don't own a lot of Zappa albums though the ones I do own I think are very good. I'm not as familiar with Zappa as much as Humble Pie or Black Sabbath for example, but as a guitar player I have always respected Zappa as a musician and composer. Also the musicians who have played in his bands through the years have proven to be quite good. That said, the biggest thing I took away from this lbum was his open criticism of American society and one other thing. The lbum is so damn funny or at least I found it to be so. I found myself laughing from the 1st track to the last. I think sometimes people take his music and life itself too seriously. If this is a comercial lbum then so be it, although I've never Heard any songs from this lbum on top 40 stations as far as I can remember. To me it's a great lbum, maybe not his best I don't know but boy is it funny.