Why this band doesn't appear on more "most ahead of it's time artists" lists is beyond me; this is Fugazi five years before Fugazi.
I cannot believe that I enjoyed a alt-pop song made by a TikTok star but here we are, that beat is simply way too good.
This album is Frank Zappa's real debut. While Freak Out did have it's experimental moments (especially near it's end) those moments where the exception, most the songs on that album were relatively normal ones; they were melodic, they followed common song structures and had instrumentation that was typical of the music of the time. That's not the case with Absolutely Free.
The songs present here are monstrous abominations that push the limits of what rock music is able to ... read more
This album proves that to make great music you don't need complex arrangements, grand production, or world class instrumentalists. All you need to make fantastical music is a guy who can sing and an acoustic guitar.