So these are the best songs ever made
Objectively speaking, of course. And ranked in a very general order too. Good ol' one song per band rule in effect. Links to bitchin' live performances of said tracks.
Why I choose to spend my hangovers like this I've no idea.
EDIT: Added songs post-40. |
| 1 |  | Sleep
Sleep's Holy Mountain
From Beyond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Gy3S9HNiY
I always feel like the entire album is building up to this one. And if the best album of all time is building up to something, it better fucking deliver. Luckily it does so and many fucktons more.
Also, that exchange of "PLAY SLOWER!" "Ok :)" gets me every time. |
| 2 |  | Lightning Bolt
Hypermagic Mountain
Dead Cowboy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NZGbD236fw
This shit is fucking transcendental. It speaks to the primordial ooze lizard part of the brain in a way little other art does. |
| 3 |  | Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
Into The Void - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7ASXTtS9k
Every time that heavy up to 11 riff kicks in after the intro jam, I wet my pants a little. |
| 4 |  | Big Black
Atomizer
Kerosene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLr5EXyoQCE
Sweet jesus, harmonics have never before or after sounded as good as this. They sure were some angry bois to come up with this track. |
| 5 |  | Godflesh
Streetcleaner
Christbait Rising - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5uYGSJYbk
No wonder Alice In Chains ripped this one off for Sludge Factory, because that dropping riff lvies in my head rent free too. |
| 6 |  | Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle
My Ass Is On Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me0Npz7Rvw8
All carnies are serial killers, (don't) change my mind. |
| 7 |  | Mogwai
Come On Die Young
Christmas Steps - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXQ0vlF8ID4
I don't know how they got Charlie Day on that album cover. |
| 8 |  | Brainbombs
Urge to Kill
Maybe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-J3Mf3UXE
F I L T H |
| 9 |  | The Jesus Lizard
Liar
Gladiator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jOlDkjLW78
That off-beat bass drum-riff combo is so ridiculously fun. Gets the booty groovin' |
| 10 |  | Slint
Spiderland
Washer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzbRLFEBoZs
Depressing. :) |
| 11 |  | Atheist
Unquestionable Presence
An Incarnation's Dream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8tHHii97Y
I don't know why people bother with tech-death anyway after Atheist just did it perfectly back in the early 90s. |
| 12 |  | Coroner
Mental Vortex
Metamorphosis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5yGvy4ONcU
Their modern live performances and reworked versions of old tracks are even better, which is super rare. Really hoping they drop that long promised album out soon. |
| 13 |  | PainKiller
Execution Ground
Pashupatinath - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CQEaPFjG4U
Unfortunately I can't find footage of this one live. Super underrated stuff though. |
| 14 |  | Pixies
Doolittle
Hey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdZGvMEeNLw
Surfer Rosa is the better album, Hey is the better song. Sometimes shit be whack like that. |
| 15 |  | Negative Approach
Negative Approach
Why Be Something That You're Not - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2t27uHC7aE
Best hardcore track there is, no contest. |
| 16 |  | Kool and The Gang
Wild and Peaceful
Jungle Boogie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BM5wPOe0xQ
Oh dear, we're going down the funk/disco rabbit hole now! |
| 17 |  | Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Read My Lips
Groovejet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn-QOjp2UKo
Yeah it's a Spiller track OG, whatever. |
| 18 |  | Sade
Stronger Than Pride
Paradise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPhi8hDP9Yk
Feels fine. :) |
| 19 |  | Yello
Solid Pleasure
Bostich - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esv_g7KgLMw
I know mouthbreathers think of Yello as that one hit wonder band, but fuck me is Bostich super influential in the house scene. Can't go a tech house mix without someone sampling this one. |
| 20 |  | Alice in Chains
Dirt
Would - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-VeCnT0d4Y
God I love that bass. |
| 21 |  | Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley
Gardenia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJg8mT6JWb0
This is the song that really got me into guitar. Fuck me is that riff stoneriffic or what. They should've let Brant Bjork write all the Kyuss songs. |
| 22 |  | Fu Manchu
No One Rides for Free
Snakebellies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dYBYkC7hvk
And this is the one that got me into drumming. What a shock - Brant Bjork hung around this album too. |
| 23 |  | Shellac
1000 Hurts
Squirrel Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X5akXYaTpo
I cry errytiem |
