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Poll Question: Which winner is the winner?
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    Posted: January 15 2009 at 00:17
Ok, the basic idea here was to identify the greatest Zappa album from each decade then to take the winners and pit them against each other in a final mind boggling, mustache twirling battle royal.  This is that battle!  Each poll included both studio and live releases from each Zappa decade: "the 60s", "the 70s", "the 80s", "the 90s (including posthumous)", and "the 2000s (all posthumous)".  Any excuse for more Zappa in the forums, I still say! Hot Rats took "the 60s",  while "the 70s" went to the One Size Fits All, "the 80s" AND "the 90s" went to You Are What You Is and Läther respectively in stunning back to back run off elections, and in the lowest voted poll and run off Imaginary Diseases took our current decade.  This time you will be asked to pass the final judgement.  Hot Rats is clearly the favorite but perhaps a passionate post in support of one of the other candidates will sway the electorate.  Who knows?  I thank all of those who has voted in this little series and perhaps we will meet again soon on another Zappa themed poll, I'm sure it won't take me long to think up something.
 
Results/The Competitors:
"the 60s": Hot Rats (1969)
"the 70s": One Size Fits All (1975)
"the 80s": You Are What You Is (1981)
"the 90s (including posthumous)": Läther (1996)
"the 2000s (all posthumous)": Imaginary Diseases (live)(2006)


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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 00:36
One Size Fits All
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Points: 31413 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 01:01
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Hot rats for me.



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Points: 2720 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 02:44
One Size fits all, although I'm hoping for Läther as a close second.
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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 03:43
Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

Hot rats for me.
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Points: 1049 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 05:41
Lots of Zappa polls , I feel left out since I don't like him its not like I never tried Disapprove


Edited by Yorkie X - January 15 2009 at 05:42
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Tough choice between Hot Rats and One Size Fits All, I've been lately listening a lot to his 70's stuff(especially One Size and Over-Nite), so it's One Size Fits All, TODAY.
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Points: 231 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 07:57

One size fits all. I'm partial to that band line up.


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Points: 95 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 08:29
I say Läther...it is pretty encompassing of Zappa's different sides and has a lot of my favorite Zappa moments.  Greggary Peccary, Ocean is the Ultimate Solution, Titties and Beer Big smile etc...

I know it was originally meant to be one release, but I can't help but think of it as 4 albums in 1, hehe


Edited by DatM - January 15 2009 at 08:29
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Hot Rats is one of the best albums ever.
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