Mother of an Anthology

Grandmothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R5C
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,003 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. '59 Chevy

2. Trail of Tears

3. We Don't Feed No Livestock Here

4. Mary Jane [#]

5. My Love Has Gone

6. Gingerwail

7. Mayonnaise Mountain

8. Teenage Credit [#]

9. Low Riding Man [#]

10. Let Us Live [Live][#]

11. Big Boss Man [Live][#]

12. Motorhead's Bumble Bee

13. Thunderbuns Vs the Kumb Nut [#]

14. The Fight Out

15. One for the Girls

16. Dona

17. Going to Idaho

18. A Bit Blue

19. Qualude to Chaos and Fine

20. Lovesick Blues [#]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uneven, July 29, 2001

By 

David Goodwin (Westchester, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mother of an Anthology (Audio CD)

Well, it's stuff from the ex-Mothers...what else did you expect? This disc is incredibly uneven, although that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad; the ex-Mothers just played so many different styles that this Anthology can't help sounding extremely hodge-podgey.

But it's almost all worth it for Mary Jane, which is up there with Zappa's "Aybe Sea" (from Burnt Weenie) in the category of unlikely, unexpected beauty. While I wouldn't go as far to suggest buying this comp for that one song, the surrounding material's probably accessible enough in general to Mothers/Zappa fans to warrant a purchase. Mary Jane is just a nice little highlight.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I've come home to my Mothers., December 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Mother of an Anthology (Audio CD)

A nice collection of songs by members of the original Mothers of Invention. Fans of Zappa's first band will certainly enjoy this collection. There are some previously unrelease tracks here, particularly from Jimmy Carl Black's band Geranimo Black. Bunk Gardner contributes so fine tracks as well. My only disappointed with this disc is the omission of the Don Preston tracks which appeared on the Grandmothers first two vinyl LP's. Too bad, as they were very strong tracks. If you can find the Rhino vinyl LP's, buy them. But this is a good outing by everybody's favorite Mothers.