Your Top 25 Rock Albums EVAR!!!
HarveyCanal
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Here are mine (I think...probably forgetting at least a couple...oh well):
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Jimi Hendrix - Axis as Bold
Led Zeppelin - III
Sex Pistols - Never Mind
The Clash - London Calling
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Van Halen
AC/DC Back in Black
The Cult - Love
TSOL - Change Today?
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
REM - Murmur
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Ziggy Stardust
Guns and Roses - Appetite
The Stone Roses
Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
Nirvana Bleach
Mudhoney
Afghan Whigs
Soudgarden - Badmotorfinger
Pavement - Slanted
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Now, your turn...
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Jimi Hendrix - Axis as Bold
Led Zeppelin - III
Sex Pistols - Never Mind
The Clash - London Calling
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Van Halen
AC/DC Back in Black
The Cult - Love
TSOL - Change Today?
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
REM - Murmur
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Ziggy Stardust
Guns and Roses - Appetite
The Stone Roses
Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
Nirvana Bleach
Mudhoney
Afghan Whigs
Soudgarden - Badmotorfinger
Pavement - Slanted
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Now, your turn...
Comments
Rubber Soul
Love Forever Changes
Pet Sounds
Smiley Smile
Beach Boys - Today
The Zombies - Odyssey
Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Modern Lovers
London Calling
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Led Zeppelin - II
Black Sabbath - Masters of Reality
Jimi Axis
Jimi - Are You
Velvet Underground Live
Love - Da Capo
The Clash
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - And Justice ...
Velvet Underground - Loaded
T. Rex
The Stooges
Kraftwerk
Kinks - Village Green
Beatles - Revolver
Flying Burrito - Gilded Palace
See, I edited mine already. 25 is just not possible...
Good call on the Cult album, they never get the props they deserve.
What is the album with the black woman and white baby?
I would add some Social Distortion, Radiohead, Tool, and Chili Peppers on this list.
Afghan Wigs - Congregation
Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
Can - Tago Mago
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Bad Brains - ROIR tape
The Stooges - Funhouse
VU - White Light/White Heat
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Deerhoof - Apple O-
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
T Rex - Electric Warrior
The Cure - Pornography
Black Sabbath - Masters Of Reality
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Melvins - Bullhead
Rolling Stones - Beggar-s Banquet
Big Star - Sister Lovers
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Spacemen 3 - Sound Of Confusion
Oblivians - Rock N Roll Holiday
Black Flag - Everything Went Black
Van Halen - s/t
Populism is under-rated.
But still, I may be the only dude anywhere with each of TSOL - Change Today, Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia, and Afghan Whigs - Congregation on their list.
Good one.
ONE KISS LEADS TO ANOTHER, Hackamore Brick
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
YEAH!, Brownsville Station
TEENAGE HEAD, Flamin' Groovies
THE CHIRPING CRICKETS, Buddy Holly & the Crickets
BELIEVE, Third Power
HARD ROCK FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, Devil's Anvil
CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN, Blood, Sweat & Tears
ELECTRIC COMIC BOOK, Blues Magoos
ON TOUR, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
TOGETHER AFTER FIVE, Sir Douglas Quintet
MOBY GRAPE
SIDE THREE, Raspberries
TWISTIN' AT THE ROUNDTABLE WITH THE ORCHIDS
I KNOW YOU FINE BUT HOW YOU DOIN', Gories
HOME SWEET HOME, Terry Manning
DIXIE FRIED, James Luther Dickinson
THE ROLLING STONES
THE REDS
RADIOS APPEAR, Radio Birdman
FUN HOUSE, Stooges
BLUE DIRGE, Beguiled
THE DICTATORS GO GIRL CRAZY!
KINGDOM COME, Sir Lord Baltimore
NEXT MORNING
Metallica - Master Of Puppets.
Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power.
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward.
Buck Pets - s/t.
Bad Brains - Quickness.
Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring.
Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse.
Soundgarden - Superunknown.
Audioslave - s/t.
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire.
Talking Heads - Remain In Light.
The Smiths - The Queen Is DeadKilling Joke - s/t.R.E.M. - Document.
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality.
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Fishbone - Truth and SouL.
U2 - War.
The Mighty Lemon Drops - World Without End.
Prince - Purple Rain.
The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral.
Ministry - Twitch.
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape.
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle.
You need to come down to Austin for ARC....we'll reserve a special seat for you at Hotel Loopden.
I'll tell you some James Dickinson stories.
Bad Brains - Rock For Light
Black Flag - The First Four Years
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Cream - Disraeli Gears
New Bomb Turks - Destroy Oh Boy
The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
Dag Nasty - Can I Say
The B-52's - ST
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Minor Threat - Discography
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Cro-Mags - The Age Of Quarrel
Van Halen - ST
Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
Gang Of Four - Solid Gold
Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
DRI - Dealing With It
Shudder To Think - Pony Express Record
The Police - Regatta De Blanc
Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
You know, it's basically impossible to stick to just 25. I just came up with that in 5 minutes and looking at it I can think of 25 more records that are just as great as any of these...
anyway obscurity is cool and all, but if you don't have Paranoid and Back in Black on your list you need to have your head examined.
