Best Rock album of all time

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

[Mr. Blonde]

1. This poll is too hard! How can you decide between those?

It all depends on the mood. I would say though that Back in Black would be a better AC/DC pick than Highway to Hell.

[tcfrogs]

2. Abbey Road n/t

[OneBlueSky]

22. I'll second that . . . n/t

.

[dolo amber]

3. Of those listed, 'Dark Side'

But c'mon now, we all know it's really "Loveless"...;)

[liberalpragmatist]

4. The White Album

[grannylib]

5. Oh man, I love Physical Graffiti, but I picked it largely for nostalgia's

sake. You have some good choices on there. Love "Aqualung" as well; there really are too many to pick a favorite. Beatles, The Who, Aerosmith, STP, Metallica, Janis, Jimi, The Doors, The Police, Fleetwood Mac, Jeff Beck, Neil Young, Dylan, CSN, Joni, The Pretenders, Heart...
and of course, the Split Enz, Crowded House, and Neil Finn
music is great.

[Robroy]

6. The Beatles "Revolver"

n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. You are on the drugs.

[flamingyouth]

10. A-freaking-MEN!

:thumbsup:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. That album rocks - no doubt

Love me some Albert Lee

[tigereye]

37. that's what I was going to say...

[enigmatic]

49. I'm playng Love's "The Forever Changes" Concert..

on my overnight show this week, the one recorded at The Royal Festival Hall; it's flawless...

[enigmatic]

50. "The Days Of Wine And Roses" by The Dream Syndicate

Alternate:

"Abbey Road" by The Beatles, and "Sticky Fingers" by The Stones..

[Lizzie Borden]

8. Highway 61 Revisited

n/t

[BootinUp]

9. Van Halen 5150

Let the naysaying begin :)

[AntiCoup2K4]

15. I believe the category was ROCK album

"Cheese Comes Walking In" and "Dreams" ain't rock :puke:

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11. Back in Black - AC/DC

Contenders---

Led Zeppelin - IV

Van Halen - I

Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction

[Va Lefty]

33. Absolutely right

Close 2nd- Van Halen 1984

Bruce Springsteen The River

[Beaverhausen]

12. No Beatles? Are you mad?

this is too hard.

[Ron Green]

13. The Band (Brown album)

Shootout at the Fantasy Factory - Traffic

[enigmatic]

58. Excellent choice, my friend

The Band's first 2 records are masterpieces..

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Geez, no Beatles, no Stones? n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

17. Van Halen 1

or for that matter...

Van Halen II
Women And Children First
Fair Warning

Four perfect rock n roll albums. And they did 2 more after that that weren't bad either.


First 6 Ac/Dc albums (nothing against Back in Black, but Bon Scott IS Ac/Dc)

Rolling Stones 1968 - 1974 (The Jimmy Miller/Mick Taylor era)
Yes the studio albums of this era were superb, but the real magic is in the live bootlegs of the period.

"Get Your Leeds Lungs Out" (1971) and "Brussels Affair" (1973) are two of the greatest live albums ever recorded. Legality be damned.

[BootinUp]

19. I like your choice, but you

puked on mine. :spank:

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. Nothing personal

I just don't believe Eddie Van Halen should have ever touched a synthesizer. Let alone hooked up with a certain Bush supporting tequila peddler. You'll notice I didn't rank "1984" as a perfect album either.

[last_texas_dem]

18. Don't think I could choose

I could never pick one favorite rock album of all time. If forced to, it'd probably be something Beatles, but I'd have trouble narrowing down just from all their great stuff.

Out of your list, I gave a vote to Aqualung 'cause I actually think it's a bit underrated since the critics hate Tull so much. Who's Next and Dark Side of the Moon are definitely up there, too.

[curse10]

20. Well, it's definately not anything by Pink Floyd

because they suck major ass...

[donheld]

66. dont you dare

dis Pink Floyd

:spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

[WoodrowFan]

21. Cheap Trick-Live at Budokan

followed by Aerosmith, "Double Live Bootleg"

[Westegg]

23. I adore Zep's "PG" as much as the next sane creature with ears, BUT...

....PG was not an inherently cohesive work of rock majesty, as it included tracks going back to 1970, and as such was kind of a mish-mosh of Zeppelin up to that point (1975). No, best album would have to be Zep IV, and I could bore you all with a track-by-track jerk-off, but I won't. I'll just say that the album cooks frm beginning (Black Dog) to the end (When the Levee Breaks). In between (at the end of Side One for those old enough to remeber vinyl) is a little track called "Stairway To Heaven." And I don' t give a tinker's curse how many times this song has been put down----it is and remains a GREAT freakin' rock anthem.

