Tinseltown Rebellion
by Frank Zappa

Tinseltown Rebellion by Frank Zappa
(Live album)
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 14,343rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 71 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (204th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,938th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,343rd)

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Frank Zappa bestography

Tinseltown Rebellion is ranked 29th best out of 124 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 6,756.

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Tinseltown Rebellion
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Tinseltown Rebellion
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Tinseltown Rebellion track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,343rd | 1980s rank: 1,938th | 1981 rank: 204th

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71/100 (from 71 votes)
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70/100
 
12/05/2025 14:32 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
80/100
 
11/01/2024 12:48 platus  Ratings distribution  5,85274/100
 
75/100
 
10/28/2024 19:49 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,89875/100
 
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07/15/2024 18:35 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,11171/100
 
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06/05/2024 12:21 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,31175/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.5/100, a mean average of 68.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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From 01/15/2017 21:03 | #182826
One of Zappa's most enjoyable live recordings. Similar to the albums, Shiek yer bouti, and, Joe's garage, released around the same time and just as good. Fine record.
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