The Yellow Shark is an album of orchestral music by Frank Zappa, released in 1993. It features live recordings from the Ensemble Modern's 1992 performances of Zappa's compositions. It is the last Zappa album to be released before his death.

Track listing

1. "Intro"–1:43
2. "Dog Breath Variations"–2:07
3. "Uncle Meat"–3:24
4. "Outrage at Valdez"–3:27
5. "Times Beach II"–7:31
6. "III Revised"–1:45
7. "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"–4:33
8. "Be-Bop Tango"–3:43
9. "Ruth Is Sleeping"–5:56
10. "None of the Above"–2:17
11. "Pentagon Afternoon"–2:28
12. "Questi Cazzi Di Piccione"–3:03
13. "Times Beach III"–4:26
14. "Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992"–2:52
15. "Welcome to the United States"–6:39
16. "Pound for a Brown"–2:12
17. "Exercise, No. 4"–1:37
18. "Get Whitey"–7:00
19. "G-Spot Tornado"–5:17

Personnel

Musicians

• Frank Zappa – conductor, producer, performer
• Peter Rundel – conductor, violin
• Dietmar Wiesner – flute
• Catherine Milliken – oboe, english horn, bass oboe, didjeridu
• Roland Diry – clarinet
• Wolfgang Stryi – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet
• Veit Scholz – bassoon, contrabassoon
• Franck Ollu, Stefan Dohr – french horn
• William Formann, Michael Gross – cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
• Uwe Dierksen – trombone, soprano trombone
• Michael Svoboda – trombone, euphonium, didjeridu, alphorn
• Daryl Smith – tuba
• Herman Kretzschmar – celeste, harpsichord, voices, piano
• Ueli Wiget – celeste, harpsichord, harp, piano
• Rumi Ogawa-Helferich – cymbalom, percussion
• Andreas Böttger – percussion
• Detlef Tewes – mandolin
• Jürgen Ruck – banjo, guitar
• Ellen Wegner – harp
• Mathias Tacke, Claudia Sack – violin
• Hilary Sturt – violin, voices
• Friedemann Dähn – violoncello
• Thomas Fichter- contrabass, Fichter electric upright bass
• Ensemble Modern – main performer

Technical staff

• Todd Yvega – synclavier assistance
• Spencer Chrislu – engineer, mixing
• Harry Andronis – engineer
• Brian Johnson – art direction, design
• Hans Jörg Michel – photography
• Henning Lobner – photography
• Dave Dondorf – engineer, coordination
• Jesse Di Franco – art direction, design
• Ali N. Askin – arranger
• Fritz Brinckmann – photography

Charts

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