Burnt Weeny Sandwich
by The Mothers Of Invention

Burnt Weeny Sandwich by The Mothers Of Invention
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-02-09
Overall rank: 5,087th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 178 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (87th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (820th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,087th)

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The Mothers Of Invention bestography

Burnt Weeny Sandwich is ranked 16th best out of 124 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,754.

The Mothers Of Invention album bestography « Higher ranked (5,074th)
Roxy & Elsewhere
This album (5,087th)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Lower ranked (5,602nd) »
Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,087th | 1970s rank: 820th | 1970 rank: 87th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197075/1001
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 197062/1002
2026 DommeDamianTop 34 Music Albums of 197018/343
2026stangetzawayTop 57 Music Albums of 197050/571
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s84/1003
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s24/10015
2026davidhuretTop 43 Music Albums of 197022/433
2026 LeonardTop 97 Music Albums of 197068/972
2026 DommeDamianFeb 26: 401-50070/100 -
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 197046/1003
2026areminderTop 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10086
2026 DommeDamianTop 78 Music Albums of the 1970s69/783
2025mostlymorFrank Zappa Chronological Order8/60 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197055/1002
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 197093/1000
2025theredkrayolaTop 40 Greatest Music Albums33/4017
2025MaxStorm98Top 76 Music Albums of 197057/761
2025 TheDude85Top 70 Music Albums of 197025/703
2025TroutMaskGregTop 33 Music Albums of 19706/334
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197038/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 83
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 273
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 178 votes)
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01/05/2026 08:09 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41470/100
 
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12/05/2025 14:30 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:33 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:46 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
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10/18/2025 21:38 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100

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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 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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From 11/23/2020 01:19 | #261255
A decent outing from the early incarnation of The Mothers. Of their classics, this is one of the more easily digestible, making it a little bit less interesting to listen to. It's still chock-full of some great Zappa moments.
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From 01/14/2019 21:42 | #229676
One of the most horrible album sleeves in all of my collection. The music however makes up for it. A real mix of styles, doo wop, free form jazz, rock with psychedelic tinges, classical interludes and the usual downright bizarre for good measure! 'Little House I Used to Live In' is top!
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From 03/21/2011 23:21 | #19419
This is Zappa and the original Mothers' last album (recorded over the same period of Weasels Ripped My Flesh). This masterpiece is a long instrumental ride through the lands of fantasy that does not attempt a definitive system, but finds instead spontaneity and grace of true genius. The centerpiece of the album is the twenty-two minutes of 'Little House I Used to Live In' featuring some stunning violin playing from Don Sugarcane Harris. 'Burnt Weeny' is a tour de force of four great soloists (Harris, Preston, Underwood, Zappa) and the rhythm section (the dual battery and Tripp Black). This album is a stylistic masterpiece and ranks as one of Zappas's greatest achievements.
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