Production Side one was recorded at Zappa's Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio at his home in Los Angeles; while side two consisted of live performances from Zappa's fall 1981 U.S. tour with studio overdubs.
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch es un álbum del músico y compositor norteamericano Frank Zappa editado en mayo de 1982 y remasterizado para su edición en CD en 1991. Contiene cinco composiciones de Zappa, y una, "Valley Girl", conjunta con su hija Moon Unit Zappa, quién además, ponía una de las partes vocales a la canción.
28 de nov. de 2013 · Review by LiquidEternity. PROG REVIEWER. While Zappa's albums are usually somewhat tainted by a song or two that just isn't up to snuff, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is at least 50% abysmal, by the high standards Frank himself set on previous releases.
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch es un álbum del músico y compositor norteamericano Frank Zappa editado en mayo de 1982 y remasterizado para su edición en CD en 1991. Contiene cinco composiciones de Zappa, y una, "Valley Girl", conjunta con su hija Moon Unit Zappa, quién además, ponía una de las partes vocales a la canción.
"Drowning Witch" may be one of his hardest pieces to perform. This album clearly lacks ambition and tends to get lost among the man's humongous discography, but it should not be overlooked. It contains a few good songs ("No Not Now" is quite entertaining), strong guitar work from Zappa and Steve Vai, and it is not defaced by the cold 1980s ...
Dateline Los Angeles California, 1982 . . . Zappa delivers yet another album for Barking Pumpkin, creating no excitement whatsoever in a Reaganomically, reactionary seven-ninety-eight sort of freeze-dried aesthetic decision made by accountants from New Jersey kind of industry.