PS--Jimmy Page's production work on this album is spellbinding, tight, and the essential goddamn definition of rock.

#2?--- "Who's Next." Townshend pulls from the furnace the glowing, twisted embers of the "Life House" project and fashions a masterpiece. What balls.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

26. Man - Houses of the Holy is better than IV - hell III is better than IV

period

[Westegg]

42. That's so crazy...it just might work! See, that's what I love...

...about a man who knows his shit. Sure, I'll buy that. "Houses" and "III" are great and I'd probably take either one to a desert island before I took "IV." Then again, I'd probably take "Presence." What does this mean? That I'm a raving looney? I guess. Zep rules.

But you're talking to a man who believes that "Rock of the Westies" beats "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" hands down.

And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. You are my new favorite DUer

PS I love Goodbye YBR - don't tell anybody!

[jpgray]

25. Almost any of the Damo-era Can albums

What an incredible band that was.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. Some would call that Prog Rock (Byron would call it Krautrock)

so I left their stuff out

[jpgray]

34. Okay

In that case I nominate Funhouse by the Stooges.

[frylock]

28. ufo - strangers in the night

[Mizmoon]

29. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

no doubt

[argyl]

30. If you vote Hendrix it's gotta be "Are You Experienced?".No debut album

before or since has had anything near the impact this one had.Almost forty years later and it's still fresh.When it first came out its influence was a seismic shift in rock and it's still being felt even today.

When I first heard it I thought it was the most godawful noise I'd ever heard.It was,to say the least,original.I did recognize it for genius shortly thereafter,though.

Hendrix's short three years on the scene was the most brilliant burst of creativity the rock world will probably ever see.I suppose someone could come along and eclipse it,but I doubt they'd take odds in Vegas on it happening.

[u2spirit]

31. For me personally it's achtung baby by U2

The greatest mind fuck of an album ever. Isn't that waht rock and roll is supposed to be?

[mitchum]

32. "Let It Bleed" "Exile" is the codified masterpiece, but "Let It Bleed"..

is an even stronger album. Not an ounce of fat.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

35. There is absolutely no way I could possible answer this.

Exile on Main Street.

[PittPoliSci]

36. Leave Home - RAMONES

possibly the most amazing thing ever recorded. nothing fancy, just brutal and amazing.

[tigereye]

38. I was just going to tell Chavez he has lost his mind

this is almost as bad as my poetry poll, with more angst attached to it.

I love the Ramones, but best rock album of all time? Not sure I agree. It's Rocket to Russia, dude. ;)

Seriously it should be:

Folk/ rock era: Highway 61, Blood On the Tracks or the Basement Tapes by Dylan. Or Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys.

From the punk era, probably Remain In Light by Talking Heads or something else produced by Brian Eno. Maybe London Calling or the first Pretenders album. JMO

[PittPoliSci]

41. London Calling?

No way.:-)

[tigereye]

70. pfffftttttt

hiss... :)

hey we wise ones know what we are talking about!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

45. This isn't a punk poll

hello :eyes:

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53. "Punk" isn't rock?

You asked "Best rock album of all time".

Granted, rock is a very broad and loose genre to define. I'm no big fan of the Beatles, but I guess they are definable as rock... just not my definition (sort of like the definition of porn... "I know it when I see it"). B-)

FWIW, I almost picked the Ramones also, but my choice would have been "Ramones Alive". Their studio albums don't do them justice.

[enigmatic]

56. You are correct, sir

"Punk" music is certain part of "Rock" music..

[tigereye]

72. well, rock and roll encompasses a lot of territory, Chavez

eyerolling at me, for shame :)

I mean c'mon, no Dylan?!

[absolutezero]

39. Bad Religion

The Empire Strikes First

[sendero]

40. Brian Eno's...

... "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".

Or maybe Gang of Four's "Entertainment".

Or perhaps The Stranglers' "The Raven".

Or could it be David Bowie's "Low".

Or The Wolfgang Press's "Queer".

What about King Crimson's "Red".

But it might be Stereolab's "Mars Audiac Quintet".

Or even My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless".

