Released: May 26, 1967. Genre: Progressive rock, comedy rock, experimental rock. Label: Verve. Number Of Tracks: 15. An album filled with humor, political satire, and of course, references to sex.

POSTED: 06/30/2010 - 03:10 am

Released: Oct 2, 1975. Genre: Hard Rock, Blues-rock. Label: DiscReet Records. Number Of Tracks: 9. Frank Zappa's "Bongo Fury" gets more into the bluesier side of Zappa.

POSTED: 11/16/2009 - 04:13 am

Released: Feb 9, 1970. Genre: Jazz fusion, experimental rock. Label: Bizarre/Reprise. Number Of Tracks: 9. The album is a Zappa/Mothers album, so of course it's going to be superior that the majority of music out there.

POSTED: 01/10/2011 - 04:03 am

Release Date: 1995. Label: Barking Pumpkin. Genres: Experimental, Computer Music, Modern Composition, Jazz-Rock, Experimental Rock, Comedy Rock. Number Of Tracks: 41. Civilization Phaze III is the last album of new music Frank Zappa completed before his death in December 1993.

POSTED: 07/17/2007 - 12:49 pm

Released: Nov 21, 1984. Genre: Chamber music, electronic. Label: Barking Pumpkin Records. Number Of Tracks: 17. This album is not for close minded people, but, for people who are more or less intrigued by music and experimentation.

POSTED: 01/10/2011 - 02:26 am

Release Date: Jul 1966. Label: Rykodisc. Genres: Experimental Rock, Rock & Roll, Avant-Garde, Doo Wop, Proto-Punk. Number Of Tracks: 15. Freak Out! contains at least the rudiments of almost everything that followed, and few of Zappa's records can match its excitement over its own sense of possibility.

POSTED: 07/25/2006 - 08:12 am

Released: Oct 10, 1969. Genre: Rock. Tones: Visceral, Quirky, Rousing, Freewheeling, Complex, Energetic, Elaborate. Styles: Hard Rock, Fusion, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz-Rock,. Number Of Tracks: 6

POSTED: 01/28/2004 - 06:33 am

Release Date: June 25, 1975 . Label: DiscReet Records. Genres: Jazz fusion, hard rock, progressive rock. Number Of Tracks: 9 . The pinnacle of his jazz-rock work of the early '70s, One Size Fits All boasts some of the most memorable songs of Frank Zappa's career performed by one of the most beloved Mothers of Invention lineups ever assembled.

POSTED: 08/25/2008 - 09:36 am

Released: Sep 7, 1973. Genre: Hard Rock, Comedy Rock. Label: DiscReet Records. Number Of Tracks: 7. This album gives rock a new face, and it's pretty funny.

POSTED: 07/24/2009 - 04:27 am

Released: Sep 10, 1974. Genre: Jazz fusion, progressive rock, hard rock. Label: DiscReet Records. Number Of Tracks: 10. This album is another that would be great for a listener who's new to Zappa's music, it doesn't include anything too strange or out there (in a sexual sense).

POSTED: 06/29/2010 - 03:35 am

Released: Mar 3, 1979. Genre: Comedy Rock, Progressive Rock. Label: Zappa Records. Number Of Tracks: 18. Sheik Yerbouti is a double vinyl album by Frank Zappa featuring material recorded in 1977 and 1978.

POSTED: 12/26/2008 - 03:59 am

Release Date: May 11, 1981. Label: Barking Pumpkin. Genres: Instrumental Rock, Hard Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Album Rock. Number Of Tracks: 7. The CD demonstrates Zappa's mastery of the electric guitar, establishing him as the peer of the other guitar heroes of his generation.

POSTED: 09/15/2007 - 03:35 am

Release Date: Aug 22, 1995. Label: Rykodisc. Genres: Jazz-Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Comedy Rock, Experimental Rock. Number Of Tracks: 19. Zappa's albums often function as individual works, but this disc offers an intelligent selection of songs, serving as an introduction to the maverick musician.

POSTED: 10/27/2005 - 01:24 am

Release Date: Apr 1991. Label: Rykodisc. Genres: Album Rock, Comedy Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Experimental Rock. Number Of Tracks: 28. This two-CD set is the second of three albums of material Frank Zappa compiled from the 1988 tour.

POSTED: 04/09/2007 - 09:57 am

Released: Aug 24, 2007. Genre: Rock. Label: Zappa Records. Number Of Tracks: 11. The overall sound of this album is fantastic, classic Zappa.

POSTED: 06/24/2010 - 05:26 am

Released: 1986. Genre: Rock. Styles: Experimental Rock, Tape Music, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 21. This twofer CD reissue contains two 1968 albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

POSTED: 06/03/2005 - 04:23 am

Released: Aug 10, 1970. Genre: Jazz fusion, Experimental rock, Avant-garde. Label: Bizarre/Reprise. Number Of Tracks: 11. This is definitely one of Zappa's most difficult albums.

POSTED: 01/19/2011 - 02:55 am

Released: Sep 1981. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Comedy Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Jazz-Rock. Number Of Tracks: 20. You Are What You Is was another of Zappa's periodic post-Over-Nite Sensation efforts that concentrated on tight songwriting supported by satirical lyrics.

POSTED: 09/23/2004 - 04:08 am