- experimental rock, rock
- 40 min
- 18 tracks
- Verve
We're Only in It for the Money is the third album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two LP's, it is a concept album, written and composed by bandleader and guitarist Frank Zappa.
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Character
Ironic, cool, open-ended and formally daring.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Great Rock Bible8.5/10
- MusicHound Rock5/5 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Tom HullB−
- The Village VoiceA
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Tracks
- A1Are You Hung Up1:23
- A2Who Needs the Peace Corps2:34
- A3Concentration Moon2:32
- A4Mom and Dad2:16
- A5Bow Tie Daddy1:22
- A6Harry, You’re a Beast1:22
- A7What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body?1:03
- A8Absolutely Free3:26
- A9Flower Punk3:57
- A10Hot Poop0:16
- B1Nasal Retentive Caliope Music2:00
- B2Let’s Make the Water Turn Black1:54
- B3The Idiot Bastard Son3:27
- B4Lonely Little Girl1:10
- B5Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance1:33
- B6What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (reprise)1:03
- B7Mother People2:30
- B8The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny6:30
18 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mothers of Invention
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1968
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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