200 Motels (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = 200 Motels
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Frank Zappa


Background = gainsboro
Released = October 4, 1971
Recorded = January 28–February 5, 1971; Overdubs: April, 1971
Genre = Experimental rock, progressive rock, comedy rock, hard rock
Length = 91:49
Label = United Artists
Producer = ?
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:s7d5vwdta9qk link]
Last album = "Fillmore East - June 1971"
(1971)
This album = "200 Motels"
(1971)
Next album = "Just Another Band From L.A."
(1972)

The "200 Motels OST" is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's "200 Motels".

Track listing

ide one

#"Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture" – 2:01
#"Mystery Roach" – 2:32
#"Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers" – 0:48
#"This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)" – 0:55
#"Tuna Fish Promenade" – 2:29
#"Dance of the Just Plain Folks" – 4:40
#"This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)" – 0:58
#"The Sealed Tuna Bolero" – 1:40
#"Lonesome Cowboy Burt" – 3:54

ide two

#"Touring Can Make You Crazy" – 2:54
#"Would You Like a Snack?" – 1:23
#"Redneck Eats" – 3:02
#"Centerville" – 2:31
#"She Painted up Her Face" – 1:41
#"Janet's Big Dance Number" – 1:18
#"Half a Dozen Provocative Squats" – 1:57
#"Mysterioso" – 0:48
#"Shove It Right In" – 2:32
#"Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude" – 4:01

ide three

#"I'm Stealing the Towels" – 2:15
#"Dental Hygiene Dilemma" – 5:11
#"Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?" – 2:59
#"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" – 3:11
#"Penis Dimension" – 4:37
#"What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning" – 3:29

ide four

#"A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes" – 1:08
#"Magic Fingers" – 3:53
#"Motorhead's Midnight Ranch" – 1:28
#"Dew on the Newts We Got" – 1:09
#"The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts" – 0:41
#"The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth" – 1:10
#"The Girl's Dream" – 0:54
#"Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Corduroy Ponce" – 1:00
#"Strictly Genteel (The Finale)" – 11:08

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

200 Motels promotional radio spots

#"Coming Soon! [Cut 1] " – 0:56
#"The Wide Screen [Cut 2] " – 0:57
#"Coming Soon! [Cut 3] " – 0:31
#"Frank Zappa's 200 Motels [Cut 4] " – 0:11
#"Magic Fingers [Single Edit] " – 2:57::ENHANCED TRACK: Original Theatrical Trailer 3:28

Personnel

* Bob Auger – Engineer
* Theodore Bikel – Narrator
* Jimmy Carl Black – Vocals
* George Duke – Trombone, Keyboards
* Aynsley Dunbar – Drums
* Howard Kaylan – Vocals
* Barry Keene – Overdubs, Remixing
* David McMacken – Design, Illustrations
* Patrick Pending – Liner Notes
* Jim Pons – Voices
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
* Cal Schenkel – Design
* Ian Underwood – Keyboards, Woodwind
* Ruth Underwood – Percussion
* Mark Volman – Vocals, Photography
* Frank Zappa – Bass, Guitar, Producer, Orchestration

Charts

Album - "Billboard" (North America)

References