Discografia di Frank Zappa

Discografia di Frank Zappa
	Frank Zappa durante un concerto
Album in studio	39↙
Album dal vivo	63↙
Raccolte	34↙
Singoli	36↙
Colonne sonore	4↙

La discografia di Frank Zappa conta oltre cento album, di cui molti postumi pubblicati dal Zappa Family Trust,^[1] nonché una serie di bootleg autorizzati dallo stesso artista (Beat the Boots). Zappa ha anche pubblicato più di trenta singoli e tre colonne sonore di film da lui diretti. Il primo album del chitarrista è Freak Out! del 1966 mentre l'ultima incisione in studio è Jazz from Hell, uscito nel 1986. L'album di maggior successo commerciale risulta essere Sheik Yerbouti del 1979.^[1]

Album in studio

Con i Mothers of Invention

Solista

1968 - Lumpy Gravy
1969 - Hot Rats
1970 - Chunga's Revenge
1972 - Waka/Jawaka
1972 - The Grand Wazoo
1974 - Apostrophe (')
1976 - Zoot Allures
1978 - Studio Tan
1979 - Sleep Dirt
1979 - Sheik Yerbouti
1979 - Joe's Garage
1981 - You Are What You Is
1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
1983 - The Man from Utopia
1983 - London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1
1984 - Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
1984 - Them or Us
1984 - Thing-Fish
1984 - Francesco Zappa
1985 - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
1986 - Jazz from Hell
1987 - London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2
1994 - Civilization Phaze III
1996 - Läther
1999 - Everything Is Healing Nicely
2015 - Dance Me This
2015 - 200 Motels: The Suites

Con Captain Beefheart

1975 - Bongo Fury

Album dal vivo

1971 - Fillmore East - June 1971 (con i Mothers of Invention)
1972 - Just Another Band from L.A. (con i Mothers of Invention)
1974 - Roxy & Elsewhere
1978 - Zappa in New York
1979 - Orchestral Favorites
1981 - Tinsel Town Rebellion
1981 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1986 - Does Humor Belong in Music?
1988 - Guitar
1988 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
1988 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
1988 - Broadway the Hard Way
1989 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
1991 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
1991 - Make a Jazz Noise Here
1992 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
1992 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
1992 - Playground Psychotics
1992 - Ahead of Their Time (con i Mothers of Invention)
1993 - The Yellow Shark
2002 - FZ:OZ
2003 - Halloween
2006 - Imaginary Diseases
2006 - Trance-Fusion
2007 - Buffalo
2007 - The Dub Room Special
2007 - Wazoo
2008 - One Shot Deal
2008 - Joe's Menage
2008 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle
2009 - Philly '76
2010 - Hammersmith Odeon
2011 - Carnegie Hall (con i Mothers of Invention)
2012 - Road Tapes, Venue #1
2012 - AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes The Compleat Soundtrack
2013 - Road Tapes, Venue 2
2013 - A Token of His Extreme
2014 - Joe's Camouflage
2014 - Roxy By Proxy
2015 - Mudshark Live
2015 - Ahoy There! (Ahoy, Rotterdam/Netherlands, May 24, 1980)
2016 - Road Tapes, Venue 3
2016 - Chicago '78
2016 - Little Dots
2016 - Vancouver Workout
2017 - Halloween 77: The Palladium, NYC
2017 - Halloween 77: October 31, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC
2018 - The Roxy Performances
2018 - Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary
2019 - Halloween '73
2019 - Halloween '73 Highlights
2020 - The Mothers 1970
2020 - Halloween '81
2020 - Halloween '81 (Highlights from The Palladium, New York City)
2021 - Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
2022 - The Mothers 1971
2022 - Zappa/Erie
2022 - ZAPPA '75/Live in Zagreb, Ljubljana

