Frank Zappa discography

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 21 posthumous albums to his name. This makes a grand total of 78 albums made by Frank Zappa.

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 #30
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
Tinseltown 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)
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (November 21 1985), US #153
Does Humor Belong in Music? (January 1986)
Jazz from Hell (November 1986)
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)
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)

Posthumous releases

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)
FZ:OZ (August 16 2002)
Halloween (February 4 2003)
Joe's Corsage (May 30 2004)
QuAUDIOPHILIAc (September 14 2004)
Joe's Domage (October 1 2004)
Joe's XMASage (December 21 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)

Compilations

Mothermania: The Best of the Mothers (March 1969)
The **** of the Mothers (October 13 1969)
The Mothers of Invention (July 20 1970)
Worst of the Mothers (March 15 1971)
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

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)

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
Year	Song	US Hot 100	US Main- stream Rock	UK Singles Chart	Album
1966	"Trouble Every Day"	-	-	-	Freak Out!
1966	"Who Are The Brain Police?"	-	-	-	Freak Out!
1967	"Big Leg Emma"	-	-	-	single only
1969	"Peaches en Regalia"	-	-	-	Hot Rats
1970	"Tell Me You Love Me"	-	-	-	Chunga's Revenge
1973	"I Am The Slime"	-	-	-	Over-nite Sensation
1974	"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"	86	-	-	Apostrophe
1979	"Dancin' Fool"	45	-	-	Sheik Yerbouti
1979	"Bobby Brown Goes Down"	-	-	-	Sheik Yerbouti
1980	"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted!"	-	-	-	single only ("Ancient Armaments" as B-Side)
1982	"Valley Girl"	32	-	-	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch
1984	"In France"	-	-	-	Them Or Us
1988	"Sexual Harassment In The Workplace"	-	-	-	Guitar
1988	"Zomby Woof"	-	-	-	You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1

External links

Official Frank Zappa website
Discography of main releases with lyrics
Frank Zappa: A Weirdo Discography — details of further Zappa compilations and other releases