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What is the best rock 'n' roll album of all time?

Started by earthseed 2 years ago 6 Comments

Tags: music, rock n roll

1.	Dark Side of the Moon (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 26 votes 506 pts
2.	London Calling (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 21 votes 403 pts
3.	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band seems to me this one should be on a list of this sort. Add a comment	Vote! 16 votes 305 pts
4.	Nevermind (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 14 votes 264 pts
5.	White Album I think it's superior. Add a comment	Vote! 13 votes 235 pts
6.	Houses of the Holy (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 11 votes 201 pts
7.	The Joshua Tree (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 10 votes 188 pts
8.	Boston Boston is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Because of the rise of disco and punk, FM rock radio seem... [show more] Boston is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Because of the rise of disco and punk, FM rock radio seemed all but dead until the rise of acts like Boston , Tom Petty , and Bruce Springsteen . Nearly every song on Boston 's debut album can still be heard on classic rock radio today due to the strong vocals of Brad Delp and unique guitar sound of Tom Scholz . Tom Scholz , who wrote most of the songs, was a studio wizard and used self-designed equipment such as 12-track recording devices to come up with an anthemic "arena rock" sound before the term was even coined. The sound was hard rock, but the layered melodies and harmonics reveal the work of a master craftsman. While much has been written about the sound of the album, the lyrics are often overlooked. There are songs about their rise from a bar band ("Rock and Roll Band") as well as fond remembrances of summers gone by ("More Than a Feeling"). Boston is essential for any fan of classic rock, and the album marks the re-emergence of the genre in the 1970s. [show less] 2 Comments	Vote! 10 votes 187 pts
9.	OK Computer by Radiohead, 1997. From wikipedia: OK Computer is consistently featured on 'best albums' lists, and has been seen by some critics... [show more] by Radiohead, 1997. From wikipedia: OK Computer is consistently featured on 'best albums' lists, and has been seen by some critics as one of the most significant rock albums ever recorded. It received a number one placing in a 1998 Q magazine poll in which readers were asked to name the "greatest album of all time," and achieved top placement once again in 2005. In 1997 it was placed at number 7 in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM; while in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 94. The album also came in at number one in the Top 100 Albums programme broadcast on Channel 4 on April 17, 2005 in the United Kingdom. In 2004 it placed number 5 on MuchMoreMusic's 40 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years. In 2003, Pitchfork Media placed it at number one in a list of 100 Best Albums of the 1990s. And in June 2005 it was named as Spin Magazine's number one album of the years 1985-2004 [2]. On the 4/5/2006 the album was certified 2 times Platinum by the RIAA> In 2003, the album was ranked number 162 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 9 votes 176 pts
10.	Appetite for Destruction (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 8 votes 151 pts
11.	Led Zeppelin 1 Their first is still their greatest! Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 109 pts
12.	David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 107 pts
13.	Who's Next (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 92 pts
14.	Pink Floyd The Wall Even has a movie Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 89 pts
15.	Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 83 pts
16.	Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 75 pts
17.	Rush fly by night imaginative technical brilliance 20 years ahead of it's time Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 68 pts
18.	AC/DC......Back In Black (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 65 pts
19.	Jimi Hendrix....Are You Experienced (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 52 pts
20.	Berlin - Lou Reed (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 50 pts
21.	It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy, 1988. From Wikipedia: Enormously influential, the album's mix of The Bomb Squad's sample-heavy beats and revoluti... [show more] by Public Enemy, 1988. From Wikipedia: Enormously influential, the album's mix of The Bomb Squad's sample-heavy beats and revolutionary lyrics railing against corporate control, structural racism and police brutality turned the album into a sensation, peaking at #1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart, and #42 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also garnered much critical acclaim, and was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. According to AcclaimedMusic.net (a site which combines several critics' polls and lists), it is the most acclaimed album of the 80's and the 18th most acclaimed album of all time. [show less] 4 Comments	Vote! 3 votes 48 pts
22.	Ramones Today your love. Tomorrow the world. Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 48 pts
23.	Remain In Light (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
24.	HYSTERIA--> DEF LEPPARD(1987) one of the greatest albums of all times... listen to any of the songs you're gonna love it......!!!! Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
25.	Surfer Rosa by: The Pixies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAT48J097nA Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
26.	The Queen Is Dead (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 37 pts
27.	Led Zeppelin....IV, Untitled, Zoso, Runes, Sticks, Four It's the fourth Led Zeppelin album...its untitled but has 4 symbols on it....commonly called Led Zeppelin IV Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 31 pts
28.	Operation:MindCrime (Queensryche's concept album) I still love this one! It's a poignant love story with a razor-sharp political edge. (As well as a rockin' CD!) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 31 pts
29.	Led Zeppelin II (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 29 pts
30.	Fear of music - Talking Heads (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 28 pts
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TheDevilHimself 2 years ago

Anyone who can definitively decide actually hates rock 'n' roll.

earthseed 2 years ago

Or really really likes certain albums.

TheDevilHimself 2 years ago

Yes. But, then. That would be their favorite albums. Not the "best."

-0.9

earthseed 2 years ago

Ah, how clever of you to have divined the fundamentally biased, self-involved nature of grupthink. Have a cookie.

istair 2 years ago

Can't vote, too many to narrow to one

+5.4

pM 1 year ago

Anyone who votes for Pink Floyd should be disqualified from voting because they obviously don't know rock'n'roll from a hole in the ground.

Oh, and London Calling isn't even the best Clash album.

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This topic was started by earthseed on July 15th, 2006. 99 grupies have voted on one or more of the 45 answers.

Tags: music, rock n roll

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Dark Side of the Moon

London Calling

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nevermind

White Album

Houses of the Holy

The Joshua Tree

Boston

OK Computer

Appetite for Destruction

Led Zeppelin 1

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars

Who's Next

Pink Floyd The Wall

Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin

Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa

Rush fly by night

AC/DC......Back In Black

Jimi Hendrix....Are You Experienced

Berlin - Lou Reed

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Ramones

Remain In Light

HYSTERIA--> DEF LEPPARD(1987)

Surfer Rosa

The Queen Is Dead

Led Zeppelin....IV, Untitled, Zoso, Runes, Sticks, Four

Operation:MindCrime (Queensryche's concept album)

Led Zeppelin II

Fear of music - Talking Heads

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