Great Rock Albums discussion

[Robert]

And then there is the man who perhaps single-handedly started the whole metal phenomenon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtS61PESUWY

[Rick Mattix]

Not in any particular order but:

Beatles: Abbey Road, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, White Album
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline
Rolling Stones: Aftermath, Sticky Fingers
Led Zeppelin: fourth with "Stairway"
Steppenwolf: first, Seven, and Monster
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
MC5: Kick Out the Jams (best live rock album ever) and Back in the USA
Iron Butterfly: In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine
Paul McCartney: Band on the Run
Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation, After Bathing at Baxters, Volunteers
Zappa/Mothers of Invention: Freak Out
Janis Joplin/Big Brother: Cheap Thrills
Grateful Dead: American Beauty and Workingman's Dead
Allman Brothers: Eat a Peach, Live at Fillmore East, Brothers and Sisters
Crosby Stills & Nash: first
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
John Prine's untitled debut album
Black Oak Arkansas first album
Waylon Jennings: Honky Tonk Heroes, Dreaming My Dreams, This Time
David Allan Coe: The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, Rides Again
Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger
Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle
Eric Clapton: Cream: Wheels of Fire, Derek and the Dominoes, Slowhand
Savoy Brown: Hellbound Train
The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies
New Riders of the Purple Sage: first and Panama Red
Joan Jett: Bad Reputation
anything by Jimi Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Lynyrd Skynryd, Marshall Tucker Band, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep.

[kensei]

Using the criteria of albums that I can listen to all the way through and love every song, here are four that roughly mark the quarters of my life (very roughly, as I am 42):

Pink Floyd- The Wall
Tears for Fears- Songs from the Big Chair
Sarah McLachlan- Surfacing
Evanescence- Fallen

[DVV]

Ninjaman: My Weapon
Ninjaman: Ting a ling a ling school pickney sing ting
Ninjaman: Hold me like a M16
Ninjaman: Out pon bail
The Pogues: Rum, sodomy and the lash
The Pogues: Red roses for me
Pharoah Sanders: Thembi
George Thorogood: Boogie people
The Meteors: Sewertime blues
The Cramps: Songs the Lord taught us
Phyllis Dillon: Love is all I had
Johnny Cash Sun Recordings
all Eddie Cochran
...but first of all, all rocksteady hits from 1966 to 1969

[belinda]

All of ABBAs Albums

Alice Cooper ~ Poison
Welcome To My Nightmare

[Phil Carter]

Best rock albums ever? Well, in my opinion..

Electric Ladyland- Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne (Mr. Crowley is one of my all time favorite songs)

Hmmm nice choices...

difficult to go away from them there...but

Led Zep III
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the moon
Meatloaf Bat out of hell
Queen A night at the opera

the list is endless!

best wishes

Phil

[Mrs. E. Nigma]

Best rock albums ever? Well, in my opinion..

Electric Ladyland- Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne (Mr. Crowley is one of my all time favorite songs)

[johns]

Hi Tom

Most folk have never heard of UKJ... a truly fine band I say.

Currently listening to "Would You Like To Be There" off "Motel California"... awesome!!

[Tom_Wescott]

Ugly Kid Joe rocks! I'm also a fan of Pretty Boy Floyd, who influenced their name.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[johns]

Check out Budgie. There's a Best Of around which would be a great start.

Terrorvision. First 3 albums are ace.
"Formaldehyde"
"How to Make Friends and Influence People"
"Regular Urban Survivors"

Ugly Kid Joe. Only made 3 albums and an EP and all are good although their last album "Motel California" is a trifle odd in parts. Cool though.

The Almighty. First 2 albums are OK but from then on they ruled Earth.
I'd go for "Just Add Life" as their best in some ways.

The Cult. "Love", "Electric" and "Sonic Temple" kick bottom but "Beyond Good and Evil" kicks all bottoms in a big way.

Bound to be some clips on YouTube.

Rock on \m/

[Tom_Wescott]

You got some really good picks there, Dan. Might also toss Cream's Disreali Gears on there.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Vila]

Some of my favorites have already been posted above. But just off the top of my head I'll try a fresh list. In no particular order:

Led Zeppelin - The Nameless White Album with "Stairway to Heaven" on it.
Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness, and Charm - A really difficult choice, to pick a single one out of 60 or more albums!
David Bowie - Essential Best of 1969 - 1974
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Be Bop Deluxe- Live! In the Air Age
Iron Butterfly - Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida
King Crimson - The Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

I could have easily listed a Top 50 without having more than 2 albums by a single artist on the list. I own roughly 400 vinyl albums, dozens of cassettes, and about 200 CDs. Plus music that I only have as CD rips in my computer. There are 116 GBs of music in my computer. From Classical to Jazz to Rock to Swing & Big Bands to stuff that can't be dropped into a specific genre.

Dan

[Tom_Wescott]

KISS rules! Also, Warrant are amazing. Sarah McLachlan is amazing. As is Silverchair. Everybody should listen to the two most recent albums by Silverchair. Nothing else like them on earth.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[SteveS]

Hi Guys

I agree with JTRSickert although I haven't heard either the AC/DC or Def Leppard albums. I have never been into heavy metal but will certainly give the AC/DC album a go soon as I have heard other positive feedback about it.

Cheers for those 2 Autolycus.

Another little gem I've been playing a lot recently is Argus by Wishbone Ash. I hadn't heard any of their stuff before but was well impressed.

Here are 10 lttle gems from yesteryear (is there any other year?) that I play quite a lot.

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey and Pink
Caravan - For Girls That Grow Plump In The Night
Nick Drake - Bryter Later
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Al Stewart - Modern Times
Television - Marquee Moon
The Clash - The Clash
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Chris Rea - Whatever Happened To Benny Santini
Roger Waters - RADIO KAOS

Not all straight rock albums, I confess but a beautiful noise none the less.

My all time 10 favourites for differing reasons including lasting effect and in no order of merit.

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Beatles - Revolver
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
The Beatles - The Beatles
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
The Clash - The Clash
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Velvet Underground and Nico - TVUandN
David Bowie - Station To Station

Thnx
Steve

[Limehouse]

My choices are the same as several other posters:

The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin

Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd

Sticky Fingers-Rolling Stones

PLUS:

The Wall - Pink Floyd


What a great thread! I was going to do something similar, identifying my favourite all-time pure pop favourites (being very pedantic, I HAVE to categorise my musical tastes into pure pop, quality rock, favourite folk, favourite classical pieces and blues/jazz favourites).