- electronic, classical
- 42 min
- 7 tracks
- EMI
The Perfect Stranger is a 1984 album featuring the music of Frank Zappa, conducted in part by Pierre Boulez. It was originally issued on vinyl in 1984 and on CD in 1985 by Angel Records, and then in remixed and re-sequenced form on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1992. Later reissues were by Rykodisc in 1995 and Zappa/Universal in 2012.
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Cool, spare, grave and character-led.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- 1Perfect Stranger12:42
- 2Naval Aviation in Art?5:48
- 3The Girl in the Magnesium Dress3:27
- 4Outside Now, Again4:06
- 5Love Story1:00
- 6Dupree’s Paradise7:53
- 7Jonestown7:07
7 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Frank Zappa
- Label
- EMI
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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