Way ahead of its time, I could see Zappa being the spirit animal (ugh) of Mike Patton. The cynicism, the density of the sound, the forays into musique concrete, along with the genre mashing/bending that Zappa was famed for. It feels like this album must have been a bit of an influence on the Residents too, though there were always rumours that Zappa, Beefheart and/or members of their bands contributed to the Res.
So essentially you have here the framework for that vein of alternative music that rides relatively close to the mainstream without quite crossing over... on top of that you have a great, imaginative, sarcastic pile of music to sift through at your leisure.
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