1975 live album with studio elements by Frank Zappa and The Mothers with Captain Beefheart
Bongo Fury
The cover of Bongo Fury, released in October 1975
Live album with studio elements by
Frank Zappa and The Mothers with Captain Beefheart
Released
October 2, 1975
Recorded
May 20 & 21, 1975 (mostly live) & January 1975 (studio)
Venue
Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genre
Blues rock[1]
jazz fusion[2]
Length
42:15
Label
DiscReet
Producer
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
One Size Fits All (1975)
Bongo Fury (1975)
Zoot Allures (1976)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
One Size Fits All (1975)
Bongo Fury (1975)
Playground Psychotics (1992)
Captain Beefheart chronology
Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974)
Bongo Fury (1975)
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[2]
Christgau's Record Guide
B[3]
Rolling Stone
(unfavorable)[4]
Bongo Fury is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa and the Mothers, with Captain Beefheart, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 (intro only) are studio tracks recorded in January 1975 during the sessions which produced One Size Fits All (1975) and much of Studio Tan (1978).
^Lowe, Kelly Fisher (2007). The Words and Music of Frank Zappa. U of Nebraska Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-80326-005-4.
^ abAllmusic review
^Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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