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When you listen to this album, you will notice:
1. Satirical and clever lyrics. Zappa deals with sexual ambiguity, cursing, ridiculing the disco era and dating with a Jewish girl to whom not very complimentary epithets are attached. So you might think he's nasty, homophobic, misogynistic, antisemitic and anti-disco. It might be, it might not. But he's open enough not to be politically correct, and I think it is a virtue.
2. Silly lyrics. He also sings about baby snakes and "not smoking in pajamas" because "you might start a fire'n burn yer place". Well, sometimes he relies on music, not on lyrics; the latter ones are often a medium to music, so they tend to be quite silly at times. But I find them funny.
3. Musical complexity. In "Rubber Shirt" Zappa took the bass part of a 4/4 track, and superimposed it on a slow 11/4 drum track. He did the same in the "Yo' Mama" guitar solo. That's worth noticing and listening to.
4. Musical simple, rocking straightforwardness. Which is what, in my opinion, makes the album so good. You never get lost, bored or misled. You can keep your feet stomping much of the listening time. "Baby Snakes" is a highlight of this approach, I think: short, uncomplicated, and that's it.
5. Guitar musicianship. There's more than a couple of tracks with Frank doing the virtuoso part. Great.
6. Lack of "unmitigated audacity", i.e. experimental and weird sonic adventures. This is one of the Zappa landmarks that you will miss in this one. Even so, if there's no cacophony or there aren't dislocated sound collages, it will make "Sheik Yerbouti" more acceptable for first-time listeners. You can go then for "Hot Rats" (1969) or the early Mothers stuff if you're curious about it.
Conclusion: this album is the best to begin to listen to Zappa and to know most of his traits. If it gets you bored, you won't be a Zappa fan at all.

Sheik Yerbouti is a live double album with studio elements[1][2][3] by Frank Zappa made up of material recorded in 1977 and 1978. It was first released on March 3, 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records.

Sheik Yerbouti represented a major turning point in Zappa's career. The first album to be released on his own eponymous label after his departure from Warner Bros. Records, it emphasized the comedic aspect of his lyrics more than ever before, beginning a period of increased record sales and mainstream media attention. Sheik Yerbouti remains Zappa's biggest selling album worldwide with over 2 million units sold to date.

Released             March 3, 1979

Recorded            Mostly:  Jan. 24–28 & Feb. 24–28 1978 - Hammersmith Odeon, London;

Oct. 28–31, 1977 - The Palladium, New York

Genre                   Progressive rock, hard rock, instrumental rock, comedy rock, parody of disco and punk rock

Length                  72:33

Label                     Zappa, CBS International JAPAN MASTERSOUND

Producer             Frank Zappa

Track listing

All songs composed, written and arranged by Frank Zappa except where noted. 

Side one

No.         Title                                                                      

1.            "I Have Been in You"                                     

2.            "Flakes"                                                              

3.            "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes"            

4.            "I'm So Cute"                                                    

Side two

No.         Title      

5.            "Jones Crusher"              

6.            "What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World"                          

7.            "Rat Tomago"   

8.            "We've Got to Get into Something Real" (Listed under the title "Wait a Minute" on the CD version)                       

9.            "Bobby Brown" (Listed under the title "Bobby Brown Goes Down" on the CD version)   

10.          "Rubber Shirt" (Bozzio/O'Hearn/Zappa)               

11.          "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango"        

Side three

No.         Title      

12.          "Baby Snakes" 

13.          "Tryin' to Grow a Chin"                 

14.          "City of Tiny Lites" 

15.          "Dancin' Fool"   

16.          "Jewish Princess"            

Side four

No.         Title      

17.          "Wild Love"       

18.          "Yo' Mama"       

Musicians

Frank Zappa – lead guitar, lead (1-3, 9, 12, 15-18) and backing vocals, arranger, composer, producer, remixing

Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar, lead (5, 14) and backing vocals, Bob Dylan impersonation (2)

Patrick O'Hearn – bass, lead (3, 6, 8) and backing vocals

Terry Bozzio – drums, lead (3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 17) and backing vocals

Ed Mann – percussion, backing vocals

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