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This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa, including all those credited to the Mothers of Invention. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. Since 1994, the Zappa Family Trust has released 64 posthumous albums as of June 2023, making a total of 126 albums/album sets.

In 2012 the distribution of Zappa's recorded output moved to Universal Music Enterprises.[1] In June 2022 the Zappa Trust announced that it had sold Zappa's entire catalog to Universal Music, including master tapes, song copyrights and trademarks.[2]

A list of albums of Zappa's music by other artists is also included here.

Official albums

Released[3] Title Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
No. Year Month US
[4]
UK
[5]
GER
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8][9]
AUS
[10]
AUT
[11]
1 1966 Jun Freak Out! (with The Mothers of Invention) 130
2 1967 Jun Absolutely Free (with The Mothers of Invention) 41
3 1968 Mar We're Only in It for the Money (with The Mothers of Invention) 30 31
4 May Lumpy Gravy (with Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra) 159
5 Dec Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (with The Mothers of Invention) 110
6 1969 Mar Mothermania (with The Mothers of Invention) 151
7 Apr Uncle Meat (with The Mothers of Invention) 43
8 Oct Hot Rats 173 9 45 19
9 1970 Feb Burnt Weeny Sandwich (with The Mothers of Invention) 94 17
10 Aug Weasels Ripped My Flesh (with The Mothers of Invention) 189 28
11 Oct Chunga's Revenge 119 43 24
12 1971 Aug Fillmore East – June 1971 (with The Mothers of Invention) 38 22
13 Oct 200 Motels (with The Mothers of Invention) 59 44 48
14 1972 Mar Just Another Band from L.A. (with The Mothers of Invention) 85 41
15 Jul Waka/Jawaka 152 24
16 Nov The Grand Wazoo (with The Mothers of Invention)
17 1973 Sep Over-Nite Sensation (with The Mothers of Invention) 32 21 15 10 47 US: Gold[12]
18 1974 Mar Apostrophe (') 10 6 6 71 US: Gold[13]
19 Sep Roxy & Elsewhere (with The Mothers of Invention) 27 14 4
20 1975 Jun One Size Fits All (with The Mothers of Invention) 26 5 6 81
21 Oct Bongo Fury (with Captain Beefheart and The Mothers of Invention) 66 11
22 1976 Oct Zoot Allures 61 16 17 82 UK: Silver[14]
23 1978 Mar Zappa in New York 57 55 20 6 24 74
24 Sep Studio Tan 147 30 92
25 1979 Jan Sleep Dirt 175 16 19
26 Mar Sheik Yerbouti 21 32 10 5 4 53 6 CAN: Gold[15]
27 May Orchestral Favorites 168 48
28 Sep Joe's Garage Act I 27 62 41 1 2 94 8 CAN: Gold[15]
29 Nov Joe's Garage Acts II & III 53 75 31 3 4 9
30 1981 May Tinsel Town Rebellion 66 55 23 13 8 9
31 Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
32 Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
33 Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
34 Sep You Are What You Is 93 51 12 22
35 1982 May Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 23 61 65 20 26
31/32/33 Sep Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (re-release of all three volumes as one triple album)
36 1983 Mar The Man from Utopia 153 87 23
37 Baby Snakes 67
38 Jun London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
39 1984 Aug Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
40 Oct Them or Us 53 42 22
41 Nov Thing-Fish
42 Francesco Zappa
43 1985 Apr The Old Masters, Box I
44 Nov Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention 153
45 1986 Jan Does Humor Belong in Music?
46 Nov The Old Masters, Box II
47 Jazz from Hell
28/29 1987 June Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III (re-release of all three acts as one triple album)
48 Sep London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
49 Dec The Old Masters, Box III
50 1988 Apr Guitar 82 40 25
51 May You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
52 Oct You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
53 Broadway the Hard Way
54 1989 Nov You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
55 1991 Apr The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
56 Jun You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
57 Make a Jazz Noise Here
58 1992 Jul You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
59 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
60 Oct Playground Psychotics (with The Mothers of Invention)
61 1993 Mar Ahead of Their Time (with The Mothers of Invention)
62 Oct The Yellow Shark (with Ensemble Modern) 61 30

