The Grand Wazoo (studio album) by The Mothers
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The Grand Wazoo is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by The Mothers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Mothers is Over-Nite Sensation which is ranked number 2151 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 763.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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50/100  | 02/11/2024 07:17 | stevengnz | | 74/100 |
75/100 | 01/22/2024 16:43 | rafaelcalazans | | 53/100 |
80/100 | 01/12/2024 02:07 | idiotican | | 71/100 |
80/100 | 12/18/2023 00:24 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 75/100 |
5/100 | 08/08/2023 00:24 | sodazoda | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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OldToad 01/16/2021 03:14
Along with Waka/Jawaka, this was made when Zappa was in a wheelchair, severely injured after being pushed by a lunatic into the orchestra pit in London. To me, this is the MUCH better of the two albums. Waka/Jawaka sounds like he was trying to force himself all the way into "jazz," which he never was; the long instrumental pieces there are bland and inauthentic to my ears. This on the other hand is top shelf Zappa.
Sandrof1969 02/15/2018 18:59
In anni in cui gli onanisti progressive tentavano improbabili nuove strade musicali, lui le trova, miscelando rock, funk, jazz con un suono assolutamente figlio del suo tempo e pure invecchiato bene.
This and Waka Jawaka are my favourite Frank Zappa albums. I love the free form fusion jazz when I am in the right mood for it. I prefer Zappa's instrumental stuff although I have most of his albums. Depending on my mood, I enjoy most of his stuff, even the outright bizarre.
Musically amazing, another zany masterpiece from a master.
One of the best Zappa albums! My personal number 4. And one of the the best jazz albums ever. Completely underrated. While Zappa invented Jazz-Rock with Hot Rats, he drove it to perfection with this album
Only 1 chart and 4 points! Such a Shame. Eat that result...
The best Zappa album of the Waka/Jawaka and Hot Rats period, Grand Wazoo is also one of the most underrated within his extensive canon. Although the playing is possibly not as strident or experimental as say the jazz of 'Weasels', it does not enter the realms of kitsch as is the case with the overrated Hot Rats.
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