Other versions appear on Zappa in New York, Thing-Fish, You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol.
4, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, FZ:OZ, Cheap Thrills, Buffalo, Philly '76, and Hammersmith Odeon.
[6] Michel Delville, in his essay Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism contrasted the tone of "The Torture Never Stops" with Brian Eno's album Ambient 1: Music for Airports.
[7] A live solo from the song, called "Rat Tomago", was put on the 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti.
"Rat Tomago" was nominated for the inaugural Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1980, but lost to Paul McCartney and Wings' "Rockestra Theme".