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Frank Zappa Discography

Can you guess Frank Zappa's legendary discography?
Including Albums Credited to "The Mothers of Invention"
Blue = Top 10 Album | Pink = Top 50 Album | Green = Top 100 Album | Grey = Top 200 Album
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#1
Albums
1966
Freak Out!
1967
Absolutely Free
1967
Lumpy Gravy
1968
We're Only in It for the Money
1968
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
1969
Mothermania
1969
Uncle Meat
1969
Hot Rats
1970
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
1970
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1970
Chunga's Revenge
1972
Just Another Band from L.A.
1972
Waka/Jawaka - Hot Rats
1972
The Grand Wazoo
1973
Over-Nite Sensation
1974
Apostrophe (')
1975
One Size Fits All
1976
Zoot Allures
1978
Studio Tan
1979
Sleep Dirt
1979
Sheik Yerbouti
1979
Orchestral Favorites
1979
Joe's Garage Act I
1979
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1981
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1981
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
1981
Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1981
You Are What You Is
1982
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
1983
The Man from Utopia
1984
Them or Us
1984
Thing-Fish
1984
Francesco Zappa
1985
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
1986
Jazz from Hell
1987
London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
1988
Guitar
1993
The Yellow Shark
#2
Compilations
1968
The **** of the Mothers
1970
The Mothers of Invention
1971
Worst of the Mothers
1987
The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
1995
Strictly Commercial
1997
Have I Offended Someone?
1997
Strictly Genteel
1998
Mystery Disc
1998
Cucamonga
1998
Cheap Thrills
1999
Son of Cheap Thrills
2004
QuAUDIOPHILIAc
2005
Joe's Xmasage
2006
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle
2008
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle
2009
Lumpy Money Project/Object
2010
Greasy Love Songs Project/Object
2010
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle
2011
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle
2012
Understanding America
2012
Finer Moments
2014
Joe's Camouflage
2014
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014
2016
The Crux of the Biscuit Project/Object
2016
Frank Zappa for President
2016
ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks
2016
Meat Light
2018
Halloween 73 Highlights
2020
A Very Zappa Birthday EP
#3
Live Albums
1971
Fillmore East - June 1971
1974
Roxy & Elsewhere
1978
Zappa in New York
1981
Tinsel Town Rebellion
1986
Does Humor Belong in Music?
1988
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
1988
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
1988
Broadway the Hard Way
1989
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1991
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
1991
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
1991
Make a Jazz Noise Here
1992
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
1992
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
1992
Playground Psychics
1993
Ahead of Their Time
2002
FZ:OZ
2003
Halloween
2007
Buffalo
2007
Wazoo
2008
Joe's Menage
2009
Philly '76
2011
Carnegie Live
2012
Road Tapes, Venue 1
2013
Road Tapes, Venue 2
2014
Roxy by Proxy
2016
Road Tapes, Venue 3
2016
Chicago '78
2016
Little Dots
2017
Halloween '77
#4
Soundtracks
1971
200 Motels
1983
Baby Snakes
2012
Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack
2015
Roxy the Soundtrack
2013
A Token of His Extreme
2020
Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 
 
#5
Collaborative Albums
1975
Bongo Fury
1983
London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
1984
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
 
 
#6
Box Sets
1982
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1984
The Old Masters, Box I
1986
The Old Masters, Box II
1987
The Old Masters, Box III
1987
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
2018
The Roxy Performances
2019
Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary
2019
Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary
2019
Halloween 73
2019
The Hot Rats Sessions
2020
The Mothers 1970
2020
Halloween 81
2021
200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
2022
The Mothers 1971
2022
Zappa/Erie
#7
Bootleg Compilations
1991
Beat the Boots
1992
Beat the Boots II
2009
Beat the Boots III
 
 
#8
Posthumous Albums
1994
Civilization Phaze III
1996
The Lost Episodes
1996
Läther
1996
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
1999
Everything Is Healing
2004
Joe's Corsage
2004
Joe's Domage
2006
Imaginary Diseases
2006
The MOFO Project/Object
2006
Trance-Fusion
2007
The Dub Room Special
2008
One Shot Deal
2010
Congress Shall Make No Law...
2010
Hammersmith Odeon
2011
Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
2015
Dance Me This
2015
200 Motels: The Suites
 
 
#9
Double Packages
1995
London Symphony Orchestra, Volumes I & II
2021
Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
2022
Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
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Level 22
Jan 24, 2018
OK, Great Effort! But, some errors.....First Spelling:

a. "The Mothers of Invetion" is missing an 'n' in 'Invention'

b. "Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison" not "Ma Mansion"

c. There might be one or two more typos, but I lost track of them.

2nd - Exclude Non-Official releases:

I suggest that you limit the content to OFFICIAL FZ numbered titles only and omit the: The *** of the Mothers, The Mothers of Invention, Worst of The Mothers, Guitar World, Strictly Commercial and Genteel, Cucamonga, Cheap and Son of Cheap Thrills, and all of the Birthday Bundle downloads (except for that horrid Baby Snakes Compleat S/T abortion...what was Gail thinking). Also, remove the Joe's Garage Box as that is already covered by Vol 1 and Vol 2/3.

3rd: Missing: Where is London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 (1986)?;

More later....thanks!

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Level 22
Jan 24, 2018
Some more annoying suggestions:

4th: Relocate: Mystery Disc, Joe's X-msg Lumpy Money, Greasy Love Songs, Finer Moments, Joe's Camouflage, Crux of the Biscuit and Meat Light should go in Posthumous Albums. They are not comps in the true sense but mostly outtake collections (example: see MOFO).

Lastly Live Albums (or nearly live): Just Another Band From LA is 95% live (FZ tweaked it a bit for release); Them or Us is 75% live, Weasels is 75% live, Burnt Weeny is 60% live, Sheik Yerbouti is about 75% live, Shut Up an Play Guitar and "Some More" are ALL live (except for segues) and Return Of the Son is 50% live (side 2 are studio outtakes). SATLTSADW is 50% live, & The Yellow Shark is 100% live. I know that this is a grey area (yes I am nit picking :0).

Now to look at that other FZ LP quiz........ Good luck and Thanks!

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Level 22
Jan 24, 2018
Two more....."Guitar" and "Trance Fusions" are 100% live (except for one keyboard overdub on one track on "Guitar"). OK OK I'm stopping now..........Cheers!