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Congress Shall Make No Law... 
Studio album by Frank Zappa Released September 19, 2010 Recorded 1985-1993, various locations Genre Spoken word Label Zappa[1] Producer Gail Zappa Frank Zappa chronology Greasy Love Songs
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(2010)Congress Shall Make No Law... is an album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously in 2010 by the Zappa Family Trust. It contains a full recording of Zappa's September 19, 1985 testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, during which he criticized the Parents Music Resource Center in support of the recording industry. The album's release commemorates the 25th anniversary of the hearings.
In a press release, Gail Zappa said of the album,
"'Congress Shall Make No Law...' is released as an educational project, representing Zappa's tireless commitment to the First Amendment which he felt his duty to protect by providing (in his words) "stimulating digital audio entertainment" in the form of "material which a truly free society would neither fear nor suppress."[2]
Congress Shall Make No Law... also includes Zappa testimony before the Maryland State Legislature the following year, as well as various quotes and interview excerpts on the subject of censorship and an alternate version of the song Reagan at Bitburg, one of the last pieces Zappa finished before his death in 1993. The first official version of the track was included on the 1994 album, Civilization Phaze III.[3] Many of the tracks are named after the Ten Commandments, each corresponding to the particular topic of Zappa's opinion.
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Congress Shall Make No Law" 32:46 2. "Perhaps in Maryland" 10:54 3. "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me" 2:56 4. "Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image - Any Likeness Of Anything In Heaven Above, Nor In The Earth Beneath, Nor In The Water Under The Earth" 2:31 5. "Thou Shalt Not Take The Name Of The Lord Thy God In Vain" 2:26 6. "Thou Shalt Keep Holy The Sabbath Day" 2:05 7. "Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother" 2:21 8. "Thou Shalt Not Kill" 2:06 9. "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" 0:55 10. "Thou Shalt Not Steal" 0:39 11. "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor" 1:48 12. "Thou Shalt Not Covet The House Of Thy Neighbor, The Wife Of Thy Neighbor, Nor His Male Servant, Nor His Female Servant, Nor His Ass, Nor Anything That Belongs To Thy Neighbor" 1:13 13. "Reagan At Bitburg Some More" 1:10 References
- ^ "Allmusic: Congress Shall Make No Law...". http://www.allmusic.com/album/congress-shall-make-no-law-r2077624. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "Zappa Records Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Frank Zappa's Testimony Against Censorship on Capitol Hill with New CD 'Congress Shall Make No Law...'". 2010-09-27. http://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=4308. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "Information Is Not Knowledge: Reagan At Bitburg". http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/songs/Reagan_At_Bitburg.html. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
External links
Categories:- 2010 albums
- Frank Zappa albums
- Albums published posthumously
- Zappa Records albums
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