Civilization, Phaze III
Album by Frank Zappa
Released	December 1994
Recorded	1967, 1991 & 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	Disc 1: 56:?? Disc 2: 57:??
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer(s)	Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Frank Zappa chronology
Yellow Shark (1993) Civilization, Phaze III (1994) Strictly Commercial (1995)

Civilization, Phaze III is a double CD by Frank Zappa. It was the last album he completed before his death in 1993, and was released posthumously in December 1994 by The Zappa Family Trust on Barking Pumpkin Records. Album cover - Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III (1994) This is an album cover. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Barking Pumpkin Records was created by Frank Zappa in 1981 after leaving Mercury Records because they wouldnt release his single “I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted” in 1980. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Description: Rating stars. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Cover of The Yellow Shark (1993) The Yellow Shark is an album of orchestral music by Frank Zappa. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Strictly Commercial is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Barking Pumpkin Records was created by Frank Zappa in 1981 after leaving Mercury Records because they wouldnt release his single “I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted” in 1980. ...

Much of the material was composed in the style of musique concrète, similar to Zappa's 1967 album Lumpy Gravy. Categorized by Zappa as an "opera-pantomime", the project began as a vocal recording experiment in 1967, which Zappa describes in the liner notes (written in 1993): It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Tape music. ... Lumpy Gravy is the first solo album by Frank Zappa, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music). ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. ... Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ... Liner notes are the booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or any sound recording container. ...

"...I decided to stuff a pair of U-87s in the piano, cover it with a heavy drape, put a sand bag on the sustain pedal, and invite anybody in the vicinity to stick their head inside and ramble incoherently about the various topics I would suggest to them..."

These ramblings were transformed into a vague plot involving pigs, ponies and other characters who live inside a piano. In 1991, additional dialog by Moon Unit Zappa, actor Michael Rapaport and others was added. The musical score was almost entirely composed upon and performed by the Synclavier. Sustain pedal is the most commonly used pedal in a modern piano. ... Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ... Michael Rapaport (born March 20, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and a comedian and has acted in over 20 films. ... The New England Digital Synclavier System was a powerful, integrated system for music synthesis and recording, first developed at Dartmouth College. ...

Track listing

All songs by Frank Zappa

Disc one

1. "This Is Phaze lll" – 0:47
2. "Put a Motor in Yourself" – 5:13
3. "Oh-Umm" – 0:50
4. "They Made Me Eat It" – 1:48
5. "Reagan at Bitburg" – 5:39
6. "A Very Nice Body" – 1:00
7. "Navanax" – 1:40
8. "How the Pigs' Music Works" – 1:49
9. "Xmas Values" – 5:31
10. "Dark Water!" – 0:23
11. "Amnerika" – 3:03
12. "Have You Heard Their Band?" – 0:38
13. "Religious Superstition" – 0:43
14. "Saliva Can Only Take So Much" – 0:27
15. "Buffalo Voice" – 5:12
16. "Someplace Else Right Now" – 0:32
17. "Get a Life" – 2:20
18. "A Kayak (On Snow)" – 0:28
19. "N-Lite" – 18:00

Disc two

1. "I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back" – 0:14
2. "Secular Humanism" – 2:41
3. "Attack! Attack! Attack!" – 1:24
4. "I Was in a Drum" – 3:38
5. "A Different Octave" – 0:57
6. "This Ain't CNN" – 3:20
7. "The Pigs' Music" – 1:17
8. "A Pig With Wings" – 2:52
9. "This Is All Wrong" – 1:42
10. "Hot & Putrid" – 0:29
11. "Flowing Inside-Out" – 0:46
12. "I Had a Dream About That" – 0:27
13. "Gross Man" – 2:54
14. "A Tunnel into Muck" – 0:21
15. "Why Not?" – 2:18
16. "Put a Little Motor in 'Em" – 0:50
17. "You're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You!" – 2:13
18. "Cold Light Generation" – 0:44
19. "Dio Fa" – 8:18
20. "That Would Be the End of That" – 0:35
21. "Beat the Reaper" – 15:23
22. "Waffenspiel" – 4:05

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – Producer, compiler, editor, composer, performer, conductor & liner notes
• Ensemble Modern – orchestra
• Dick Kunc – engineer (1967)
• David Dondorf – engineer (1991)
• Todd Yvega – engineer (1991)
• Spencer Chrislu – engineer (1991)
• Uri Balashov – cover design
• Command A Studios – art direction

1967 voices Ensemble Modern is a chamber ensemble dedicated to the music of modern composers. ...

• Spider Barbour
• All-Night John
• Frank Zappa
• Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood
• Roy Estrada
• Louis "The Turkey" Cuneo
• Monica
• Gilly Townley
• Unknown Girl #1
• Unknown Girl #2

1991 voices

• Moon Unit Zappa
• Michael Rapaport
• Ali N. Askin
• Catherine Milliken
• Walt Fowler
• Todd Yvega
• Michael Svoboda
• Michael Gross
• William Formann
• Uwe Dierksen
• Stefan Dohr
• Daryl Smith
• Franck Ollu
• Hermann Kretzschmar
• Dweezil Zappa

Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ... Michael Rapaport (born March 20, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actor and a comedian and has acted in over 20 films. ... Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a heavy metal guitarist. ...

External links

• Lyrics and information
• Release details
• Review 1
• Review 2