Waka/Jawaka
by Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa bestography
Waka/Jawaka is ranked 21st best out of 123 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,926.
(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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Waka/Jawaka track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 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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| ! | 01/02/2026 20:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 6,454 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:30 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:48 |  EyeKanFly | 8,233 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2025 01:16 | brent13 | 1,679 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2025 20:31 | thepardunk | 2,553 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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teague 01/22/2021 22:09 | #264883
The supposed 2nd part of Hot Rats. There's not a whole lot connecting the two though, besides them both being great, classic Zappa.
This and The Grand Wazzoo are my favourite Zappa albums. I absolutely love the free form fusion jazz on the opening and final tracks. The middle two tracks are quite different but they blend in as a whole, not that 'blending in' was a pre-requisite for Zappa!
NickVolos 10/02/2013 08:52 | #87437
Waka/Jawaka, also known as Hot Rats II, is a complex musically Jazz-Rock album by one of Rock's greatest musical geniuses. Yet, it is a-must-hear for Zappa fans, especially those that like the first edition (Hot Rats).
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