We're Only in It for the Money

The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
1968 Ratings: #21 / 114
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Based on 465 ratings
1968 Rank: #43
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
AllMusic

Compositionally ... the music reveals itself as exceptionally strong, and Zappa's politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making We're Only in It for the Money quite probably his greatest achievement.

Doublez
88

The History of The Albums – n°377

[I recommend you to go and read my first review on The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out (1966), in order to understand it better]. To summarize, The Mothers Of Invention, led by the legendary Frank Zappa, had just released a first album that was a commercial failure, despite what it would become afterwards, that is to say a classic and pioneering album. The Californian band created their own style, the very opposite of counter-culture, constantly ... read more

Brando
90

Before I begin, I want to mention that I used Genius to help figure out what a lot of the lyrics meant, so that’s where I got a lot of the lyrical meanings.

Hello everyone, I’m back!

So, I’m more motivated to review again, though I’m probably going to be completely random schedule wise, since I’m going to be reviewing at random. So in other words, I’m going to essentially reviewing anytime I feel like it, lol.

But yeah, in all seriousness, I’m not ... read more

JustSomeGuy
100

A complete satirization of U.S. politics, hippie culture, and popular music at the time, Frank Zappa and The Mothers make what is far and away their best effort up to this point in their discography, as well as making an album that no other artist would have had the balls to make at the time.

An experimental gem. While this may not be as groundbreaking as, say, the same year's White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground (who actually gets a shoutout in this very album, albeit censored by ... read more

gyroonaoty
100

My personal favorite album of all time, it's an incredibly well thought out weirdo masterpiece that sounds like it fell into the wrong dimension.
It has a lot to say it is truly an insanely bold piece of music.

100

Brilliant, all the way through.

Eveeja
83

My Frank Zappa Deep Dive 3/?? (500th review special)
Can we all apreciate the Sgt Pepper parody cover for a second, because it paints the exact portrait that Frank wanted to be with his band, for it's complete mockery of the most famous musical and cultural act of the 20th century, completely satarizing the culture as the band grew larger with every cotinuous release due to how much they were willing to go to portray their mesage of counter culture, from which is heavely present in the contents ... read more

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Added on: April 9, 2013