Editing Uncle Meat (section)

== Release and reception ==

''Uncle Meat'' was released as a [[double album]] by [[Bizarre Records|Bizarre]] and [[Reprise Records]], subtitled, "Most of the music from the Mothers' movie of the same name which we haven't got enough money to finish yet."<ref name=Lowe/> Despite the album's experimental nature, it peaked at {{thinspace|No.|43}} on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts.<ref name=Lowe/>

=== Critical reception ===

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Huey>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r69741/review |title=Uncle Meat - The Mothers of Invention &#124; AllMusic |first=Steve |last=Huey |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th|isbn=978-0857125958|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Louder Sound]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/frank-zappa-uncle-meat-roxy-elsewhere|title=Frank Zappa: Uncle Meat/Roxy & Elsewhere|date=11 February 2014}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Great Rock Bible]]''
| rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book|title=The Great Rock Bible|author=Martin C. Strong|author-link=Martin C. Strong|edition=1st|year=2024|isbn=978-1-9127-3328-6|publisher=[[Red Planet Books]]}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|title=[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]|editor=Gary Graff|editor-link=Gary Graff|edition=1st|year=1996|location=London|isbn=978-0-7876-1037-1|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[:it:Claudio Fabretti|OndaRock]]''
| rev6score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ondarock.it/songwriter/frankzappa.htm|title=Frank Zappa - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto}}</ref>
| rev7 = Sputnikmusic
| rev7score = 4.5/5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/61719/The-Mothers-of-Invention-Uncle-Meat/|title = Review: The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat &#124; Sputnikmusic}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=DeCurtis |editor-first1=Anthony |editor-last2=George-Warren |editor-first2=Holly |editor-last3=Henke |editor-first3=James |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1992 |pages=338 }}</ref>
}}

Contemporary reviews of the album were highly favorable, recognizing it as an important album in Zappa's discography. ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' described the album as an "inspired monstrosity&nbsp;... [an] assault of glorious noise".<ref name=Lowe/> [[AllMusic]] writer Steve Huey wrote, "despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl of ''Uncle Meat'' is actually a big part of its appeal. It's exciting to hear one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock pushing restlessly into new territory, even if he isn't always quite sure where he's going."<ref name=Huey/>

=== Legacy ===

The ''Uncle Meat'' film was finally completed and released on home video in 1987. The ''Uncle Meat'' album was reissued as a double CD on Rykodisc that year. This release included a song recorded in 1982, "Tengo na minchia tanta", sung in [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] by Massimo Bassoli, who identifies the song as being translated as "I've Got a Big Bunch of Dick". Also added to the 1987 CD is over 40 minutes of sounds and dialogue from the film. The track listing programs the new tracks at the beginning of the second disc, placing the material between the album's original third and fourth sides.  The original 1969 vinyl mix was reissued in 2016 as the first disc of ''[[Meat Light|Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary]]''.