Aw fukit, there is just no way to pick a "best" :evilgrin:

[tigereye]

73. pretty cool list there

[St. Jarvitude]

44. Houses of the Holy... Houses of the Holy... HAVE YOU SEEN THE BRIDGE?

Best. Album. EVAH

[Union Thug]

46. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Absolutely the most brilliant thing EVER! =)

[Cats Against Frist]

57. Yay! That's what I'm sayin'

[Old and In the Way]

47. Skull and Roses

Live/Dead....'nuff said

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

51. ((((((((((((THE correct Answer!!!! Man that Other One SMOKES!!!!))))))))))

:thumbsup:

[Old and In the Way]

55. What did I win?

Will I have to declare it as income?

But seriously, that album was the cleanest, best produced Live Album I've ever heard. The technical recording remains the standard by which I measure all live music. And what music it was-

1 Bertha 5:42 Garcia / Hunter
2 Mama Tried 2:44 Merle Haggard
3 Big Railroad Blues 3:36 Noah Lewis arr. Grateful Dead
4 Playing in the Band 4:40 Weir / Hart / Hunter
5 The Other One 18:05 Weir / Kreutzmann
6 Me & My Uncle 3:04 John Phillips
7 Big Boss Man 5:14 Smith / Dixon
8 Me & Bobby McGee 5:42 Kristofferson / Foster
9 Johnny B. Goode 3:44 Chuck Berry
10 Wharf Rat 8:30 Garcia / Hunter
11 Not Fade Away > Petty / Hardin
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad 9:12 Traditional arr. Grateful Dead

I think it captured the Dead at the very best,,,,everything just clicked on this album.

Understandingably, I'm partial to "Big Boss Man" :-), but the kicker was "NFA/GDTRFB"....the greatest rock and Roll tune of all time, IMHO.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

59. You win my undying allegiance

To the end :toast:

[markus]

63. Nah, Europe '72 beats that

if we have to rank the two.

[Old and In the Way]

67. I have to strenuously disagree!

Well, not really, because I really like that album a lot, too... :-)

But as far as kick ass, take no prisoners Rock and Roll, Live/Dead wins hands down. Europe 72 wins the award for "we're all bozo's on this bus" Rock and Roll :+

[x-g.o.p.er]

48. Born To Run, Springsteen

Music begins and ends with that album.

Nebraska is the best acoustic album of all time.

[kariatari]

60. D'oh! Why didn't I think of this one before voting?!

[HEyHEY]

52. More Hot Rocks - THe Rolling Stones

For CHavez!

[Cats Against Frist]

54. You had me with Jethro Tull

But I was going to say "Thick as a Brick." Aqualung is up there, though.

[mvd]

61. Beatles - Rubber Soul

All of their albums are such classics IMO, but I feel like Rubber Soul is a great combo. of early and later Beatles.

[Bake]

62. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

That's da bomb!

Bake

[DubyaSux]

64. Eagles...

Hotel California...

[MissMillie]

65. Dark Side of the Moon isn't even my favorite Floyd album

I like Abby Road a lot.

[Lovecrafty]

68. Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Why? Because it started an entirely new genre of metal: speed metal! It is the most influential album of my adolescence and probably of my generation.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

69. After The Gold Rush ... Young.

'Nuff said.

[Kat45]

71. I can't choose from among this list, nor can I pick one best of

all time. There are too many great rock albums, many on this list. But I would say that my favorite on the list is G'N'R "Appetite..." I was going to also add AC/DC, but the wrong album is on the list: it should be "Back in Black."

[Mobius]

74. .

:brainfart:

[Mobius]

75. U2 , Steve Vai and Joe Satriani

"Achtung Baby", "Passion and Warfare", "Surfing With The Alien"

[bobthedrummer]

76. "Axis: Bold as Love"/The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Yes, there are many contenders that also ROCK...
No one has beat Jimi yet, imo.
O8)

[opiate69]

77. "Sabotage"-Black Sabbath...

"Diary of a Madman"-runner up.

[Taverner]

78. Oooh that is a good one

Hole in the Sky->Symptom of the Universe is one of my all time faves....

[opiate69]

79. Yeah.. according to some brain-dead critics, Zeppelin...

were the "fathers of heavy metal" or some such shit... but even on their best day, they couldn't come anywhere close to Hole in the Sky... to this day, one of the heaviest riffs of all time... (actually, since my band uses the same tuning-C#-I usually play that riff for soundcheck...)

[Dem_Loyalist]

80. Gottsta be "Dark Side of the Moon" or...

"Wish You Were Here". I used to have one of the special release albums with the Dark Side of the Moon logo cast in the vinyl of the album. It would prolly be worth a mint today.