Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
by Zappa
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch is ranked 36th best out of 124 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 238 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,578.
(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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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 62/82 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 34/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 22 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/22 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Frank Zappa: So Far.. | 26/32 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 37/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1982 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Top 39 Music Albums of 1982 | 26/39 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1982 Listening Project (Part 1) | 97/100 | - |
| 2025 | Foxforce5 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1982 | 15/16 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 65 | |||
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/11/2026 01:07 | AAL2014 | 4,309 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 23:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2024 05:16 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2012 20:11 | #51794
Amazing album cover. So clever in it's simplicity. (Edited)
This is the second FZ album I bought after Hot Rats. Valley Girl is a real fun track, 'Gag me with a Spoon'...
Not the greatest Frank Zappa album, but it does include, valley girl, a classic track. Worth it for that alone.
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