Them Or Us (studio album) by Frank Zappa

Them Or Us by Frank Zappa
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 11,446th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (167th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,654th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,446th)
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Frank Zappa bestography

Them Or Us is ranked 14th best out of 111 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 220 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,174.

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Studio TanThem Or UsYou Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 - The Helsinki Concert

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Them Or Us track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 49 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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From 06/21/2016 10:48
An enjoyable Zappa album. Some great songs(yes, some nonsense too), especially, the closer you are, and the excellent guitar workouts of, Stevie's spanking(featuring Steve Vai), and the Allman brothers classic, whipping post. Entertaining album.
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