Understanding America

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc one

| all_writing = Frank Zappa except as noted

| extra_column = Original release

| title1 = Hungry Freaks, Daddy

| extra1 = Freak Out!

| length1 = {{Duration|m=3|s=38}}

| title2 = Plastic People

| extra2 = Absolutely Free

| length2 = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}}

| title3 = Mom & Dad (Remix)

| extra3 = We're Only in It for the Money

| length3 = {{Duration|m=2|s=17}}

| title4 = It Can't Happen Here

| extra4 = Freak Out!

| length4 = {{Duration|m=3|s=07}}

| title5 = Who Are the Brain Police?

| extra5 = Freak Out!

| length5 = {{Duration|m=3|s=33}}

| title6 = Who Needs the Peace Corps? (Remix)

| extra6 = We're Only in It for the Money

| length6 = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}

| title7 = Brown Shoes Don't Make It

| extra7 = Absolutely Free

| length7 = {{Duration|m=7|s=29}}

| title8 = Concentration Moon (Remix)

| extra8 = We're Only in It for the Money

| length8 = {{Duration|m=2|s=17}}

| title9 = Trouble Every Day

| extra9 = Freak Out!

| length9 = {{Duration|m=5|s=08}}

| title10 = You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here

| extra10 = Freak Out!

| length10 = {{Duration|m=3|s=36}}

| title11 = We're Turning Again

| extra11 = Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

| length11 = {{Duration|m=4|s=55}}

| title12 = Road Ladies

| extra12 = Chunga's Revenge

| length12 = {{Duration|m=4|s=08}}

| title13 = What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?

| extra13 = Fillmore East – June 1971

| length13 = {{Duration|m=4|s=33}}

| title14 = Camarillo Brillo

| extra14 = Over-Nite Sensation

| length14 = {{Duration|m=3|s=53}}

| title15 = Find Her Finer

| extra15 = Zoot Allures

| length15 = {{Duration|m=3|s=34}}

| title16 = Dinah-Moe Humm

| extra16 = Over-Nite Sensation

| length16 = {{Duration|m=6|s=02}}

| title17 = Disco Boy

| extra17 = Zoot Allures

| length17 = {{Duration|m=4|s=19}}

| title18 = 200 Years Old (with Captain Beefheart)

| extra18 = Bongo Fury

| length18 = {{Duration|m=4|s=30}}

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc two

| extra_column = Original release

| title1 = I'm the Slime

| extra1 = Over-Nite Sensation

| length1 = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}

| title2 = Be in My Video

| extra2 = Them or Us

| length2 = {{Duration|m=3|s=37}}

| title3 = I Don't Even Care

| note3 = Zappa, Watson

| extra3 = Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

| length3 = {{Duration|m=3|s=48}}

| title4 = Can't Afford No Shoes

| extra4 = One Size Fits All

| length4 = {{Duration|m=2|s=38}}

| title5 = Heavenly Bank Account

| extra5 = You Are What You Is

| length5 = {{Duration|m=3|s=16}}

| title6 = Cocaine Decisions

| extra6 = The Man from Utopia

| length6 = {{Duration|m=2|s=52}}

| title7 = Dumb All Over

| extra7 = You Are What You Is

| length7 = {{Duration|m=4|s=03}}

| title8 = Promiscuous

| extra8 = Broadway the Hard Way

| length8 = {{Duration|m=2|s=03}}

| title9 = Thing-Fish Intro

| extra9 = Thing-Fish (1984) under the title "Prologue"

| length9 = {{Duration|m=2|s=56}}

| title10 = The Central Scrutinizer

| extra10 = Joe's Garage, Act I

| length10 = {{Duration|m=2|s=50}}

| title11 = Porn Wars Deluxe

| extra11 = Previously Unreleased

| length11 = {{Duration|m=25|s=51}}

| title12 = Tinsel Town Rebellion

| extra12 = Tinseltown Rebellion

| length12 = {{Duration|m=3|s=43}}

| title13 = Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk

| extra13 = Broadway the Hard Way

| length13 = {{Duration|m=9|s=18}}

}}

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.zappa.com/music/understanding-america Official page for the album on the Zappa website]
• [http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/understandingamerica.html Indepth look at what's really on this album]

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