Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

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Side A
A1. “I Have Been In You”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa)  – 3:33
A2. “FlakesLead”   (Vocals – Belew, Zappa)  – 6:41
A3. “Broken Hearts Are For Assholes”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa, O’Hearn, Bozzio)  – 3:46
A4. “I’m So Cute”   (Lead Vocals – Bozzio)  – 4:20

Side B
B1. “Jones Crusher”   (Lead Vocals – Belew)  – 2:49
B2. “What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World”   (Vocals – Moire, O’Hearn, Bozzio)  – 0:33
B3. “Rat Tomago”  – 5:15
B4. “We’ve Got To Get Into Something Real”   (Vocals – Moire, O’Hearn, Bozzio)  – 0:32
B5. “Bobby Brown”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa)  – 2:43
B6. “Rubber Shirt”   (Composed By – Zappa, O’Hearn, Bozzio)  – 2:58
B7. “The Sheik Yerbouti Tango”  – 2:44

Side C
C1. “Baby SnakesLead”   (Vocals – Zappa)  – 1:50
C2. “Tryin’ To Grow A Chin”   (Lead Vocals – Bozzio)  – 3:32
C3. “City Of Tiny Lites”   (Lead Vocals – Belew)  – 5:30
C4. “Dancin’ Fool”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa)  – 3:43
C5. “Jewish Princess”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa)  – 3:16

Side D
D1. “Wild Love”   (Clarinet – David Ocker, Vocals – Zappa, Brock, Thornton, Bozzio, Mars)  – 4:10
D2. “Yo’ Mama”   (Lead Vocals – Zappa)  – 12:38

Credits
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Keyboards, Other [Butter] – Peter Wolf
Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy Mars
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Adrian Belew
Percussion, Vocals – Ed Mann
Drums, Vocals – Terry Bozzio
Backing Vocals – Andre Lewis, Davey Moire, Napoleon M. Brock, Randy Thornton
Bass, Vocals – Patrick O’Hearn
Art Direction – John Williams
Composed By – Frank Zappa
Engineer – Claus Wiedemann, Davey Moire, Kerry McNab*, Peter Henderson
Engineer [Overdub] – Joe Chicarelli*
Mastered By [Disc Mastering Engineer] – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By [Assistant] – Barbara Issak
Mixed By [Remix Engineers] – Frank Zappa, Joe Chicarelli
Photography By [Cover Photos] – Lynn Goldsmith
Photography By [Inside Photo] – Gail Zappa
Producer – Frank Zappa

Companies etc
Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon
Recorded At – The Palladium, NYC
Recorded At – Deutschlandhalle
Recorded By – Basing Street Mobile
Recorded By – Manor Mobile
Recorded By – RCA Mobile
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Published By – Munchkin Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Frank Zappa
Copyright (c) – Frank Zappa
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging

Notes
Remote recording facilities: The Basing Street Truck/The Manor Truck/The RCA Truck/The Ol’ Four Track.
Studio facilities: The Village Recorders.
Genre: Avant Garde, Prog Rock, Comedy Rock
Length: 73:33

Label – CBS Records

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