Them Or Us

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Them Or Us
Released October 1984
See also: Them Or Us (The Book)

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar & vocals)
• Ray White, Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bobby Martin, Roy Estrada (vocals, harmony)
• Tommy Mars (keyboards)
• Arthur Barrow (bass)
• Chad Wackerman (drums)
• Scott Thunes (bass)
• Ed Mann (percussion)
• Steve Vai (stunt guitar, guitar solo on "Ya Hozna" and first guitar solo on "Stevie's Spanking")
• Ray White (rhythm guitar)
• Bobby Martin (keyboards, harmonica)
• Dweezil Zappa (guitar solo on "Sharleena" and second guitar solo on "Stevie's Spanking")
• Patrick O'Hearn (bass on "Planet Of My Dreams")
• Thana Harris (harmony on "Planet Of My Dreams")
• George Duke (piano on "Planet Of My Dreams")

Tracks

LP Side One The Closer You Are (2:58) In France (3:30) Ya Hozna (6:26) Sharleena (4:33) Side Two Sinister Footwear II (8:40) Truck Driver Divorce (9:03) Side Three Stevie's Spanking (5:24) Baby, Take Your Teeth Out (1:24) Marque-son's Chicken (7:34) Planet Of My Dreams (1:40) Side Four Be In My Video (3:39) Them Or Us (5:08) Frogs With Dirty Little Lips (2:46) Whipping Post (7:32)

Current CD The Closer You Are (2:55) In France (3:33) Ya Hozna (6:27) Sharleena (4:33) Sinister Footwear II (8:39) Truck Driver Divorce (8:59) Stevie's Spanking (5:24) Baby, Take Your Teeth Out (1:54) Marque-son's Chicken (7:34) Planet Of My Dreams (1:37) Be In My Video (3:39) Them Or Us (5:23) Frogs With Dirty Little Lips (2:42) Whipping Post (7:32)

Background Information

Cover painting by Donald Roller Wilson

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
40	1.1 Original Stereo	2	LP	Barking Pumpkin SVBO-74200	1984-10-18	None		US edition. Matrix # Side1: SVBO-74200-AS1 #1 BPR 2 9432 AS1 SLM jm Δ7194 1-3 818-PUMPKIN 0 Side2: Side #2 SVBO-74200-BS1 2 BPR 2 9432 BS1 #2 SLM jm Δ7194-X 1-3 818-PUMPKIN 0 Side3: SVBO-74200-CS2 #1 BPR 2 9432-CS2 SLMΔ7195 jm 1-3 818-PUMPKIN 0 Side4: SVBO-74200-DS1 #1 BPR 2 9432-DS1 jm SLMΔ7195-X 818-PUMPKIN 1-3 0
		2	LP	EMI 2402439	1984?			UK edition.
		2	LP	EMI EMS-67176•77				Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40027	1986	0014431002724		US edition, DDD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-CD40027 SOI01 MADE IN USA. SHAPE OPTIMEDIA INC. .9
		1	CD	EMI CDP 7-90080-2	1986	0077779008025?		UK edition.
	Unknown	2	LP	Zappa ZAPPA 30	1990?	5016583603014?		UK edition.
		1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 30	1990?	5016583603045?		UK edition.
	1.2 Slightly lower quality master, but track 12 is longer	1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 30	1990-09-01	5016583603021		UK edition.
	1.1 Original Stereo	1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5046	1994-11-25	4988112405868		Japanese edition.
	1.2 Slightly lower quality master, but track 12 is longer	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10543	1995-05-02	0014431054327		US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U7E WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L90? Y12049 A4 P2 310543-2 01 M1S1
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5131	1995-10-25	4988112407909		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5151	1995-11-25	4988112408029		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5266	1996-05-30	4988112408661		Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10543 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1255	2002-10-23	4988112413542		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.

See Also

• Them Or Us (The Book)