Apostrophe (')
by Frank Zappa

Album
Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-03-22
Overall rank: 1,216th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 462 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (22nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (241st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,216th)

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Frank Zappa bestography

Apostrophe (') is ranked 4th best out of 125 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 6,570.

Frank Zappa album bestography « Higher ranked (675th)
We're Only In It For The Money This album (1,216th)
Apostrophe (') Lower ranked (1,540th) »
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Apostrophe (') track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Average Rating: 85 (112 votes)Comments: View 1
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Nanook Rubs It
Average Rating: 85 (99 votes)Comments: View 1
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St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Average Rating: 82 (84 votes)Comments: View 1
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Father O'Blivion
Average Rating: 83 (77 votes)Comments: View 1
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Cosmik Debris
Average Rating: 86 (105 votes)Comments: View 1
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Excentrifugal Forz
Average Rating: 78 (74 votes)Comments: View 1
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Apostrophe'
Average Rating: 86 (99 votes)Comments: View 1
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Uncle Remus
Average Rating: 85 (95 votes)Comments: View 3
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Stink-Foot
Average Rating: 82 (79 votes)Comments: View 1

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Apostrophe (') rankings

Apostrophe (') rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,216th | 1970s rank: 241st | 1974 rank: 22nd  Overall chart history
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Apostrophe (') ratings

Average Rating: 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.1/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.


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Apostrophe (') forum mentions

This album has been referenced 93 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5405): By AAL2014
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From 09/29/2015 05:40 | #150674 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album never bores me. It may be his most commercial, but it is still very musical and comical. There are a handful of people who could write a line like "He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye," and make it groove. And Zappa made it groove indeed.
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From 06/21/2016 13:08 | #169344 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the most consistent Frank Zappa albums of the seventies(along with, bongo fury, and, zoot allures). Still sounds like nothing and no one else. Great googly woogly.
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From 10/18/2013 18:20 | #88747 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
His most commercial album, but that doesn't mean it's not good. Never boring.
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From 06/05/2010 22:56 | #12608 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
his brother Paul taught at the music school that I attended years ago. I never had him for a class but heard that he was a great teacher and had many frank stories.
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From 06/05/2010 15:30 | #12604 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my favorite albums. I think I have a man crush on this guy.
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1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
5. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
6. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
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8. Diamond Dogs by David Bowie
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