We’re Only In It For The Money é um dos mais essenciais álbuns de rock de todos os tempos. Com a sua mensagem crítica, uso de paródia, e tendências Musique Concrète & Dadaístas, é diferente de tudo o resto. A Rolling Stone considera-o um dos 500 Melhores Álbuns de Sempre. Esta reedição LP tem corte de Bernie Grundman a partir do mix original de 1968 restaurado.

Rolling Stone 500 Melhores Albums de Todos os Tempos posição 297/500

• LP Vinil 180 Gramas
• Corte a partir do Mix 1968 Original Restaurado
• Corte por Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Capa Gatefold
• Prensagem na Pallas da Alemanha
• 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

Lista de Faixas:

Lado 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

Lado 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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