What do you think the best Zappa album is? My vote goes

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One Size Fits All.

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>the crux of the biscuit
>is the Apostrophe

>>70296542
too many good ones tbqh. can't decide on a best

>>70296542
I'd have to agree. I always come back to Joe's Garage.

We're Only In It For The Money, Sheik Yerbouti, and You Are What You Is are also god-tier. Hell, his entire discography is if you can get into the weirder stuff.

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>>70296542
Other favorites are: Freak Out!, One Size Fits All, Hot Rats, Joe's Garage, The Grand Wazoo, etc. There are too many good albums, especially from the 70s.

Hot Rats, Chunga's Revenge, Apostrophe, Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage

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Weasles Ripped my Flesh is one of my favorites. The experimentation of most of the songs on that album are sublime.

>>70297887
I like Just Another Band from LA as well

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Uncle Meat. Burnt Weeny, Hot Rats, and Grand Wazoo come close tho.

>>70296542
We're Only In It For The Money, Uncle Meat, Absolutely Free, Hot Rats.

the one with the funny time signatures and poop jokes

>>70297996
/mu/ is here, abandon ship

>>70296542

Joe's Garage has the widest range of Zappa's music stylings I think. You've got the goofy humor songs, the guitar solos, the depressing cynicism, and the whole thing of course is very orchestral in composition.

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The Grand Wazoo

Hot Rats
Chunga's Revenge
Apostrophe (')
One Size Fits All
Zappa in New York
Sheik Yerbouti
Joe's Garage

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>>70296542

step aside plebs, patrician coming through

Roxy by Proxy is underrated as fuck

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Absolutely free is a flawless album

No doubt in my mind Apostrophe is the apex

>>70299960
i'd really like to see an orchestral take on this album

I like his improv heavy stuff the most, so studio albums I guess I do enjoy Uncle Meat and Hot Rats the most. But it really comes out the best in live works like Roxy & Elsewhere.

How to get into Frank Zappa?
i don't think i've ever heard him and he has a massive discography
where to start?

>>70301792

there's a flowchart thats pretty on point. I don't have it, but I'll bump in hope someone who does have it can post

Apostrophe is a good starting point though

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>>70301961
>>70301792

>>70297950
This, pretty much. Uncle Meat and Burnt Weeny are as good as he gets.

>>70302100
>>70301961
thanks lads

>>70301792
Pick one of his "essential" albums at random and see if you like it. That's what I did and it paid off.

>>70301792
start here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8gjhxcOBJo

>>70302192
thank but i need to be told exactly what to listen to haha i can't be expected to make my own music choices

>>70296542
Grand Wazoo

What are your favorite live Zappa records?

We're Only in it for the Money and You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 2 are my favorites.

>>70302587
Roxy and Elsewhere, Road Tapes Venue #2, and You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol. 2 are all great.

do you think Zappa knew some music theory?

personally i can't be arsed learning that boring shite haha

>>70302587
Zappa in New York cuz Michael Brecker is on it

>>70302630
No, most musicians actually know nothing about music haha

>>70301440
extremely underrated.

my top three are
joes garage
absolutely free
sleep dirt.

still need to finish out his 80s albums though.

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Does Zappa have the comfiest discography ever? Even his lesser efforts are fun to listen to.