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It should be noted that this is a MASSIVE list, as Zappa typically released about 365 albums a year. However, these are the 'big ones' that everybody owns. Do not read if you have not taken proper safety measures. This is your last warning.
Main albums[edit | edit source]
- Freak Out! (June 27, 1966]), US #130
- Absolutely Free (May 26, 1967), US #41
- I Named My Daughter Moon-Unit (September 1967)
- We're Only in It for the Money (January 1968), US #30
- Lumpy Gravy (May 1968), US #159
- Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (December 2, 1968), US #110
- Uncle Meat (April 1969), US #43
- Terrapins Nibbled My Ankles (April 1969)
- Warthogs Devoured My Earlobes (September 1969)
- I Named My Son Dweezil (September 1969)
- Hot Rats (A.K.A. This Album Is Just One Huge Jam Session) (October 1969), US #173
- Return of the Son of Mr. Green Genes (December 1969)
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich (February 1970), US #94
- Weasels Ripped My Flesh (August 10, 1970), US #189
- Chunga's Revenge (October 1970), US #119
- Cold Mice (October 1970)
- Warm Gerbils (October 1970)
- Luke-warm Hamsters (December 1970)
- Lumpy Gravy Train (February 1971)
- Fillmore East - June 1971 (August 1971), US #38
- 200 Motels (October 1971), US #59
- Just Another Band from L.A. (March 1972), US #85
- Waka/Jawaka (July 1972), US #152
- Comma (,) (September 1972)
- Interrobang (‽) (October 1972)
- Wiki/Jawiki (October 1972)
- The Grand Wazoo (November 1972)
- Period (.) (April 1973)
- Over-Nite Sensation (September 1973), US #32
- Period Pt.2 (.)(.) (October 1973)
- Apostrophe (') (March 1974), US #10
- Dash (-) (April 1974)
- I Named My Second Son Ahmet, Which Is Kind Of A More Normal Name Than Dweezil, But In Its Own Right It Was A Little Strange. But I Named Him After A Bag Boy Or Something, So That's Why I Didn't Come Up With Anything Terribly Strange In This Instance. (May 1974)
- Roxy & Elsewhere (September 1974), US #27
- One Size Fits All (June 1975), US #26
- Bongo Fury (October 1975), US #66
- Zoot Allures (October 1976), US #71
- Zappa in New York (March 1978), US #57
- Studio Tan (September 1978), US #147
- Sleep Dirt (January 1979), US #175
- Sheik Yerbouti (March 1979), US #21
- Orchestral Favorites (May 1979), US #168
- I Named My Next Daughter Diva (July 1979)
- Joe's Garage (September 1979), US #27
- Tinseltown Rebellion (May 11, 1981), US #66
- Tilde (~) (May 1981)
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (May 1981)
- You Are What You Is (September 1981), US #93
- You Is What You Are (September 1981)
- You Ain't What You Thought You Was (October 1981)
- God Doesn't Make It (October 1981), US #125
- Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (May 1982), US #23
- Colon (:) (June 1982)
- Witch Arriving Too Late to Save a Sinking Ship (June 1982)
- The Man from Utopia (March 1983), US #153
- I Am What You Are Is You What I Am Not Is He Maybe? (March 1982)
- Baby Snakes (March 1983)
- Chunga's Garage: Acts I, II, III, not IV, V, VI, Wii (June 1983)
- Chunga's Garage: Act IV, Pt. 1 (June 1983)
- Chunga's Garage: The Very Rest Of The Chunga's Garage Acts (May 1983)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 (June 1983)
- Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (August 1984)
- Them or Us (October 18, 1984)
- Solidus (/) (October 1984)
- Semicolon (;) (November 1984)
- Thing-Fish (November 1984)
- Incest With my Ancestors (November 1984)
- Francesco Zappa (November 1984)
- Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (November 21, 1985), US #153
- Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Inquisition (1478 recordings, remastered and rereleased in November 1985)
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (January 1986)
- Jazz from Hell (November 1986)
- Blues from Heaven (November 1986)
- Do Questions Belong in Titles? (January 1987)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 (September 17, 1987)
- Guitar (April 1988)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (May 1988)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (October 1988)
- Broadway the Hard Way (October 14, 1988)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (November 1989)
- The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (April 1991)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (June 14, 1991)
- Make a Jazz Noise Here (June 1991)
- Hyphen (-) (June 1991)
- You Can Still Do That On Stage, Vol. 1 (June 1991)
- You Could Probably Still Do That On Stage if You Tried, Vol. 2 (June 1991)
- You Can't Do That On Television, Vol. 3 (June 1991)
- You Might Be Able To Do that on Stage, But I'm Not Completely Sure. I'd Have To Ask My Friend, But I Haven't Seen Him In Months. So, You'll Just Have To Take My Word For It, Vol. 4 (June 1991)
