Where do I go after Studio Tan?
So as a background… I’m a massive Geordie Greep fan, and a kind person recommended that I listen to Studio Tan if I wanted music similar to The New Sound and Hellfire. I had already listened to Hot Rats because of the Zappa-Greep comparisons, and I feel like it’s a reluctant 10 as in something that is great, I can appreciate, will probably get better with more listens, but I’m not dying to hear again.
But STUDIO TAN… I want to listen to it every single day for the rest of my life. There’s a certain genre of albums that feel like they are made specifically for me, in the sense that they tap into all of my favorite things about music all at once… Studio Tan is exactly that, and after a few listens I think it might be one of my favorite albums of all time. I’m so in love with it. It sounds beautiful, every single second of Greggery Peccary is amazing, Gentle Giant and XTC are my favorite bands and I feel like this is somewhere in that mood especially with its use of tuned percussion and synthesizers and its eccentricity.
I have noticed it’s not among the most famous or most recommended Zappa albums, but if there’s even ANYTHING he’s made that sounds like this, it would be SO appreciated if anyone helped lead me in that direction!!
Edit: So many albums!! This is going to be an insane rabbit hole of a discography!