Frank Zappa discography

Frank Zappa discography
Zappa performing in Ekeberghallen, Oslo, on January 16, 1977.
Albums62
Singles39

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 67 posthumous albums as of June 2024, making a total of 129 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 May 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 — 7 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 albums together) — — — — — — —
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 Jun Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III (re-release of all three acts together) — — — — — — —
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 Make a Jazz Noise Here — — — — — — —
57 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 — — — — — — —
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 Month GER
[6] 		SWE
[8]
63 1994 Dec Civilization Phaze III 87 —
38/48 1995 Apr London Symphony Orchestra, Volumes I & II (re-release of both volumes together) — —
64 1996 Feb The Lost Episodes — 54
65 Sep 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 Nov Trance-Fusion — —
78 Dec The MOFO Project/Object (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
79 The MOFO Project/Object (fazedooh) (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
80 2007 Apr Buffalo — —
81 Aug The Dub Room Special! — —
82 Oct Wazoo — —
83 2008 Jun One Shot Deal — —
84 Sep Joe's Menage — —
85 2009 Jan The Lumpy Money Project/Object — —
86 Dec Philly '76 — —
87 2010 Apr Greasy Love Songs (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
88 Sep Congress Shall Make No Law... — —
89 Nov Hammersmith Odeon — —
90 2011 Sep Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison — —
91 Oct Carnegie Hall (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
92 2012 Oct Understanding America — —
93 Nov Road Tapes, Venue 1 (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
94 Dec Finer Moments — —
95 AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack (Download only) — —
96 2013 Oct Road Tapes, Venue 2 (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
97 Nov A Token of His Extreme — —
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 Oct Roxy The Soundtrack (Roxy The Movie DVD/CD or BD/CD, CD not sold separately) 39 —
103 2016 May Road Tapes, Venue 3 (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
104 Jul The Crux Of The Biscuit — —
105 Frank Zappa For President — —
106 Sep ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks — —
107 Nov Meat Light (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
108 Chicago '78 — —
109 Little Dots — —
110 2017 Oct Halloween 77 (Costume Box Set 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)[nb 1] — —
110K Halloween 77: October 31, 1977[nb 2] — —
111 2018 Feb The Roxy Performances[16] 55 —
112 2019 Mar Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Edition[17] — —
113 Aug Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary Edition[18] — —
114 Oct Halloween 73[19][nb 3] — —
114Z Halloween 73 Highlights[19][nb 4] — —
115 Dec The Hot Rats Sessions[20] — —
116 2020 Jun The Mothers 1970 (with The Mothers of Invention)[21] 30 —
117 Oct Halloween 81[22] — —
117Z Halloween 81 Highlights — —
118 Nov Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — —
119 2021 Jun Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show 9 —
120 Dec 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition 87 —
121 2022 Mar The Mothers 1971 (with The Mothers of Invention) 18 —
122 Jun Zappa/Erie 22 —
123 Oct Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana 61 —
124 Dec Waka/Wazoo — —
125 2023 Mar Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich[23][24] 33 —
125A Zappa '80: Mudd Club[25][26] 75 —
125B Zappa '80: Munich[27][28] — —
126 Jun Funky Nothingness[29] 15 —
127 Nov Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Edition[30] (with The Mothers of Invention) — —
128 2024 Jun Whisky a Go Go 1968 (with The Mothers of Invention)[31] 67 —
129 Sep Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition[32] — —

Beat the Boots series

Released Title
1991 Jul Beat the Boots
1992 Jun Beat the Boots II
2009 Jan Beat the Boots III (Download only)

Compilation albums

Released Album details Peak chart positions
Year Month US AUS
[33] 		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 (Download only) — — — —
2008 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2008 (Download only) — — — —
2010 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010 (Download only) — — — —
2011 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011 (Download only)[34] — — — —
2014 Dec The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014 (Download only) — — — —
2020 Dec A Very Zappa Birthday EP (Download only) — — — —

