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Old 13-07-2014, 19:43
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What do you regard as the greatest rock album in history. For me it breaks down to this top 10

10, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
9, Rainbow, Rising
8, Queen, A Night At The Opera
7, The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street
6, Guns And Roses, Appitite For Destruction
5, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
4, Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon
3, The Who, Who's Next
2, The Beatles, Revolver
1, Deep Purple, In Rock

All of these albums are excellent in their own rights and any one of them could be number 1. However I put Purple at number one due to the sheer power of that album.
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Old 13-07-2014, 21:50
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Metallica's Black Album is my all-time favourite rock album. Nevermind is up there as well, and I also loved Suicidal Tendencies' Art of Rebellion.
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Old 13-07-2014, 22:08
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Back in Black - AC/DC
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Old 13-07-2014, 23:23
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Exile on Main Street or Sticky Fingers for me.
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Old 14-07-2014, 00:53
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Red - King Crimson
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Gish - Smashing Pumpkins


I'm afraid I detest Who's Next. It was the album that made me never want to listen to them ever again.
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Old 14-07-2014, 08:16
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A bit heavy rock oriented that list.

Rock has a lot more shades than that.

1. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols.
2. London's Calling - The Clash
3. Nevermind - Nirvana
4. Back in Black - AC/DC
5. Achtung Baby - U2
6. Led Zepp - Led Zepp iV
7. Reign of Blood - Slayer
8. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
9. Stupidity - Dr Feelgood
10. Close to the Edge - Yes
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Old 14-07-2014, 08:54
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Highway Song Live - Blackfoot.
Lightning To The Nations - Diamond Head.
Love - The Cult.
Peace - The Cult.
Metal Church - Metal Church.
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy.
The Greatest Gift - Liberty 37.
The Great Radio Controversy - Tesla.
Black Tiger - Y&T.
Killer - Alice Cooper.
Lovedrive - The Scorpions.
Restless And Wild - Accept.
British Steel - Judas Priest.

All of these have unique, individual merits that make them stand out.
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Old 14-07-2014, 09:39
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Plenty to choose from, but I switch between

The Who - Who's Next
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Free - Fire and Water
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Old 14-07-2014, 09:54
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A bit heavy rock oriented that list.

Rock has a lot more shades than that.

1. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols.
2. London's Calling - The Clash
3. Nevermind - Nirvana
4. Back in Black - AC/DC
5. Achtung Baby - U2
6. Led Zepp - Led Zepp iV
7. Reign of Blood - Slayer
8. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
9. Stupidity - Dr Feelgood
10. Close to the Edge - Yes
*Reign In Blood

Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power deserves a mention
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Old 14-07-2014, 10:03
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A bit heavy rock oriented that list.

Rock has a lot more shades than that.

1. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols.
2. London's Calling - The Clash
3. Nevermind - Nirvana
4. Back in Black - AC/DC
5. Achtung Baby - U2
6. Led Zepp - Led Zepp iV
7. Reign of Blood - Slayer
8. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
9. Stupidity - Dr Feelgood
10. Close to the Edge - Yes
I'm sorry but I'm not having that. There's no way whatsoever that both Loveless and Close To The Edge can be described as rock albums - not by any stretch of the imagination. Good call for Never Mind The Bollocks Though.

Live At Leeds should replace the pretentious Who's Next, although I wish they'd replaced Magic Bus with almost anything else from their live set at the time.
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Old 14-07-2014, 10:37
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I'm sorry but I'm not having that. There's no way whatsoever that both Loveless and Close To The Edge can be described as rock albums - not by any stretch of the imagination. Good call for Never Mind The Bollocks Though.

Live At Leeds should replace the pretentious Who's Next, although I wish they'd replaced Magic Bus with almost anything else from their live set at the time.
How would you describe Loveless? It's certainly indie/alternative rock to me.
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Old 14-07-2014, 10:48
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It's hard to define 'rock' as a genre. The Beatles aren't really rock but are are put in the rock section in the ever decreasing record stores. My top 10 that I think could qualify as rock are


1.Never Mind The Bollocks, Heres The Sex Pistols-Sex Pistols
2.Doolittle-Pixies
3.Weezer (a.k.a The Blue Album)-Weezer
4.The Holy Bible-Manic Street Preachers
5.The Velvet Underground and Nico-The Velvet Underground and Nico
6.Quadrophenia-The Who
7.Let It Be-The Replacements
8.II-Meat Puppets
9.Electro Shock Blues-Eels
10.Los Angeles-X

