| 5.0 classic |
| Aerosmith Toys In The Attic |
| Aerosmith's break-through album and imo, their best. A pure dose of hard-rocking blues all the way through. Also contains some of the band's best songs including 'Walk this Way', 'You See Me Crying', 'No More, No More' and among the best of all time 'Sweet Emotion'. Forget 'Rocks', this is the essential Aerosmith album |
| Alice in Chains Dirt |
| Fuck it I'm gonna 5 this. The soundtrack to self-hatred and life-ruining drug addiction, it hits you in the testicles with a great emotional punch. Some of AiC's best songs are on here including 'Them Bones', 'Rain When I Die', 'Rooster' a personal favourite of mine 'Angry Chair', 'Down in a Hole' and the brilliant 'Would?' that caps off this amazing album. Considered one of the best grunge albums for a reason. |
| Black Sabbath Paranoid |
| Among the greatest metal albums of all time. Plenty have tried to imitate it, none have come close. The original metal album. 'War Pigs', 'Iron Man', 'Paranoid', 'Electric Funeral' and 'Fairies Wear Boots' all rank among my favourite Sabbath songs. Though slightly overplayed the impact and excellence of this album is undeniable. |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality |
| Every band that has ever played metal is ripping off Sabbath in some way. From Iommi's riffs to Geezer's crushing bass, Ozzy's wailing vocals and Bill Ward who is among the best drummers of all time. This is Sabbath's heaviest with 'Sweet Leaf', 'Into the Void' and 'Children of the Grave' among the best songs. |
| Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| I think I'm starting to prefer this over 'Paranoid' in my opinion this sounds more inventive and okay, 'Paranoid' is one of the best metal albums of all time but I prefer the almost progressive aspects of this album. Whichever is best they're both still classics in Sabbath's career and in metal. My favourite songs here have to be the heavy as hell title track, 'A National Acrobat' which has some amazing lyrics and 'Spiral Architect' an almost eerie closer to the album. A classic |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks |
| Honest. Emotional. Beautiful. Timeless. Dylan at his very very best. |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited |
| Not quite Dylan's best but in the top 3. Certainly has one of the best opener/closer combinations ever, with 'Desolation Row' possibly being the genius' best song. The rest of the album isn't half bad either. |
| Bruce Springsteen Born To Run |
| If you don't like this album then you don't like music. Simple. Springsteen speaks for the lonely and the unloved in ways that have never been equalled or surpassed by anyone. He truly believes in the characters created in his songs, 'Thunder Road' is a landmark in song-writing with some of the best lyrics ever written that narrate the life of a normal guy looking for his break in life. The amazing title track tells us we were all 'Born to Run' and the closing track 'Jungleland' is epic. Springsteen uses something we all have, hope and dreams, to create what is certainly one of the greatest albums of all time. I cannot praise this album highly enough. A masterpiece by a true genius. |
| Dio Holy Diver |
| Fuck it, this is a classic. Every track is fun and amazing and this narrowly beats Heaven & Hell as the little man's best album . RIP Ronnie James Dio. The Man on the Silver Mountain. m/ |
| Fleetwood Mac Rumours |
| Quite possibly one of the most perfect and heart-wrenching albums of all time. Due to the band's relationships falling apart their are a lot of bitter and heartbroken moments on this album. Also contains the immortal 'Go Your Own Way'. One of the most timeless albums you will ever hear. |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction |
| They came snarling from the gutter through the sea of sex, drugs and rock n roll and produced this. Kicked all the fake glam metal square in the balls in favour of classic hard rock and the blues. Sure its generic but it was never meant to be ground-breaking, it is a classic for exactly what it is. A brilliant hard-rock album capped off by one of the best frontmen (for about 5 years anyway) of all time. "Take that one to heart" |
| Iron Maiden Powerslave |
| I can't decide between this and 'NOTB' which is their best, it depends on my mood on a given day. '2 Minutes to Midnight' is one of the best songs here along with 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Aces High' while 'Powerslave' is one of my favourite Maiden songs |
| Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast |
| Regardless how cliched it is this album is Maiden's best. Despite a poor opener in 'Invaders' the album redeems itself with some of the bands best songs in 'Run to the Hills' and the title track. Plus some overlooked ones in the brilliant 'The Prisoner' and 'Children of the Damned'. Obviously the crown jewel in not just this album but possibly the bands career is 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' one of the best metal songs of all time. |
| Judas Priest Painkiller |
