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's "Last Christmas" is given drippy strings that turn it into a girl group number -- but the record is surprisingly heavy on new material for a holiday album

6 Gold-Diggers (Junior's Fanfare)

At times ironic

fellow internet phenom Becky G

MOTHERMANIA 10/16/01 1-5 Emerald 4:29Released upon the completion of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's recording contract with Verve Records, Mothermania is an 11 song compilation selected by Zappa from the albums Freak Out!, Absolutely Free, and We're Only in It for the Money. Since each of those albums is superlative, this set becomes rather redundant except as a brief compilation of the band's early highlights. ~ William Ruhlmann Genre: Pop Format: CD Released: 11 19 2012