To be honest I don't know if any of them are out and out rock albums but there we go
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:14
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Can't believe people are calling 'Never Mind The Bollocks' one of the best rock albums of all time - then I remember this is the Digital Spy music forum
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:38
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I genuinely can't help thinking a lot of the people who hate on Never Mind The Bollocks either haven't heard it or believe slagging it off makes them look like they know a lot more about music than they actually do. I'm not suggesting you are in this group by the way Soupietwist

'Never Mind The Bollocks' is a truly special album not because of it's historical importance but because it leaves you in a state of disregard for everything and everyone. It's spirit lends you confidence and assurance. You feel inferior to no-one.

It's an easy album to slag off due to the whole circus of The Pistols but no other album leaves me feeling as positive as Never Mind The Bollocks does
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:39
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*Reign In Blood

Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power deserves a mention
I always seem to get that title wrong!

I was tempted to add Anvil's 'Metal on Metal' because of it's influence,
And I'm surprised I left out T.Rex's 'Electric Warrior'.
I wouldn't listen to Yes now but 'Close to the Edge' was a fav at one time.

Iggy - yeah that would the best one.
Television 'Marquee Moon'?
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:42
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I don't think there is such a thing. it's like trying to pick the greatest song of all time

there's loads of great albums listed here as an example, but many are different, so how can you state one specific one is the greatest. even if you agreed a set of criteria to judge them it's still too difficult

how can you say exile is better than dark side if you love both? they are both great albums but different. likewise appetitie

and then if DSOTM and WYWH are both rock albums, yet you think WYWH is a better album than DSOTM, why isn't WYWH in the list? or animals which is more rocky

people often ask me my favourite track, or favourite track by a particular artist, but if it's an artist with a big catalogue it's too hard to pick. it's like having a box of your favourite chocolates and having to pick just one, when you like each one equally

much of it depends on what mood you are in. sometimes if you are in a mellow mood you want to listen to harvest or blue or DSOTM or exile, but in a more hyped mood you might want to listen to appetite or nevermind or londons calling. other times you want some variance rather than full on mellow or full on rocking out. so the choice can depend on the mood you are in at that moment
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:44
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I genuinely can't help thinking a lot of the people who hate on Never Mind The Bollocks either haven't heard it or believe slagging it off makes them look like they know a lot more about music than they actually do. I'm not suggesting you are in this group by the way Soupietwist

'Never Mind The Bollocks' is a truly special album not because of it's historical importance but because it leaves you in a state of disregard for everything and everyone. It's spirit lends you confidence and assurance. You feel inferior to no-one.

It's an easy album to slag off due to the whole circus of The Pistols but no other album leaves me feeling as positive as Never Mind The Bollocks does
I'd take almost any clash album over NMTB anyday. I'd also take NMTB over many of the other albums listed on here anyday too though. I think the album is very over rated
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:46
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What do you regard as the greatest rock album in history. For me it breaks down to this top 10

10, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
9, Rainbow, Rising
8, Queen, A Night At The Opera
7, The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street
6, Guns And Roses, Appitite For Destruction
5, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
4, Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon
3, The Who, Who's Next
2, The Beatles, Revolver
1, Deep Purple, In Rock

All of these albums are excellent in their own rights and any one of them could be number 1. However I put Purple at number one due to the sheer power of that album.
These type of lists are always subjective.

For me Queen II, Quadrophenia and Led Zep II are better albums. Also Meddle (Pink Floyd) is a much more coherent and together album than DSOTM.

But as I say - it's subjective.
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:47
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I'm sorry but I'm not having that. There's no way whatsoever that both Loveless and Close To The Edge can be described as rock albums - not by any stretch of the imagination. Good call for Never Mind The Bollocks Though.

Live At Leeds should replace the pretentious Who's Next, although I wish they'd replaced Magic Bus with almost anything else from their live set at the time.
How would you describe Loveless? It's certainly indie/alternative rock to me.
I was trying to pick out the best albums across the various genres.
I think Loveless is one of the best Alt Rock albums, it could have been the Pixies or Slint.