| Priest's best album, pick any song and it will be a speed metal classic. From the amazing title track through to the epic 'One Shot at Glory' through the menacing 'Night Crawler' and the towering 'Leather Rebel', not including 'A Touch of Evil' and 'Between the Hammer & the Anvil' every song is simply incredible. This could be no other rating other than perfect. Amazing music |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| An album that is among the finest pieces of art that has ever been created. All the tracks are amazing but my personal favourite has to be the brilliant title track, but really I could pick any song from this album as my favourite. One of the first prog rock albums that along with Rush's 'Moving Pictures' and Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' is one of the best ever recorded., and something King Crimson would never match again. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II |
| Nevermind IV or HOTH or even Physical Graffiti this is Zepp's best album. From the great blues riff of 'Whole Lotta Love' to the gorgeous 'Thank You' every part of this album is brilliant. Also contains one of the best drum solos in history 'Moby Dick' courtesy of a Mr. John Bonham, one of if not THE best drummer of all time. R.I.P. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV |
| It took a few listens to get into this but I've finally done it. This is certainly a contender for Zeppelin's best album, however imo Led Zeppelin II is better. Can't deny the brilliance of this album though, in particular 'Stairway to Heaven' which people say is overrated, although I don't agree with its 'Best Song Ever' title it is certainly a masterpiece. |
| Megadeth Rust in Peace |
| One of the best thrash records of all time. Contains great solos and some pretty good if annoying at times (Dawn Patrol) vocals from Dave. If you don't like this then thrash isn't for you. From the brutal, technical mastery of 'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due' through the chaos of 'Hangar 18', heaviness of 'Take No Prisoners', the best solo in the album in 'Tornado of Souls' and the brilliant closer 'Rust in Peace... Polaris' this album never lets up and proves Megadeth can match (and I believe better) Metallica on almost every level. |
| Metallica Master of Puppets |
| Annoying as it is, this is one of the best metal albums of all time. Crushing thrash combined with slick melodies and although Lars is a twat who can't play drums and Kirk Hammet is overrated to shit and his solos sound the same, somehow the talent of Hetfield and the master Cliff Burton pulled them through to create this masterpiece. Best songs have to be 'Battery', 'Master of Puppets', 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' and 'Disposable Heroes' |
| Metallica Ride the Lightning |
| Metallica's second classic album and although it isn't quite as good as a whole album as 'Puppets' I think some of the songs on here are greater than those on 'Puppets'. For example 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', 'Creeping Death' and 'Fade to Black' are some of the best of their career. However the skippable 'Escape' makes this narrowly worse than 'Master of Puppets', still one of the best metal albums you'll find though. |
| Michael Jackson Thriller |
| The best pop album ever, and I don't even like pop at all. There will never be anyone like Jackson again, like him or not, The biggest selling album of all time for a reason. Despite all his personal controversies and allegations nobody can deny the talent of the man, the title track set the standard for music videos, the paranoid and brilliant 'Billie Jean' and the hard rocking 'Beat It' featuring none other than Eddie Van Halen prove that we should remember this Michael Jackson, not the Michael Jackson the press portray. R.I.P |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral |
| The perfect album for the dark and depressed moods where you want to cut the head off every single person whose ever hurt you. Trent Reznor questions everything about humanity from religion ('Heresy'), society ('March of the Pigs'), sex ('Closer') and love ('Piggy') and beautifully crafts a mans self-destruction from beginning through to graphic suicide ('The Downward Spiral') and the reflection ('Hurt'). A harrowing journey that almost everyone can relate to and raises so many questions about existence. |
| Pearl Jam Ten |
| One of the best albums of the 90's. One of my favourites of all time. Emotional, beautiful and yet hard-hitting. Vedder has one of the best voices of his generation. Songs like 'Even Flow', 'Release', 'Alive', 'Jeremy' and the stunning 'Black' make this certainly Pearl Jam's best album and one of the greatest ever. Hearing this album is an experience in itself. |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| They couldn't quite top perfection a second time. Though they came damn close. Another essential album by one of the greatest bands ever and a band at the peak of their creative powers with this album. However everything is still damn close to perfect- the political undertones, the Orwellian concept and of course the guitar and the lyrics. Another masterpiece, just not as good as 'Wish You Were Here' |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| The closest thing to musical perfection that is possible. This site kind of ruins it by praising it constantly but, for once, the praise is deserved. Every song on the album is a masterpiece and the guitar is some of the best you will find anywhere. Genius. |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| It seems to be normal to claim this album isn't as good as its made out to be. However this really is one of the best albums of all time, regardless how many people think its overrated. Pink Floyd nearly made perfection with this album and then went and topped it with the near-flawless WYWH. The only band to top perfection since The Beatles. |
