Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa bestography
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar is ranked 34th best out of 125 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,523.
(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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Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 31 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Frank Zappa: So Far.. | 21/32 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/73 | 3 |
| 2026 | zonrod | Top 49 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/49 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 39/99 | 3 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 19 Music Albums of 1981 | 19/19 | 0 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Frank Zappa Chronological Order | 29/60 | - |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Fischman | Frank Zappa Albums Ranked | 11/82 | - |
| 2024 |  Jameth | Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/20 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/02/2026 16:01 | platus | 5,896 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:32 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2024 04:34 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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rockbluesfolkjaz 05/16/2022 22:47 in What album are you listening to right now?Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar comments
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Showcases the best of Zappa's guitar work in my opinion. The style is fairly full on so I need to be in the right mood to listen to this. To be honest, Zappa was best when he was 'shut up'. So many of his works are spoilt with unnecessary drivel...
sssvnnn 08/13/2013 00:53 | #83830
Shut up your guitar and sing once more!
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