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This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa and tribute albums for Frank Zappa. Zappa wrote a total of 57 main albums, with another 15 posthumous albums to his name. This makes a grand total of 72 albums made by Frank Zappa.
Cover of
Sheik Yerbouti (1979)
[edit] Main albums
- Freak Out! (June 27, 1966), US #130
- Absolutely Free (May 26, 1967), US #41
- We're Only in It for the Money (January 1968), US #130
- Lumpy Gravy (May 1968), US #159
- Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (December 2, 1968), US #110
- Uncle Meat (April 1969), US #43
- Hot Rats (October 1969), US #173
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich (February 1970), US #94
- Weasels Ripped My Flesh (August 10, 1970), US #189
- Chunga's Revenge (October 1970), US #119
- 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
- The Grand Wazoo (November 1972)
- Over-Nite Sensation (September 1973), US #32
- Apostrophe (') (March 1974), US #10
- 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
- Joe's Garage (September 1979), US #27
- Tinsel Town Rebellion (May 11, 1981), US #66
- Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (May 1981)
- You Are What You Is (September 1981), US #93
- Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (May 1982), US #23
- The Man from Utopia (March 1983), US #153
- Baby Snakes (March 1983)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 (June 1983)
- Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (August 1984)
- Them or Us (October 18, 1984)
- Thing-Fish (November 1984)
- Francesco Zappa (November 1984)
- The Old Masters Box One (April 1985)
- Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (November 21, 1985), US #153
- Does Humor Belong in Music? (January 1986)
- The Old Masters Box Two (November 1986)
- Jazz from Hell (November 1986)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 (September 17, 1987)
- The Old Masters Box Three (December 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)
- 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)
- Playground Psychotics (October 1992)
- Ahead of Their Time (March 1993)
- The Yellow Shark (with Ensemble Modern) (November 1993), US #2 (Classical Crossover Chart)
[edit] Posthumous releases
[edit] Compilations
[edit] Cover or tribute albums
- 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 Thorne/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)
- 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)
- 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)
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Song |
Chart positions |
Album |
| US Hot 100 |
US Main- stream Rock |
UK Singles Chart |
| 1974 |
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" |
86 |
- |
- |
Apostrophe |
| 1980 |
"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted!" |
- |
- |
- |
single only |
| 1982 |
"Valley Girl" |
32 |
- |
- |
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch |
| 1984 |
"In France" |
- |
- |
- |
Them Or Us |
| 1988 |
"Sexual Harrasment In The Workplace" |
- |
- |
- |
single only |
| 1988 |
"Zomby Woof" |
- |
- |
- |
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 |
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