Your Top 10 Zappa Albums

xaaltakeshi · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:03 am

1. Zoot Allures
2. We're Only In It For The Money
3. Hot Rats
4. YCDTOSA Vol.2
5. Joe's Garage Acts 1,2+3
6. One Size Fits All
7. Absolutely Free
8. Broadway The Hard Way
9. Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar
10. SATLTSADW

crea · **Joined:** Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:18 am **Posts:** 91

1. them or us
2. man from utopia
3 you are wat you is
4 overnite senation
5 broadway the hardway
6 200 motels
7 sheik yerbouti
8 joes garage
9 thing fish
10 apostrophe

in no order

grand_wazoo · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:05 pm

Out of all the ones that I currently own:
The Grand Wazoo
Zappa In New York
Hot Rats
Freak Out!
We're Only In It for the Money
Tinseltown Rebellion
Sheik Yerbouti
Waka/Jawaka
Over-Nite Sensation
I can't choose a 10th.

No particular order accept maybe for the first three.

NicHoLai · **Posted:** Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:18 am

i no particular order

Sheik yer boutie
Roxy and elsewhere
Freak out
You are what you is
Tinseltown rebelion
Absolutly free
Lather
Them or us
Broadway the hard way
One size fits all
Meets the Mothers of prevention
all of the stages discs (except 5 wich i dont own yet)...

oops thats more than 10.....dosnt matter
this will change in like 2 weeks

RUI · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:18 pm

My 10:

Waka-Jawaka - It's nice to listen to it.

Man From Utopia - Love the production. it sounds very weird and exciting to me because it's the only studio album from the 80's I can really like as a whole and appreciate the new stuff Zappa brings into this decade.

Zappa in New York - This is the one I like the most from the ones that should have been Lather at the time. Lather isn't better because it ain't got the full Black Page drum solo and Sleep Dirt. This has at least one of them.

200 Motels - The concept of this movie blew my mind, because of the whole self-awareness it has. And the way it confronts the epic with the absurd. I represents the side of Zappa's humour that I really like, more than satyre for example. I haven't watched the movie but I feel like I have.

Burnt Weeny Sandwich - It's an actual sandwich

Baby Snakes - It isn't a great album but it is a fuckin' great show(saw the movie) and my favourite Zappa band.

Lumpy Gravy - Again, I got really excited with the idea behind this record before I got into the music completely. But now it just feels very special when I listen to it.

YCDTOSA#1 - Stage Crazeness all around, and the definitive proof of Zappa's live awesomeness throughout his career.

YCDTOSA#2 The Helsinki Concert - Like it better than Roxy although it's a different atmosphere.

We're Only In It For the Money - Most powerful album Zappa ever made IMO. It doesn't just revel in its own satyre, it's really human and I think it has the potential to make all those plastic people he targets cry themselves to sleep :roll:

This album is part of why I'm lifting my ass outta the sofa and trying to make something creative.

If I ever come to make something really great in my life, I'll know this had a part in it.

AliceCooper · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:47 pm

You Are What You Is
Joes Garage
Just Another Band From L.A.
Imaginary Disieses
200 Motels
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
One Size fits All
Roxy and Elsewhere
Absolutely Free
We're Only in it for the Money

I probably forgot one and in like 10 - 15 minutes i'm gonna think "oh right, I totally forgot ______"
Yep I just remembered one...
Apostrophe.

I have eleven.

AliceCooper · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:48 pm

Yargh, I already forgot one of my altime favorite Zappa albums EVER!!!

Meet's the mothers of prevention

timm0 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:51 pm

AliceCooper wrote:

Yargh, I already forgot one of my altime favorite Zappa albums EVER!!!

Meet's the mothers of prevention

http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12081

AliceCooper · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:58 pm

well it's good to see some people like it!

magic_go-kart_III · **Posted:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:11 am

Burnt Weenie Sandwich
YCDTOSA 2
The Lost Episodes
Absolutley Free
Freak Out
Apostrophe (')
Joe's Garage
We're Only in it for the Money
The Grand Wazoo
You Are What You Is

mutronboy · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:42 am

Grand Wazoo
Over-nite Sensation
YCDTOSA Vol II
One Size Fits All
Roxy & Elsewhere
Uncle Meat
Jazz From Hell
Lather
Ruben & The Jets
Hot Rats

andy borg · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:55 pm

absolutely free
burnt weeny sandwich
roxy&elsewhere
ycdtosa II
zappa in new york
ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch

anyway the wind blows
saarbrucken 1979
as an am (only for imo his best solo ever in young and monde)

fillmore 71, not the official, but a taped concert (feat. holiday in berlin, mam&dad, what will this morning, mother people, vegetables,...)