| 24 |  | Mclusky
McLusky Do Dallas
Alan Is A Cowboy Killer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAryHp2h1os
Poundland Shellac! |
| 25 |  | Sodom
Persecution Mania
Nuclear Winter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvv8j5OCFQY
Oh my shitting god that instrumental in the middle is peak thrash. |
| 26 |  | Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
A Corpse Without Soul - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-L-i-KkOtU
Hetfield, you're the coolest country metal grampa I know, but covering this only served to show how brilliant Mercyful Fate was in comparison to that shite you put out since the 90s. |
| 27 |  | Melt-Banana
Fetch
My Missing Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33PKOXDax-Y
Titans of the game. |
| 28 |  | Suicidal Tendencies
Join the Army
I Feel Your Pain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqtxgrfSOrE
It ain't live, but holy shit that's the cleanest and quickest palm-muting there is. |
| 29 |  | Future of the Left
Curses
The Lord Hates A Coward - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSAlo_FYc_w
Dear lord Falko, what is up with that hair! |
| 30 |  | Tomahawk
Tomahawk
God Hates A Coward - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aA5NxTujqg
Boy this is a theme or something eh? |
| 31 |  | Melvins
Houdini
Honey Bucket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYrBEKIpYI
That reminds me, I gotta take a shit. Please do not let me forget that. |
| 32 |  | Gorilla Biscuits
Start Today
Start Today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXf3YZX6MQ
Anthem for the ages. |
| 33 |  | Killdozer
Snakeboy
Going To The Beach - https://youtu.be/BhFx3cV2ig4?t=271
Ah what a lovely day. |
| 34 |  | Stormtroopers of Death
Speak English or Die
Sargeant D and the SOD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aEZfVOvw0
Haha Billy is such an entertaining wanker. Love the guy. |
| 35 |  | Cro-Mags
The Age of Quarrel
Signs Of The Times - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI3Htez-KF4
That whole album is brilliant from start to finish, so it was a tough pick. |
| 36 |  | Fugazi
In on the Kill Taker
Last Chance For A Slow Dance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qseH4jJmLqo
Why don't they do more shit like this? |
| 37 |  | Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid
She Said - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31trZ6N9go
Yow coolest frontman ever. Hostage punk at it's finest. |
| 38 |  | Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk
Inside Looking Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxcOxvEsE_Y
I don't know why they aren't in the same revered status of Led Z, this shit blows them out of the water. |
| 39 |  | Arab on Radar
Yahweh or the Highway
Semen On The Mount - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkj50A5PdF0
Actually not the track I meant, but fuck, Arab On Radar is the essential live band. |
| 40 |  | Group X
Stepping on the Crowtche owf Your President
Schfifty Five - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XccUMOQ978
Fuck I'm out of time, peace out. |
| 41 |  | No Trend
When Death Won't Solve Your Problem
CONTINUED FROM HERE
Heartache - https://youtu.be/4vizP1GNycQ?t=1322
Sax and punk just work. Which reminds me... |
| 42 |  | Flipper
Album – Generic Flipper
Sex Bomb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUufEMnU3w
So fucking funk-ay. |
| 43 |  | Butthole Surfers
Independent Worm Saloon
Who Was In My Room Last Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3GoQG0nU7g
Some Hotrod shit right here. |
| 44 |  | Bleach03
Kibakuzai
Koe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHyboVKvMeU
Hey mister Johnny Well, you got some good taste. |
| 45 |  | Primus
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Jerry Was A Racecar Driver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-JsDjVYPEI
Hey, sometimes you ain't gotta go against the grain. |
| 46 |  | Frantix
My Dad's a Fuckin Alcoholic
My Dad's A Fuckin' Alcoholic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXWQZexzW9c
Best guitar sound of all time. It's like someone tied the amps tubes or something. |
| 47 |  | Helmet
Meantime
Role Model - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orWr2r2oE_I
Haha they look like such bro metallers in this gig. |
| 48 |  | Yellow Machinegun
Spot Remover
Again - https://youtu.be/PbQAc0P2BI4?t=79
I will stan the shit out of this band. |
| 49 |  | Electric Wizard
Dopethrone
Funeralopolis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU0TUR-o6gE
Holy shit how can you keep time when you're that stoned, man? |
| 50 |  | Death
Human
Lack Of Comprehension - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9GLHK0hJxc
That chorus has one of the best riffs ever yo. |
| 51 |  | Jurassic Witch
Black Masses and Ashes
T. Hex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zpRJ078-4
This site is super sleeping on this band. It's fresh loud stoner glory. |
| 52 |  | Nuclear Assault
Game Over
