La discografia di Frank Zappa conta oltre cento album, di cui molti postumi pubblicati dal Zappa Family Trust, nonché una serie di bootleg autorizzati dallo stesso artista (Beat the Boots). Zappa ha anche pubblicato più di trenta singoli e tre colonne sonore di film da lui diretti. Il primo album del chitarrista è Freak Out! del 1966 mentre l'ultima incisione in studio è Jazz from Hell, uscito nel 1986. L'album di maggior successo commerciale risulta essere Sheik Yerbouti del 1979.
Album in studio Con i Mothers of Invention 1966 - Freak Out! 1967 - Absolutely Free 1968 - We're Only in It for the Money 1968 - Cruising with Ruben & the Jets 1969 - Uncle Meat 1970 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich 1970 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh 1973 - Over-Nite Sensation 1975 - One Size Fits All
Solista 1968 - Lumpy Gravy 1969 - Hot Rats 1970 - Chunga's Revenge 1972 - Waka/Jawaka 1972 - The Grand Wazoo 1974 - Apostrophe (') 1976 - Zoot Allures 1978 - Studio Tan 1979 - Sleep Dirt 1979 - Sheik Yerbouti 1979 - Joe's Garage 1981 - You Are What You Is 1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 1983 - The Man from Utopia 1983 - London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 1984 - Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger 1984 - Them or Us 1984 - Thing-Fish 1984 - Francesco Zappa 1985 - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention 1986 - Jazz from Hell 1987 - London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 1994 - Civilization Phaze III 1996 - Läther 1999 - Everything Is Healing Nicely 2015 - Dance Me This
Con Captain Beefheart & The Mothers 1975 - Bongo Fury
Album dal vivo 1971 - Fillmore East - June 1971 (con i Mothers of Invention) 1972 - Just Another Band from L.A. (con i Mothers of Invention) 1974 - Roxy & Elsewhere 1978 - Zappa in New York 1979 - Orchestral Favorites 1981 - Tinsel Town Rebellion 1981 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar 1986 - Does Humor Belong in Music? 1988 - Guitar 1988 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 1988 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 1988 - Broadway the Hard Way 1989 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life 1991 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 1991 - Make a Jazz Noise Here 1992 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 1992 - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 1992 - Playground Psychotics (con i Mothers of Invention) 1992 - Ahead of Their Time (con i Mothers of Invention) 1993 - The Yellow Shark 2002 - FZ:OZ 2003 - Halloween 2006 - Imaginary Diseases 2006 - Trance-Fusion 2007 - Buffalo 2007 - The Dub Room Special 2007 - Wazoo 2008 - One Shot Deal 2008 - Joe's Menage 2008 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2009 - Philly '76 2010 - Hammersmith Odeon 2011 - Carnegie Hall (con i Mothers of Invention) 2012 - Road Tapes, Venue #1 2012 - AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes The Compleat Soundtrack 2013 - Road Tapes, Venue 2 2013 - A Token of His Extreme 2014 - Joe's Camouflage 2014 - Roxy By Proxy 2015 - Mudshark Live 2015 - Ahoy There! (Ahoy, Rotterdam/Netherlands, May 24, 1980) 2016 - Road Tapes, Venue 3 2016 - Chicago '78 2016 - Little Dots 2016 - Vancouver Workout 2017 - Halloween 77: The Palladium, NYC 2017 - Halloween 77: October 31, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC 2018 - The Roxy Performances 2018 - Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary 2019 - Halloween 73 2019 - Halloween '73 Highlights 2020 - The Mothers 1970 2020 - Halloween '81 2020 - Halloween 81 (Highlights From The Palladium, New York City) 2021 - Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show 2022 - The Mothers 1971 2022 - Zappa/Erie 2022 - Zappa '75: Live in Zagreb/Ljubljana 2025 - Halloween 78 2025 - Halloween 78 Highlights: Live at the Palladium, New York 2026 - Zappa '66 Vol. 1: Live at TTG Studios
