label, due to a thorny lawsuit between the two. It is the only release on the Warner Bros. Zoot Allures was released in 1976 and was Zappa’s 22nd album. Zappa would say, “strictly from commercial.” Let’s get started! Well, have no fear, Live For Live Music is here! We present our Top 12 most essential Frank Zappa albums. With so much music to choose from, getting started on your journey through the world of Frank Zappa can no doubt be a daunting task. We could go on and on from the beautifully complicated arrangements of Uncle Meat and Waka/Jawaka or the powerful live performances from the Mothers of Invention on Fillmore East – June 1971 and Just Another Band From L.A., to the scathing political genius of Broadway The Hard Way and the unrivaled classical brilliance of The Yellow Shark. So massive, in fact, that anyone interested in diving into the seemingly endless Zappa catalog might not know where to begin. With one-hundred albums under his belt and nearly forty years worth of music, Frank Zappa’s career was an astonishingly massive accomplishment of musical greatness. Back in 2015, the Zappa Family Trust posthumously released Frank’s 100th official album, Dance Me This, which was the final record completed by the modern-day composer before his death in 1993. Zappa '88: The Last U.S.Frank Zappa has been gone for 25 years now, but his timeless music still lives on. Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Halloween 81 (Highlights From The Palladium, New York City) Halloween 81 (6-CD box set) (recorded live at The Palladium, NYC, October 31 & November 1, 1981) The Mothers 1970 (4-CD box set) (a collection of live and studio session recordings from the 1970 Mothers line-up) The Hot Rats Sessions (6-CD box set) (A collection of studio session recordings from the Hot Rats album on its 50th anniversary) Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (Deluxe edition) (3-CD box set) Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary (Deluxe edition) (5-CD box set) The Roxy Performances (7-CD box set) (all four public shows from December 9–10, 1973 at the Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California) Meat Light Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary The Crux Of The Biscuit A FZ Audio Documentary Road Tapes, Venue 3 (with The Mothers of Invention) Roxy The Soundtrack (Roxy The Movie DVD/CD or BD/CD, CD soundtrack not sold separately) Road Tapes, Venue 2 (with The Mothers of Invention)Ģ00 Motels: The Suites (LA Philharmonic-Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen) Road Tapes, Venue 1 (with The Mothers of Invention)īaby Snakes: The Complete Soundtrack (Download Only) Lumpy Money Project/Object (3-CD set) A FZ Audio DocumentaryĬarnegie Hall (with The Mothers of Invention) The MOFO Project/Object (2-CD set) A FZ Audio Documentary The MOFO Project/Object (4-CD set) A FZ Audio Documentary Joe's Corsage (with The Mothers of Invention) Posthumous official albums Released įrank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Playground Psychotics (with The Mothers of Invention)Īhead of Their Time (with The Mothers of Invention) The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witchīoulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Strangerįrank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar One Size Fits All (with The Mothers of Invention)īongo Fury (with Captain Beefheart and The Mothers of Invention) Roxy & Elsewhere (with The Mothers of Invention) Over-Nite Sensation (with The Mothers of Invention) The Grand Wazoo (with The Mothers of Invention) Weasels Ripped My Flesh (with The Mothers of Invention)įillmore East – June 1971 (with The Mothers of Invention)Ģ00 Motels (with The Mothers of Invention) Uncle Meat (with The Mothers of Invention)īurnt Weeny Sandwich (with The Mothers of Invention) Mothermania (with The Mothers of Invention) We're Only in It for the Money (with The Mothers of Invention)Ĭruising with Ruben & the Jets (with The Mothers of Invention) Lumpy Gravy (with Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra) Ī list of albums of Zappa's music by other artists is also included here.įreak Out! (with The Mothers of Invention)Ībsolutely Free (with The Mothers of Invention) In June 2022 the Zappa Trust announced that it had sold Zappa's entire catalog to Universal Music, including master tapes, song copyrights and trademarks. In 2012 the distribution of Zappa's recorded output moved to Universal Music Enterprises. Since 1994, the Zappa Family Trust has released 63 posthumous albums as of March 2023, making a total of 125 albums/album sets. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa, including all those credited to the Mothers of Invention. Zappa performing in Ekeberghallen, Oslo, on January 16, 1977.
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