Hang The Pope - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifl8mCM2SZ8
The year is 2021 and John Connely has now become Udo Dirkschneider's long lost twin. |
| 53 |  | Fantomas
The Director's Cut
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-SM25JWAeU
Was between this and the original, but I guess we gotta up the Patton quota on this list. |
| 54 |  | Faith No More
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
Evidence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Wp_QbIn6o
Like I said, the quota needs filling. |
| 55 |  | Motorhead
Ace of Spades
Ace Of Spades - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ZO5w29lQg
Fuck me now this is a live song. |
| 56 |  | Rapeman
Budd
Budd - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3fnXoPoC4
Hey, it's only ever been a live track. |
| 57 |  | Suicide
Suicide
Frankie Teardrop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_dXp0eF8s0
I think this'd make a great double header with the previous one. |
| 58 |  | Pink and Brown
Shame Fantasy II
Soccermoms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiC9ZAOJzig
It's a pity Dwyer has eased off with his Osees stuff. |
| 59 |  | Osees
Carrion Crawler/The Dream
The Dream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYiYf-30HkQ
Luckily this song still goes super hard. |
| 60 |  | Doom
War Crimes (Inhuman Beings)
War Crimes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSjXwfqNUGI
Probably the only crust band I really like. |
| 61 |  | IDLES
Ultra Mono
Reigns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCmsoh-M2oo
I like angry welshmen. |
| 62 |  | Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
Screaming For Vengeance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw51MNAp9IY
Oh Rob you beautiful beautiful lad. |
| 63 |  | Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Duet Solo Dancers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9FzSSGTufQ
One of the Sputnik discoveries for me. |
| 64 |  | Aphrodite's Child
666
All The Seats Were Occupied - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukRcT7JTw0A
This is an old timer though. I'm amazed Sputnik only has under 200 ratings for this album in general. |
| 65 |  | Deep Purple
Deep Purple In Rock
Child In Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE
Mark II! Mark II Mark II Mark II! |
| 66 |  | Pom Poko
Cheater
Body Level - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkfVXeT36EA
Probably one of the best releases this year. |
| 67 |  | Fudge Tunnel
The Complicated Futility of Ignorance
Rudge With A G - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_H1y5NGcA
Super unfair that these lads never blew up. |
| 68 |  | Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lWRv8lk7jI
This is the song that got me into music when I was like what, 11? |
| 69 |  | Kilslug
Answer the Call
Make It Rain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWSr4NlPqEc&t=1165s
Kvlt as balls. |
| 70 |  | Burzum
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkmCEtaHJcQ
The more I listen to music, the more I appreciate this piece of shit guitar tone. Super good. |
| 71 |  | Husker Du
Zen Arcade
Reoccurring Dreams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA80Yu8uXi4
People always think something is wrong with the speakers when I put this one on. |
| 72 |  | Blonde Redhead
Fake Can Be Just As Good
Oh James - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZw3gFb2mDE
This one is also sexy as all hell. |
| 73 |  | Modjo
Modjo
Lady - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxkmCuHSHD8
Sophie Ellis-Bextor does it way better with her band. |
| 74 |  | Naked City
Grand Guignol
Jazz Snob Eat Shit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy2j4od6-U0
This one could almost count towards the Patton quota. |
| 75 |  | The Exploited
Troops of Tomorrow
UK82 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy2j4od6-U0
Also super recommend watching Made In Britain. Alan Clarke was on fire in that era, with this, Scum and The Firm. |
| 76 |  | Otoboke Beaver
Itekoma Hits
Introduce Me To Your Family - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxutfIZUMos
Another Sputnik discovery. Now I have it on vinyl. Spinned it for some friends yesterday, they even liked it (I think). |
| 77 |  | Youth of Today
Break Down The Walls
Thinking Straight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fARzSRtieYM
Lol apparently guitars aren't supposed to be in a mix. |
| 78 |  | Cows
Daddy Has A Tail!
Part My Konk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5F0v8MQpA
This video knows what's up. |
| 79 |  | Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five
The Message
The Message - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PobrSpMwKk4
At 35 degrees it feels like a jungle alright. |
| 80 |  | Wesley Willis
Greatest Hits
Suck A Caribou's Ass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTbGydPYTkE
I wasn't kidding when I said Wesley Willis wrote better lyrics than Maynard James Keenan. |
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