Name: Chunga's Revenge
Brand: Zappa Records
SKU: 187999602
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Chunga's Revenge

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Album: Chunga's Revenge
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Transylvania Boogie (Side A)	More Info...
2)	Road Ladies (Side A)	More Info...
3)	Twenty Small Cigars (Side A)	More Info...
4)	The Nancy & Mary Music (Side A)	More Info...
5)	Tell Me You Love Me (Side B)	More Info...
6)	Would You Go All The Way? (Side B)	More Info...
7)	Chunga's Revenge (Side B)	More Info...
8)	The Clap (Side B)	More Info...
9)	Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (Side B)	More Info...
10)	Sharleena (Side B)	More Info...
2)	Road Ladies	More Info...
3)	Twenty Small Cigars	More Info...
4)	The Nancy & Mary Music	More Info...
5)	Tell Me You Love Me	More Info...
6)	Would You Go All the Way?	More Info...
7)	Chunga's Revenge	More Info...
8)	The Clap	More Info...
9)	Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink	More Info...
10)	Sharleena	More Info...

Album: Chunga's Revenge
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Transylvania Boogie (Side A)	More Info...
2)	Road Ladies (Side A)	More Info...
3)	Twenty Small Cigars (Side A)	More Info...
4)	The Nancy & Mary Music (Side A)	More Info...
5)	Tell Me You Love Me (Side B)	More Info...
6)	Would You Go All The Way? (Side B)	More Info...
7)	Chunga's Revenge (Side B)	More Info...
8)	The Clap (Side B)	More Info...
9)	Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (Side B)	More Info...
10)	Sharleena (Side B)	More Info...
2)	Road Ladies	More Info...
3)	Twenty Small Cigars	More Info...
4)	The Nancy & Mary Music	More Info...
5)	Tell Me You Love Me	More Info...
6)	Would You Go All the Way?	More Info...
7)	Chunga's Revenge	More Info...
8)	The Clap	More Info...
9)	Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink	More Info...
10)	Sharleena	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, harpsichord, drums, percussion); George Duke (vocals, trombone, electric piano, organ); Jeff Simmons (vocals, bass); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan (vocals); Ian Underwood (electric alto saxophone with wah-wah pedal, guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, pipe organ); Sugar Cane Harris (organ); Max Bennett (bass); John Guerin, Aynsley Dunbar (drums).
Engineers include: Dick Kunc, Stan Agoi, Roy Baker.
Recorded at T.T.G. Inc. and The Record Plant, Hollywood, California; Whitney Studios, Glendale, California; Trident Studios, London, England. "The Nancy & Mary Music" was recorded live at the Tyronne Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Digitally remastered by Bob Stone.
This 1970 release finds Zappa and band at the apex of their improvisational powers. CHUNGA'S REVENGE largely eschews both high concept and satire in order to focus on the considerable jamming expertise of Zappa and his cohorts. In its original LP form, the album was divided into two discrete halves. The first side consists of extended, largely instrumental pieces where Zappa and his musicians stretch out and show off their improv chops over relatively simple, often blues-based structures. The keyboard-based instrumental interlude "Twenty Small Cigars" provides an interesting semi-classical change of pace.
Side two contains shorter, vocal-oriented numbers, with harmonies that draw on the doo-wop influence of Zappa's youth (a recurrent element in his work). Slightly schizophrenic though it may be, CHUNGA'S REVENGE is something of a showcase for the members of Zappa's group, displaying their vocal and instrumental interaction to fine effect.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.69) - "CHUNGA'S REVENGE is his first attempt to assemble a smaller, more streamlined band."