Audio CD review:
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Band: Frank Zappa Title: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch Rating: Release Date: 02 May, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: No Not Now 2: Valley Girl 3: I Come From Nowhere 4: Drowning Witch 5: Envelopes 6: Teen-Age Prostitute

Customer Reviews "Drowning Witch" and "Envelopes" "Ship arriving too late. . " is one of the most broadly known Zappa albums. This is partly due to "Valley Girl's" success, which according to Frank in numerous interviews was more accidental than anything else. But what the hey? This particular song today sounds dated - at least in this reviewer's opinion - and shouldn't be the sole motivation behind buying this album. If that's all you know and like, chances are you'll be disappointed with the rest. The two, in my opinion, most relevant tracks on this album are "Drowning Witch" and "Envelopes", which are among the most complex pieces of music conceived by Frank Zappa. Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch... Frankly, I bought this album for the Song, "Valley Girl" which was a hit in the early 80's from Frank's daughter Moon! I had forgotten about his level of musicianship - that man had skills! Four stars!!. Zappa got into a lot of unsuspecting teenagers' minds with this album...hehehehe So all the teenagers who really dug the Valley Girl song actually got to listen to 5 other great Zappa tracks. One of the greatest things about this album is that, thanks to the song Valley Girl, a lot of people who would never even think about owning a Zappa album bought one. Granted, there's probably a few of them out there who played the album once, and never played it again. But they always say to themselves "what was that really long song on side two? I never heard anything like that. I can't get it out of my head! AARRGGHH!!!!" The stuff got inside their heads, and stayed there. I do rather like this album, especially the title track (the 12 minute one) and No Not Now. Envelopes is OK (I prefer the LSO version), and I do like Valley Girl. . . You can see a complete list of all Frank Zappa discography, or go back to the Frank Zappa tabs