I only vaguely like AC/DC and don't like Sabbath at all. Later for "classics" vs. "obscurities" - if it gets repeat plays on your stereo, then that's good enough.
Mountain "Nantucket Sleighride"
Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"
Beatles "Rubber Soul"
Led Zeppelin "III"
Doors "Morrison Hotel"
Hendrix "Are You Experienced"
Love "Forever Changes"
Stooges "Raw Power"
Neil Young "Zuma"
Velvet Underground "S/T"
Lou Reed "Rock & Roll Animal"
Cold Sun "Dark Shadows"
Ramones "S/T"
Mahogany Rush "Maxoom"
Felt "S/T"
Chuck Berry "Berry On Top"
Johnny Burnette & The Rock & Roll Trio "S/T"
13th Floor Elevators "Psychedelic Sounds"
Rayne "S/T"
Little Richard "S/T"
REM "Murmur"
Bob Dylan "Blood On The Tracks"
Van Morrison "Tupelo Honey"
Son Volt "Trace"
Aerosmith-Rocks
Allman Brothers Band-At Fillmore East
Anthrax-Among The Living
Black Sabbath-Master Of Reality
Blind Faith-s/t
Christ On A Crutch-Crime Pays When Pigs Die
Cream-Wheels Of Fire
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Electric Ladyland
King Crimson-In The Court Of The Crimson King
Led Zeppelin-Houses Of The Holy
Love-Out Here
Melvins-Gluey Porch Treatments
Mothers Of Invention-Freak Out
Mudhoney-Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Nirvana-Nevermind
Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
Queensryche-Operation:mindcrime
The Rascals-Freedom Suite/Music Music
Red Hot Chili Peppers-BloodSugarSexMagik
Santana-Abraxas
S.O.D.-Speak English Or Die
Sonic Youth-Goo
The Stooges-Fun House
Neil Young-After The Gold Rush
Soundtrack-Woodstock
Zeppelin I
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Sign O' The Times
Electric Ladyland
Highway 61 Revisited
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Super Fuzz Big Muff
Clash S/T
On Fire (cd version w/ Bonus tracks)
Music From Big Pink
Let It Be (Replacements)
Dig Me Out
Back In Black
Live Dead
Abraxas
Still Feel Gone
Scary Monsters
The Doors S/T
Slanted and Enchanted
Blood on the Tracks
Black Sabbath S/T
Sun Singles
Tupelo Honey (just that song alone)
Surrealistic Pillow
Velvets and Nico
White Light White Heat
Kinks: Kontreversy
Odessey and Oracle
Beatles: Revolver
Gilded Palace of Sin
Astral Weeks
Townes Van Zandt: S/T
Dwight Twilley Band: Twilley Don't Mind
Gene Clark: Roadmaster
Stooges: Funhouse
Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum
Peter Grudzien: the Unicorn
Neu!: S/T
Faust Tapes
Pet Sounds
Who: My Generation
Bringin' It All Back Home
Big Star: #1 Record
Bowie: Hunky Dory
Nirvana: In Utero
Silver Jews: Starlight Walker
Workingman's Dead
Neil Young: Everybody Knows
Syd Barrett: Madcap Laughs
olivia tremor control, black foliage animation
r.e.m., reckoning
beat happening, Dreamy
velvet underground III
howlin' wolf, moanin' in the moonlight
os mutantes s/t
aisler's set, terrible things happen
capn jazz LP and/or 2cd discography
oh and of course power of zues, boz scaggs, and all those other ones
I know I'm missing a lot -- and I've left off a lot of personal faves -- because I had only my iTunes playlist to go by.
The Beatles - White Album
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Big Star - Radio City
Buffalo Springfield - Again
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Kinks - Kinda Kinks
Moby Grape - s/t
Nirvana - In Utero
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pixies - Doolittle
The Pretenders - s/t
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
T Rex - Electric Warrior
The Replacements - Let It Be
The Clash - London Calling
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - IV
Would this be considered a "rock" record?
Surprised only one person listed "Exile On Main Street" too.
I dunno, no one seems to object to calling Dylan "rock".
Sonics "Here Are The Sonics"
Jimi Hendrix "Axis Bold as Love"
MC5 "Born in the USA"
Stooges "Funhouse"
Who "Live At Leeds"
Kinks "Something Else"
Beatles "Revolver"
AC/DC "Let there Be Rock"
Blue Oyster Cult "Tyranny and Mutation"
Motorhead "Overkill"
Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed"
Van Halen "II"
Thin Lizzy "rocker"(singles collection, but im counting it as an LP)
Alice Cooper "Love it to Death"
Cheap Trick "In color"
Little Richard "Heres Little Richard"
ZZ Top "Tres Hombres"
Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Metallica "Master of Puppets"
Queen "Sheer Heart Attack"
Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti"
Velvet Underground "White Light White Heat"
New York Dolls "S/T"
Kiss "Alive"
Husker Du "Zen Arcade"
Bob Dylan invented rock, son.
Fugazi-Repeater
Talking Heads-Remain in Light
Jeff Beck-Blow by Blow
Steely Dan-Royal Scam
Hendrix-Band of Gypsies
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Right after he invented Folk music.