I think 'Close to the Edge' is a great prog rock album, I'm sure others would pick Floyd or King Crimson.
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Old 14-07-2014, 11:51
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I genuinely can't help thinking a lot of the people who hate on Never Mind The Bollocks either haven't heard it or believe slagging it off makes them look like they know a lot more about music than they actually do. I'm not suggesting you are in this group by the way Soupietwist

'Never Mind The Bollocks' is a truly special album not because of it's historical importance but because it leaves you in a state of disregard for everything and everyone. It's spirit lends you confidence and assurance. You feel inferior to no-one.

It's an easy album to slag off due to the whole circus of The Pistols but no other album leaves me feeling as positive as Never Mind The Bollocks does
Also I always thought that Johnny's lyrics for the Pistols were never given the credit they deserved. They are generally very clever and do, in a lot of cases, hit a raw nerve. Dismissed (by me) at the time but in retrospect deserve more praise.
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Old 14-07-2014, 12:00
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I'd take almost any clash album over NMTB anyday. I'd also take NMTB over many of the other albums listed on here anyday too though. I think the album is very over rated
I'm certainly not saying everyone who doesn't like it is wrong or anything, I just think it's one of those albums that nearly everybody has a fairly strong opinion on. It's one of those albums that everybody has heard of and therefore it attracts more attention than most other albums. It's easy to see why it gets so much criticism in comparison to other punk albums as It seems every music fan has to have an opinion on it one way or the other due to how important it is deemed by the critics. Sgt Pepper is another example of this

I wonder how long before the London Calling backlash starts?
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Old 14-07-2014, 12:04
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These type of lists are always subjective.

For me Queen II, Quadrophenia and Led Zep II are better albums. Also Meddle (Pink Floyd) is a much more coherent and together album than DSOTM.

But as I say - it's subjective.
Yes, it's subjective to begin with but it isn't that hard to get agreement on what albums should appear on a list of greatest rock albums. The difficulty tends to be can you recognise that a particular album may have quality even if you don't particularly like it? People dismiss this simple idea without thinking it through. Broccoli may not be to your taste but that doesn't stop it being a good vegetable! Or better, some people don't like Shakespeare, does that mean the plays are no good!
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Old 14-07-2014, 12:13
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I genuinely can't help thinking a lot of the people who hate on Never Mind The Bollocks either haven't heard it or believe slagging it off makes them look like they know a lot more about music than they actually do. I'm not suggesting you are in this group by the way Soupietwist

'Never Mind The Bollocks' is a truly special album not because of it's historical importance but because it leaves you in a state of disregard for everything and everyone. It's spirit lends you confidence and assurance. You feel inferior to no-one.

It's an easy album to slag off due to the whole circus of The Pistols but no other album leaves me feeling as positive as Never Mind The Bollocks does
It's like everything else, personal taste. I've heard, and don't like it.
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Old 14-07-2014, 12:17
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It's like everything else, personal taste. I've heard, and don't like it.
As I wrote above, I am not saying everyone should like it or that everybody who doesn't is an idiot or anything. I was just making a point that criticizing it is very in vogue with the cool cats
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Old 14-07-2014, 12:19
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I genuinely can't help thinking a lot of the people who hate on Never Mind The Bollocks either haven't heard it or believe slagging it off makes them look like they know a lot more about music than they actually do. I'm not suggesting you are in this group by the way Soupietwist

'Never Mind The Bollocks' is a truly special album not because of it's historical importance but because it leaves you in a state of disregard for everything and everyone. It's spirit lends you confidence and assurance. You feel inferior to no-one.

It's an easy album to slag off due to the whole circus of The Pistols but no other album leaves me feeling as positive as Never Mind The Bollocks does
Although I wouldn't slag it off, I did feel at the time, that the whole Pistols thing was getting too commercialised by the time NMTB was released. I bought the white Spunk bootleg instead http://www.discogs.com/Sex-Pistols-Spunk/release/673946

ETA - Bloody hell....I've just noticed how much I could get for it
I always seem to get that title wrong!

I was tempted to add Anvil's 'Metal on Metal' because of it's influence,
And I'm surprised I left out T.Rex's 'Electric Warrior'.
I wouldn't listen to Yes now but 'Close to the Edge' was a fav at one time.

Iggy - yeah that would the best one.
Television 'Marquee Moon'?
Yep, good call
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