Sheik Yerbouti

This article is about the album by Frank Zappa. For the single by KC and the Sunshine Band, see (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty.

Sheik Yerbouti
Live album with studio elements by
Frank Zappa
ReleasedMarch 3, 1979
RecordedMostly:
January 25–27 & February 28, 1978,
Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK;
October 30–31, 1977,
The Palladium, NYC
StudioThe Manor Mobile
Genre
Length74:03
Label
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Sleep Dirt
(1979) 		Sheik Yerbouti
(1979) 		Orchestral Favorites
(1979)
Singles from Sheik Yerbouti
  1. "Dancin' Fool"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Bobby Brown"
    Released: 1979

Sheik Yerbouti is a double album by American musician Frank Zappa, released on March 3, 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records; it was distributed by Phonogram Inc. in the United States and Canada. The album was released in other countries by CBS Records. It is mostly made up of live material recorded in 1977 and 1978, with extensive overdubs added in the studio. In an October 1978 interview, Zappa gave the working album title as Martian Love Secrets. It was later released on a single CD.

Sheik Yerbouti is Zappa's biggest selling album with over 2 million units sold worldwide.

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