Genre: Rock experimental, psychedelic rock, doo-wop
Country: US
Label: Verve Records
Producer: Frank Zappa,/Tom Wilson
Tracklist:
Side one: \"Absolutely Free\" (#1 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
1. Plastic People
2. The Duke of Prunes
3. Amnesia Vivace
4. The Duke Regains His Chops
5. Call Any Vegetable
6. Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
7. Soft-Sell Conclusion
Side two: \"The M.O.I. American Pageant\" (#2 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
1. America Drinks
2. Status Back Baby
3. Uncle Bernie's Farm
4. Son of Suzy Creamcheese
5. Brown Shoes Don't Make It
6. America Drinks & Goes Home
Personnel:
The Mothers of Invention
Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals
Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
Billy Mundi – drums, percussion
Don Preston – keyboards
Jim Fielder – guitar, piano
Bunk Gardner – woodwinds
Additional personnel
Suzy Creamcheese (Lisa Cohen) – vocals on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
John Balkin – bass on \"Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin\" and \"America Drinks\"
Jim Getzoff – violin on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
Marshall Sosson – violin on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
Alvin Dinkin – viola on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
Armand Kaproff – cello on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
Don Ellis – trumpet on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
John Rotella – contrabass clarinet on \"Brown Shoes Don't Make It\"
Herb Cohen – cash register machine sounds on \"America Drinks & Goes Home\"
Terry Gilliam, girlfriend and others – voices in \"America Drinks & Goes Home\"
(Jim Sherwood was credited as a member of The Mothers on the album's original release, but he actually joined the band during the recording of We're Only in It for the Money, and he isn't featured on this album.)
