Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention-Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

Divided between live and studio tracks, "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" is one of Frank Zappa's most accessible and least convoluted albums (within his characteristically extravagant and peculiar style). On this occasion, Zappa fully embraces jazz, even employing a large horn section and creating expansive instrumental passages. As is typical of the American musician, these passages feature a great deal of improvisation and abundant experimentation. In this new work (his eighth release), Zappa collaborates with his band, The Mothers of Invention, which included Lowell George, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Punk Gardner, Ray Collins, Don Preston, Art Tripa, Buzz Gardner, Motörhead Sherwood, and Ian Underwood. Among its grooves we can find everything from eccentric jazz rock "Didja Get Any Onya?", to typical blues "Directly From My Heart to You", passing through extravagant cuts like "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" or sound experiments like "Toads of the Short Forest" or "Weasles Ripped My Flesh", while others like "Get a Little" or "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama", show its melodic and "accessible" side of conventional jazz rock.