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'ZAPPAtite - Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks' collects a healthy portion of Zappa’s best known and beloved compositions, from his early psychedelic rock beginnings to his avant-garde experimentation, jazz-rock explorations, symphonic suites and satirical send-ups, compiling them into one easily digestible collection and offering key entryways into the many musical worlds of the visionary musician.

The album is divided into four courses - Appetizers, Entrees, Second Course, and Desserts – and the food-centric theme oozes throughout the album art, which features Zappa in a diner on the cover, a track list that resembles a menu and some of Zappa’s favorite eats. The 18 compositions that make up 'ZAPPAtite' were compiled by Zappa’s son Ahmet Zappa and encyclopedic Zappa archivist, “Vaultmeister” Joe Travers. “This isn’t a greatest hits album as Frank didn’t really have ‘hits,’ per se, nor is it a ‘best of’ since that would be an impossibility to fit so much awesome onto one disc,” says Ahmet Zappa. “It’s a veritable smorgasbord of musicality for the curious and a buffet of favorites for the fans, 'ZAPPAtite' collects a cross section of my favorite songs composed by my dad, that lean more towards the rock side of his expansive repertoire. I hope you're hungry because this meal for your ears rocks!”

TRACK LISTING

1. I'm The Slime 
2. Dirty Love 
3. Dancin' Fool 
4. Trouble Every Day 
5. Peaches En Regalia 
6. Tell Me You Love Me
7. Bobby Brown Goes Down 
8. You Are What You Is
9. Valley Girl 
10. Joe's Garage 
11. Cosmik Debris
12. Sofa No. 1
13. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (Single Version)
14. Titties & Beer
15. G-Spot Tornado
16. Cocaine Decisions
17. Zoot Allures
18. Strictly Genteel