| Queen A Night at the Opera |
| The best Queen album that contains probably one of the best rock songs of all time. Queen have never been one of the more consistent bands, but this is a progressive masterpiece that is deservedly called one of the best classic rock records of all time. |
| Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime |
| I'm really starting to love this. Prog metal at its best, a great story of murder, love and betrayal told very well throughout the album. My favourite tracks here have to be 'Eyes of a Stranger', 'I Don't Believe in Love', 'The Mission', 'Revolution Calling' and the title track. Possibly one of the most intelligent albums ever created. |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Radiohead's best album and one of the best of the 90's and possibly of all time. Thom Yorke's haunting vocals cap off some sheer brilliance in songwriting. The best of which imo is 'Let Down' and 'No Surprises'. Also contains the so-called modern day Bohemian Rhapsody in 'Paranoid Android'. This is an album that needs to be heard to be appreciated. |
| Rush Moving Pictures |
| One of prog's best albums by one of prog's best bands. My favourites are 'Limelight' and 'The Camera Eye' but you can't forget 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Red Barchetta' too. |
| Rush Hemispheres |
| There isn't a bad second on this joyful album. Strong instrumentation, thoughtful lyrics and just plain fun make this an essential album for not only Rush fans and prog fans but music fans in general. 4 tracks of near perfection |
| Soundgarden Superunknown |
| An amazing musical journey capped off by one of the most amazing vocal performances I've ever heard on an album from Chris Cornell. One of the best albums of the 90's and possibly of all time including the brilliance of 'Black Hole Sun', 'Like Suicide', 'Fell on Black Days' and my personal favourite 'The Day I Tried to Live'. Amazing album. |
| The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| The album that defined a generation, some say its overrated but I think it is among the Beatles' best work with only Abbey Road surpassing it. Simply one of the greatest albums of all time no matter how overrated it may be |
| The Beatles Abbey Road |
| Arguably The Beatles' best album, which is like trying to decide the best sex position, you can make a case for all of them. This is my pick for the best though. No album can contain 'Come Together', 'Something', 'Octopus's Garden', 'Here Come the Sun', 'I Want You (She's So Heavy) and the Medley and not be considered among the best of all time. |
| The Doors The Doors |
| This deserves a classic rating. One of the best debut rock/psychedelic albums of all time. Morrison's vocals are both majestic and mysterious, especially on 'The End', one of the best songs ever written. Throw in 'Light My Fire', 'Break on Through', 'Soul Kitchen' and 'Alabama Song' and this becomes essential |
| The Gaslight Anthem Handwritten |
| In terms of quality of the songs this isn't as good as The '59 Sound however this is a 5 for me because of being personally able to relate to every single song in some way. That, to me, is what music is about. Being able to hear a song and instantly think its being played only for you. That is why this album for me is perfect. The beauty and relatability in every word of every song. |
| The Gaslight Anthem The 59 Sound |
| An absolute joy to listen to and one of the best albums of the decade. Fallon's stories are at the heart of the music and it's te ability to relate so closely to them that makes this album one of my favourites. The title track recalls lost grandparents, and who hasn't been able to relate to 'Heres Looking at You, Kid' ? Anyone whose ever loved and lost can. Then there's the amazing 'Great Expectations' and 'High Lonesome'. Truly every song is amazing |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland |
| My pick for the master's best album. It changes all the time but 'Crosstown Traffic', 'Voodoo Child', 'Come on (Let the Good Times Roll)', 'All Along the Watchtower' and 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' are some of the best of Jimi's short but memorable career |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? |
| Jimi's debut and although in my opinion it's not quite as good as Electric Ladyland it's still as good as almost everything he put out in his lifetime. The obviously signature guitar-work is present and the best songs here have to be the obvious 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady', 'Manic Depression', 'The Wind Cries Mary' and 'Hey Joe' |
| The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St. |
| One of the best rock albums of all time. Coming during one of the best album runs by any band from Beggars Banquet through to Goat's Head Soup but this is the Stones best. Despite not containing any big hits the album flows and is the most consistent that they have produced in their 50 year career, timeless album |
| The Who Who's Next |
| One of the greatest rock albums of all time. A great opener my favourite Who song in 'Baba O'Riley', one of the best rock songs of all time in 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. Not including 'Bargain', 'The Song is Over' and the amazing 'Behind Blue Eyes'. Buy this album. |
| Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind |
