Buffalo (Frank Zappa album)

Buffalo
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	April 1, 2007
Recorded	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York October 25, 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	140:35
Label	Vaulternative
Producer	Frank Zappa Gail Zappa Joe Travers
Frank Zappa chronology
Trance-Fusion (2006) Buffalo (2007) The Dub Room Special (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2007 as a two-CD set. It is the second installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete live shows of Zappa's (the first release being FZ:OZ, the concert at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on January 20, 1976).^[2] This concert was recorded on October 25, 1980 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York with a band that has previously been heard on Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981). This is Official Release #80.

Track listing

All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chunga’s Revenge"	8:34
2.	"You Are What You Is"	4:12
3.	"Mudd Club"	3:02
4.	"The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"	3:21
5.	"Cosmik Debris"	3:50
6.	"Keep It Greasy"	2:58
7.	"Tinsel Town Rebellion"	4:19
8.	"Buffalo Drowning Witch"	2:44
9.	"Honey, Don’t You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:36
10.	"Pick Me, I’m Clean"	10:15
11.	"Dead Girls of London"	3:02
12.	"Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?"	1:36
13.	"City of Tiny Lites"	9:58

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Easy Meat"	9:26
2.	"Ain’t Got No Heart"	2:00
3.	"The Torture Never Stops"	23:36
4.	"Broken Hearts Are for Assholes"	3:39
5.	"I’m So Cute"	1:38
6.	"Andy"	8:14
7.	"Joe’s Garage"	2:12
8.	"Dancin' Fool"	3:36
9.	"The “Real World” Thematic Extrapolations"	8:53
10.	"Stick It Out"	5:36
11.	"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted"	2:48
12.	"Bobby Brown"	2:42
13.	"Ms Pinky"	3:48

Musicians

Frank Zappa and band during the concert, Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY. Oct 25, 1980

• Frank Zappa – lead guitar & vocals
• Steve Vai – stunt guitar & background vocals
• Ray White – vocals & rhythm guitar
• Ike Willis – vocals & rhythm guitar
• Tommy Mars – keyboards & vocals
• Bob Harris – keyboards, trumpet & high vocals
• Arthur Barrow – bass & vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums, vocals

Album credits

• Frank Zappa – music, performance, band & recordings
• Gail Zappa & Joe Travers – CD production
• Frank Filipetti – mix
• John Polito – mastering
• George Douglas – original recording engineer
• Gail Zappa – art direction/concept & text
• Keith Lawler – design, layout & art execution
• Kaushal Parekh – cover photo

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Zappa, Gail. Liner Notes. Buffalo, VR 2007-1.