- avant-garde, pop rock, progressive rock
- 44 min
- 3 tracks
- Barking Pumpkin Records
London Symphony Orchestra is a pair of albums by Frank Zappa, featuring his original symphonic compositions conducted by Kent Nagano. They were recorded at the same sessions in January 1983, and originally released as London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I in 1983, London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II, in 1987, and later combined and reissued on a Rykodisc CD as London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1 & 2 in 1995.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and epic.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- ABogus Pomp24:32
- B1Bob in Dacron12:12
- B2Strictly Genteel6:53
3 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Barking Pumpkin Records
- Released
- September 17, 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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