We’re Only In It For The Money is one of the most essential rock albums of all time. With its scathing messages, use of parody, Musique Concrète & Dadaist tendencies, there truly is nothing like it. Rolling Stone ranks it among its 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. This LP reissue is cut by Bernie Grundman from the restored original 1968 mix.

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rated 297/500

• LP 180 Gram Vinyl
• Cut from the Original Restored 1968 Mix
• Cut by Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Gatefold Cover
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany
• Frank Zappa Records Official Release #4

Shattering conventions – musical, social, political – was the life's work of Frank Zappa, the iconoclastic musical genius, rock legend and intellectual firebrand of the late 20th century whose work is equally revered by hardcore rockers and serious musical scholars. 1968's We're Only In It for the Money is the third studio album by Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention. As with the band's previous two outings, it's a conceptual affair which satirizes politics, particularly the hippie subculture, as well as The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. It was conceived as part of a project called No Commercial Potential, which produced three other albums: Lumpy Gravy, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets and Uncle Meat. The 18-track outsider masterpiece encompasses rock, orchestral and experimental music with aplomb, and stands as one of Zappa's greatest achievements. The album was ranked number 297 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2015.

"From the beginning, Frank Zappa cultivated a role as voice of the freaks -- imaginative outsiders who didn't fit comfortably into any group. We're Only in It for the Money is the ultimate expression of that sensibility, a satirical masterpiece that simultaneously skewered the hippies and the straights as prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness. Zappa's barbs were vicious and perceptive, and not just humorously so: his seemingly paranoid vision of authoritarian violence against the counterculture was borne out two years later by the Kent State killings. Like Freak Out, We're Only in It for the Money essentially devotes its first half to satire, and its second half to presenting alternatives. Despite some specific references, the first-half suite is still wickedly funny, since its targets remain immediately recognizable. The second half shows where his sympathies lie, with character sketches of Zappa's real-life freak acquaintances, a carefree utopia in "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance," and the strident, unironic protest "Mother People." Regardless of how dark the subject matter, there's a pervasively surreal, whimsical flavor to the music, sort of like Sgt. Pepper as a creepy nightmare. Some of the instruments and most of the vocals have been manipulated to produce odd textures and cartoonish voices; most songs are abbreviated, segue into others through edited snippets of music and dialogue, or are broken into fragments by more snippets, consistently interrupting the album's continuity. Compositionally, though, the music reveals itself as exceptionally strong, and Zappa's politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making We're Only in It for the Money quite probably his greatest achievement." - Steve Huey, All Music

Track Listing:
 

Side A
01. Are You Hung Up?
02. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
03. Concentration Moon
04. Mom & Dad
05. Telephone Conversation
06. Bow Tie Daddy
07. Harry, You're A Beast
08. What's the Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
09. Absolutely Free
10. Flower Punk
11. Hot Poop

Side B
01. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
02. Let's Make The Water Turn Black
03. The Idiot Bastard Son
04. Lonely Little Girl
05. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
06. What's the Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
07. Mother People
08. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny

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