You Are What You Is

You Are What You Is
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1981
RecordedJuly 18–September 11, 1980
StudioUMRK (Los Angeles)
Length71:24
LabelBarking Pumpkin
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
(1981)
You Are What You Is
(1981)
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
(1982)
Singles from You Are What You Is
  1. "Harder Than Your Husband"
    Released: 1981
  2. "You Are What You Is"
    Released: 1981
  3. "Goblin Girl"
    Released: 1981

You Are What You Is is a 1981 double album by American musician Frank Zappa. His 34th album, it consists of three musical suites which encompass pop, doo-wop, jazz, hard rock, reggae, soul, blues, new wave and country. The album's lyrics satirize a number of topics, including hippies, socialites, fashion, narcotics use, cultural appropriation, religion, televangelists and the military draft.