Soracha · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:23 pm

Funny that all albums released between 1966-1996 are in somebody's favourites list except LSO, Perfect Stranger, DHBIM and Guitar. May happen that nobody has included Lost Episodes but someone else can check that.

andy borg · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:38 pm

Soracha wrote:

May happen that nobody has included Lost Episodes but someone else can check that.

check few posts up. :wink:

playground psychotics anyone?

mutronboy · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:48 am

my criterion was albums that I'll listen to from go to whoa

like...Grand Wazoo or Overnite Sensation

others might have some awesome tracks but a few I don't like
eg Yellow Shark, Civilization Phase III etc
I'm even dubious about putting Lather on the list
but it's got too many great tracks!
(maybe swap that for Shut Up)

and I'm not gonna listen to Cops & Buns or Flo & Eddie on the bus for fun repeatedly

It's not that I'm (totally) stuck in the seventies
Just that, for me, those albums are more..umm...complete

Soracha · **Posted:** Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:57 pm

I really like LSO. Strange noone has it as a favourite. On the other hand... I'm not sure it would be on my list either. Maybe it's no 11 for everyone!

Tinseltown_Banana · **Posted:** Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:35 am

I'll try one more time:

(absolutely no order)

We're Only In It For THe Money
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
The Grand Wazoo
Overnite Sensation
One Size Fits All
Sheik Yerbouti
Joe's Garage
You Are What You Is
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - The Boxset
Broadway The Hard Way
The Yellow Shark
Civilization Phaze III
The Lost Episodes
Läther
Imaginary Diseases
Buffalo

+ all other albums

Two really underrated albums is Orchestral Favorites and The Perfect Stranger.

Zivilyn · **Joined:** Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:37 pm **Posts:** 3

Hey I just noticed I have 20 albums, so I may as well just do that.

The Godly Division
1. Roxy And Elsewhere
2. Lather
3. Waka/Jawaka
4. Weasels Ripped My Flesh
5. Burnt Weeny Sandwich
6. Hot Rats

The Demigodly Division
7. You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
8. Son of Cheep Thrills
9. Piquantique
10. Tinseltown Rebellion
11. We're Only In It For The Money
12. The Grand Wazoo

The Mediocrity division
13. Them Or Us
14. Cheap Thrills
15. Mothers of Prevention
16. Zoot Allures

The I Haven't Listened To It Enough Division, in order of how good I expect it to be.

You Are What You Is
I like what I've heard a lot, it will no doubt be top 10.

Uncle Meat
I only like certain parts of King Kong and haven't wrapped my head around the rest yet.

Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar
The 3 album set... It's way too much to digest, and I'm not really thrilled with it at the moment.

Sheik Yerbouti
Nothing has really grabbed me, but there are so many tracks I'm sure to like something.

otto · **Joined:** Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:13 am **Posts:** 207

1. Yellow Shark
2. Shut Up
3. You Are What You Is
4. Civ 3
5. Jazz From Hell
6. We're Only In It For The Money
7. Roxy
8. Freak Out
9. Joe's Garage
10. Thingfish
11. Burnt Weeny Sandwich

The weeny always goes on 11. :roll:

Peaches & Muffin · **Joined:** Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:35 pm **Posts:** 56

at the moment:

1. One size fits all
2. Make a jazz noise here
3. Burnt weeny sandwich
4. Hot rats
5. Lather
6. You can't do that on stage anymore Vol. 2
7. We're only in it for the money
8. You are what you is
9. Weasels ripped my flesh
10. Waka Jawaka

timm0 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:09 am

Zivilyn wrote:

Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar
The 3 album set... It's way too much to digest, and I'm not really thrilled with it at the moment.

why? it's about the same length as your average crappy hollywood film, or 3 episodes of a 'soap opera'.

listen to each album on its own if it's too much.
instant composition, genius.

Zivilyn · **Joined:** Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:37 pm **Posts:** 3

Even 3 hours of a movie is too much. That, and like I said, I wasn't too impressed with what I heard.
I have way too many albums to catch up on, and not a lot of time.

El Ravetto · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:53 pm

Overnite Sensation
One Size Fits All
Apostrophe
Roxy and Elsewhere
Zoot Allures
Chunga's Revenge
Sheik Yerbouti
In New York
Does Humour Belong in Music
Broadway the Hardway
[/list]

timm0 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:45 am

Zivilyn wrote:

Even 3 hours of a movie is too much. That, and like I said, I wasn't too impressed with what I heard.
I have way too many albums to catch up on, and not a lot of time.

it's not 3 hours though.
fair enough, you don't like it, i think it's genius..... try soup and old clothes again, first song you play.

Reinbo · **Posted:** Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:24 pm

Sheik Yerbouti
Best Band in the world
Zappa in New York
Roxy and Elsewhere
YCDTOSA 2
Imaginairy diseasses
Overnite Sensation
Absolutely Free
Apostrophe
Hot Rats

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