Singoli

1966 - How Could I Be Such a Fool? (con i Mothers of Invention)
1966 - Who Are the Brain Police? (con i Mothers of Invention)
1967 - Lonely Little Girl (con i Mothers of Invention)
1967 - Big Leg Emma (con i Mothers of Invention)
1967 - Son of Suzy Creamcheese (con i Mothers of Invention)
1968 - Motherly Love (con i Mothers of Invention)
1969 - WPLJ (con i Mothers of Invention)
1969 - My Guitar (con i Mothers of Invention)
1970 - Peaches en Regalia
1971 - Tears Began to Fall (con i Mothers of Invention)
1971 - Magic Fingers
1971 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
1972 - Eat that Question (con i Mothers of Invention)
1972 - Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
1973 - I'm the Slime
1974 - Cosmik Debris
1974 - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
1975 - Du Bist Mein Sofa (con i Mothers of Invention)
1976 - Find Her Finer
1976 - Disco Boy
1979 - Dancin' Fool
1979 - Bobby Brown
1979 - Joe's Garage
1980 - Stick It Out
1980 - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
1981 - Love of My Life
1981 - Harder Than Your Husband
1981 - You Are What You Is
1981 - Valley Girl
1983 - The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou
1983 - Cocaine Decisions
1984 - Baby Take Your Teeth Out
1984 - The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
1988 - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
1988 - Zomby Woof
1991 - Stairway to Heaven (Instrumental)

Colonne sonore

1971 - 200 Motels
1983 - Baby Snakes (album dal vivo)
2015 - Roxy - The Soundtrack
2020 - Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Antologie

1969 - The **** of the Mothers (attribuito ai Mothers of Invention)
1969 - Mothermania (con i Mothers of Invention)
1985 - The Old Masters, Box One
1986 - The Old Masters, Box Two
1987 - The Old Masters, Box Three
1991 - Beat the Boots (bootleg autorizzato)
1992 - Beat the Boots II (bootleg autorizzato)
1995 - Strictly Commercial
1996 - The Lost Episodes
1996 - Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
1997 - Have I Offended Someone?
1997 - Strictly Genteel
1998 - Cucamonga
1998 - Cheap Thrills
1998 - Mystery Disc
1998 - Son of Cheep Thrills
2004 - Joe's Corsage
2004 - Joe's Domage
2004 - QuAUDIOPHILIAc
2005 - Joe's Xmasage
2009 - Beat the Boots III (bootleg autorizzato)
2009 - Lumpy Money Project/Object
2010 - Greasy Love Songs Project/Object
2010 - Congress Shall Make No Law...
2010 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010
2011 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011
2011 - Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
2012 - Understanding America
2012 - Finer Moments
2014 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014
2016 - The Crux of the Biscuit Project/Object
2016 - Frank Zappa for President
2016 - ZAPPAtite
2016 - Meat Light (con i Mothers of Invention)
2020 - A Very Zappa Birthday EP
2022 - Waka/Wazoo

Lavori correlati

Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band) (1969) (Zappa produttore)
Permanent Damage (the GTOs) (1969) (Zappa produttore)
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Jean-Luc Ponty) (1970) (Zappa autore delle musiche)
For Real! (Ruben And The Jets) (1973) (Zappa produttore)
Good Singin' Good Playin' (Grand Funk Railroad) (1976) (Zappa produttore)
Touch Me There (L. Shankar) (1979) (Zappa produttore)
Havin' a Bad Day (Dweezil Zappa) (1986) (Zappa co-produttore)

Altri (parziale)

The BRT Big Band Plays Frank Zappa (BRT Big Band) (1990)
Yahozna Plays Zappa (Yahozna) (1992)
Zappa's Universe - A Celebration Of 25 Years Of Frank Zappa's Music (Joel Thorne/Orchestra of Our Time) (1993)
Who Could Imagine? (the Grandmothers) (1994)
Harmonia Meets Zappa (Harmonia Ensemble) (1994)
Music By Frank Zappa (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) (1995)
Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa (Muffin Men) (1997)
Frank You, Thank! - Tributo italiano a Frank Zappa - Vol. 1 (Artisti vari) (1999)
Eating the Astoria, live in London (the Grandmothers) (1994)
Frankly A Cappella (The Persuasions) (2000)
The Zappa Album (Ensemble Ambrosius) (2000)
Bohuslän Big Band plays Frank Zappa (Bohuslän Big Band) (2000)
Frank You, Thank! - Tributo italiano a Frank Zappa - Vol. 2 (Artisti vari) (2002)
Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (Ensemble Modern) (2003)

Note

^ ^a ^b (EN) Top 12 Most Essential Frank Zappa Albums, su liveforlivemusic.com.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Discografia ufficiale di Frank Zappa, su zappa.com. URL consultato il 21 gennaio 2017 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 dicembre 2017).
(EN) Frank Zappa, su Discogs, Zink Media.

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[MEA-1] (EN) Top 12 Most Essential Frank Zappa Albums, su liveforlivemusic.com.

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