Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll
by Frank Zappa

Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll by Frank Zappa
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-11-19
Overall rank: 3,839th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (645th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,839th)

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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage [New Vinyl LP]
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ZAPPA • Joe’s Garage Act 1 • 1979 Zappa Label 72 1st Press • W/insert VG+
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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts I II & III [New CD]
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Frank Zappa bestography

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 232 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,779.

Frank Zappa album bestography « Higher ranked (3,781st)
The Grand Wazoo
This album (3,839th)
Joe's Garage Acts ll & lll
Lower ranked (5,086th) »
Roxy & Elsewhere

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  Track ratings 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

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Overall rank: 3,839th | 1970s rank: 645th | 1979 rank: 64th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 93 votes)
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01/20/2026 15:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,91570/100
 
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01/18/2026 01:06 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,33797/100
 
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12/05/2025 14:29 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:48 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
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09/12/2025 00:30 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100

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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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From 07/18/2024 04:51 | #304389
lots of memories
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From 07/13/2014 07:32 | #116605
Omigod! This should be required listening for anyone that loves...ummm..."different." I adore this album.
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