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We're Only in It for the Money

We're Only In It For the Money is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The album peaked at #30 on the Billboard Music Charts (North America) Pop Albums chart.

First released in 1968, it was rereleased by Rykodisc in the late 1980s with newly recorded percussion tracks. Parts censored from the original release were also added back.

Its cover is a parody of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Track listing

  1. "Are You Hung Up?" - 1:25
  2. "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" - 2:34
  3. "Concentration Moon" - 2:22
  4. "Mom and Dad" - 2:16
  5. "Telephone Conversation" - :49
  6. "Bow Tie Daddy" - :33
  7. "Harry, You're a Beast" - 1:21
  8. "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" - 1:03
  9. "Absolutely Free" - 3:24
  10. "Flower Punk" - 3:03
  11. "Hot Poop" - :26
  12. "Nasal Retentive Calliope Music" - 2:02
  13. "Let's Make the Water Turn Black" - 2:01
  14. "The Idiot Bastard Son" - 3:18
  15. "Lonely Little Girl" - 1:09
  16. "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" - 1:32
  17. "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" - 1:02
  18. "Mother People" - 2:26
  19. "The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny" - 6:26

Personnel

  • Don Preston - Bass, Keyboards
  • Jimmy Carl Black - Percussion, Trumpet, Drums, Vocals
  • Dick Barber - Vocals
  • Eric Clapton - Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
  • Roy Estrada - Bass, Bass (Electric), Vocals
  • Frank Zappa - Guitar, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Editing, Concept
  • Bunk Gardner - Vocals, Wind, Woodwind
  • Dick Kunc - Engineer, Remixing
  • Billy Mundi - Drums, Vocals
  • Cal Schenkel - Artwork, Art Direction, Design
  • Motorhead Sherwood - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
  • Ian Underwood - Piano, Keyboards, Wind, Woodwind
  • Tom Wilson - Executive Producer
  • Pamela Zarubica - Vocals
  • Gary Kellgren - Engineer, Whisper
  • Mothers of Invention - Performer
  • Suzy Creamcheese - Telephone Voice
  • Jerrold Schatzber - Photography
  • Jerry Schatzberg - Photography
  • Euclid James Sherwood - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
  • Tiger Morse - Fashion Advisor



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