The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free ( 1967 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa.

Side one: "Absolutely Free" (#1 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Plastic People"	3:40
2.	"The Duke of Prunes"	2:12
3.	"Amnesia Vivace"	1:01
4.	"The Duke Regains His Chops"	1:45
5.	"Call Any Vegetable"	2:19
6.	"Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin"	6:57
7.	"Soft-Sell Conclusion"	1:40

Side two: "The M.O.I. American Pageant" (#2 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"America Drinks"	1:52
2.	"Status Back Baby"	2:52
3.	"Uncle Bernie's Farm"	2:09
4.	"Son of Suzy Creamcheese"	1:33
5.	"Brown Shoes Don't Make It"	7:26
6.	"America Drinks & Goes Home"	2:43

Personnel

The Mothers of Invention

• Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals
• Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
• Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
• Billy Mundi – drums, percussion
• Don Preston – keyboards
• Jim Fielder – guitar, piano
• Bunk Gardner – woodwinds

Additional musicians

Suzy Creamcheese (Lisa Cohen) – vocals on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" John Balkin – bass on "Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" and "America Drinks" Jim Getzoff – violin on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Marshall Sosson – violin on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Alvin Dinkin – viola on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Armand Kaproff – cello on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Don Ellis – trumpet on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" John Rotella – contrabass clarinet on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Herb Cohen – cash register machine sounds on "America Drinks & Goes Home" Terry Gilliam, girlfriend and others – voices in "America Drinks & Goes Home"