Frank Zappa

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Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - December 4, 1993, Los Angeles, California) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concr??te works. He also directed feature-length films, music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

Zappa was a highly productive and prolific artist and he gained wide-spread critical acclaim. Many of his albums are considered essential in rock history, and he is regarded as one of the most original guitarists and composers of his time; he remains a major influence on musicians and composers. He had some commercial success, particularly in Europe, and was for most of his career able to work as an independent artist. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

Discography

Average album rating 1966 Freak out!  
Average album rating 1967 Absolutely Free  
Average album rating 1967 Lumpy Gravy  
Average album rating 1968 We're Only in It for the Money  
Average album rating 1968 Cruising With Ruben and the Jets  
Average album rating 1969 Uncle Meat  
Average album rating 1969 Hot Rats  
Average album rating 1970 Burnt Weeny Sandwich  
Average album rating 1970 Weasels Ripped My Flesh  
Average album rating 1970 Chunga's Revenge  
Average album rating 1971 Fillmore East: June 1971  Live
Average album rating 1971 200 Motels  Soundtrack
Average album rating 1972 Just Another Band From LA  Live
Average album rating 1972 Waka/Jawaka: Hot Rats  
Average album rating 1973 The Grand Wazoo  
Average album rating 1973 Over-Nite Sensation  
Average album rating 1974 Apostrophe  
Average album rating 1974 Roxy & Elsewhere  Live
Average album rating 1975 One Size Fits All  
Average album rating 1975 Bongo Fury  Live
Average album rating 1976 Zoot Allures  
Average album rating 1977 Zappa in New York  Live
Average album rating 1978 Studio Tan  
Average album rating 1979 Sleep Dirt  
Average album rating 1979 Sheik Yerbouti  
Average album rating 1979 Orchestral Favorites  
Average album rating 1979 Joe's Garage: Act 1  
Average album rating 1979 Joe's Garage: Acts 2 & 3  
Average album rating 1981 Shut up 'n Play Yer Guitar  
Average album rating 1981 Tinsel Town Rebellion  Live
Average album rating 1981 You Are What You Is  
Average album rating 1982 Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch  
Average album rating 1983 The Man From Utopia  
Average album rating 1983 London Symphony Orchestra  
Average album rating 1984 Them or Us  
Average album rating 1984 Thing-Fish  
Average album rating 1985 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention  
Average album rating 1986 Jazz From Hell  
Average album rating 1988 Guitar  
Average album rating 1988 Broadway the Hard Way  Live

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