Freak Out! is the debut record by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released June 27, 1966 on Verve Records. Often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, the album is a satirical expression of frontman Frank Zappa's perception of American pop culture and the nascent freak scene of Los Angeles. It was also one of the earliest double albums in rock music, and the first two-record debut album.

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The Zappa Motherlode: 12 albums reissued this month and 48 more by the end of the year. He established a musical category of his own – ‘Zappa’, his former keyboardist George Duke once remarked. Lumpy Gravy (1967; 7/10), a collage-style concept album, contains some of his most avant-garde music as well as some of his most bizarre encounters with his fellow Mothers. At one point a lengthy discussion of the word dark is held by three people who sound like they’re trapped inside a cardboard box.

One of the most ambitious debuts in rock history, Freak Out! was a seminal concept album that somehow foreshadowed both art rock and punk at the same time. Its four LP sides deconstruct rock conventions right and left, eventually pushing into territory inspired by avant-garde classical composers. Opening with the nonconformist call to arms "Hungry Freaks, Daddy," Freak Out! quickly posits the Mothers of Invention as the antithesis of teen-idol bands, often with sneering mockeries of the teen-romance songs that had long been rock's commercial stock-in-trade. Despite his genuine emotional alienation and dissatisfaction with pop conventions, though, Frank Zappa was actually a skilled pop composer; even with the raw performances and his stinging guitar work, there's a subtle sophistication apparent in his unorthodox arrangements and tight, unpredictable melodicism.

It blew away the depressing dark cloud that had been hovering over my world and revealed a magnificently shimmering, star-filled night sky. It was then that I realized for the first time how truly beautiful and uplifting music could be. And I wasn't alone. But Frank's ability to compose and arrange for a rock ensemble is perhaps his most inspired gift. The album has that warm, fat analog sound that just feels good on the ears. All the instruments and vocals are masterfully arranged and recorded so that you can hear (and fetish) every little vibrational morsel.

So why on earth did Pauline Butcher become Frank Zappa's secretary? . But that life is not so far away, not today, anyway. It was in this hotel that Butcher, at 23, first encountered Zappa, when she was sent by her stenographic agency to transcribe and type up some lyrics for him. Here she sits, fretting about what the survivors among those who lived or hung out at the Log Cabin during those two years might think of what she has written about them. When Butcher heard one of the "Mothers" – the members of Zappa's backing band, the Mothers of Invention – say he felt sorry for one groupie because she had been with three different musicians on consecutive nights, she became irritated, since the men who behaved that way were congratulated for "scoring".

In fact, it's perhaps in this incarnation that THE MOTHERS came closest to the egalitarian accomplishments of an actual band. Compositionally, however, the album finds ZAPPA at a crossroads; clearly wishing to show off the band's technical skill on the one hand, but at the same time attracted to rock and its relatively limited structures. The album opens with the infamous Inca Roads, with the catchy marimba line and the consistent bass/drum interplay. The song has a definite Sci-Fi from the 50s vibe with the underlying sound effects.