Ahead Of Their Time
by The Mothers Of Invention
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The Mothers Of Invention bestography
Ahead Of Their Time is ranked 85th best out of 124 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 231 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,728.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Ahead Of Their Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ahead Of Their Time rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1701-1800 | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 94 Music Albums of 1993 | 67/94 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Frank Zappa Chronological Order | 55/60 | - |
| 2024 |  Fischman | Frank Zappa Albums Ranked | 41/82 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2021 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1993... #301-400 | 69/100 | - |
| 2013 |  sheep21 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1993 | 20/25 | 1 |
| 2011 | Haffner | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 35/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6 | |||
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Ahead Of Their Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/26/2025 08:32 |  Tamthebam | 23,215 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2023 08:25 | RVRO | 525 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 22:54 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 07:27 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2021 21:14 | Junomoogmello | 885 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Very possibly the worst CD in my collection, in fact I think the worst 'music' in the whole of my collection. I like a lot of Zappa but this does nothing for me, terrible production.
Romanelli 05/12/2011 23:40 | #21669
This is a decent and unspectacular Mothers show from 1968. A decent listen...don't expect more than that.
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