- avant-garde, rock
- 36 min
- 10 tracks
- Barking Pumpkin Records
The Man from Utopia is the 36th album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in March 1983 by Barking Pumpkin Records. The album is named after a 1950s song, written by Donald and Doris Woods, which Zappa covers as part of "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou".
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- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Cocaine Decisions2:57
- A2The Dangerous Kitchen2:51
- A3Tink Walks Amok3:39
- A4The Radio Is Broken5:52
- A5Mõggio2:35
- B1The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou3:18
- B2Stick Together3:40
- B3SEX3:00
- B4The Jazz Discharge Party Hats4:29
- B5We Are Not Alone3:28
10 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Frank Zappa
- Label
- Barking Pumpkin Records
- Released
- 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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