- You Can Do That On Stage But Will Probably Be Shot By a TV Servant With Humble White Hair, Humble Glasses And a Humble Brown Suit If You Do, Vol. 5 (June 1991)
- Make A Jazz Noise Somewhere Else (July 1991)
- I'm Probably More Talented Than Clapton And Hendrix Combined (July 1991)
- ...And More Fluid Than Jeff Beck to Boot (July 1991)
- Beat the Boots (July 1991), 8 discs (boxed or separate):
- As an Am (recorded 1981 – 1982)
- The Ark (recorded 1969)
- Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (recorded 1970)
- Unmitigated Audacity (recorded 1974)
- Anyway the Wind Blows (2 discs) (recorded 1979)
- 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (recorded 1967)
- Saarbrucken 1978 (recorded 1978)
- Piquantique (recorded 1973)
- Beat the Boots II (June 1992), 8 discs (boxed only):
- Disconnected Synapses (recorded 1970)
- Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (recorded 1970)
- Electric Aunt Jemima (recorded 1968)
- At the Circus (recorded 1978)
- Swiss Cheese/Fire! (2 discs) (recorded 1971)
- Our Man in Nirvana (recorded 1968)
- Conceptual Continuity (recorded 1976)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (July 1992)
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (July 1992)
- "Peaches En Regalia" Played 8 Times In 8 Different Time Signatures (July 1992)
- If You Censor Me Now Vader, I Will Be Come More Powerful Than You Could Possibly Imagine (August 1992)
- Playground Psychotics (October 1992)
- Ahead of Their Time (March 1993)
- The Yellow Shark (with Ensemble Modern) (November 1993), US #2 (Classical Crossover Chart)
- Civilization, Phaze III (December 1994)
- The Lost Episodes (February 1996)
- Läther (September 1996)
- Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (October 1996)
- Have I Offended Someone? (April 1997)
- Mystery Disc (September 1998)
- Everything Is Healing Nicely (December 1999)
- Oh No, Actually I'm Dead (Easy Mistake to Make) (January 2000)
- Shut Up N' Play Yer Harpsichord (July 2000)
- Shut Up N' Play Yer Synclavier (July 2000)
- FZ:OZ (August 16, 2002)
- The Trash Can Tapes Vol. 1: The Basement (January2003)
- Halloween (February 4, 2003)
- Joe's Corsage (May 30, 2004)
- The Trash Can Tapes Vol. 2: The Basement Below The First Basement (August 2004)
- QuAUDIOPHILIAc (September 14, 2004)
- Joe's Domage (October 1, 2004)
- Joe's XMASage (December 21, 2005)
- The Trash Can Tapes Vol. 3: The Return of the Son of the First Basement and the Basement Below It (December 2005)
- Imaginary Diseases (January 13, 2006)
- Trance-Fusion (October 24, 2006)
- The Making Of Freak Out! Project/Object (December 5, 2006)
- The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (December 15, 2006 (iTunes exclusive)
- Buffalo (April 1, 2007)
- The Dub Room Special (August 24, 2007)
- Wazoo (October 30, 2007)
- One Shot Deal (June 13, 2008)
- Joe's Menage (October 1, 2008)
Compilations[edit | edit source]
- Who Do We Think We Are? (April 1969)
- Mothermania: The Best of the Mothers (March 1969)
- The **** of the Mothers (October 13, 1969)
- Who Do I Think I Am? (May 1970)
- The Mothers of Invention (July 20, 1970)
- Worst of the Mothers (March 15, 1971)
- Who aren't I? (August 1974)
- The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (June 1987)
- Cucamonga Years (December 10, 1991)
- Strictly Commercial (August 1995)
- Strictly Genteel (May 1997)
- Cucamonga (February 24, 1998)
- Cheap Thrills (April 1998)
- Son of Cheep Thrills (April 1999)
- The Secret Jewel Box: Archives Vol. 2. FZ Original Recordings (December 2001)
- Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman of Phish (October 2002)
- Zappa Picks by Larry LaLonde of Primus (October 2002)
Cover or tribute albums[edit | edit source]
- King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Jean-Luc Ponty) (1970)
- The BRT Big Band Plays Frank Zappa (BRT Big Band) (1990)
- Yahozna Plays Zappa (Yahonza) (1992)
- Zappa's Universe—A Celebration of 25 Years of Frank Zappa's Music (Joel Thome/Orchestra of Our Time)(1993)
- Harmonia Meets Zappa (Harmonia Ensemble) (1994)
- Music by Frank Zappa (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) (1995)
- Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa (Muffin Men) (1997)
- Plays The Music of Frank Zappa (The Ed Palermo Big Band) (1997)
- Dischordancies Abundant (CoCö Anderson) (1997)
- Frankly A Cappella (The Persuasions) (2000)
- The Zappa Album (Ensemble Ambrosius) (2000)
- Bohuslän Big Band plays Frank Zappa (Bohuslän Big Band) (2000)
- Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (Ensemble Modern) (2003)
- UMO Jazz Orchestra: UMO plays Frank Zappa feat. Marzi Nyman (2003)
- Lemme Take You To The Beach: Surf Instrumental Bands playing the music of Zappa (Cordelia Records) (2005)
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (The Ed Palermo Big Band) (2006)
- It's Not Recommended That You Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, But It's Okay If You DO (The Kentucky Old Men's Choir) (2008)