Best rock of all time
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9 May 2013, 12:40
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Journals
I wanted to do this one right after the metal journal but I was always held up by the idea that, more than metal, music as timeless as this can't be quantifed or placed in a logical order, like in a silly list. Here it is nonetheless, I hope you guys enjoy it and that it sparks some interest, especially towards the golden age of music, which is late 60's to early 70's.
One album per band, you know the drill.
One album per band, you know the drill.
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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) (progressive/art)
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) (art/progressive)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] (1971) (hard)
- The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) (pop)
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The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) (art)
- Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968) (psychedelic/blues)
- The Doors - The Doors (1967) (psychedelic)
- The Clash - London Calling (1979) (punk)
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) (jazz fusion)
- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) (glam/pop)
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000) (post)
- Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) (progressive)
- Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973) (progressive)
- Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979) (post-punk)
- The Who - Who's Next (1971) (hard)
- The Stooges - Fun House (1970) (hard)
- Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock (1970) (hard)
- Ramones - Ramones (1976) (punk)
- Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) (grunge)
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My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) (shoegaze)
- Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975) (glam/hard)
- Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind (1996) (experimental)
- Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971) (funk)
- Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976) (hard)
- Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988) (post)
- Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) (progressive)
- The Cure - Disintegration (1989) (gothic)
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Sigur Ros - ( ) (2002) (post)
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AC/DC - Back in Black (1980) (hard)
- Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) (alternative)
- The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986) (indie)
- Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972) (progressive)
- Supertramp - Crime of the Century (1974) (progressive/art)
- Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004) (indie)
- The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971) (rock)
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988) (alternative)
- Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis (1969) (rock)
- Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975) (art)
- The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) (pop)
- Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) (punk)
- Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977) (punk)
- Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself (1971) (hard)
- Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993) (shoegaze)
- Wishbone Ash - Argus (1972) (hard/progressive)
- Pixies - Doolittle (1989) (alternative)
- Alice Cooper - Killer (1971) (hard/glam)
- Pearl Jam - Ten (1991) (grunge)
- Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) (hard)
- Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) (progressive)
- Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997) (psychedelia)
- Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) (progressive)
- Fugazi - Repeater (1990) (post-hardcore)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (1973) (hard)
- ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973) (blues)
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) (jazz fusion)
- Television - Marquee Moon (1977) (post-punk)
- Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights (2002) (post-punk)
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (1994) (industrial)
- Santana - Abraxas (1970) (rock)
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) (progressive)
- Slint - Spiderland (1991) (post/math)
- The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985) (post-punk)
- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) (experimental)
- Wire - Pink Flag (1977) (punk)
- Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) (atmospheric)
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Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999) (experimental)
- The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979) (punk)
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Can - Tago Mago (1971) (psychedelic)
- The Sound - From the Lions Mouth (1981) (post-punk)
- Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971) (psychedelic)
- Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) (progressive)
- Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987) (hard)
- Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher (1971) (blues-rock)
- Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002) (progressive)
- Anathema - Judgement (1999) (alternative/atmospheric)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993) (alternative)
- Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) (hard)
- Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980) (art)
- The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977) (punk)
- Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) (psychedelic)
- The Replacements - Let It Be (1984) (alternative)
- Camel - Mirage (1974) (progressive)
- Misfits - Walk Among Us (1982) (punk)
- Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985) (rock)
- Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium (1990) (gothic)
- T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland (1970) (progressive/hard)
- Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994) (slowcore)
- The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) (psychedelic)
- Stray - Stray (1970) (hard)
- Ride - Nowhere (1990) (shoegaze)
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Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973) (progressive)
- Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003) (post)
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Kingston Wall - II (1993) (psychedelic)
- Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) (alternative)
- Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) (post/experimental)
- Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) (progressive)
- Colosseum - Valentyne Suite (1969) (progressive)
- Boston - Boston (1976) (hard)
- Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) (indie)
- Mr Bungle - California (1999) (experimental)
+1 for The Damned, Sex pistols, DK, Sonic youth, Clash, Floyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_XsuuQNT9E
Indeed, I'd go for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUPGI5R30Y as their best.
Can't have them all!
Edit: I'm silly, got overly excited, forgot this list consists of Album titles. Doesn't change the utter necessity for Styx, Kiss and Whitesnake though! :P
":D"
#good job, thanks
e: Okey, there is PT
3 v2: Okey, there is Rush too, good job!
Anyways I'm not complaining, you get pretty much every golden rock album out there on this list (considering you stuck to one album per band). So great job :)
NO WONDER WITH SUCH NAZI METAL LISTENERS SUCH AS THOMM, FROP
Only remark I can make is that there is no Boston in your list, which makes me sort of sad since I've literally listened for days to their debut album and I still listen to it a lot (and it's been about 8 years since I got it).
For statistics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28band%29 31 million records sold in the USA alone!
Might be you don't like them, but I would like to hear your opinion about them since you seem to know a lot about alternative music in general :)
rest can gtfo :D
How was/is greece btw?
maybe next summer, this summer is already planned :)
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For the rest, very nice list ;)
Agree on Mountain, George Thorogood and Dire Straits. ZZ TOP is cool but too monotone for my liking. Kid Rock, niggah please! Golden Earring mwaahh, even though I'm Dutch, they only have a few decent songs imo.
Totally agreed about the ZZ Top and Dire Straits albums :)
Give me something like
:)
Pinball Wizard always makes me smile :D
Carry On My Wayward Son