Singoli 1966 - How Could I Be Such a Fool?/Help I'm A Rock (3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here) (con i Mothers of Invention) 1966 - Who Are the Brain Police?/Trouble Comin' Every Day (con i Mothers of Invention) 1967 - Lonely Little Girl/Mother People (con i Mothers of Invention) 1967 - Big Leg Emma/Why Don't You Do Me Right? (con i Mothers of Invention) 1967 - Son of Suzy Creamcheese/Big Leg Emma (con i Mothers of Invention) 1968 - Motherly Love/I Ain't Got No Heart (con i Mothers of Invention) 1968 - Deseri/Jelly Roll Gum Drop (con i Mothers of Invention) 1968 - Anyway the Wind Blows/Jelly Roll Gum Drop (con i Mothers of Invention) 1969 - WPLJ/My Guitar (con i Mothers of Invention) 1969 - My Guitar/Dog Breathe (con i Mothers of Invention) 1970 - Tell Me You Love Me/Will You Go All the Way for the U.S.A.? (con i Mothers of Invention) 1970 - Peaches en Regalia/Little Umbrellas 1971 - Tears Began to Fall/Junier Mintz Boogie (con i Mothers of Invention) 1971 - Magic Fingers/Daddy, Daddy, Daddy 1971 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning/Daddy, Daddy, Daddy 1972 - Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus/Eat that Question (con i Mothers of Invention) 1973 - I'm the Slime/Montana 1974 - Cosmik Debris/Uncle Remus 1974 - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow/Cosmik Debris 1975 - Du Bist Mein Sofa/Stink-Foot (con i Mothers of Invention) 1976 - Find Her Finer/Zoot Allures 1976 - Disco Boy/Ms. Pinky 1979 - Dancin' Fool/Baby Snakes 1979 - Bobby Brown/Baby Snakes 1979 - Joe's Garage/Catholic Girls 1980 - Stick It Out/Why Does It Hurt 1980 - I Don't Wanna Get Drafted/Ancient Armaments 1981 - Love of My Life/For the Young Sophisticate 1981 - Harder Than Your Husband/Dumb All Over 1981 - You Are What You Is/Pink Napkins 1981 - Valley Girl/You Are What You Is 1983 - The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou/SEX 1983 - Cocaine Decisions/SEX 1984 - The Girl in the Magnesium Dress/Outside Now, Again 1984 - Baby Take Your Teeth Out/Stevie's Spanking 1988 - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace/Watermelon in Easter Hay 1988 - Zomby Woof/You Didn't Try to Call Me 1991 - Stairway to Heaven/Bolero (Instrumental)
Colonne sonore 1971 - 200 Motels 1983 - Baby Snakes (album dal vivo) 2015 - Roxy - The Soundtrack 2020 - Zappa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Antologie 1969 - The **** of the Mothers (attribuito ai Mothers of Invention) 1969 - Mothermania (con i Mothers of Invention) 1985 - The Old Masters, Box One 1986 - The Old Masters, Box Two 1987 - The Old Masters, Box Three 1991 - Beat the Boots (bootleg autorizzato) 1992 - Beat the Boots II (bootleg autorizzato) 1995 - Strictly Commercial 1996 - The Lost Episodes 1996 - Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute 1997 - Have I Offended Someone? 1997 - Strictly Genteel 1998 - Cucamonga 1998 - Cheap Thrills 1998 - Mystery Disc 1998 - Son of Cheep Thrills 2004 - Joe's Corsage 2004 - Joe's Domage 2004 - QuAUDIOPHILIAc 2005 - Joe's Xmasage 2009 - Beat the Boots III (bootleg autorizzato) 2009 - Lumpy Money Project/Object 2010 - Greasy Love Songs Project/Object 2010 - Congress Shall Make No Law... 2010 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 2010 2011 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 2011 2011 - Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison 2012 - Understanding America 2012 - Finer Moments 2014 - The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014 2016 - The Crux of the Biscuit Project/Object 2016 - Frank Zappa for President 2016 - ZAPPAtite 2016 - Meat Light (con i Mothers of Invention) 2019 - The Hot Rats Sessions 2020 - A Very Zappa Birthday EP 2022 - Waka/Wazoo
Lavori correlati Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band) (1969) (Zappa produttore) Permanent Damage (the GTOs) (1969) (Zappa produttore) King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Jean-Luc Ponty) (1970) (Zappa autore delle musiche) For Real! (Ruben And The Jets) (1973) (Zappa produttore) Good Singin' Good Playin' (Grand Funk Railroad) (1976) (Zappa produttore) Touch Me There (L. Shankar) (1979) (Zappa produttore) Havin' a Bad Day (Dweezil Zappa) (1986) (Zappa co-produttore)
Altri (parziale) The BRT Big Band Plays Frank Zappa (BRT Big Band) (1990) Yahozna Plays Zappa (Yahozna) (1992) Zappa's Universe - A Celebration Of 25 Years Of Frank Zappa's Music (Joel Thorne/Orchestra of Our Time) (1993) Who Could Imagine? (the Grandmothers) (1994) Harmonia Meets Zappa (Harmonia Ensemble) (1994) Music By Frank Zappa (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) (1995) Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa (Muffin Men) (1997) Frank You, Thank! - Tributo italiano a Frank Zappa - Vol. 1 (Artisti vari) (1999) Eating the Astoria, live in London (the Grandmothers) (1994) Frankly A Cappella (The Persuasions) (2000) The Zappa Album (Ensemble Ambrosius) (2000) Bohuslän Big Band plays Frank Zappa (Bohuslän Big Band) (2000) Frank You, Thank! - Tributo italiano a Frank Zappa - Vol. 2 (Artisti vari) (2002) Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (Ensemble Modern) (2003) 200 Motels: The Suites (Los Angeles Master Chorale) (2015)
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Zappa, Frank