Posthumous official albums

Released[3] Title Peak chart positions
No. Year Date GER
[6]
SWE
[8]
63 1994 2 December Civilization Phaze III 87
38/48 1995 Apr London Symphony Orchestra, Volumes I & II (re-release of both volumes as one double album)
64 1996 27 February The Lost Episodes 54
65 24 September Läther 50
66 Oct Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
67 1997 May Have I Offended Someone?
68 1998 Sep Mystery Disc
69 1999 Dec Everything Is Healing Nicely
70 2002 Aug FZ:OZ
71 2003 Feb Halloween DVD-Audio Disc
72 2004 May Joe's Corsage (with The Mothers of Invention)
73 Oct Joe's Domage
74 Sep QuAUDIOPHILIAc DVD-Audio Disc
75 2005 Dec Joe's XMASage
76 2006 Jan Imaginary Diseases
77 Dec The MOFO Project/Object (4-CD set) A FZ Audio Documentary
78 The MOFO Project/Object (2-CD set) A FZ Audio Documentary
79 Oct Trance-Fusion
80 2007 Apr Buffalo
81 Aug The Dub Room Special!
82 30 Oct Wazoo
83 2008 Jun One Shot Deal
84 Sep Joe's Menage
85 2009 Jan Lumpy Money Project/Object (3-CD set) A FZ Audio Documentary
86 Dec Philly '76
87 2010 Apr Greasy Love Songs A FZ Audio Documentary
88 Sep Congress Shall Make No Law...
89 Nov Hammersmith Odeon
90 2011 Sep Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
91 31 Oct Carnegie Hall (with The Mothers of Invention)
92 2012 31 Oct Road Tapes, Venue 1 (with The Mothers of Invention)
93 31 Oct Understanding America
94 Dec Finer Moments
95 Dec Baby Snakes: The Complete Soundtrack (Download Only)
96 2013 Oct Road Tapes, Venue 2 (with The Mothers of Invention)
97 Nov A Token of His Extreme (Soundtrack)
98 2014 Jan Joe's Camouflage
99 Mar Roxy by Proxy
100 2015 Jun Dance Me This
101 Nov 200 Motels: The Suites (LA Philharmonic-Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen)
102 31 Oct Roxy The Soundtrack (Roxy The Movie DVD/CD or BD/CD, CD soundtrack not sold separately) 39
103 2016 May Road Tapes, Venue 3 (with The Mothers of Invention)
104 Jul The Crux Of The Biscuit A FZ Audio Documentary
105 Jul Frank Zappa For President
106 Sep ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks
107 Nov Meat Light Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
108 Nov Chicago '78
109 Nov Little Dots
110 2017 31 Oct Halloween 77: The Palladium, NYC [Costume Box Set edition containing a 24-bit WAV audio USB stick of the complete 6 shows: 10.28.77 (2 shows), 10.29.77 (2 shows), 10.30.77, 10.31.77]Шаблон:Refn
110.5
[called
110K]
31 Oct Halloween 77: October 31, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC [3-CD edition]Шаблон:Refn
111 2018 Feb The Roxy Performances[16] (7-CD box set) (all four public shows from December 9–10, 1973 at the Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California) 55
112 2019 Mar Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary (Deluxe edition)[17] (5-CD box set)
113 Aug Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (Deluxe edition)[18] (3-CD box set)
114 31 Oct Halloween 73[19] [4-CD box set featuring over four and a half hours of live material, recorded in Chicago on October 31, 1973]Шаблон:Refn
114.5
[called
114Z]
31 Oct Halloween 73 Highlights[19] [1-CD edition]Шаблон:Refn
115 20 Dec The Hot Rats Sessions[20] (6-CD box set) (A collection of studio session recordings from the Hot Rats album on its 50th anniversary)
116 2020 26 Jun The Mothers 1970[21] (4-CD box set) (a collection of live and studio session recordings from the 1970 Mothers line-up) 30
117 2 October Halloween 81[22] (6-CD box set) (recorded live at The Palladium, NYC, October 31 & November 1, 1981)
117Z 2 October Halloween 81 (Highlights From The Palladium, New York City) [1-CD edition]
118 27 November Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [3-CD / 2-LP / 5-LP editions]
119 2021 18 June Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show [2-CD / 4-LP / 4-LP editions] 9
120 17 December 200 Motels 50th Anniversary [6-CD box set] 87
121 2022 18 March The Mothers 1971 [8-CD box set] 18
122 17 June Zappa/Erie [6-CD box set] 22
123 14 October Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana [2-CD] 61
124 16 December Waka/Wazoo [4-CD box set]
125 2023 3 March Zappa '80 Mudd Club/Munich[23][24] [3-CD box set] 33
125A 31 March Zappa '80 Mudd Club[25][26]

[2-LP]

75
125B Zappa '80 Munich[27][28]

[3-LP]

126 30 June Funky Nothingness [3-CD][29] 15
127 17 November Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Edition [4-CD box set][30]


Beat the Boots series

Released Title
1991 Jul Beat the Boots
1992 Jun Beat the Boots II
2009 Jan Beat the Boots III

