You Are What You Is (studio album) by Frank Zappa
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You Are What You Is is ranked 8th best out of 123 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 231 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,075.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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60/100  | 08/30/2025 04:25 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
90/100 | 02/20/2025 06:47 | al66 | | 81/100 |
75/100 | 04/19/2024 03:23 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 03/29/2024 20:08 |  ExTeaSea | | 83/100 |
20/100 | 03/08/2024 15:42 | Philly28 | | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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Truly awful
Knowing Zappa's strange sense of humour, I expected 'Teenage Wind' to be about gas, not freedom so was pleased to realise this! 'Harder than your Husband', mmm, this wasn't about what I thought it might be either...
A very varied album from the fun of 'Goblin Girl' to the instrumental work out of 'Sinister Footwear' which showcase some great guitar noodling. 'Beauty Knows no Pain' is a personal favourite, mainly for the vocals.
The albums which I mainly rate more highly are the Waka Jawaka type free form jazz offerings.
My favourite of the 'latter'day Frank Zappa recordings. Some wonderful stuff on here, especially, harder than your husband, Doreen, and, Charlie's enormous mouth, all great. I've always loved this album, still do.
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