| For me, personal connection is what makes an album a classic and this is one of those albums that I can personally listen to and feel like it examines my life and has an experienced outsider comment on it. Whether 'Jumper' saves your life or 'Motorcycle Drive-By' hits a memory there is simply very few albums that can make someone feel like this. This is one of them |
| U2 Achtung Baby |
| Though The Joshua Tree is more consistent I think this is a better album, it shows they can pull off several different styles. Plus 'One' and 'Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' are two of my favourite U2 songs. |
| U2 The Joshua Tree |
| I prefer Achtung Baby but this is still one amazing album. Sure Bono's political stuff gets on almost everybodys nerves but at least he makes some good music. Best songs to be found here are 'Where the Streets Have No Names', 'With or Without You' and 'Running to Stand Still' in my opinion. |
| Yes Close to the Edge |
| I give up, this is a 5. One of the best prog rock albums of all time. 3 tracks that are absolute progressive genius by a band that was among the most talented of the 70s prog monsters. Essential album for anyone into progressive music or good old fashioned classic rock |
| 4.5 superb |
| AC/DC Highway to Hell |
| Aerosmith Rocks |
| Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies |
| Alice Cooper Welcome to my Nightmare |
| Alice in Chains Jar of Flies |
| Amazing. Not as good a Dirt but absolutely amazing. 'Nutshell' will rip anyone with a soul to shreds. Depression never sounded so beautiful. |
| Anthrax Among The Living |
| Arcade Fire Funeral |
| Black Sabbath Black Sabbath |
| The album that started it all, the song that inspired so many artists to play heavier music. Sure Paranoid is given more credit for 'inventing' heavy metal but the song 'Black Sabbath' is just as important and influential. As well as the song this is still one of the strongest debut albums of all time. |
| Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell |
| The little man with the big voice had a hell of a job to fill the shoes of the madman but my god did he do it well. Bringing not only a fresh voice and personality to Black Sabbath but a fresh songwriting approach he makes this one of Sabbath's best and in my opinion the best album that Dio ever made. R.I.P Ronnie James Dio |
| Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde |
| Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' |
| Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home |
| Boston Boston |
| Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA |
| Not quite the Boss' best but in his top 5. This album is an anthemic journey through lost American ideals with most songs being written along with those that became 'Nebraska'. My favourites here are probably the title track, 'I'm On Fire', 'No Surrender', 'Bobby Jean', 'Dancing in the Dark' and 'My Hometown' |
| Bruce Springsteen Nebraska |
| Haunting, simply haunting. Springsteen looks at his America and sees not the tales of hope he'd previously written about but tales of murder, betrayal, crime and loss. Title track is the story of a murderer who takes his wife for a drive and 'ten innocent people died' ends with the chilling line 'They asked me why I did what I did/Well I guess there's just a meanness in this world' other amazing tracks include financial ruin 'Atlantic City', brotherly loyalty 'Highway Patrolman' and loss 'My Father's House' also ends the album on a hopeful note with my favourite 'Reason to Believe'. Hauntingly chilling album |
| Bruce Springsteen The River |
| A great double album. The title track is an epic story of failed romance and nostalgia. Something that nobody other than Bruce could pull off, beautiful enough to bring a tear to the eye and yet rough enough to remind you life isn't always perfect. A great musical achievement by one of the best lyrical story-tellers to ever walk the unfair world. |
| Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town |
| The Boss takes a long break after Born to Run because of a lawsuit and gathers his frustration and anger together in this album and creates one of his best. Pretty much every song here is enjoyable in its own way but my personal favourites are probably 'Badlands', 'The Promised Land', 'Streets of Fire', the haunting yet amazing title track and of course the immortal 'Racing in the Street', one of Bruce's best songs |
| Bruce Springsteen The Rising |
| The Boss saw the 9/11 attacks hit almost on his New Jersey doorstep. A place that he'd romanticised for years in his songs and stories and he felt compelled to write an understanding album. He reunited the E Street band and went about recording one of his best in years. The title track, 'Lonesome Day', 'Into the Fire', 'Nothing Man', 'You're Missing', 'Mary's Place' and 'My City of Ruins' are amongst my favourites here. The man can do no wrong |
| Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985 |
| Camel Moonmadness |
| Camel Mirage |
| Clutch Blast Tyrant |
| Cream Disraeli Gears |
| David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust... |
| David Bowie Hunky Dory |
| Death Symbolic |
| Deep Purple Machine Head |
| Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock |
| Def Leppard Hysteria |
| Leppard's most successful album selling over 20 million copies. Given the accessibility of most of the tracks present I can see why. Best songs here are 'Animal', 'Pour Some Sugar On Me', 'Love Bites', 'Armageddon It', 'Rocket', 'Gods Of War' and 'Hysteria' |
