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We're Only in It for the Money

The Mothers of Invention · 1968

• Zone: Shallows (level 2 of 5)
• Genre: Rock, Art rock, Psychedelic rock
• Mood: satirical, absurd, mocking
• Sound: collage structure, spoken word, tape editing, orchestral textures

A satirical take on commercialisation, We're Only in It for the Money focuses on avant-garde and experimental recording and production techniques. It has a collage-like structure, with spoken word, varying passages and orchestral textures.

Track list

1. Are You Hung Up?
2. Who Needs the Peace Corps?
3. Concentration Moon
4. Mom & Dad
5. Bow Tie Daddy
6. Harry, You're a Beast
7. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
8. Absolutely Free
9. Flower Punk
10. Hot Poop
11. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
12. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
13. The Idiot Bastard Son
14. Lonely Little Girl
15. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
16. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise)
17. Mother People
18. The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny