You Are What You Is

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You Are What You Is
Released September 1981
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR Crush All Boxes Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

• Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
• Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, vocals)
• Ray White (rhythm guitar, vocals)
• Bob Harris (boy soprano, trumpet)
• Steve Vai ("strat abuse")
• Tommy Mars (keyboards)
• Arthur Barrow (bass)
• Ed Mann (percussion)
• David Ocker (clarinet, bass clarinet)
• Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (tenor saxophone)
• Denny Walley (slide guitar)
• David Logeman (drums)
• Craig "Twister" Steward (harmonica)

Guest Vocalists:

• Jimmy Carl Black (vocals)
• Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (vocals)
• Ahmet Zappa (vocals)
• Moon Zappa (vocals)
• Denny Walley (vocals)

Tracks

LP Side One Teen-age Wind (3:01) Harder Than Your Husband (2:29) Doreen (4:43) Goblin Girl (4:07) Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear (3:34) Side Two Society Pages (2:27) I'm A Beautiful Guy (1:56) Beauty Knows No Pain (3:01) Charlie's Enormous Mouth (3:36) Any Downers? (2:09) Conehead (4:20) Side Three You Are What You Is (4:22) Mudd Club (3:11) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:10) Dumb All Over (5:50) Side Four Heavenly Bank Account (4:03) Suicide Chump (2:50) Jumbo Go Away (3:42) If Only She Woulda (3:47) Drafted Again (3:05)

Current CD Teen-age Wind (3:01) Harder Than Your Husband (2:29) Doreen (4:44) Goblin Girl (4:07) Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear (3:34) Society Pages (2:27) I'm A Beautiful Guy (1:56) Beauty Knows No Pain (3:02) Charlie's Enormous Mouth (3:36) Any Downers? (2:08) Conehead (4:25) You Are What You Is (4:23) Mudd Club (3:11) The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:10) Dumb All Over (5:45) Heavenly Bank Account (3:45) Suicide Chump (2:49) Jumbo Go Away (3:43) If Only She Woulda (3:48) Drafted Again (3:05)

Release Notes

• Frank Zappa - Producer
• John Livzey - Cover Photo
• John Vince - Graphics
• Utility Muffin Research Kitchen Studio
• Amy R. Bernstein - CD Layout

Liner Notes

• Say Cheese...

Background Information

The girl-hitting incident heard in Jumbo Go Away represented yet another case of Frank reporting on real events and letting listeners come to their own conclusions (rather than force-feeding them any “message songs”); Zappa guitarist Denny Walley had slapped a woman.

Conceptual Continuity

Dweezil’s line “Leave my nose alone, please” from the end of Drafted Again was originally heard at the end of Flower Punk on the Money album.

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
34	1.1 Original Stereo	2	LP	Barking Pumpkin PW2 37537	1981-09-23	None		US edition.
		2	LP	CBS CBS 88560	1981-10	None		UK edition. "LC 0149" on the back cover. Matrix # Side 1: CBS-88560-A1 Side 1 hand-etched Kdisc stamped Side 2: CBS-88560-B1 Side 2 hand-etched Kdisc stamped Side 3: CBS-88560-C1 Side 3 hand-etched Kdisc stamped Side 4: CBS-88560 D2 Side 4 hand-etched Kdisc stamped
		2	CS	CBS CBS 40-88560	1981-10	None		UK edition.
		2	LP	CBS/Sony 40AP 2217~8		None		Japanese edition.
		2	LP	EMI 58415/6	?	None		Argentinian edition.
		2	LP	EMI EN 5000	1986-02	5099926081236		UK 2nd edition. "RB8601HP" on the back cover. Matrix # Side 1: E 50001 A-1-1-1-3 Side 2: E 50001 B-3C-1-1-3 Side 3: E 50002 A-1-1-2- Side 4: E 50002 B-1-1-2-
		2	CS	EMI TCEN 5000	1986-02			UK 2nd edition.
		1	CD	EMI CDP 7 90075 2	1986	0077779007523		UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5000" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix # CDP 7 90075 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS
	1.2 Lower quality master with incomplete Dumb All Over solo	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40165	1990-05-14	0014431016523 (not printed)		US edition, AAD.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 27	1990-05?	5016583602727		UK edition, AAD. Matrix # CD ZAP 27 MPO 01 @
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5044	1994-11-25	4988112405844		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10536	1995-05-02	0014431053627		US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5130	1995-10-25	4988112407893		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5265	1996-05-30	4988112408654		Japanese edition.
	1.3 Higher quality master with incomplete Dumb All Over solo	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10536	1998	0014431053627		US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10536 01
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1242	2002-05-29	4988112413276		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1335	2008-06-18	4988112417779		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	2012 Remaster Stereo	1	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 3864	2012-09-25	0824302386422		US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe.
		1	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238642	2012-09-25	0824302386422		EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3864, manufactured in Germany.

See Also

• You Are What You Is (The Music Video)
• Crush All Boxes
• Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is
• Specialized Digital Audio Gratification