Mothermania

Mothermania The Best Of The Mothers (1969) is a rerelease compilation album by The Mothers Of Invention, led by Frank Zappa. It contains tracks previously released on Freak Out!, Absolutely Free and We're Only In It For The Money.

Track listing

All songs by Frank Zappa.

Side 1

1. "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" – 7:26
2. "Mother People" – 1:41
3. "Duke of Prunes" – 5:09
4. "Call Any Vegetable" – 4:31
5. "The Idiot Bastard Son" – 2:26

Side 2

1. "It Can't Happen Here" – 3:13
2. "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" – 3:37
3. "Who Are The Brain Police" – 3:22
4. "Plastic People" – 3:40
5. "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" – 3:27
6. "America Drinks and Goes Home" – 2:43

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, keyboards, vocals, multiple instruments
• Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums
• Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
• Bunk Gardner – wind
• Don Preston – bass, keyboards
• Euclid James Sherwood – guitar, vocals, wind
• Arthur Tripp
• Ian Underwood

(Note: On the album cover it indicates that these are the "Mothers Today")

Production

• Producers: Frank Zappa, Tom Wilson
• Director of engineering: Val Valentine
• Engineer: Ami Hadani, Tom Hidley, Gary Kelgren and Dick Kunc.
• Arranger: Frank Zappa
• Cover design: Cal Schenkel