Apostrophe (')
by Frank Zappa
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Apostrophe (') is ranked 4th best out of 123 albums by Frank Zappa on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Frank Zappa is Hot Rats which is ranked number 231 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,909.
(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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Apostrophe (') track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/22/2026 22:23 | alexandermause | 1,555 | 86/100 | |
| 02/07/2026 10:21 | Robert_fripp | 112 | 85/100 | |
| 01/24/2026 18:01 | Bluedog | 165 | 73/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 14:27 | byuzak | 3,238 | 79/100 | |
| 12/28/2025 23:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,745 | 70/100 |
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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 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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This album is full of some phenomenal instrumental performances that create some truly unique and great songs. An example of this is on Cosmik Debris where at around the 2 minute mark we are treated to a brilliant guitar solo which always puts me into awe. There are several more moments like this and not just on guitar as well which are scattered all across the music. Instrumentally, it is extremely diverse and all of them are used very effectively. Zappa definitely tried to make this record a bit more accessible to mainstream audiences and it works very well in my opinion. The sound is so infectious and his musical timing is perfect. He also maintains his little nuances of abstractness and his crazy lyrics that make him the unique artist he is. All of this combines to create an album that could only be crafted by Zappa. There are a couple weak points on this album in my opinion and they mainly come from the shorter tracks. They feel a little slow to me and like their only purpose is to build up to the next song, except for Uncle Remus which is great. Overall, he has better albums but this one is very enjoyable and has some genius tracks which always draw me back time and time again.
A little more accessible than some of his works. It is a shame a lot (most) of his work is overshadowed by crudity, innuendo and utter tosh. No, I am not a prude, just a lover of really good music and thankfully there is some really good music on this album.
VictorVale 04/26/2019 14:57 | #235519
Experimental, debochado e, de sua forma, hilário!
best Zappa record
Boltzmann 09/16/2018 11:52 | #221152
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Decided it was my favorite Zappa album a long time ago. Hasn't changed
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.
AAL2014 09/29/2015 05:40 | #150674
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.
His most commercial album, but that doesn't mean it's not good. Never boring.
Yet another solid record by this genius.
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