This is definally a album potheads will enjoy. Very weird, but funny lyrics. Is this his best album? No way but it still is a must have for the Frank Zappa fan. He attacks commercialism with 'I'm The Slime' He's talking about some girl he 'you know' in Dinah-Moe Humm. Raising Dental floss in 'Montana' I like how he used a typical rock signer in Fifty-Fifty and made fun of the signing style. The most famous and successful song off this album is definally Dirty Love which is a good song I think. The title alone explains what it is about.
People will complain the songs don't make sence, but the weirdness of the subject matter is what makes it great.
Again, the clips alone cannot give you a true sence of the album. Make a gamble and get the album.

I don't believe, as other reviewers have stated, Zappa set out to make a blatenly commercial album with Overnite Sensation. This was the inevitable direction the band had been heading since 1970 (in Zappa terms that can & does mean a 6-8 album span). The songs were still indescribable as anything but Zappa compositions, still retained the fresh originality that he brought to almost everything he touched and contained more wit (and wisdom) than most of Zappa's recordings since the early Mothers of Invention records. At this stage, Zappa could afford to hire better musicians and of course better production facilities were available which tended to give this album a glossy veneer that previous albums didn't have (although Zappa always strived for the best in both production and musicianship). Overnite Sensation is definitely a great jump off point for the uninitiated, as is Sheikyerbouti or Apostrophe, but I don't necessisarily think fans of those albums are going to like Grand Wazoo or Uncle Meat. I have friends who like the unexpurgated Zappa but could care less for his instrumental and compositional recordings and I have friends that are vice versa, and I also know people (myself included)who love and appreciate his work as a whole. What I am trying to say in a wordy way is, commericiality, when applied to Zappa's music is in the eye of the beholder. Most fans of top 40 music are not going think this commercial at all, but Zappa fans may think it so because it has more conventional song structures and such. I tend to think of later recordings such as Joe's Garage and Tinseltown Rebellion as having more commercial potential than this.
To cut this short (forgive my ramblings, I am very passionate about Zappa's music), this is a great album as a starting point for those unfamiliar with Frank Zappa. If it is appealing then by all means explore further, if you like his dirty little ditties head towards Sheikyerbouti, Joe's Garage or Tinseltown Rebellion (and especially the compilation Have I Offended Someone?). If you are impressed by his musical chops, head towards Uncle Meat, Grand Wazoo or The Yellow Shark and if you like his social satire head towards Freak Out, We're Only In It For the Money and Them or Us. It's all great to me!!!!

how could someone named andy state (seriously) that zappa is over rated - and give a g3 recording 5 stars ?

This is a decent Zappa album, but it's not quite up there with his greats. There are a few of his more popular songs on this album and they are the best this one has to offer:
1. Camarillo Brillo: A great song with good lyrics and interesting guitar 8/10
2. I'm the Slime: Zappa hates television, i don't like it much, but nor do i like this song 3/10
3. Dirty Love: Forgettable but pretty good 5/10
4. Fifty Fifty: Pretty crappy 2/10
5.Zomby Woof: Not bad 6/10
6.Dinah Moe Humm: A Zappa Classic, hilarious song really catchy 9/10
7.Montana: Ends on a high note, excellent solo (best on the album) 9/10

I can accept people not liking or even hating certain Zappa albums but to be so utter hateful and moronic to review all Zappa's albums with the same mindless reviewtext... I mean, there's no way this guy has heard all Zappas albums (especially since they are so different from each other)and come off with the same conclusion. Please remove his unprofessional ramblings from the site.