Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
Studio album / Live album by
Frank Zappa
ReleasedMay 3, 1982 (1982-05-03)
RecordedSeptember 1981 – April 1982
StudioUMRK (Los Angeles) (studio tracks)
Genre
Length35:15
LabelBarking Pumpkin
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
You Are What You Is
(1981) 		Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
(1982) 		The Man from Utopia
(1983)
Singles from Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
  1. "Valley Girl"
    Released: 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
Sounds[2]

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, "Valley Girl", co-written with his then-14 year old daughter Moon Zappa, who provided the spoken monologue mocking Valley girls, including phrases like "Gag me with a spoon!".[3]

The album's first half consists of studio recordings, while the second half consists of live recordings.

  1. ^ Couture, F. (2011). "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ^ Fielder, Hugh (3 July 1982). "Ships of fools". Sounds. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Valley Girl: No Way Rocker's Daughter Talks Like the Record". The Palm Beach Post. AP. September 2, 1982. p. B12.