Guitar (live album)
by Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa bestography
Guitar is ranked 46th best out of 123 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 230 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,005.
(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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Guitar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Guitar rankings
All 14 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Frank Zappa Chronological Order | 44/60 | - |
| 2025 |  ExTeaSea | Top 64 Music Albums of 1988 | 36/64 | 2 |
| 2024 | Fischman | Frank Zappa Albums Ranked | 29/82 | - |
| 2024 | ExTeaSea | Jazz: Favs alphabetical by artists | 54/54 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Guitar Heroes (?) | 71/97 | - |
| 2023 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Frank Zappa | 16/28 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1988 | 41/51 | 1 |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: FRANK ZAPPA | 31/39 | - |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1988 | 9/33 | 4 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2015 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2015 | vancevisuals | Best Live Albums | 61/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 35 | |||
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Guitar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 07/08/2023 10:14 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
60/100 | 06/08/2023 00:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 74/100 |
55/100 | 02/19/2023 08:21 | RVRO | | 69/100 |
80/100 | 06/05/2022 20:44 | ExTeaSea | | 83/100 |
60/100 | 11/14/2021 07:25 |  phantom1305 | | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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I am really surprised that this one is so far down in the FZ rankings. If you like FZ guitar moments then this is definitely a must buy. There are whole variety of styles from speed metal type lead soloing to jazz fusion noodling.To listen to the whole album back to back can be a bit OTT as it is a double and after a while the noodling can wear a bit thin, even if you are a fellow guitarist.
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