Sleep Dirt
by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa bestography
Sleep Dirt is ranked 43rd 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 6,587.
(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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Sleep Dirt track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sleep Dirt 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 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1979 4th chart | 33/73 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 19/41 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Frank Zappa: So Far.. | 13/32 | - |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/34 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 44 Music Albums of 1979 | 43/44 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 17 Music Albums of 1979 | 16/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 65 Music Albums of 1979 | 28/65 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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Sleep Dirt ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,695 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 03:02 | daCritic | 4,639 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 14:42 | FrancK | 535 | 83/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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One of his albums which I enjoy more. More musicality, less vocal dross. (Edited)
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