We're Only in It for the Money

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"We're Only in It for the Money" is a 1968 satirical concept album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention that parodies hippie culture and the music industry, famously spoofing the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist The Mothers of Invention ⓘ
catalogNumber Verve V6-5045X ⓘ
composer Frank Zappa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtStyle parody of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
followedBy Cruising with Ruben & the Jets ⓘ
follows Absolutely Free ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
avant‑garde rock ⓘ
comedy rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasTrack Absolutely Free ⓘ
Are You Hung Up? ⓘ
Concentration Moon ⓘ
Flower Punk ⓘ
Harry, You're a Beast ⓘ
Let's Make the Water Turn Black ⓘ
Lonely Little Girl ⓘ
Mom & Dad ⓘ
linked to: Mom and Dad

Mother People ⓘ
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance ⓘ
The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny ⓘ
The Idiot Bastard Son ⓘ
What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? ⓘ
What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise) ⓘ
Who Needs the Peace Corps? ⓘ
includedIn various lists of greatest albums of all time ⓘ
length approximately 39 minutes ⓘ
lyricist Frank Zappa ⓘ
notableFor controversial cover art ⓘ
satirical critique of 1960s counterculture ⓘ
social and political commentary ⓘ
use of musique concrète and tape editing ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ⓘ
hippie culture ⓘ
the music industry ⓘ
partOf Frank Zappa discography ⓘ
The Mothers of Invention discography ⓘ
performer Bunk Gardner ⓘ
Don Preston ⓘ
Frank Zappa ⓘ
Ian Underwood ⓘ
Jimmy Carl Black ⓘ
Motorhead Sherwood ⓘ
Ray Collins ⓘ
Roy Estrada ⓘ
The Mothers of Invention ⓘ
primaryCreator Frank Zappa ⓘ
producer Frank Zappa ⓘ
recordedIn 1967 ⓘ
1968 ⓘ
recordLabel Verve Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1968-03-04 ⓘ
theme generation gap in the 1960s ⓘ
hypocrisy in youth culture ⓘ
mockery of commercialism in rock music ⓘ

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Frank Zappa → notableWork → We're Only in It for the Money ⓘ
The Mothers of Invention → notableWork → We’re Only in It for the Money ⓘ
linked to: We're Only in It for the Money
Lumpy Gravy → followedBy → We’re Only in It for the Money ⓘ
linked to: We're Only in It for the Money
Absolutely Free → followedBy → We’re Only in It for the Money ⓘ
linked to: We're Only in It for the Money