They’re both great and a little different from what he was up to before and after. However they’re the same ‘big band’ structure. IIRC Waka Jawaka has a killer pedal slide lead on the track “It just might be a one shot deal” which is the best song on the album and one of the best pedal steel leads I’ve ever heard. That one REALLY grows on ya’ IMO.
I agree again. That pedal steel solo is beautiful, one of my favorite parts in this whole Zappa period. Really tasteful. I can’t recall Zappa using a pedal steel anywhere else.