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Frank Zappa
"Civilization Phaze III" (1994)

"Civilization Phaze III" is what Frank Zappa has referred to as an "opera-pantomime;" an idea that he started working on during the "Lumpy Gravy" era (1966-68,) and that he managed to finish close to 30 years later with the help of the Synclavier, Ensemble Modern, and lots of compositional experience.
It was released as a finished product in 1994--a year after his passing--and ranks today as his greatest compositional achievement.
The music is performed mainly on the Synclavier, but also--in the second act--by Ensemble Modern who incidentally performed throughout the "Yellow Shark" album (1993.)
When it comes to sound engineering this is the best sounding album I've ever heard; the experience of listening to this music through a good sound system with professional headphones is indescribable (The 18 minute long "N-Lite" was recorded on more than 200 audio tracks - the result of the finished mix is amazing.)		Act One (CD 1):
  1."This is Phaze III"
  2.Put a Motor in Yourself
  3."Oh-Umm"
  4.They Made me Eat it
  5.Regan at Bitburg
  6."A Very Nice Body"
  7.Navanax
  8."How the Pigs' Music Works"
  9.Xmas Values
 10."Dark Water"
 11.Amnerika
 12."Have You Heard Their Band?"
 13.Religious Superstition
 14."Saliva Can Only Take So Much"
 15.Buffalo Voice
 16."Someplace Else Right Now"
 17.Get a Life
 18."A Kayak (on Snow)"
 19.N-Lite
  I.Negative Light
 II.Venice Submerged
III.The New World Order
 IV.The Lifestyle You Deserve
  V.Creationism
 VI.He is Risen

Act Two (CD 2):
  1."I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back"
  2.Secular Humanism
  3."Attack! Attack! Attack!"
  4.I Was in a Drum
  5."A Different Octave"
  6."This Ain't CNN"
  7."The Pigs' Music"
  8.A Pig with Wings
  9."This is All Wrong"
 10.Hot & Putrid
 11."Flowing Inside-Out"
 12."I Had a Dream About That"
 13.Gross Man
 14."A Tunnel Into Muck"
 15.Why Not?
 16."Put a Little Motor in 'Em"
 17."You're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You?"
 18."Cold Light Generation"
 19.Dio Fa
 20."That Would be the End of That"
 21.Beat the Reaper
 22.Waffenspiel
It is hard to find this album in stores, but it has been for sale at Barfko Swill on and off since its release.