- rock, comedy rock
- 32 min
- 9 tracks
- Rykodisc
Apostrophe (') is the fifth solo album and eighteenth in total by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was the first of Zappa's three Billboard Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at number 86. The album itself became the biggest commercial success of Zappa's career, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200.
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Cool, spare, comic and warm.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Allmusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB−
- Džuboksfavorable
- Rolling Stonefavorable
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Tracks
- 1Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow2:07
- 2Nanook Rubs It4:38
- 3St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast1:51
- 4Father O’Blivion2:18
- 5Cosmik Debris4:14
- 6Excentrifugal Forz1:33
- 7Apostrophe’5:51
- 8Uncle Remus2:44
- 9Stink‐Foot6:33
9 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Frank Zappa
- Label
- Rykodisc
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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