''Automatic'' is an

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Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil dev ...

, released in 2000. "Purple Guitar" was the audition piece for Bryan Beller to work with Zappa on this album. The song "Secret Hedges" was featured on Adult Swim.

Track listing

All songs written by Dweezil Zappa except where noted. # "Fwakstension" performed by Zappa / Terry Bozzio / Scott Thunes – 4:13 # "Automatic" performed by Zappa / Blues Saraceno / Joe Travers / Christopher Maloney – 3:59 # "Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), Hawaii Five-O" (Morton Stevens) performed by Zappa / Joe Travers – 1:52 # "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, You're a Mean One Mister Grinch" (Dr. Seuss & Albert Hague) performed by Zappa / Ahmet Zappa / Joe Travers – 3:12 # "Therapy" performed by Zappa / Terry Bozzio / Scott Thunes – 2:59 # "12 String Thing" performed by Zappa / Joe Travers / Mark Meadows – 2:46 # "Secret Hedges" (Zappa) – 2:12 # "Habanera (aria), Habanera" (from the opera ''Carmen'' by Georges Bizet) performed by Zappa / Dick Cinnamon – 1:54 # "Toreador Song, Les Toreadors" (from the opera ''Carmen'' by Georges Bizet) performed by Zappa / Dick Cinnamon – 2:35 # "Shnook" performed by Zappa / Scott Thunes / Mike Keneally – 2:55 # "Dick Cinnamon's Office" performed by Zappa / Lisa Loeb / Joe Travers / Christopher Maloney - :55 # "Purple Guitar" performed by Zappa / Joe Travers / Mike Keneally – 9:18

Personnel

* Dweezil Zappa - lead electric and acoustic guitars, lead and harmony vocals, flange bass, bass, electric piano, arrangements, guitar arrangements, Record Producer, production, Sound Engineer, engineering, feedback, harmony * Blues Saraceno - guitars * Lisa Loeb - voices * Morgan Ågren - drums, percussion * Bryan Beller - bass, performer * Terry Bozzio - drums * Christopher Maloney - bass * Bob Clearmountain - mixing * Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Scott Thunes - bass * Joe Travers - drums, percussion * Ahmet Zappa - vocals * Steve Hall - mastering * Jason Freese - performer

References

Dweezil Zappa albums Favored Nations albums 2000 albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub