We're Only in It for the Money is the third album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two LP's, it is a concept album,
Originally intended cover, used on reissues
Original issue cover
Sketch of the album cover made by Zappa. First shown by Cal Schenkel on Facebook in 2016
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Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, conductor, actor, satirist, filmmaker, and activist. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz
We're Only in It for the Money
…released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two LP's, it is a concept album, written and composed by bandleader and guitarist Frank Zappa. The album satirizes left- and right-wing politics, the 1960s counterculture, the corporatization of rock music and youth culture, particularly the…
Zappa performing at Ekeberghallen in Oslo, Norway, in 1977
Zappa (back) with the Mothers, 1968
Zappa in 1970
Zappa with the Mothers, 1971