| 4.5 superb |
| Alice in Chains Dirt |
| Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction |
| A solid rock album that gets better with every listen. |
| James Taylor Greatest Hits |
| John Fogerty Premonition |
| Great live album. Fogerty sounds awesome and the guitar playing is awesome. It has all the credence hits and post CCR works. |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping |
| Metallica Master Of Puppets |
| Metallica ...And Justice For All |
| This truly was Metallica’s crowning achievement. Many will say that they achieved this with their previous album. That album happens to be Master of Puppets. Master is also remarkable album and boasts my favorite Metallica song. And Justice for all in my opinion is their most consistent album. But one must be warned it can be intimidating. Many of the intros are slow to fade in and they lack of the explosive intro riffs that Metallica is famous for. The songs eventually build and reveal their complex structure. You can really feel that this is sort of the end of the classic thrash sound that Metallica invented. Their goal was simply to make very long and complex songs. After listening to the first two tracks mission accomplished. “Blackened” and “And Justice For All” are very dry and powerful. They set the tone for a take no prisoner approach. Eye of the Beholder calms things down a bit but still provide a catchy riff laden fill. Up next is arguably the song that probably change Tallica's career. This was their first taste of mainstream, and sometimes "One" feels out of place. But it provides a great slower melodic balance that culminates with very heavy riff section and a gem of a guitar solo. This will be many people’s oh yeah moment because many will recognize this song and its haunting theme. After "One" the pace builds back up with "Shortest Straw", and its powerful lyrics. Next is my favorite song from the album "Harvester of Sorrow". It has the classic dark heavy intro that many early Metallica songs possessed. After repeated listening you'll be shouting the verse and chorus to relieve some stress. James Hetfield manages to sing with a short of growl that introduced his more mature voice. The "Frayed End of Sanity" and "To Live is To Die" continue to pound heavy the theme and attitude of this album. The album then ends with "Dyers Eve", which is the perfect song to end with. It is blistering fast and provide a truly genius guitar solo from Hammet. This is a solo which shows his versatility a metal guitarist. The downside is that I believe the grueling recording process and touring of this album took a toll on the band and ultimately pushed them artistically in another direction. Two of the song clock in over 9min and few top 7min. But Death Magnetic is very reminiscent of this album. This Album truly is a must have and a listening experience for basically anyone. I urge even non metal fans to give this one a try because through all the dry distortion I believe you can enjoy the complexity of the song structures. |
| Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| Steely Dan Aja |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Tool Ænima |
