Greatest Rock Album

[TNTMYM3]

There is no #1 album from my rock years, but.... if I had to choose one, I would get in my whip and drive up PCH to the tunes below to decide...

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Van Halen - 1984

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

The Police - Synchronicity

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

Kiss - Destroyer

Def Leppard - Pyromania

Scorpions - Love at First Sting

Van Hagar - 5150

Ozzy Ozbourne - The Blizzard of Oz

Ronnie James Dio - Holy Diver

Yngwie J Malmsteen - Rising Force

[JamesWWIII]

Originally Posted by TNTMYM3

Sammy Hagar - 5150

Technically this is a "Van Hagar" album.

[TNTMYM3]

Ha! Your right! Good catch, corrected my post.

[ShopVac]

Originally Posted by TNTMYM3

There is no #1 album from my rock years, but.... if I had to choose one, I would get in my whip and drive up PCH to the tunes below to decide...

Felt the need to comment on some,

Metallica - Ride the Lightning <--good album, not in their top 2 (strong third though)

The Police - Synchronicity <--he'll yeah, even some great Sting albums. Nice pick,

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet <--he'll no

Def Leppard - Pyromania <-- liked Hysteria better, which is a great, great album (Adrenalize too)

Sammy Hagar - 5150 <-- only VH album I refuse to own. Well, that and VHIII, which nobody owns.

DLR Skyscraper (speaking of the split) was a great album too. Steve Vai is awesome!

[JamesWWIII]

Originally Posted by ShopVac

The Police - Synchronicity <--he'll yeah, even some great Sting albums. Nice pick,

The first big concert that I attended was the Synchronicity Tour at the Omni in Atlanta in '83. The Fixx opened, which was cool as I was a fan of their stuff as well.

If I recall, tickets were somewhere in the neighborhood of $15-20. When I saw The Police on their reunion tour in 2007, tickets were easily 10x that amount.

[TNTMYM3]

So many albums bring back so many warm memories.....going to share a few...

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[stbm5]

pretty generic choices here.

if were talking led zep then physical graffiti is prob their best album.

bob dylan blood on the tracks
david bowie ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
the pretenders self titled
black sabbath paranoid
radiohead ok computer
rolling stones exile on main street
lou reed transformer
acdc high voltage (great guitar tone) or back in black

theres so many more...

[JamesWWIII]

Originally Posted by stbm5

pretty generic choices here.

if were talking led zep then physical graffiti is prob their best album.

bob dylan blood on the tracks
david bowie ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
the pretenders self titled
black sabbath paranoid
radiohead ok computer
rolling stones exile on main street
lou reed transformer
acdc high voltage (great guitar tone) or back in black

Sorry, but I fail to see what’s so non-generic about that list of well known albums from well known artists.

[spazzz]

Sex Pistols never mind

self titled.....
Ramones
Black Sabbath ooops Paranoid
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Soundgarden Bad Motorfinger

[David 12]

I would have to put Heart - Dreamboat Annie right up there!

Crazy on you
Magic Man

[hooligan_G01]

I'll skip the ones I've already seen mentioned.


The Killers - Hot Fuss

Beck - Sea Change

Radiohead - Kid A

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Gary Clark Jr. - Black and Blu

The Black Keys - Thick Freakness

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

Queens of the Stoneage - Music for the Deaf

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by hooligan_clt

I'll skip the ones I've already seen mentioned.


Beck - Sea Change

Radiohead - Kid A

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

The Black Keys - Thick Freakness

Can't say that I've listened to others in your post but + 1 for all of these!

Beck is a genius!

[Maynard]

The 70's rockers are well represented (but if you like Floyd, check out a live show from the 75 tour - best versions of WYWH and the Animals songs before they got renamed), but I'd have to add Jethro Tull's Aqualung, Quadrophenia if it isn't in there, and the live Queen album. And Unleashed in the East, played that to death in HS.

For later era, I'd have to add some punkier stuff that stays in heavy rotation at my place:
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life or Soldier (live he was 1000x better than any studio)
Pixies - first album
Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
Pere Ubu's - first Album
Talking Heads - 1977
Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
Joy Division - get those new releases of the early albums w/ the concerts included
Violent Femmes - first album

[hooligan_G01]

Originally Posted by Not_Judy

Can't say that I've listened to others in your post but + 1 for all of these!

Beck is a genius!

Oh, man! The Killers are awesome. Saw them in ATL last fall and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.

Leon Bridges if you like old school soul from a modern talent.

Gary Clark Jr. is probably my favorite blues rock performer of all time. I mean if Buddy Guy says you might "save the blues", that's impressive.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by ShopVac

Plenty of great individual songs. How bout entire albums! Where every song needs to be good. Every song should be known...not crap songs that you've learned to like through repetition.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (personal fan of the Division Bell)
Led Zeppelin - II or IV
Yes - 90120
Van Halen - 1984
Boston - self titled
The Who - who's next
Prince - Purple Rain (admit it...it's okay)

Post em up...

All good, except 1984. The first Van Halen record should be on your list!

[Captain Blood]

REO - High Infidelity
Van Halen debut
evanescence debut
Tool - 10,000 days
Hotel California

[Ralph335]

Tool - Aenima or Undertow. Both fantastic albums.
Pearl Jam - Ten. Just a classic.
Nirvana - Nevermind or In Utero. Just brings back those 90s grunge memories.
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York. This was my first CD so it has a lot of sentimental value for me.
Incubus - Make Yourself.

Newer age:
Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance
Thursday - Full Collapse
Circa Survive - On Letting Go. Love me some Anthony Green.

[Steeler]

GnR Appetite, come on....so many good tracks

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by hooligan_clt

Oh, man! The Killers are awesome. Saw them in ATL last fall and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.

Leon Bridges if you like old school soul from a modern talent.

Gary Clark Jr. is probably my favorite blues rock performer of all time. I mean if Buddy Guy says you might "save the blues", that's impressive.

A good friend of mine was at that show. He mentioned over and over how awesome it was. I don't dislike The Killers, but just never really sat down and listened to them. I'll check out Leon Bridges. I do like a lot of old soulful music. Anthony Hamilton has a few good tracks with that feel to them. Check out "Do You Feel Me" it was on the American Gangster soundtrack. Good tune. I'll also check out Gary Clark Jr. I used to really like blues but as I've gotten older my tastes in music have changed a little.

Originally Posted by Ralph335

Tool - Aenima or Undertow. Both fantastic albums.
Pearl Jam - Ten. Just a classic.
Nirvana - Nevermind or In Utero. Just brings back those 90s grunge memories.
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York. This was my first CD so it has a lot of sentimental value for me.
Incubus - Make Yourself.

I used to be big Nirvana fan. Still enjoy the music on occasion but after watching Montage of Heck, that really changed my opinion of Kurt and now I have a hard time even listening to it. Growing up playing the guitar I can play most of their catalog but now....I just lost all respect for the guy. As for Tool; one of my top 5 favorite bands. Their rhythms, the stories or points of their lyrics and talent of each of those guys is just astounding. Really looking forward to the new album.

Originally Posted by dbarton62

GnR Appetite, come on....so many good tracks

Indeed! When teaching my boys how to play guitar after they mastered hammer-on pull-offs I taught them Mr. Brownstone. Proud dad moment getting ready for work in the mornings and hearing my boys (9 & 10 at the time) belting out Mr. Brownstone, Ocean - Led Zeppelin and Freedom - Rage Against the Machine before school. They could play music that kids their age had never even heard of before.