26 December, 2008

Victoria's top favorite Zappa albums

This isn't possible, but...
Albums most consistently in any general Zappa top five (excluding the first part):

1. Weasels Ripped My Flesh
2. Joe's Garage
3. One Size Fits All
4. Waka/Jawaka
5. Absolutely Free
6. Apostrophe (')
7. Freak Out!
8. We're Only In It For The Money
9. Sleep Dirt (non-vocal version)
10. Lather

Top five 60's:
1. Hot Rats
2. We're Only In It For The Money
3. Burnt Weeny Sandwich
4. Uncle Meat
5. Lumpy Gravy

Top five 70's:
1. Grand Wazoo
2. Roxy and Elsewhere
3. 200 Motels
4. Bongo Fury
5. YCDTOSA #2, before the drum overdubs

Top five 80's:
1. Them or Us
2. YCDTOSA #5 disc 2
3. You Are What You Is
4. Tinseltown Rebellion
5. Make a Jazz Noise Here

Top five overrated but still good:
1. Apostrophe (')
2. Sheik Yerbouti
3. Zoot Allures
4. Over-nite Sensation
5. Zappa in New York

Most fraudulent top five:
1. Old Masters box 1
2. Old Masters box 2
3. Old Masters box 3
4. You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore
5. Lather (original)

Top five post mortem:
1. CPIII
2. Lost Episodes
3. Imaginary Diseases
4. Buffalo
5. Wazoo
6. I'm listening to OSD now... very good.

Top five future/potential releases:
1. Dance Me This/The Rage and the Fury--put em out already!
2. The entire collection of stuff hiding on the Synclavier
3. The Making of Joe's Garage
4. The Hot Rats band--the complete recordings
5. 1967 Garrick Theatre--the complete recordings

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