Tinseltown Rebellion released 11/5/1981
A playful intermingling of brand new compositions and FZ classics, almost unoverdubbed live recordings.

Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar released as 3 separate titles on may 1981
The rosetta stone for all axe players interested in Zappa's guitar playing.

You are what you Is released on september 1981
A decathlon of guitar-dominated playing and a variety of dubious human behavior.

Ship Arriving too late to save a drowning witch released may 1985
A strange album that features Fz's second grammy nomination for Valley Girl. His highest charting single ever.

The Man from Utopia released on march 1983
An album about a girl called Mary Lou and a stray pair of albuquerque, NM panties.

Baby Snakes released 1983
The soundtrack to Fz's second feature film features 7 crowd pleasing songs

The london Symphony orchestra 1&2 released 1983&1987
Classical Zappa The london Symphony Orchestra play some of Zappa's classical compositions.

Boulez Conducts Zappa the perfect stranger released 1983
Another classical albums 3 songs performed by Boulez's Ensemble Contemporain and 4 songs performed on the synclavier by Zappa.

Them Or Us released 18/10/1984
Stunning and precise guitar endowed lyrically encrusted amusement & thunder.

Thing Fish released 21/11/1984
Fz's Night At the opera eerie and uproarious.

Francesco Zappa released 1984
Synclavier generated string trios based upon 200 year old manuscripts from a very nearly forgotten 18th century composer with a familiar name.