Category:Press Reviews

Album, Video, Film & Book Reviews

• More Polemics From Pop Satirist (Los Angeles Times, 1968, Pete Johnson)
• Popular Records - Pass Aspirin, Please (Los Angeles Times, 1966, Pete Johnson)
• Sound Track (The Hollywood Reporter, 1970, Mathy Orloff)
• Comedic Crap Detection: Frank Zappa's "Broadway The Hard Way" (Internet, Tony Palmeri, 1988)
• The Old Masters (article) (Stereophile, 1989)
• Uncle Disgusting (Q, Andy Gill, 1989)
• Two Sides Of Frank Zappa (Cosmik Debris E-Zine, Cai Campbell, 1989)
• Frank Zappa: He Is What He Are (Q, Andy Gill, 1989)
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (article) (Q, 1991, Charles Shaar Murray)
• Rolling Stone Album Guide: Zappa, Frank (1992, P.E.)
• Just When you thought it was Safe (Cutting Edge, 1993, Phil Wilding)
• Looking for the links between "Freak Out!" and "Finnegans Wake" (The New York Times, 1993, Peter Keepnews)
• Ahead Of Their Time (article) (Q, 1993, Stuart Maconie)
• Uncle Meat (article) (Vox, 1993, Andy Robson)
• Uncle Meat Video Review (Q, 1993, Martin Longley)
• Frank Zappa & The Ensemble Modern - The Yellow Shark (Q, 1993, Stuart Maconie)
• Civilization à la Zappa; The Cult Composer’s Epic Final Work Is a Complex Summation of a Life (LA Times, 1994)
• Zappa's Outermost Phaze (Internet, 1994, Stephen Homan)
• Unmissable (The Guardian, 1994, Dan Glaister)
• Zappa: The Yellow Shark (Stereophile, 1994, Richard Lehnert)
• Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses to Die! (Stereophile, 1995)
• Frank Zappa Reissues (Soundz, 1995, R.U. Sirius)
• Is This Phase One Of The Best Of Frank Zappa? ("Strictly Commercial" sleeve notes, 1995, Dan Oullette)
• Strictly Commercial (article) (Rykodisc promo, 1995)
• Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa (People Magazine, 1995, Steve Dougherty)
• Strictly Commercial: The Best of Zappa (R.A.R., 1995, Randy Hall)
• The Lost Episodes: about the album (sleeve notes, 1996, Rip Rense)
• The Lost Episodes: about the cover art (sleeve notes, 1996, Rip Rense)
• The Lost Episodes (article) (Pitchfork Review, 1996, Jason Josephes)
• 200 Motels video (The Music & Travel Report, 1996, Jim Sheldon-Dean)
• Läther (All-Music Guide, 1996, Richie Unterberger)
• Zapped Again (San Jose Metro, 1996, Nigey Lennon)
• Strictly Commercial: Is This Rykodisc Trying To Get Frank Zappa's Cruddy Music On The Radio? (Jazz Online, Nigey Lennon, 1996)
• Thing-Fish: The Return of Frank Zappa, Philip Fisher, 2003, The British Theatre Guide