Compilation albums

Released Album details Peak chart positions
Year Month US AUS
[31]
GER
[6]
UK
1969 Oct The **** of the Mothers (with The Mothers of Invention)
1970 Jul The Mothers of Invention (with The Mothers of Invention)
1971 Mar Worst of the Mothers (with The Mothers of Invention) 201
1987 Jun The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
1995 Aug Strictly Commercial 63 51 45
1997 May Strictly Genteel
1998 Feb Cucamonga
Apr Cheap Thrills
1999 Apr Son of Cheep Thrills
2006 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 2006
2008 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2008
2010 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010
2011 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011[32]
2014 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014
2020 Dec A Very Zappa Birthday EP

Singles

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak Chart positions Album
US
[33]
US Rock
[33]
CAN
[34]
GER
[35]
SWI
[36]
AUT
[11]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
1966 "How Could I Be Such a Fool?"
b/w "Help I'm a Rock (3rd Movement: It Can't Happen' Here)"
Freak Out!
"Who Are the Brain Police?"
b/w "Trouble Comin' Every Day"
1967 "Big Leg Emma"
b/w "Why Don't You Do Me Right?"
Non-album tracks (both later included on all CD releases of Absolutely Free)
"Son of Suzy Creamcheese"
b/w "Big Leg Emma"
Absolutely Free
"Lonely Little Girl" (single edit)
b/w "Mother People"
"Lonely Little Girl": Non-album version, later included on The Lumpy Money Project/Object / "Mother People": We're Only In It for the Money
1968 "Motherly Love"
b/w "I Ain't Got No Heart"
Freak Out!
"Deseri"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
"Anyway the Wind Blows"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop"
1969 "WPLJ"
b/w "My Guitar" (from Weasels Ripped My Flesh)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
"My Guitar" (Original version)
b/w "Dog Breath" (45-only version w/o lyrics)
Non-album tracks ("My Guitar" later included on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, "Dog Breath" later included on Meat Light)
1970 "Tell Me You Love Me"
b/w "Will You Go All the Way for the U.S.A.?" [sic]
Chunga's Revenge
1971 "Tears Began to Fall" (remix)
b/w "Junier Mintz Boogie" (non-album track)
Fillmore East – June 1971, both tracks later released on The Mothers 1971
"Magic Fingers"
b/w "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy"
200 Motels
"What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning"
b/w "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy"
1972 "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus"
b/w "Eat That Question"
The Grand Wazoo
1973 "I'm the Slime" (single mix with different guitar solo)
b/w "Montana"
Over-Nite Sensation
1974 "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"
b/w "Cosmik Debris"
86 Apostrophe (')
1975 "Du Bist Mein Sofa"
b/w "Stink Foot" (from Apostrophe ('))
One Size Fits All
1976 "Find Her Finer"
b/w "Zoot Allures"
Zoot Allures
"Disco Boy"
b/w "Ms. Pinky"
105
1979 "Dancin' Fool"
b/w "Baby Snakes"
45 Sheik Yerbouti
"Bobby Brown"
b/w "Stick It Out" (from Joe's Garage Acts II & III)
4 5 2 1 1
"Joe's Garage"
b/w "Central Scrutinizer"
4 14 Joe's Garage Act I
"Stick It Out"
b/w "Why Does It Hurt" (from Joe's Garage Act I)
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1980 "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted"
b/w "Ancient Armaments"
103 71 3 Non-album tracks
1981 "Love of My Life"
b/w "For the Young Sophisticate"
Tinsel Town Rebellion
"Harder Than Your Husband"
b/w "Dumb All Over"
You Are What You Is
"You Are What You Is"
b/w "Pink Napkins" (from Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
"Goblin Girl"
b/w "Pink Napkins" (from Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
1982 "Valley Girl"
b/w "You Are What You Is" (from You Are What You Is) With Moon Zappa (daughter).
32 12 18 Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
1983 "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou"
b/w "SEX"
The Man from Utopia
"Cocaine Decisions"
b/w "SEX"
1984 "Baby Take Your Teeth Out"
b/w "Stevie's Spanking"
Them Or Us
"In France"
B-side unknown
"The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"
b/w "Outside Now, Again"
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
1987 "Peaches en Regalia"
b/w "I'm Not Satisfied" and "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up"
Hot Rats
1988 "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
b/w "Watermelon in Easter Hay"
Guitar
"Zomby Woof"
paired with "You Didn't Try to Call Me"
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
1991 "Stairway to Heaven"
paired with "Bolero"
9 The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
Sources:[37][38]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As sideman

