Frankly A Cappella: The Persuasions Sing Zappa is a 2000 album by the singing group The Persuasions

The Persuasions

The Persuasions are an a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid 1960s. They have performed interpretations of both secular and non-secular music, and have covered a wide range of musical genres....

. Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

 heard them over the phone while they were singing in a record shop on the East Coast and flew them out to L.A. to record their first LP. It was on Zappa's label. This recording serves both as a thanks and a tribute to the late composer. The album is the first of several in which The Persuasions pay tribute to the songs of a specific group or artist (the other two to date 2009 feature The Grateful Dead and The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

. All arrangements by Jerry Lawson.

Track listing

Songs composed by Frank Zappa.

1. "Lumpy Gravy"
2. "Any Way the Wind Blows"
3. "Electric Aunt Jemima"
4. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"
5. "Interlude"
6. "Cheap Thrills"
7. "Hotplate Heaven at the Green Hotel"
8. "Love of My Life"
9. "You Are What You Is"
10. "Interlude 2"
11. "Harder Than Your Husband"
12. "Find Her Finer"
13. "Interlude 3"
14. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Momma"
15. "Tears Began to Fall"
16. "Mystery Track"