Strictly Commercial is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

. It was released in 1995 (see 1995 in music

1995 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....

), two years after his death.

Side one

1. "Peaches en Regalia
   Peaches en Regalia
   "Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since. It was also released as a single in 1970, with "Little Umbrellas" as the B-side...
   
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2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" (single
   Single (music)
   In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
   
    version)
3. "Dancin' Fool" (12" disco mix)
   • The American and European CD issues had the album mix instead of the 12" disco mix.
4. "San Ber'dino"
5. "Let's Make The Water Turn Black
   Let's Make The Water Turn Black
   "Let's Make The Water Turn Black" is a song which first appeared on the 1968 Mothers of Invention album We're Only in It for the Money and later on the 1995 compilation album Strictly Commercial....
   
   "

Side two

1. "Dirty Love"
2. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
   My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
   My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama is an album by Dweezil Zappa. It was released in 1988 by Chrysalis Records.-Track listing:#"Her Eyes Don't Follow Me"#"The Coolest Guy In The World"#"My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"#"Comfort Of Strangers"...
   
   "
3. "Cosmik Debris
   Cosmik Debris
   "Cosmik Debris" is a song by American composer Frank Zappa, from his 1974 album Apostrophe .It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna [sic] for a "nominal service charge," and the narrator's refusal to buy into his act, "Look here, brother,...
   
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4. "Trouble Every Day
   Trouble Every Day (song)
   "Trouble Every Day" is a song by The Mothers of Invention, released on their 1966 debut album Freak Out!.Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles after watching news coverage of the Watts Riots...
   
   "
5. "Disco Boy"

Side three

1. "Bobby Brown Goes Down"
2. "I'm the Slime"
3. "Joe's Garage" (single version)
4. "Fine Girl"
5. "Planet of the Baritone Women"
6. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"

Side four

1. "Tell Me You Love Me"
2. "Montana" (single version)
3. "Valley Girl"
4. "Be in My Video"
5. "Muffin Man"

American CD release

1. "Peaches en Regalia" – 3:37
2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" (single version) – 3:34
3. "Dancin' Fool" – 3:43
4. "San Ber'dino" – 5:57
5. "Dirty Love" – 2:57
6. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" – 3:31
7. "Cosmik Debris" – 4:14
8. "Trouble Every Day" – 5:49
9. "Disco Boy" – 5:08
10. "Fine Girl" – 3:29
11. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" – 3:42
12. "Let's Make the Water Turn Black" – 2:01
13. "I'm the Slime" – 3:34
14. "Joe's Garage" (single version) – 4:08
15. "Tell Me You Love Me" – 2:33
16. "Montana" (single version) – 4:47
17. "Valley Girl" – 4:50
18. "Be in My Video" – 3:39
19. "Muffin Man" – 5:32

On the European CD, "Tell Me You Love Me" was replaced by "Bobby Brown Goes Down," which was Zappa's biggest hit in Europe, but extremely controversial in the United States, and never aired on the radio. A version released in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 was identical to the US CD, but included the track "Elvis Has Just Left the Building" on a separate disc.

Japanese CD release

1. "Peaches en Regalia"
2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" (single version)
3. "San Ber'dino"
4. "Dirty Love"
5. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"
6. "Who Are the Brain Police?"
   • The American and European CD issues had "Cosmik Debris" instead of this track.
7. "Trouble Every Day"
8. "Disco Boy"
9. "Fine Girl"
10. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
11. "Let's Make The Water Turn Black"
12. "I'm the Slime"
13. "Joe's Garage" (single version)
14. "Tell Me You Love Me"
15. "Montana" (single version)
16. "Valley Girl"
17. "Be in My Video"
18. "Muffin Man"
19. "Dancin' Fool" (12" disco mix)
    • The American and European CD issues had the album mix instead of the 12" disco mix.

Disc 1

1. "Peaches en Regalia"
2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" (single version)
3. "Dancin' Fool" (12" disco mix)
4. "San Ber'dino"
5. "Let's Make The Water Turn Black"
6. "Dirty Love"
7. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"
8. "Cosmik Debris"
9. "Trouble Every Day"
10. "Disco Boy"

Disc 2

1. "Bobby Brown Goes Down"
2. "I'm the Slime"
3. "Joe's Garage" (single version)
4. "Fine Girl"
5. "Planet Of The Baritone Women"
6. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
7. "Tell Me You Love Me"
8. "Montana" (single version)
9. "Valley Girl"
10. "Be in My Video"
11. "Muffin Man"

The Best of Frank Zappa

1. "Peaches en Regalia" – 3:37
2. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" (single version) – 3:34
3. "Dancin' Fool" – 3:43
4. "San Ber'dino" – 5:57
5. "Dirty Love" – 2:57
6. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" – 3:31
7. "Cosmik Debris" – 4:14
8. "Disco Boy" – 5:08
9. "Fine Girl" – 3:29
10. "I'm the Slime" – 3:34
11. "Joe's Garage" (single version) – 4:08
12. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" – 2:49
13. "Montana" (single version) – 4:48
14. "Valley Girl" (Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa) – 4:50
15. "Muffin Man" – 5:33

Personnel

• Frank Zappa
  Frank Zappa
  Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
  
   – composer, producer, vocals, main performer, guitar
• Tom Wilson – producer
• Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar
• Dan Ouellette – liner notes
• Tom Fowler – bass
• Bruce Fowler – drums
• Captain Beefheart
  Captain Beefheart
  Don Van Vliet January 15, 1941 December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 12...
  
   – vocals, soprano sax
• Terry Gilliam
  Terry Gilliam
  Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
  
   – liner notes
• Cal Schenkel
  Cal Schenkel
  Cal Schenkel is an artist specialising in album cover design. He was the main visual collaborator for Frank Zappa and was responsible for the art and graphic design of many of Zappa's most well-known album covers. Schenkel's work is iconic and distinctive in style; a forerunner of punk art and...
  
   – photography
• Ebet Roberts – photography
• Michael Hochanadel – photography
• Baron Wolman – photography
• Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography
• Joseph Sia – photography
• Ann Rhoney – photography
• Norman Seeff
  Norman Seeff
  Norman Seeff was born March 5, 1939 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since moving to the United States in 1969, his work as a photographer and filmmaker has been focused on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative process....
  
  – photography
• Dr. Toby Mountain – mastering
• Joe Chiccarelli – mixing, recording
• Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design