| Def Leppard Pyromania |
| One of the best hair metal albums of all time. Simple as |
| Diamond Head Lightning To The Nations |
| Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory |
| Dream Theater Images and Words |
| Eagles Hotel California |
| WHO THE FUCK GAVE THIS A 1. YOU ASSHOLES DON'T KNOW MUSIC !!!!! |
| Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Foo Fighters Wasting Light |
| Kicks the shit out of 'The Colour and Shape' and is easily the best Foos album for me. So close to a 5. Some of my favourite Foo Fighters songs are on this including 'Walk', 'Bridges Burning', 'A Matter of Time', 'Arlandria' and of course the amazing 'These Days' pretty much every song is mainstream rock done right. Dave, you done good |
| Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape |
| Mainstream, but who honestly cares when you can turn it up loud and rock out !!!!! |
| Genesis Selling England by the Pound |
| Heathen Victims of Deception |
| Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| Iron Maiden Live After Death |
| One of the best live albums of all time. The band is on top form at Long Beach Arena and their energetic and furious performance never fails to amaze. Live versions of 'Aces High', 'The Trooper', 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Powerslave', 'The Number of the Beast' and the best metal song 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' an essential live album. |
| Iron Maiden Iron Maiden |
| Jethro Tull Aqualung |
| Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny |
| Judas Priest Stained Class |
| King Crimson Red |
| Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy |
| Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd |
| Megadeth Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? |
| Megadeth Countdown to Extinction |
| Dave goes commercial and it pays off. Not as good as their earlier thrash albums but still a damn fine metal album. Best songs: 'Symphony of Destruction', 'Architecture of Aggression', 'Foreclosure of a Dream', 'Sweating Bullets', 'Countdown to Extinction' and 'Ashes In Your Mouth' |
| Metallica Live Shit: Binge And Purge |
| Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax The Big 4: Live in Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Admittedly this would have been better around about 1991 but seeing these thrash titans performing together on 'Am I Evil?' and hearing their setlists sound fresh and powerful is still worth it. Megadeth's was my favourite performance too |
| Michael Jackson Bad |
| Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood |
| The Crue clean up, they're off the drugs and much better for it. This is easily their best release since 'Shout at the Devil' and while neither are perfect both are almost essential albums and proved that glam could be manly with the right band. |
| Motley Crue Shout at the Devil |
| Motorhead Ace of Spades |
| Motorhead Overkill |
| I used to have this as a 4 .... am I a closet homo ?? |
| Motorhead No Sleep 'til Hammersmith |
| Motorhead Iron Fist |
| Muse Absolution |
| Nine Inch Nails The Fragile |
| Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York |
| An incredibly emotional performance by Nirvana and in particular Kurt Cobain. Sure they weren't the most talented band around but they did make the biggest commercial impact of the 90's and although Nevermind is overrated and In Utero contained some filler this live performance is near flawless. One of the best live albums of all time |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| Ozzy Osbourne Tribute |
| If 'Blizzard' introduced Randy Rhoads then 'Tribute' cemented his place among the best guitarists of all time. His classic influences are there for all to hear and Ozzy's vocals are some of the best of his career. A near flawless live album. |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
| Queen Queen II |
| I've heard this called the "poor man's Dark Side of the Moon" though I can't see why really, Yes some songs in the middle are a bit bland but the epic tracks more than make up for it. 'The March of the Black Queen' is one of the bands best songs |
| Queen Sheer Heart Attack |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Haunting, melodic, beautiful. Not quite the brilliance of OK Computer but incredibly close. 'How to Disappear Completely' is amazing |
| Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine |
| One of the best debut albums of the 90s and possibly of all time. Zach De la Rocha's politically charged lyrics combined with a solid rhythm section and Tom Morello's inventive guitar make this an almost one-of-a-kind album. Best songs include 'Bombtrack', 'Killing in the Name', 'Bullet in the Head', 'Wake Up' and 'Freedom'. The slightly repetitive nature is the only thing keeping this from a 5. |
| Ramones Ramones |
| Regina Spektor Begin To Hope |
| Rush A Farewell to Kings |
| Rush Clockwork Angels |
| One of the band's best albums and another long-awaited classic. After nearly 40 years since their first album they still sound relevant and inventive. Geddy's voice sounds more mature and better for it and of course the masterful instrumentation is still there. Album of the year ? Very, very likely |
| Skid Row Slave To The Grind |
| Slayer Reign in Blood |
