What does /mu/ think is the best Zappa album to start with?

>>74848638
[Freak Out!] like you would any other artist

>>74848638
the first album he made

>>74848731
fpbp
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>>74848731
>>74848745
>>748848876
OP speaking; Freak Out! clicked with me once I heard Hot Rats, but in retrospect I think Freak Out! IS the best starter Zappa album

Hot Rats is one of Zappa's most accessible albums. That, Apostrophe, and Overnight Sensations are good places to start.

I started out with Freak Out, and really enjoyed it but the last part of side three and all of side four might come across as a little weird if not jarring to somebody not experienced with his music already.

>>74848929
different FZ periods are going to give different reactions if it's your first rodeo

MOI period is all good IMO - Freak Out/Uncle Meat/Chunga are all pretty reflective of that era;
FZ band era also mostly all good IMO - Zoot Allures/Sheik Yerbouti/Studio Tan-Sleep Dirt-Orchestral Favourites progression is great but may as well get a copy of Lather;
FZ 80's onwards period not my highlight IMO - studio tone starts getting a bit too 80's processed but You Are What You Is/The Man From Utopia/Best Band You Never Heard etc are pretty good highlights.

does One Size Fits All qualify as a good starter Zappa album, because it kind of sounds like it could

>>74848998
>74848998
this
weasels ripped my flesh is good too

>>74849763
I'd go with this, or maybe Apostrophe

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>>74848638
Found this on here a while ago.
It's a decent breakdown of his work. And I'd agree with it, Apostrophe is the best starting point.

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>>74848638
Why would you want to get into a moron who makes music for manchildren?

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>>74850011

>>74849090

the cuts on Lather are a bit different

Ocean is the Ultimate Solution is like 5 minutes shorter than the Sleep Dirt version