Tracks
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy
- I Ain't Got No Heart
- Who Are the Brain Police?
- Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder
- Motherly Love
- How Could I Be Such a Fool?
- Wowie Zowie
- You Didn't Try to Call Me
- Any Way the Wind Blows
- I'm Not Satisfied
- You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
- Trouble Every Day
- Help, I'm a Rock
- The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux)
Freak Out! is an ambitious album. The songs are heavy, high-energy and epic. The lyrics are sarcastic, mocking, flippant, silly and brutally honest. There's some extended lead guitar playing which has only made brief appearances so far on the 1001 Albums list.
This is a serious album that doesn't take itself seriously at all. That it's extremely cerebral and attacks American popular culture so viciously, I can't imagine anybody thinking this album would sell.
It's also sonically rich album. There is so much depth to each song. There's always something new I hear each time I listen to it.
I like this album a lot, but since it takes a lot of effort to listen to it, it's not ideal for casual listening. This is clearly a good example of something that is so avant-garde that it has little impact.
Hungry Freaks, Daddy, Motherly Love and Trouble Every Day are the clear stand outs, but the album is full of great songs. I'm still not sure about The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux). It's interesting, but with diminishing returns.
★★★★★★★★★ ☆
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