| Everytime this album is played a puppy gets run over and a scene kid dies. A great thrash album that arguably gave birth to extreme metal. There are some problems with it though, the vocals are suitably evil but annoying and its a bit repetitive. These are the only reasons this is not a 5, still a great album however. |
| The Beatles The Beatles |
| How could The Beatles possibly follow Sgt Pepper ?? Simple. By making another masterpiece. Was there anything these 4 guys couldn't do ?? |
| The Beatles Rubber Soul |
| The Gaslight Anthem American Slang |
| The Gaslight Anthem Sink or Swim |
| At first it sounds a little like an organised mess, then however you realise the lyrics are the driving force and everything makes sense. You've probably lived the stories that Fallon writes and that's why, regardless of the organised chaos around his words. You'll fall in love |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love |
| The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet |
| The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers |
| A great Rolling Stones album capped off by the brilliance of 'Brown Sugar' and 'Wild Horses'. |
| The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed |
| The Who Quadrophenia |
| The Who Live at Leeds |
| U2 War |
| U2's classic pre-Joshua Tree album epitomises their youth, energy and developing sound. Best songs here in my opinion are 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'New Year's Day' |
| Van Halen Van Halen |
| A great rock debut album that introduced the world to a new guitar hero in Eddie Van Halen and an incredibly charismatic frontman in David Lee Roth. 'Eruption' is as good today as it was in 1978 |
| Van Halen 1984 |
| The last David Lee Roth- Van Halen album and its almost on-par with their brilliant debut. Songs like 'Panama', 'Jump', 'Hot for Teacher' and the great 'I'll Wait' are among the best Van Halen tracks. |
| Wishbone Ash Argus |
| 4.0 excellent |
| AC/DC Back In Black |
| AC/DC Let There Be Rock |
| Aerosmith Permanent Vacation |
| A comeback album that does more than try and recapture the band's former glory. It succeeds and matches their previous efforts, maybe even betters them. |
| Aerosmith Pump |
| Aerosmith Get Your Wings |
| Aerosmith Aerosmith |
| Alice Cooper Hey Stoopid |
| Contains some of Alice's most underrated songs. The title track, 'Might as well be on Mars' and 'Burning our Bed' are some of my favourite Alice tracks ranking among the best of his career in my opinion. |
| Alice Cooper School's Out |
| Alice Cooper Trash |
| Alice Cooper Brutal Planet |
| Alice in Chains Alice in Chains |
| Alice in Chains Facelift |
| Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue |
| Who could have guessed that after 16 or so years and the death of their frontman that Alice in Chains could come back and produce a album of this quality that matches any of their previous efforts in terms of quality. Proving that today they are arguably the most relevant grunge band. Layne would be proud |
| Alter Bridge Blackbird |
| Alter Bridge AB III |
| Anthrax Spreading The Disease |
| Anthrax Worship Music |
| Anthrax Persistence Of Time |
| Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions |
| Biffy Clyro Opposites |
| Black Sabbath Volume 4 |
| Aside from Never Say Die! and Technical Ecstasy, the worst of the Ozzy era Sabbath albums and yet its still good. 'Changes' needs some repeat listens but Ozzy's vocals do sound sincere and real, despite popular opinion |
| Black Sabbath Sabotage |
| The last great Ozzy-Sabbath album. 'Megalomania' is one of the most underrated Sabbath songs in their whole discography. |
| Black Sabbath Mob Rules |
| blink-182 Enema of the State |
| blink-182 blink-182 |
| Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties |
| Bob Dylan Desire |
| Bob Dylan Another Side Of Bob Dylan |
| Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding |
| Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet |
| Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love |
| The sound of a maturing artist and a man leaving his past behind. 'Tougher than the Rest' and 'Walk Like a Man' are examples of this. 'One Step Up' is my pick for best song here however, a haunting tail of an unhappy, volatile marriage that almost anyone can relate too, it has the ability to rip your heart to pieces. Including 'When Your Alone' and 'Brilliant Disguise' this album is possibly the most heartfelt of Springsteen's long and distinguished career. |
| Bruce Springsteen The Promise |
| Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball |
| The Boss hasn't sounded this good or indeed this inspirational since 'Tunnel of Love', his best album in years. The amazing title track is my favourite among others such as 'Land of Hope and Dreams' 'Rocky Ground' 'Death to my Hometown' 'We are Alive' and 'We Take Care Of Our Own'. The Boss is back and better than he's been in years |
| Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle |
| Bruce Springsteen Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. |
| Camel The Snow Goose |
| Cream Wheels of Fire |
| Death Human |
| Death The Sound of Perseverance |
| Death Leprosy |
| Death Individual Thought Patterns |
| Deep Purple Fireball |
| Dio The Last in Line |
| Dio Dream Evil |
| Dio Magica |
| Down NOLA |
| Down Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow |
| Dream Theater Awake |
| Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence |
| Eagles Eagles |
| A solid debut by one of rocks most popular bands. The best tracks here are probably 'Witchy Woman' and the gorgeous 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' along with the irresistible 'Take it Easy' |
