Orchestral Favorites
by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa bestography
Orchestral Favorites is ranked 78th best out of 124 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,670.
(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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Orchestral Favorites track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Orchestral Favorites rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 25/34 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 52/87 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Frank Zappa: So Far.. | 29/32 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 33/41 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Frank Zappa Chronological Order | 26/60 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1979 | 38/57 | - |
| 2024 |  Fischman | Frank Zappa Albums Ranked | 63/82 | - |
| 2023 | TroutMaskGreg | Great Googly-Moogly - My Zappa Rankings | 28/44 | - |
| 2020 |  kadupheming | Top 33 Music Albums of 1979 | 33/33 | 0 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2018 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: FRANK ZAPPA | 38/39 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
Orchestral Favorites collection
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Orchestral Favorites ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 27 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/21/2026 00:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2025 19:44 | mostlymor | 6,986 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2024 00:23 | AAL2014 | 4,188 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2023 08:24 | RVRO | 525 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2022 13:48 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,810 | 69/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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