Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Weasels Ripped My Flesh is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music).

The album's title was borrowed from the cover description of a man-versus-beast cover story from the September, 1956 issue of Man's Life, a men's adventure magazine.

Track listing

all songs by Frank Zappa, except where noted

1. "Didja Get Any Onya?" [live] – 6:51
2. "Directly from My Heart to You" (Richard Wayne Penniman) – 5:16
3. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" [live] – 3:47
4. "Toads of the Short Forest" – 4:47
5. "Get a Little" [live] – 2:31
6. "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" – 6:52
7. "Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula" – 2:12
8. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" – 3:32
9. "Oh No" – 1:45
10. "The Orange County Lumber Truck" [live] – 3:21
11. "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" [live] – 2:08

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums
• Ray Collins – guitar, vocals
• Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
• Bunk Gardner – trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor saxophone
• Lowell George – guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin, vocals, electric violin
• Don Preston – organ, piano, special effects, electronic effects
• Jim Sherwood – guitar, baritone saxophone, vocals, wind
• Motorhead Sherwood – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sound effects
• Art Tripp – drums
• Ian Underwood – guitar, keyboards, alto saxophone, wind

Production

• Producer: Frank Zappa
• Art Direction: John Williams
• Cover art: Neon Park
• Photography: John Williams
• Digital art: Bob Stone

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)