Singles

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Peak Chart positions Album
US
[35] 		US Rock
[35] 		CAN
[36] 		GER
[37] 		SWI
[38] 		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)" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Freak Out!
"Who Are the Brain Police?"
b/w "Trouble Comin' Every Day" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — —
1967 "Big Leg Emma"
b/w "Why Don't You Do Me Right?" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Non-album tracks (both later included on all CD releases of Absolutely Free)
"Son of Suzy Creamcheese"
b/w "Big Leg Emma" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Absolutely Free
"Lonely Little Girl"
b/w "Mother People" (from We're Only In It For The Money) (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Non-album version (later included on The Lumpy Money Project/Object, different version on We're Only In It For The Money)
1968 "Motherly Love"
b/w "I Ain't Got No Heart" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Freak Out!
"Deseri"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention, credited to Ruben & the Jets) 		— — — — — — — — Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
"Anyway the Wind Blows"
b/w "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention, credited to Ruben & the Jets) 		— — — — — — — —
1969 "WPLJ"
b/w "My Guitar" (Non-album track, later included on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5) (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Burnt Weeny Sandwich
"My Guitar"
b/w "Dog Breath" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — 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, later included on The Mothers 1971) (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — Fillmore East – June 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" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — The Grand Wazoo
1973 "I'm the Slime" (single mix with different guitar solo)
b/w "Montana" (both tracks with The Mothers of Invention) 		— — — — — — — — 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 (alternate mix of "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" later included on The Lost Episodes, "Ancient Armaments" later included on Halloween)
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" (with Moon Zappa)
b/w "You Are What You Is" (from You Are What You Is) 		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 "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"
b/w "Outside Now, Again" 		— — — — — — — — Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
"Baby Take Your Teeth Out"
b/w "Stevie's Spanking" 		— — — — — — — — Them Or Us
True Glove 4-track maxi single ("In France" / "Be In My Video" / "He's So Gay" / "Won Ton On") — — — — — — — — Tracks 1 and 2 from Them Or Us, track 3 from Thing-Fish, track 4 non-album version (different version on Thing-Fish)
1987 "Peaches en Regalia"
b/w "I'm Not Satisfied" (from Crusing with Ruben & the Jets) and "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" (from Joe's Garage Act I) 		— — — — — — — — Hot Rats
1988 "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
b/w "Watermelon in Easter Hay" 		— — — — — — — — Guitar
"Zomby Woof"
b/w "You Didn't Try to Call Me" 		— — — — — — — — You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
1991 "Stairway to Heaven"
b/w "Bolero" 		— — — — 9 — — — The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
Sources:[39][40]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Videos

Other appearances

Albums by other artists

  • Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970)
  • 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)[41]
  • BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra & Zucchini Rocking Teenage Combo - The Purple Cucumber - A Zappa Tribute (2003)
  • Nasal Retentive Orchestra - NRO Live (2004)
  • Lemme Take You to the Beach: Surf Instrumental Bands Playing the Music of Zappa (2005)
  • Colin Towns and the NDR bigband - Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (and Funny Smells) (2005)[42]
  • 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)
  • Marco Pacassoni Group - Frank & Ruth (2018)

Videos by other artists

  • Joel Thome/Orchestra of Our Time - Zappa's Universe — A Celebration of 25 Years of Frank Zappa's Music (VHS 1993)
  • Dweezil Zappa - Zappa Plays Zappa (DVD 2007)
  • Quintorigo con Roberto Gatto - Around Zappa (Live at Blue Note Milano) (DVD 2015)

Sales awards

  •  Australia (70,000 sales)[43][44]
    • January 1976: Gold record for Just Another Band From LA
    • January 1976: Gold record for Fillmore East
  •  Austria (50,000 sales)[45]
    • November 1991: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  •  Canada (100,000 sales)[46]
    • September 1979: Gold record for Sheik Yerbouti
    • November 1979: Gold record for Joe's Garage
  •  European Union (1,000,000 sales)[47]
    • 1991: Gold record for European releases
  •  France (100,000 sales)[48]
    • December 1979: Gold record for Sheik Yerbouti
  •  Germany (500,000 sales)[49][50]
    • January 1980: Gold record for Sheik Yerbouti
    • January 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  •  Norway (50,000 sales)[51]
    • January 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  •  Sweden (50,000 sales)[52]
    • October 1993: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  •  Switzerland (50,000 sales)[53]
    • December 1980: Gold record for "Bobby Brown"
  •  United Kingdom (60,000 sales)[54]
    • March 1979: Silver record for Zoot Allures
  •  United States (1,100,000 sales)[55]
    • April 1976: Gold record for Apostrophe (')
    • November 1976: Gold record for Over-Nite Sensation
    • June 2006: Gold record for Does Humor Belong in Music? video
    • February 2015: Gold record for Baby Snakes video

Notes

  1. ^ The package contains: the Frank Zappa 1977 mask and costume, a USB stick containing six concerts in 24-bit WAV audio, and a 32-page PDF digital booklet with extensive liner notes.
  2. ^ The bonus section four tracks on disc three (tracks 8-11) are taken from the 10-30-77 show.
  3. ^ The elaborately designed package set contains both of Zappa's live sets from that day and a further disc of rehearsal tapes; and features a "costume box" that houses the four CDs and a "FRANKenZAPPA" mask and gloves set.
  4. ^ A 16-song compilation featuring selections from the two shows.

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