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<p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Frank-Zappa-Overnite-Sensation-1973-cover.jpg" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Frank-Zappa-Overnite-Sensation-1973-cover.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Over-Nite Sensation</em></strong> is the twelfth album by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Mothers of Invention</a> (credited as The Mothers), and the seventeenth album overall by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Zappa</a>, released in September 1973. It was Zappa's first album released on his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiscReet_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DiscReet</a> label.</p><h2>Recording</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Zappa</a> wanted to use backup singers on the songs "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_the_Slime" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I'm the Slime</a>", "Dirty Love", "Zomby Woof", "Dinah-Moe Humm" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_(Frank_Zappa_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Montana</a>". His road manager suggested <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ikettes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ikettes</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ike &amp; Tina Turner</a> were contacted. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ike Turner</a> insisted that Zappa pay the singers, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tina Turner</a>, no more than $25 per song (equivalent to $180 in 2024).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> However, an invoice shows that they were actually paid $25 per hour, and in total $187.50 each for 7</p><p>+</p><p><br></p><p>1⁄2 hours of work (equivalent to $1,330 in 2024).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> During the recording sessions at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolic_Sound" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bolic Sound</a>, Tina brought Ike into the studio to hear the highly difficult middle section of "Montana" which had taken the Ikettes a few days to learn and master. Ike listened to the tape and responded "What is this shit?" before leaving the studio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Ike later insisted that Zappa not credit the Ikettes on the released album.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> Zappa confirmed in 1973 that Tina and the Ikettes did appear on the record even though he was "not supposed" to say so.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p>The recording sessions which produced <em>Over-Nite Sensation</em> also produced Zappa's followup, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_(%27)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Apostrophe (')</em></a> (1974),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> released as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">solo album</a> rather than a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mothers of Invention</a> release.</p><h2>Music and lyrics</h2><p>Much of the album's lyrics deal with sex.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> For example, "Dinah-Moe Humm" describes a woman who wagers that the narrator can't give her an orgasm and is ultimately aroused by watching him have sex with her sister.</p><p>On other topics, "I'm the Slime" criticizes television, and the playful and musically adventurous "Montana" describes moving to Montana to grow dental floss.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Miles-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>The music of <em>Over-Nite Sensation</em> draws from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pop music</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> "Zomby Woof" has been described as a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heavy metal</a> hybrid of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Louis Jordan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Waller" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fats Waller</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></p><h2>Artwork</h2><p>The cover was done by Dave McMacken as somewhat in the vein of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salvador Dalí</a>'s surreal imagery depicting a two-headed man sitting on a waterbed in a Holiday Inn hotel room surrounded by various objects like a Mothers backstage pass and a television set showing Zappa's face with slime oozing out of it. The entire painting is depicted in a frame showing many sexual acts.</p><h2>Reception</h2><p>Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRating<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AllMusic</a><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Huey-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Christgau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Christgau</a>(C)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Christgau-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DownBeat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>DownBeat</em></a><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/20px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/20px-Star_half.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/20px-Star_empty.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-:0-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a>The album initially received mixed reviews due to its lyrical content, which some critics found puerile.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rolling Stone</em></a> magazine disliked the album, describing Zappa as a "spent force", and saying that his best work had been recorded with earlier incarnations of the Mothers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Musical_Express" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>New Musical Express</em></a> said that the album was "not one of Frank's most outstanding efforts."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Lowe-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Christgau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Christgau</a> gave the album a C, mocking the notion that Zappa's humor underscores serious commentary by asking "where's the serious stuff?"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-Nite_Sensation#cite_note-Christgau-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></p>