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Poll Question: What's your favorite album on this list?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
1 [1.85%]
4 [7.41%]
9 [16.67%]
6 [11.11%]
3 [5.56%]
12 [22.22%]
2 [3.70%]
0 [0.00%]
4 [7.41%]
10 [18.52%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [5.56%]
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Big smileJoe.s Garage!!!!
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Sleep Dirt - awesome acoustic solo
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I'll go with Sheik Yerbouti, although I think that the Lather box set (In New York, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt and Orchestral Favourites the way Zappa originally wanted them issued) is the best of his 70s work - unfortunately it wasn't issued in that form until the 90s.
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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Whatever wins this I will buy.
 
What do you have by him?

Joes Garage
Roxy and Elsewhere
Hot rats


and I've heard

Sheik yerbouti...actually I have this on tape
Witch drowning........
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Between the Lather albums for me... I'll go with Sleep Dirt though.
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Originally posted by himtroy himtroy wrote:

I went with Grand Wazoo, but was feeling close on many others.  Studio Tan is getting wrecked unfortunately, what a great album.  The first track is some of the craziest Zappa I've ever heard.
 
Studio Tan has one of Zappa's finest moments ever: RDNZL. Unfortunately the rest I can't appreciate, well with the exception of 'Let Me Take You to the Beach'.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Whatever wins this I will buy.
 
What do you have by him?
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Whatever wins this I will buy.
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I went with Grand Wazoo, but was feeling close on many others.  Studio Tan is getting wrecked unfortunately, what a great album.  The first track is some of the craziest Zappa I've ever heard.
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Like nearly every one else has said, these are the master years, making it extremely hard to choose.  200 Motels is definitely at the bottom, and Orchestral doesn't jazz me Wink.
In the last year I've probably been listening to Waka and Wazoo the most often, but I had to go with the uberwurk. One Size indeed Fits All.
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This is my favorite Zappa era. Different titles appeal to me strongly in different moods....well, except for 200 Motels. No vote!
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Can't vote, can't choose between Overnite and One size 
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I went for Jawaka, but I think I should have gone for Sleep Dirt that doesn't have a vote yet.
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Looking like one size is going to fit most. LOL

No wait, actually if you add all the other votes together...
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I guess I'll go with Waka/Jawaka.. but damn this poll is so difficult
I almost vote for Sleep Dirt, one of my personal favorites... I think Sleep Dirt is the least Zappa-esque album from the list, but i totally love it.
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

As always, voted for One Size.  FZ was on an absolute roll with Overnite/Apostrophe/One Size/Roxy.  Name any band that has a better consecutive foursome (not saying there aren't equivalents, but not better!). 


No argument here. 
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As always, voted for One Size.  FZ was on an absolute roll with Overnite/Apostrophe/One Size/Roxy.  Name any band that has a better consecutive foursome (not saying there aren't equivalents, but not better!). 

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Originally posted by Ronnie Pilgrim Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:

Originally posted by CinemaZebra CinemaZebra wrote:

I'm weird, I really love Zoot Allures.

You're not alone. "Black Napkins" is brilliant.
 
And so is the title track!
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Originally posted by CinemaZebra CinemaZebra wrote:

I'm weird, I really love Zoot Allures.

You're not alone. "Black Napkins" is brilliant.
But One Size Fits All just might be my fav.
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The Grand Wazoo but I'm a big Hot Rats fan so that's no surprise.
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