Studio Tan
by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa bestography
Studio Tan is ranked 35th best out of 125 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 239 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,562.
(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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Studio Tan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Studio Tan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 63 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/63 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Frank Zappa: So Far.. | 28/32 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Frank Zappa Chronological Order | 23/60 | - |
| 2024 | Fischman | Frank Zappa Albums Ranked | 24/82 | - |
| 2024 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 23 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Jameth | Top 23 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/23 | 3 |
| 2023 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Frank Zappa | 27/28 | - |
| 2023 | TroutMaskGreg | Great Googly-Moogly - My Zappa Rankings | 23/44 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 70 | |||
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Studio Tan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 10:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,127 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2025 06:46 | mostlymor | 7,034 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2025 11:19 | platus | 5,938 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Studio Tan forum mentions
neilgee 09/13/2019 18:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Studio Tan comments
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Interesting jazz & prog album, with crazy cartoon music influences (Edited)
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