Album · 1981

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a 1981 hard rock album by Frank Zappa. It runs 20 tracks across 107 minutes on Barking Pumpkin Records.

Hard Rock · Instrumental Rock · Acid Rock

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Tracks: 107 min
Runtime: 125 bpm
Tempo: G major
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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, a project consisting of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, is a series of albums by Frank Zappa. Released as separate albums in May 1981 on Barking Pumpkin Records, it was subsequently reissued as a triple album box set in 1982. As the title implies, the album consists solely of instrumentals and improvised solos, largely performed on electric guitar. The album series was conceived after Zappa shelved a proposed live album, Warts and All, and two tracks intended for that album appear on this series. The individual Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar albums and box set have been well received by critics, and Zappa subsequently produced two more albums focusing solely on guitar-oriented music: Guitar (1988) and Trance-Fusion (posthumously released in 2006).

In brief

When was Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar released?: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar was released in 1981 on Barking Pumpkin Records.
How many tracks are on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar?: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar has 20 tracks, with a runtime of 107 minutes.
What genre is Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar?: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is catalogued under Hard Rock, Instrumental Rock, Acid Rock.
What BPM is Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar?: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar runs at a median tempo of 125 BPM across its tracks, most often in G major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar?: Listeners of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar also rate The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar at a glance

Label: Barking Pumpkin Records
Recorded at: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Produced by: Frank Zappa

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