/r/Zappa - Dedicated to anything and everything related to composer and musician Frank Zappa (fl. 1940-1993)
Personally I would choose Hot Rats, It would be amazing to hear Peaches En Regalia and Son Of Mr. Green Genes for the first time again.
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The Grand Wazoo
One size fits all
I'll never forget thinking the opening melody was kinda lame before having my mind blown to pieces.
Such an amazing album.
I friend of mine was playing this album on his 8-track (yeah, I'm an old fart) on the way to school one morning and Dirty Love comes on, and everything stopped once I heard that opening guitar wail. Talked my friend into skipping our morning classes so I could listen to the whole album again.
Ahhh, that's awesome. I own most of Zappa 8 tracks
I had the pleasure of seeing Frank in Ft. Collins, CO during the tour when he was collecting women's underwear for his quilt. It was a very interesting show!
for real, listening to po jama people was mind blowing for me, i remember that moment very good
Joe's Garage
This ⬆️⬆️
My entry to the catalogue and still dear to me
Couldn't agree more!
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Good choice!
It made my ear drums bleed, and brain scream for mercy.
You Are What You Is.
It's still one of my favourites many years on.
It is very very good
Came here for this. I was blown away by this album. It's the only thing I listened to for a month or two when I first heard it.
Hot Rats, definitely. It was perfect, unique, a whole world opening up. As it turned out, history was full of diversions and alternate journeys - but the vision of Hot Rats was an unforgettable new landscape.
Burnt Weeny Sandwich the albums were dropping fast and this one got a little lost in the shuffle. Very tasteful and no dirty words
Bongo Fury, for sure. I wish Don and Frank recorded more.
Prolly waka jawaka
I can't really decide, all of Frank Zappa's albums are great, i wish i could listen to them all for the first time again.
But two specific albums will be:
One Size Fits All: Inca Roads was amazing, and also one of my most favourite song "Sofa No.2"
Joe's Garage: I love concept albums a lot, and "Joe's Garage" became my most favourite,
Weasels
Edit: the real answer however is “all of em”
When I was around 17 years old my parents were gone for the day and I went out back and smoked a bowl of weed for maybe the third time in my life, went inside and listened to Lumpy Gravy on my cd pkayer in the living room and "got it." Realizing the genius of Zappa's compositions and laughing at the absurdity of it all was such a fun, informative, and innocent experience I wish I could do it over again.
I wish I could have the memory of listening to them all in order of release - my first three were something like Stage#2, Best Band and the Stage sampler, which obviously coloured my listening of the original versions of all of those songs.
Joes Garage OR Filmore East 71
Joe's Garage or Hot Rats
Thing Fish
Wow! Great choice but really surprising! This is why I like these chains! I would never have guessed anyone would pick this. I can’t imagine if this were the first album of his that I heard! My mind is twitching!
Overnight sensation. I bought it only knowing of Zappa but knowing nothing of his music. I was totally stunned to find out music like that actually existed.
Apostrophe(')
Waka/Jawa, the pedal steel on One-Shot in partickoulahr
We're Only In It For The Money.
technically a EP but Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Burning Witch
Crazy! I rank this low, but still really like it. Now I will listen to it differently! Thanks!!
Roxy & Elsewhere. The playing is out of this world. Bonus points for Cheepnis because I love cheap old sci fi movies.
Zappa in New York, Joe's Garage as well
Sheik Yerbouti
I was 17 and had heard about Zappa but never heard anything by him. We’re Only in it for the Money was just released. I was in a record store and they were playing it. I didn’t know who I was hearing, but I felt like I was in a new world. I just stood there and listened and finally got up enough nerve (I was painfully shy) who was playing. They told me the Mothers and handed me the sleeve. My life changed and I still get chills thinking about that day! I’m 71 now and never get tired of anything Zappa created! We are so lucky to have had him in our lives and lucky still to have such a large body of works!
Roxy and Elsewhere
The bootleg copy of the version of Läther that FZ played on the radio way back when. I can't remember why, but I parted ways while those LPs years ago. Admittedly, the fidelity was poor, maybe that's why? Dunno. I have the "official" digital reassembly (which is glorious!), but it sure doesn't synch up with my dim and distant memories of the bootleg.
Sheik Yurbouti
Freak Out. It was my introduction and it’s such a wonderful record. My friends and I would have bonfires in the woods, drink beers, smoke weed, and blast FZ on our boom boxes with 8 D batteries screaming every lyric at the top of our lungs.
Chunga’s Revenge / Over Nite Sensation / Roxy & Elsewhere can’t choose between them.
“Fillmore East – June 1971”