Albums by other artists

  • Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970)
  • Plastic Ono Band - Some Time in New York City (1972)
  • BRT Big Band - The BRT Big Band Plays Frank Zappa (1990)
  • Yahonza - Yahozna Plays Zappa (1992)
  • Joel Thome/Orchestra of Our Time - Zappa's Universe—A Celebration of 25 Years of Frank Zappa's Music(1993)
  • Meridian Arts Ensemble - Smart Went Crazy (1993)
  • Harmonia Ensemble - Harmonia Meets Zappa (1994)
  • Jon Poole - What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (1994)
  • Omnibus Wind Ensemble - Music by Frank Zappa (1995)
  • Warren Cuccurullo - Thanks to Frank (1995)
  • Meridian Arts Ensemble - Prime Meridian (1995)
  • Meridian Arts Ensemble - Anxiety of Influence (1996)
  • Muffin Men - Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa (1997)
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band - Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1997)
  • CoCö Anderson - Dischordancies Abundant (1997)
  • Pierre-Jean Gaucher - Zappe Zappa (1998)
  • Meridian Arts Ensemble - Ear Mind I (1998)
  • Ossi Duri - Sta Chitarra Ammazzera 'Tua Madre (1998)
  • The Persuasions - Frankly a Cappella (2000)
  • Ensemble Ambrosius - The Zappa Album (2000)
  • Bohuslän Big Band - Bohuslän Big Band plays Frank Zappa (2000)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - Fric Out ! (2001)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - Have a Bun (2002)
  • Le Concert Impromptu & Bossini - Prophetic Attitude (2002)
  • Ensemble Modern - Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (2003)
  • UMO Jazz Orchestra - UMO plays Frank Zappa feat. Marzi Nyman (2003)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - Tales of Brave Flegmar (2003)
  • LeBocal - Oh No!... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue! (2003)
  • Prząśniczki & Tymon Tymański - Zapparcie, czyli uboczne skutki jedzenia żółtego śniegu (2003)[39]
  • BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra & Zucchini Rocking Teenage Combo - The Purple Cucumber - A Zappa Tribute (2003 and 2008)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - NRO Live (2004)
  • Lemme Take You to the Beach: Surf Instrumental Bands Playing the Music of Zappa (Cordelia, 2005)
  • Colin Towns and the NDR bigband - Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (and Funny Smells) (rent a dog, 2005)[40]
  • Marc Guillermont - Zappostrophe (2005)
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band - Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2006)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - Music for Hungry People (2007)
  • Struber Z'Tett - Struber Z'Tett Plays Zappa Live : Les Noces de Dada (2007)
  • Pierre-Jean Gaucher & Christophe Godin - 2G (2007)
  • Dweezil Zappa - Zappa Plays Zappa (2008)
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band - Eddy Loves Frank (2009)
  • The Norwegian Wind Ensemble - The Brass from Utopia (A Frank Zappa Tribute) (2013)
  • The Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Perfect Strangers (Heiner Goebbels, Frank Zappa) (2014)
  • Stefano Bollani - Sheik Yer Zappa (2014)
  • Quintorigo con Roberto Gatto - Around Zappa (Live at Blue Note Milano) (DVD, 2015)
  • Marco Pacassoni Group - Frank & Ruth (2018)

Sales awards

  • Шаблон:AUS (70,000 sales)[41][42]
    • January 1976: Gold record for "Just Another Band From LA"
    • January 1976: Gold record for "Fillmore East"
  • Шаблон:AUT (50,000 sales)[43]
    • November 1991: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  • Шаблон:CAN (100,000 sales)[44]
    • September 1979: Gold record for "Sheik Yerbouti"
    • November 1979: Gold record for "Joe's Garage"
  • Шаблон:EU (1,000,000 sales)[45]
    • 1991: Gold record for European releases
  • Шаблон:FRA (100,000 sales)[46]
    • December 1979: Gold record for "Sheik Yerbouti"
  • Шаблон:GER (500,000 sales)[47][48]
    • January 1980: Gold record for "Sheik Yerbouti"
    • January 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  • Шаблон:NOR (50,000 sales)[49]
    • January 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  • Шаблон:SWE (50,000 sales)[50]
    • October 1993: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  • Шаблон:SWI (50,000 sales)[51]
    • December 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  • Шаблон:UK (60,000 sales)[52]
    • March 1979: Silver record for "Zoot Allures"
  • Шаблон:USA (1,100,000 sales)[53]
    • April 1976: Gold record for "Apostrophe (')"
    • November 1976: Gold record for "Over-Nite Sensation"
    • June 2006: Gold record for "Does Humor Belong in Music?"
    • February 2015: Gold record for "Baby Snakes"

Notes

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