by Ben Riddle Erie, PA USA Reviewed on June 30th, 2001
Absolutely Free takes on straight America in the late 60's in the same way that We're Only In It For The Money satirized the paralell hippy culture. Both are fine albums("....Money" is just a little bit better though), from the Zappa period that really matters; however his humor was always right on target and topical in any era in which he was writing. My biggest complaint about the CD re-issue, which I no longer own in favor of the vintage vinyl, is that two bonus cuts were added in between side one and two of the original LP tracks, which damages the flow of a fine, very conceptual album, and neither of the bonus tracks are very good, nor do they have anything to do with the theme of the album. If they were to be added at all, they should've gone at the end; and frankly , unless someone unearths tracks of major importance, I'm always happier when they stick with the original LP in any situation. Although I suspect that the CD revolution has some people expecting longer releases just because the discs offer more time than vinyl. Me, I'm from the old school and 30-35 minutes of quality is all I expect.
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