The Mothers Of Invention 
Variations: Frank Zappa*, Frank Zappa And The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention, The Mothers Of Invention, The Mothers, Zappa, Zappa / Mothers.
The best album credited to The Mothers Of Invention is Freak Out! which is ranked number 507 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 3,403.
The Mothers Of Invention is ranked number 229 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 8,662.
The Mothers Of Invention official website: http://www.zappa.com
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| 11/23/2025 19:15 |  TimBroad04 | 28 | 73/100 | |
| 11/16/2025 18:51 | pago82 | 1,378 | 67/100 | |
| 05/26/2025 21:38 |  Tamthebam | 875 | 73/100 | |
| 04/29/2024 02:17 |  sssvnnn | 509 | 75/100 | |
| 03/09/2024 15:51 | poblo | 62 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.2.
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Jasonconfused 11/16/2012 23:36 | #55215
What a strange band! This did the psychedelic music best. I will argue that with anyone. They did it for the best reasons to. Frank Zappa is a musical genius. He left us too early and he could have provided us with so many more masterpieces. He has more than 90 albums to his name and Freak Out is probably the best!
Frank Zappa's very best band ever. It's a shame it ended like this.
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