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Frank Zappa is an experimental artist from Baltimore, Maryland, USA formed in 1955. 122 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Experimental · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Best experimental albums
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ZAPPAtite (Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks)
2016
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
1991
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
1992
Sheik Yerbouti
1979
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
1992
Orchestral Favorites
1979
Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III
1987
You Are What You Is
1981
Zoot Allures
1976
Jazz From Hell
1986
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
1991
Guitar
1988
The Man From Utopia
1983
Waka/Jawaka
1972
Them or Us
1984
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
1982
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1981
Sleep Dirt
1979
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
1984
Broadway the Hard Way
1988
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
1985
Baby Snakes
1982
Studio Tan
1978
Francesco Zappa
1984
Thing‐Fish
1984
Have I Offended Someone?
1997
Zappa '66 Vol. 1: Live At TTG Studios
2026
Halloween 78 (Super Deluxe / Live At The Palladium, NYC - October 1978)
2025
Cheaper Than Cheep: The Soundtrack (Live)
2025
One Size Fits All (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe)
2025
Road Tapes, Venue #2 (Live Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland/1973)
2025
Apostrophe (') (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe)
2024
Live At The Whisky A Go Go 1968
2024
Mudd Club/Munich '80 (Live)
2023
Over-Nite Sensation (50th Anniversary)
2023
Funky Nothingness
2023
Zappa / Erie (Live)
2022
Waka/Wazoo
2022
ZAPPA ’75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
2022
The Mothers 1971
2022
Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
2021
Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2020
Halloween 81 (Highlights From The Palladium / Live)
2020
Halloween 81
2020
The Mothers 1970 (Live)
2020
The Hot Rats Sessions
2019
The Roxy Performances
2018
The Roxy Performances (Live)
2018
Joe's Camouflage
2017
Dance Me This
2017
Philly '76 (Live At Spectrum Theater, Philadelphia,PA/1976)
2017
Joe's Menage
2017
Hammersmith Odeon (Live)
2017
Buffalo (Live At Buffalo Memorial Auditorium/1980)
2017
Joe's Corsage
2017
The MOFO Project/Object
2017
Joe's Xmasage
2017
Civilization Phaze III
2017
Joe's Domage
2017
Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
2017
Roxy By Proxy (Live)
2017
Road Tapes, Venue #1 (Live Kerrisdale Arena, Vancouver B.C. - 25 August 1968)
2016
Meat Light
2016
Chicago '78
2016
The Lumpy Money Project/Object
2016
Little Dots
2016
Frank Zappa For President
2016
Road Tapes, Venue #3 (Live Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN 5 July 1970)
2016
The Crux Of The Biscuit
2016
Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object
2016
Imaginary Diseases (Live)
2015
FZ:OZ (Live At Hordern Pavilion, Sydney/1976)
2015
Trance-Fusion (Live)
2015
LÄTHER
2013
A Token Of His Extreme (Live)
2013
Playground Psychotics
2012
The Grand Wazoo
2012
Finer Moments
2012
Understanding America
2012
London Symphony Orchestra, Vols. I & II
2012
Make A Jazz Noise Here (Live)
2012
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 - The Helsinki Concert
2012
Over-Nite Sensation
2012
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (Live)
2012
Mystery Disc
2012
Ahead Of Their Time
2012
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (Live)
2012
Tinseltown Rebellion
2012
Just Another Band From L.A.
2012
Roxy & Elsewhere
2012
Zappa In New York (Live)
2012
The Yellow Shark
2012
Carnegie Hall (Live At Carnegie Hall/1971)
2011
Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
2011
Greasy Love Songs
2010
"Congress Shall Make No Law . . ."
2010
One Shot Deal (Live)
2008
WAZOO (Live At The Boston Music Hall/1972)
2007
The Dub Room Special! (Live)
2007
Everything Is Healing Nicely
1999
Son of Cheep Thrills
1998
Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa
1995
Make a Jazz Noise Here
1991
Anyway the Wind Blows
1991
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Volume 3
1989
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
1988
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
1988
Does Humor Belong in Music?
1986
Apostrophe (') / Over“Nite Sensation
1986
The London Symphony Orchestra
1986
We're Only in It for the Money / Lumpy Gravy
1985
London Symphony Orchestra, Volume 1
1983
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
1981
Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1981
Joe's Garage: Acts II & III
1979
Joe's Garage: Act I
1979
Zappa in New York
1977
Apostrophe (')
1974
Chunga's Revenge
1970
Hot Rats
1969
Lumpy Gravy
1967
Lumpy Gravy 67
1967
Frank Vincent Zappa (born December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States – December 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, bandleader and producer. He was one of the most prolific musicians of his time, releasing over fifty albums of original material spanning over a thirty-five year career. Born on 21st December 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, Zappa’s earliest influences were 1950s pop and rock (such as doo-wop and rhythm and blues), and 20th-century classical composers including Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse. His output was divided between adventurous instrumental compositions and succinct, catchy rock songs with ribald, satirical, or comically absurd lyrics. On stage he demanded virtuosity and spontaneity from his musicians, and employed many performers who would later go on to achieve fame in their own rights. He directed and released a number of films featuring himself, his musicians and entourage, including 200 Motels and Baby Snakes. His career started in 1955. His earliest recordings date from the mid-1960s, and include collaborations with his school friend Captain Beefheart. In 1965 he joined a bar-band c…
