Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll
by Frank Zappa
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Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll is ranked 14th best out of 124 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 236 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,647.
(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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Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 39/87 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 26 Music Albums of 1979 | 13/26 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 96 Music Albums of 1979 | 48/96 | 3 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 84 |
| 2026 | areminder | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 25 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1979 | 1/14 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 383 | |||
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Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 15:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,563 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 01:06 | Devilwoac | 1,453 | 97/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:29 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminder
neilgee 01/01/2020 17:23 in What album are you listening to right now?Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll comments
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lots of memories (Edited)
Captain_Dude 07/13/2014 07:32 | #116605 | TOP COMMENT
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Omigod! This should be required listening for anyone that loves...ummm..."different." I adore this album. (Edited)
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