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The Man from Utopia is a 1983 album by Frank Zappa. It is a more song-driven, and less conceptual work than many others in Zappa's oeuvre. The album is named after a 1950s song, written by Donald and Doris Woods, which Zappa covers as part of "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou".[1] The sleeve art features the work of RanXerox artist Tanino Liberatore.

The album's best known track is probably "Cocaine Decisions", with its Zappa groove redolent of skiffle washboards and its contribution to the great mis-rhymes of rock history: "...you are a doctor or a lawyer / you got an office with a foyer..." Also included is "Dangerous Kitchen", a track which describes a place "where the cream is all clabbered and the salad is frightful..." and "the milk can hurt you". In a similar vein is the satire on 1950s sci-fi B-movies, "The Radio Is Broken".

Track listing

All songs written by Frank Zappa, except where noted

Original vinyl track listing

Side 1:

Cocaine Decisions (02:56)
The Dangerous Kitchen (02:51)
Tink Walks Amok (03:40)
The Radio Is Broken (05:52)
Mõggio (03:05)

Side 2:

Medley consisting of "The Man from Utopia" (Donald and Doris Woods) and "Mary Lou" (Obie Jessie) (3:19)
Stick Together (3:50)
Sex (3:00)
The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:30)
We Are Not Alone (3:31)

1995 CD track listing

Cocaine Decisions (03:53)
SEX (03.44)
Tink Walks Amok (03:39)
The Radio Is Broken (05:51)
We Are Not Alone (03:18)
The Dangerous Kitchen (02:51)
The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou (03:22)
Stick Together (03:14)
The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (04:29)
Luigi & The Wise Guys (03:25) [bonus track]
Mõggio (02:35)

Personnel

Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals, drum machine
Steve Vai – guitar, acoustic guitar
Ray White – guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada – vocals
Bob Harris – boy soprano
Ike Willis – vocals
Bobby Martin – keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Tommy Mars – keyboards
Arthur Barrow – keyboards, bass, micro bass, rhythm guitar
Ed Mann – percussion
Scott Thunes – bass
Chad Wackerman – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Craig Steward – harmonica
Dick Fegy – mandolin
Marty Krystall – saxophone

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