- art rock, hard rock, instrumental rock, jazz rock
- 36 min
- 6 tracks
- Barking Pumpkin Records
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a series of three albums – Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More, and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar – released by American musician Frank Zappa in 1981. The albums consist solely of electric guitar instrumentals and improvised solos (mostly) played live by Zappa and featuring a wide variety of backing musicians.
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Cool, spare, open-ended and ironic.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Beat It With Your Fist1:55
- A2Return of the Son of Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar8:17
- A3Pinocchio’s Furniture2:02
- A4Why Can’t Johnny Read4:30
- B1Stucco Homes9:09
- B2Canard du jour9:55
6 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Frank Zappa
- Label
- Barking Pumpkin Records
- Released
- 1981
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- CA
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