Album Genre: Experimental

Does Humor Belong in Music? is a live album by Frank Zappa. The only authorized (by Zappa) EMI CD, It features concert recordings from October–December 1984. It was the first album by Zappa to be released on CD only (although it was bootlegged on vinyl for listeners who did not own CD players). In 1995, … Read more

You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 is a double disc live album by Frank Zappa, spanning from December 10, 1971 to December 23, 1984. It was released in 1989. “Sharleena” had been previously issued as a flexi disc in Guitar Player magazine. All the songs on disc one are by the 1984 … Read more

Jazz from Hell is a Grammy Award–winning instrumental album from Frank Zappa. It was released in 1986 by Barking Pumpkin Records (vinyl) and by Rykodisc (CD). All compositions were executed by Frank Zappa on the Synclavier DMS with the exception of “St. Etienne”, a guitar solo excerpted from a live performance of “Drowning Witch” from … Read more

Broadway the Hard Way is a live album by American musician Frank Zappa recorded at various performances along his 1988 world tour. It was first released as a 9-track vinyl album through Zappa’s label Barking Pumpkin Records in October 1988, and subsequently as a 17-track CD through Rykodisc in 1989.

Them or Us is an album by Frank Zappa, released in October 1984. Its opening and closing tracks are covers: “The Closer You Are”, which was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and “Whippin’ Post”, originally recorded by The Allman Brothers Band.

Killing Joke is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released in October 1980 by E.G. via Polydor Records. It debuted at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart on 25 October 1980 and later peaked at number 39. Singer and keyboardist Jaz Coleman met drummer Paul Ferguson in late 1978. In … Read more

You Are What You Is is a double album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a two-record set in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD.

Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger is a 1984 album featuring the music of Frank Zappa, conducted, in part, by Pierre Boulez. It is also known as, simply, The Perfect Stranger. It was issued on vinyl in 1984 and on CD in 1985 by Angel, and then in remixed and resequenced form on CD by … Read more