1. Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

This is, in my mind, the yardstick by which rock and roll should be measured. There are good bands out there with greatest hits albums that aren't as solid as Appetite.


2. Alice in Chains - Dirt

Nirvana and Pearl Jam were/are (were?) great bands and justifiably received tons of attention and praise...Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone did some great stuff, too...but none of them EVER made a complete album that could stand up to this--but the music world barely noticed! (especially you, Pearl Jam. Jesus...what a great example of how NOT to make a complete album, with a handful of killer tracks and a bunch of bullshit to fill it out)



3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Not to discredit their great earlier work or the fleeting moments of brilliance they've shown since, but this was definitely the high water mark. Every song on the album is great or better, and nothing else I can think of sounds like it. They show some range, but mostly do the things they do best with the pedal to the metal the entire time.

4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Every tune on it is killer, and it all but defined a genre. As the saying goes, if you look up "heavy metal" in the dictionary, there's a picture of this album.

5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of the Moon

Helped introduce us to the concept album, put Pink Floyd on the map big time, made strides in production techniques (picked up where the Beatles left off after they quit touring and got trippy), and does some freaky shit when you play it simultaneously with the Wizard of Oz.




honorable mentions: Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers...and list to be continued

6/9/2007 11:18:57 PM

hah

6/9/2007 11:26:23 PM

There are a couple Zeppelin albums that come to mind...Houses of the Holy in particular.

6/9/2007 11:26:49 PM

i'd say I and II and IV are up there too. hah

6/9/2007 11:38:58 PM

6/9/2007 11:39:41 PM

i see what you did there

6/9/2007 11:41:54 PM

come on let's get some less well known albums that aren't hyped by radio

such as tool-aenima, my personal favorite collection of music

6/9/2007 11:51:07 PM

they've been lplaying leper messiah CONSTANTLY on my sirius radio altely. staying power.

6/9/2007 11:51:12 PM

Quote :

"come on let's get some less well known albums that aren't hyped by radio such as tool-aenima, my personal favorite collection of music"

I think I just laughed so hard that I died.

6/9/2007 11:52:07 PM

i pooped my pants

6/9/2007 11:52:48 PM

tool - aenema. is that some sort of indy legend. ive never heard of this...tool

6/9/2007 11:53:33 PM

They're pretty underground, d00d. You probably haven't heard of them yet.

6/9/2007 11:56:30 PM

I don't listen to anything that's not Nickelback

6/9/2007 11:58:18 PM

RHGHGHLOOK AT DIS PHOWWWTOGREPHH

6/10/2007 12:03:35 AM

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6/10/2007 12:30:07 AM

You motherfuckers know the answer will always be Journey's Escape.

6/10/2007 12:40:02 AM

ha people I realize tool is mainstream but I'm talking about albums that aren't going to be making the rounds at various lists on the radios and ones that pre teens aren't going to name

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 12:47 AM. Reason : whoops]

6/10/2007 12:44:45 AM

I'm wondering if I should be that guy and piss everyone the fuck off in this thread

6/10/2007 12:52:29 AM

^mission accomplished, just by posting

6/10/2007 12:54:29 AM

6/10/2007 12:58:43 AM

beatles - white album

6/10/2007 1:18:52 AM

^^ Can't really argue with that.

6/10/2007 1:32:02 AM

1. Bob Dylan - Bringin' it All Back Home
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin-e
4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 2:07 AM. Reason : b]

6/10/2007 2:06:24 AM

1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

2. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

3. The Who - Who's Next

4. Beatles - Sgt Peppers

5. AC/DC - Back in Black

6. The Doors - La Woman

7. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

8. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978

9. Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction

10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Hnr Mention:

-Grateful Dead-American Beauty

-Bob Dylan - Highway 61 revisited

-Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

6/10/2007 2:52:09 AM

i like Steve Miller Band and all, but you can't include a greatest hits album.


and yeah, i thought about Led Zeppelin, too (and in fact own most of their stuff on vinyl). i was in a hurry, though, and didn't have time to sort through their albums and pick my favorite(s).

tool makes some solid albums, but not quite on the order of the stuff i listed, in my opinion

the beatles are a favorite of mine (both early and later), but they never made an album that i can think of where i really, really like every song (although Sgt Pepper's is a really good album)

the doors are a great band, and LA Woman is a pretty good album, but it would never make my list. I actually prefer, as a collection of songs, their first, self titled album.

American Beauty (Dead) is another one I have on vinyl, and yeah, that's a great album. I'll agree with you there on the honorable mention.

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 10:40 AM. Reason : i have a few more to at least honorably mention, but out of time again]

6/10/2007 10:39:45 AM

1. rage against the machine - rage against the machine

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 11:25 AM. Reason : queen's greatest hits, but.. is that really an album?]

6/10/2007 11:25:06 AM

good point, i take off steve miller and add Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Some more hnr mentions in my opinion

- Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach

- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...

- Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

-Van Halen - Van Halen

- Rush - Moving Pictures

-The Clash - London Calling

-Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground

-Talking Heads - Remain in light

6/10/2007 12:05:18 PM

I think I like Fun House more than Raw Power.

but I only own Fun House so im partial.

also everyone knows Earthcrisis is like the best rock band ever.

6/10/2007 2:47:57 PM

^ huh

6/10/2007 3:00:56 PM

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Billy Joel - The Stranger

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

6/10/2007 3:04:09 PM

when i think of best rock albums of all time, billy joel and meat loaf are non existant

6/10/2007 3:10:36 PM

PINK FLOYD AND ROCK!!!!!

give me a break

6/10/2007 3:12:35 PM

The problem I have with my generation is that they do not understand the difference between "rock and roll" and "hard rock."

^^ Case in point.

6/10/2007 3:15:11 PM

Lou Reed - metal machine music

6/10/2007 3:16:57 PM

i understand the difference

but i'm trying to cover the entire rock genre

as you can see by my including both Metallica and Pink Floyd



and I have to give honorable mentions to the Black Crowes for both Shake Your Moneymaker and The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion.

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:19 PM. Reason : asdfasdf]

6/10/2007 3:17:47 PM

im no bad ass but im more rock than this stupid thread

6/10/2007 3:23:16 PM

You assholes wouldnt know rock if it hit you in the face

6/10/2007 3:25:16 PM

Quote :

"The problem I have with my generation is that they do not understand the difference between "rock and roll" and "hard rock.""

anyone who lists bruce springsteen, meat loaf and billy joel as composing the best rock albums of all time clearly has no frame of reference with this subject matter

6/10/2007 3:26:51 PM

i like the Boss (got Born To Run and his box set on vinyl) and Billy Joel (I can mostly do without Meat Loaf, although I've heard him do a couple of songs I liked), but I wouldn't vote either of them onto the best overall rock album of all time list.

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:33 PM. Reason : asdfasdfsdf]

6/10/2007 3:32:33 PM

Say what you will. But there has not been a rock and roll album released since the mid-eighties.

6/10/2007 3:32:52 PM

Malice you are a thundercunt, go run into a knife.

^you keep saying "rock and roll" like it makes you an authority on the subject and separates it from everything. this thread specifically says "ROCK"

ALL ENCOMPASSING

even if you are right about your "rock and roll" (which you aren't), it doesn't matter in this thread

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:41 PM. Reason : fhd]

6/10/2007 3:33:28 PM

well the initial list was lame as a mofo. My grandma could make a better rock

this thread is bunk

6/10/2007 3:37:25 PM

^^^ black crowes

not to mention stuff like Cry Of Love (from Raleigh, no less), Cross Canadian Ragweed, Lost Trailers, Son Volt, Drivin' & Cryin', etc

Tom Petty has released some material since then

hell, i'd even argue Spin Doctors

can't imagine that all of those wouldn't fall under even the toughest purist's definition of "rock & roll"

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:39 PM. Reason : ^^ exactly. intentionally included the whole genre]

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 3:40 PM. Reason : ^ and all 5 of the albums in my first post are fucking phenomenal ]

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[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 4:06 PM. Reason : asfasdfa]

6/10/2007 3:38:37 PM

Quote :

"Say what you will. But there has not been a rock and roll album released since the mid-eighties."

Ryan Adams would like a word with you. (Just piling on nationally-recognized artists FROM RALEIGH who make rock 'n' roll records.)

6/10/2007 4:12:55 PM

Quote :

"Beach Boys - Pet Sounds"

As a rock album?

What?

6/10/2007 4:18:43 PM

true rock and roll died in the late 70s and was ultimately killed by mtv

the 60s provided the perfect conditions for rock music to emerge. i.e. the drugs, vietnam, the counterculture, and the musical geniuses of the time

its not a fluke that the greatest and most revered albums of all time were mostly created in a span of less than 10 years


^uh yes

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 4:22 PM. Reason : asdf]

6/10/2007 4:21:23 PM

Pet Sounds is more pop than it is anything else.

6/10/2007 4:25:25 PM

ok in all seriousness

Iggy Pop - Idiot and Lust for Life

those two are in my top 10

6/10/2007 4:27:48 PM

i consider it more rock than pop, it was brilliantly written and highly experimental. it also profoundly influenced sgt. pepper according to paul. it actually broke the beach boys image as a pop group

its also regarded as one of the best albums ever recorded .. thats why i would consider it as one of the best OVERALL rock albums

6/10/2007 4:35:13 PM

A rock group making a pop album does NOT make the album "rock."

experimental =/= rock, too

I never said it was a bad album, it's one of my favorites. But for god's sake, it's pop music.

[Edited on June 10, 2007 at 4:37 PM. Reason : seriously, this thread is about rock albums]

6/10/2007 4:37:10 PM