Yr Top 5 Zappa albums?
 

Just curious, cuz I have a giftcard and might try to grab some Zappa that I dn't have yet. Oh, and if you say something like "Zappa doesn't even have 5 good albums" or anything to denote the fact that you think Zappa sucks, I won't find it witty, just sort of predictable.

1. Freak Out
2. We're Only In it for the money
3. Hot Rats
4. The Grand Wazoo
5. Shut Up n' Play Yer Guitar

6. Jazz From Hell
7. Uncle Meat
8. Chunga's Revenge
9. Burnt Weeny Sandwhich
10. Weasels ripped my flesh
Honorable mention:
Side 1 of Lumpy Gravy

We're Only in it For the Money
Freak Out
Hot Rats
Overnite Sensation

That's only four, but I don't like anything else I've heard by him.

In my top five only freak out really jumps out as my favorite, all the rest are almost equally good in their own ways.
I'm a huge zappa fan

the one where he does an extended masturbatory guitar freakout

Shut up n play yer guitar or trance fusion then.

freak out
overnite sensation
we're only in it for the money
hot rats

Like I said, not witty.

So I guess FREAK OUT! is pretty unanimous, huh? I dnt have that one, but I f'ing love WE'RE ONLY IT IT...

all the guitar solos albums!

Are you being serious? There's TRANSFUSION.

Then you will love Freak Out!, although its not as scattered as WOIIFTM.

if yo ulike that one, yo uwill definitely like _apostrophe'_

I've never been able to really get into Apostrophe. It was one of the first I got by him, and it's never really done much for me.

1. Freak Out!
2. Uncle Meat
3. We're Only in it for the Money
4. Hot Rats
5. Burnt Weeny Sandwich

don't know too much of zappa's records, but this one in my favorite because of the cover:

SHIP ARRIVING is an excellent album. A lot of ppl seem to hate on it because it conatains FZ's big hit "Valley Girl". But seriously, I love that whole album. "No Not Now" is f'd up disco, the title track is... well I dnt even know what to say about it. Just it's a great record. One of my favorites by him.

Yeah I love that one to, the title track alone is worth it. I don't think its necessarily one of his best though.

Roxy and Elsewhere
Freak Out
Waka Jawaka
One Size Fits All
Lost Episodes

We're Only In It For The Money is still the only Zappa album I find worth it.

1. Hot Rats
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We're Only in it For the Money
Chunga's Revenge
Hot Rats
Yellow Shark
Bongo Fury

Top 5 Zappa albums:
1. Uncle Meat
2. Absolutely Free
3. We're Only In It For Money
4. Hot Rats
5. Freak Out!

I seriously can not get into Zappa and believe me I've tried.

Money and Weasels are both MINDBLOWINGLY AWESOME. The rest can fuck off.

Anyone have 200 Motels on DVD and want to burn it for me?

haha why the fuck did you resurrect this thread? That's awesome.

I was listening to the black page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyWpe...eature=related

which is insanely good.

Oh, for the record, I love Absolutely Free and Freak Out and Lumpy Gravy and maybe a few others but those 2 I mentioned are just so AMAZING that the rest seems kinda... well, you know.

Also, I read recently that one of Merzbow's favorite musicians is Zappa. Found that really interesting.

1. Lumpy Gravy
2. We're Only in it for the Money
3. Absolutely Free!
4. Hot Rats
5. Freak Out!

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch still gets honorable mention though. Largely for acid tinged personal nostalgia, but what the fuck?

We're Only In It For The Money is the best. I love Freak Out!, Hot Rats, Weasles Ripped My Flesh and Sheik Yerbouti (am I the only one?) as well. Don't really know about the order though, except for Money.

I liked Sheik Yerbouti when I first heard it, but its novelty wears off quickly. Either that or it's because I don't have the humor of a sixteen year old anymore.

Still, I really like Flakes and Yo Mama from that one (and not much else.)

Ship Arriving is one of my super-favorites. It's so slept on. That album is ridiculous.

well, if you've heard Zappa's 'Lumpy Gravy' this will make some sense. The way Zappa uses noises and cuts off beautiful orchestral music with electronic music is not very far removed from Merzbow's composing methods.

Jim O'Rourke once said nice things on 'Uncle Meat', which has some technical info printed on the sleeve on how to overdub as many layers as possible. This encouraged Jim to do similar things.

The Zappa album that did it for me was Hot Rats. It's totally different than most of Zappa's other output since it's missing his cynical lyrics and musical jokes. CD 3 of Lumpy Money with outtakes on the orchestral sessions for Lumpy Gravy is really nice too. Same for 'Imaginary Diseases'. I'm still loving 'Absolutely Free' and 'Burnt Weeny Sandwich' a lot too. And 'Waka Jawaka'. And 'Grand Wazoo'. And 'Roxy and Elsewhere'.

What about The Mothers live at Fillmore

The Mudshark is classic stuff, and Flo and Eddie joining in

Is that Zappa & Beefheart album any good? I mean, it's a combination that sure sounds like a shitload of awesomeness, but who knows?

1. Uncle Meat
2. Freak Out!
3. Hot Rats
4. We're Only in it for the Money
5. Absolutely Free

Hot Rats is pretty much the only album I heard and liked.

disserpointin', that one. I mean, I'd still give it a listen, but neither Zappa nor Beefheart put their A-game into that album, probably because they grew to hate the fuck out of each other at that point.