| Elton John Honky Chateau |
| Elton John Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy |
| Elton John Madman Across the Water |
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery |
| Exodus Bonded by Blood |
| Exodus Fabulous Disaster |
| Faith No More The Real Thing |
| Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac |
| Foo Fighters Foo Fighters |
| Genesis Foxtrot |
| Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy |
| Insanely underrated, sure its not the hard rocking genius of Appetite but it does prove that Axl dosent need Izzy or Slash to make some good music. It moves from industrial metal through classic GN'R hard rock to piano based ballads. More consistent than either of the Illusions but not better overall. Not the most well loved album but I'm close to saying its worth the wait |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II |
| Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I |
| Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II |
| Iron Maiden Piece of Mind |
| Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time |
| Iron Maiden Brave New World |
| The comeback. 11 years after Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith left Iron Maiden they return for their best album in years. Props for 'The Wicker Man' and 'Ghost of the Navigator' especially |
| Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death |
| Iron Maiden Killers |
| John Lennon Imagine |
| The best song ever written ? Probably. Shame the rest of the album isn't as amazing. It's still not bad though |
| Journey Escape |
| Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance |
| In my opinion Priest's best album of the 80s, similar to 'Sad Wings of Destiny' was for the 70s and 'Painkiller' for the 90s. A culmination of the bands musical journey up to that point. My favourites here are 'The Hellion/Electric Eye', 'Riding on the Wind', 'Screaming For Vengeance', 'You Got Another Thing Comin' and 'Fever' |
| Judas Priest Sin After Sin |
| Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith |
| King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
| KISS Destroyer |
| KISS Alive! |
| Kyuss Welcome To Sky Valley |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
| Not an amazing debut but a very solid one. All the elements that made Zeppelin great are taking shape, probably the most dated of the bands releases though. |
| Led Zeppelin The Song Remains The Same |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping |
| Machine Head The Blackening |
| Machine Head Burn My Eyes |
| Machine Head Unto the Locust |
| One of the best albums of 2011 in my honest opinion and certainly Flynn and the gang's best so far, beating 'Burn My Eyes' and 'The Blackening'. The band add some progressive metal elements to their music and it's all the better for it. The title track is annoyingly catchy and along with 'I am Hell', 'Be Still and Know' and 'Who We Are' is among the best songs here. |
| Manowar Kings of Metal |
| Mastodon The Hunter |
| Mastodon Crack the Skye |
| Mastodon Leviathan |
| Mastodon Blood Mountain |
| Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell |
| Megadeth Youthanasia |
| Megadeth Endgame |
| A welcome return to form for Dave and the boys, 'This Day We Fight!' is one of my favourite Megadeth songs. |
| Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What! |
| Stupidly underrated, I can see why Dave's singing on this album would put people off but frankly it still sounds good. This album contains a great instrumental ('Into the Lungs of Hell'), the first track Dave wrote post-Metallica ('Set the World Afire') and Mustaine's personal tribute to Cliff Burton ('In My Darkest Hour') also one of the best Megadeth songs. Honourable mentions to some underrated 'Deth tracks 'Mary Jane' and 'Hook in Mouth' |
| Megadeth Killing Is My Business... |
| Metallica Metallica |
| The turning point for Metallica's career. Not as awful as some proclaim and yet not as amazing as the sales would suggest. This is an average album in the Metallica discography but amazing compared with what came later.. |
| Metallica S&M |
| Metallica ...And Justice for All |
| Metallica Kill 'Em All |
| Michael Jackson Dangerous |
| Michael Jackson Off the Wall |
| Motley Crue Too Fast for Love |
| Motley Crue Girls, Girls, Girls |
| Where the drug problems really started affecting the Crue. Still an amazing album, but there are gaps in Nikki's songwriting starting to show, after this album they would clean up and produce the brilliant 'Dr Feelgood'. |
| Motorhead Bomber |
| Motorhead Rock 'N' Roll |
| Motorhead Bastards |
| Motorhead 1916 |
| Motorhead Motörhead |
| Where the most badass band on the planet began. Set the bar for Lemmy and the gang to match and better and they would. Great debut from the most under appreciated band in metal |
| Motorhead Inferno |
| Motorhead No Sleep at All |
| Motorhead Motorizer |
| Motorhead Another Perfect Day |
| Motorhead Orgasmatron |
| Muse Origin of Symmetry |
| Muse Black Holes and Revelations |
| Nazareth Hair Of The Dog |
| Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine |
| Nirvana In Utero |
| Nirvana Nevermind |
| Incredibly overrated, Sure it's good to listen to but every song is not the genius it's perceived to be by fans and critics. There is no denying however the impact of the album and in particular 'Smells like Teen Spirit'. However imo 'MTV Unplugged' is better and is really the essential Nirvana album. |
| Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? |
| Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears |
| Ozzy Osbourne Diary Of A Madman |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz |
| What could have been an awful attempt to imitate Sabbath turned into one of the best metal albums of all time. Ozzy's vocals have never sounded better, and the whole album is topped off by the genius of Randy Rhoads. A man taken before his time and one of the best guitarists of his generation. |
| Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power |
| Pantera Cowboys from Hell |
| Pearl Jam Vs. |
| Let's be honest .... Pearl Jam were never going to match Ten. They can release as many albums as they see fit but their first is their masterpiece. Not a bad album by all means but it gets nowhere near the emotionally brilliant debut. |
| Pearl Jam Vitalogy |
| Pearl Jam Pearl Jam |
| Pearl Jam Yield |
| Pearl Jam Backspacer |
| Jam's best album since Vitalogy, capped off by 'Unthought Known', 'The Fixer' and the amazing 'Just Breathe'. |
| Pearl Jam No Code |
| Pink Floyd Pulse |
| Pink Floyd Meddle |
| Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
| Queen A Day At The Races |
| Possibly the worst of Queen's first five albums and this has the epic amazingness of Somebody to Love and Tie Your Mother Down....... Caaaaaan anybodyyyyy, fiind meeeeee somebody tooooo looooovvveeeeee |
| Queen News Of The World |
| Queen Queen |
| One of my favourite debut albums ever. This contains all the early elements that made Queen one of the best bands of all time. Not as over the top as Queen II or A Night at the Opera but its still very good |
| Queen Innuendo |
| Contains Freddie Mercury's best vocal performance in 'The Show Must Go On'. The final completed Queen album with Freddie and with one of the most emotional songs of all time in 'These are the Days of Our Lives' which was Freddie's last video. I recommend watching it and it also has Queen's most progressive song since the 70's in the brilliant title track. |
| Queen The Game |
| Queen Jazz |
| Queens of the Stone Age Rated R |
| Queensryche Empire |
| Queensryche Rage for Order |
| R.E.M. Automatic For the People |
| Radiohead Hail to the Thief |
| Radiohead In Rainbows |
| Radiohead Amnesiac |
| Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles |
| Rammstein Reise, Reise |
| Ramones Rocket to Russia |
| Ramones Road to Ruin |
| Rush Permanent Waves |
| Rush 2112 |
| Rush's 2112 isn't the flawless classic it's lauded to be yet its still an excellent album. The Canadian trio has better albums but this kick-starts the classic era. Essential prog rock |
| Rush Grace Under Pressure |
| Saxon Strong Arm of the Law |
| Saxon Wheels of Steel |
| Scorpions Love At First Sting |
| Seventh Wonder Mercy Falls |
| Shinedown The Sound Of Madness |
| Skid Row Skid Row |
| The ballads stop this from being a normal glam metal record, the likes of which were put out all the time during the 80's. This is one of the better ones. Briefly compared to Guns N' Roses and although Skid Row never hit those heights they would produce one of the better debut albums of the 80s. |
| Slash Made In Stoke 24/7/11 |
| Slayer Seasons in the Abyss |
| Slayer South of Heaven |
| Slayer follow 'Reign in Blood' by slowing their sound down and adding melody to the brutal thrash that trademarks the band. Despite an unusual cover of Judas Priest's 'Dissident Aggressor' the album is pretty good, though I believe it's inferior to 'Seasons in the Abyss' and 'Reign in Blood' it's still a damn good Slayer album. |
| Slayer Hell Awaits |
| Slipknot Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) |
| Slipknot Slipknot |
| Soundgarden Badmotorfinger |
| Steel Panther Feel The Steel |
| DEATH TO ALL BUT METTAAAALLL !!!!! truer words were never sang. |
| Steel Panther Balls Out |
| Panther follow their brilliantly hilarious debut with an album that almost matches it in terms of music and jokes. The toilet attitude hasn't become more childish or worn and still backs up the music. In all honesty trying to analyse this album is pointless, I like it and its funny and a good party album, best songs 'Just Like Tiger Woods', 'If you Really Really Love Me', 'Why Can't You Trust Me?', '17 Girls in a Row' and 'Weenie Ride' |
| System of a Down Toxicity |
| Tenacious D Tenacious D |
| Testament The New Order |
| Testament The Legacy |
| The Beatles Help! |
| The Beatles Let It Be |
| The Beatles Please Please Me |
| The Beatles A Hard Day's Night |
| The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour |
| The Doors L. A. Woman |
| The Doors Strange Days |
| The Doors Waiting For The Sun |
| The Gaslight Anthem Señor and the Queen |
| The Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup |
| The Rolling Stones Aftermath |
| The Rolling Stones Some Girls |
| The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request |
| The Who My Generation |
| The Who Tommy |
| The Who The Who Sell Out |
| Tool 10,000 Days |
| U2 The Unforgettable Fire |
| Van Halen Van Halen II |
| Van Halen 5150 |
| It was hard for me to accept Sammy Hagar at first, being a Lee Roth fan but this record completely changed my mind. I now see this as one of Van Halen's best. |
| Van Halen Fair Warning |
| Whitesnake Whitesnake |
| Yes Relayer |
| Yes Fragile |
| Yes Tales from Topographic Oceans |
| Yes The Yes Album |
| ZZ Top Eliminator |
