nervous, creepy, twisted !!!

Frank Zappa is probably one of a very small group of crazy musical genius hovering all on a big cloud well after her death ...
to play its unique kind of guitar, his complex arangements and be highly critical and intelligent humor are often copied but never equaled ...

Frank Zappa's first band was simply called "The Mothers", to the record company could have nervously noted what catastrophic consequences this great debut. (We are in the narrow-minded, prudish America of 1966).
shortly before the release of "freak out", the second double album in rock history (only Dylan came to him with "Blonde on Blonde" previously) came the manager at MGM in panic that the controversial name of the band, the djs and radio stations could deter .. ,

Zappa commented in his biography dry with: "as if our name would be the biggest open problem" ;-)

Frank Zappa, his band and the producer Tom Wilson arrived in the middle of the burgeoning freak culture on the west coast. it should cause a stir debut album.
They also discussed at this panel to add content, "song everyone had a function of a satirical overall concept" as Zappa.

numbers such as "Who are the Brain Police?" frame this concept aptly: creepy, anti authoritarian moan, the melting of objects and thoughts describes alike. next oblique numbers can be found parodies of bubble-pop as the persiflage "go cry on somebody elses shoulder" and carefully arranged love songs "How Could I Be Such a Fool?".

psychedelic guitars and dirty blues riffs pull the album BEYOND down in a confused world, "help, in a rock" is pure freak distillate and goes completely on abstract.
"The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet" is the finale and promises sound worlds in other dimensions long experimental.

the sound of the remasters is not world-class, for the year 1966 but polished and tidy absolutely hörbar..hier no concerns.

Conclusion: freak out signaled the emergence of this incredibly exciting and provocative composer, whose work it was always new frontiers to pass .. a few years later he should have a solid name in the scene, until his death, he published countless albums with world-class format. great album, great artist, not a must-have but a valuable addition in the smmlung of each inclined !!!