Studio Tan

Studio Tan
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1978
RecordedSummer 1969*, December 1974 – Summer 1976 at
The Record Plant, LA;
Royce Hall, UCLA;
(*) Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA; and
Caribou Studios, Nederland, Colorado
Genre
Length40:14
LabelDiscReet
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Zappa in New York
(1978)
Studio Tan
(1978)
Sleep Dirt
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Studio Tan is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in September 1978 on his own DiscReet Records label, distribued by Warner Bros Records. It reached No. 147 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.

Though it was on his own label, Zappa did not authorize the original 1978 release of this album.[3] Warner did no promotion and it was largely overlooked by fans upon release. At the same time Zappa gave interviews which described his legal problems with Warner and former manager Herb Cohen. The 1991 CD re-release was the first time the album was issued with Zappa's authorization.[4]

  1. ^ Couture, F. (2011). "Studio Tan - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 799.
  3. ^ "1978-09 Zappa zaps religion and drugs". Afka.net.
  4. ^ "Father, I have a confession to make..." Fzpomd.net. Retrieved September 15, 2024.