Credits:Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of InventionDescription:Oneofthemostambitiousdebutsinrockhistory,FreakOut!wasaseminalconceptalbumthatsomehowforeshadowedbothartrockandpunkatthesametime.ItsfourLPsidesdeconstructrockconventionsrightandleft,eventuallypushingintoterritoryinspiredbyavant-gardeclassicalcomposers.Yetthealbumissequencedinanaccessiblylogicalprogression;thefirsthalfisdedicatedtocatchy,satiricalpop/rocksongsthatquestionassumptionsaboutpopmusic,settingthetonefortheradicalnewdirectionsofthesecondhalf.Openingwiththenonconformistcalltoarms"HungryFreaks,Daddy,"FreakOut!quicklypositstheMothersofInventionastheantithesisofteen-idolbands,oftenwithsneeringmockeriesoftheteen-romancesongsthathadlongbeenrock'scommercialstock-in-trade.Despitehisgenuineemotionalalienationanddissatisfactionwithpopconventions,though,FrankZappawasactuallyaskilledpopcomposer;evenwiththerawperformancesandhisstingingg