Best Rock Album EVER... [Archive]

srothman

22-12-2011, 09:07 PM

I've been going through some of my music, getting stuff organized, and I have to say, for me the best rock album ever is Black Sabbath - Paranoid. I mean, you listen to War Pigs, and you can't help but whip out your air guitar and jam along!

So...which one gives you goosebumps?

Alan

22-12-2011, 09:15 PM

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

TheHiveMind

22-12-2011, 09:19 PM

Pixies
Surfer Rosa

MickeyD

22-12-2011, 09:20 PM

I would find it almost impossible to choose a greatest rock album... there's too many good ones!!!

Paranoid is up there with my Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Dire Straits, Queen, AC/DC, Nirvana, Guns 'n' Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam, RHCP, The Who, Cream, etc...

How do you choose? If based on what I listen to most often (and not a compilation/greatest hits album) then it's Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon.

Alan

22-12-2011, 09:30 PM

I went on the 'goosebumps' factor

MickeyD

22-12-2011, 09:32 PM

I went on the 'goosebumps' factor
Brothers in Arms is right up there. (My wife's favourite!)

Lately I've been listening to The Final Cut quite a bit... strong lyrics.

Tun@

22-12-2011, 09:42 PM

Rock album - AC/DC - Back in Black
Chilling - Roger Waters - Amused to Death/Radio Kaos

MickeyD

22-12-2011, 09:43 PM

Rock album - AC/DC - Back in Black
Chilling - Roger Waters - Amused to Death/Radio Kaos
ees gud, ja!

satanboy

22-12-2011, 09:44 PM

AC/DC - Back in Black
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Valis

22-12-2011, 09:50 PM

Queen - Live Killers
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

spiff

22-12-2011, 10:32 PM

Deep purple made in Japan
Queen night at the opera
Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon

McT

22-12-2011, 10:46 PM

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Superb choice, which I often go back to. All round some great tracks on this album. Always brings back great memories of my younger days in PMB.

noswal

22-12-2011, 10:53 PM

Agreed that there probably no best one... but a good one...Led Zepp Physical graffiti

Tun@

22-12-2011, 10:59 PM

Not quite rock but for goosebumps factor i'll never forget this performance - so much well done

http://youtu.be/1k08yxu57NA

FNfal

23-12-2011, 10:51 AM

Love classic rock most is great i have most of it few scotches after the braai on a friday night and test drive the sound system make a hell of a noise neighbors think i am crazy :whistle: love black sabbath alice cooper , jimmy hendrix , led zeppilin , Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Dire Straits to name a few

srothman

23-12-2011, 10:58 AM

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I like you nick, FN :)

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FNfal

23-12-2011, 11:04 AM

:D i own the piece FNFAL para

greg0205

23-12-2011, 11:09 AM

My personal choice... The River by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.

Nanfeishen

25-12-2011, 03:17 PM

My all time best

Boston - Boston
Eliminator - ZZ Top
War - U2
Van Halen - Van Halen

Easy listening:

Creedence
T-Rex

Songs

Black Betty - Ram Jam
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Sensorei

25-12-2011, 03:43 PM

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Natedogg

25-12-2011, 04:02 PM

Probably not the greatest rock album but my favourite: Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Cosmo's Factory is definitely a runner up). And of course, if you were to consider Exile on Main Street a rock album (which some people do), then that would be the best by a long shot; from start to finish, an absolute masterpiece.

beans100

25-12-2011, 04:59 PM

Queen - Live Killers
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Deep purple made in Japan
Queen night at the opera
Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon

+1 and +1

Misterdude

28-12-2011, 08:21 PM

Yes, it's going to be a tough choice between GnR - Appetite for Destruction, and Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms.
Both Slash and Mark Knopfler are genius!

Other contenders are Rush, ACDC, Queen, Deep Purple, CCR, and of course Iron Maiden but their greatest tracks were scattered amongst their albums and career. Thus it would be almost criminal to choose just one of their albums.
P.S. Never really liked Glam Metal, but KISS and Twisted Sister always put me in good mood... however lame they may be.

SlowInternet

01-01-2012, 03:40 PM

Too many to mention... there are a few great ones. I remember going to 2 of Black Sabbath's shows many years ago at the Sun City Superbowl. Had hearing problems for a week after. The sound was still buzzing in my ears.

BigAl-sa

01-01-2012, 03:56 PM

Aqualung: Jethro Tull
Machine Head: Deep Purple
Fresh Cream: Cream
Cosmo's Factory: Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Nick333

08-01-2012, 11:52 AM

Led Zeppelin - Pyhsical Graffiti. It's the best album of the best band ever. My logic is sound.

Ekstasis

08-01-2012, 12:05 PM

Most of my favorites have been mentioned...I'll add

Red Hot Chili Peppers

I see Aerosmith is not really on anyone's list here -strange

cerebus

08-01-2012, 02:12 PM

Radiohead - OK Computer
Tool - Undertow
Pearl Jam - Ten
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Eponymous
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
Prince - Purple Rain
The White Stripes - De Stijl
The Pixies - Surfa Rosa
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
Muse - The Resistance
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Portishead - Portishead
Blur - Blur

Rosaudio

08-01-2012, 02:23 PM

I'm probably too young to comment.

MickeyD

08-01-2012, 02:24 PM

I'm probably too young to comment.
Why? Go for it... remember it's rock :p

satanboy

08-01-2012, 02:25 PM

...
Portishead - Portishead
...

I absolutely love this album, but it isn't rock.

cerebus

08-01-2012, 02:31 PM

I absolutely love this album, but it isn't rock.

I know some of my albums are stretching the definition a bit. I have a whole list of other albums I'd like to add to the list if we could stretch it further though :p

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Outkast - Stankonia
Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters
U2 - The Joshua Tree
R.E.M - Automatic for the People
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Joy Division - Closer
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Primus - Pork Soda
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Deftones - Around the Fur
Sublime - Sublime
Smiths - The Queen is Dead
P.J. Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Metallica - Black
Orbital - The Box
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
The Prodigy - Experience
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
Wu Tang Klan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)

Rouxenator

16-01-2012, 01:05 PM

While it did annoy a lot of the older fans, I think Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993) by Depeche Mode is a pretty good rock album - considering it was their first attempt to be more "rock".

Definitely agree with Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms, although pretty much all their stuff is excellent. Suppose the same can be said for Def Leppard, but if I had to choose one I'd go with Hysteria.

Alan

16-01-2012, 01:14 PM

I know some of my albums are stretching the definition a bit. I have a whole list of other albums I'd like to add to the list if we could stretch it further though :p

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters
U2 - The Joshua Tree
R.E.M - Automatic for the People
Joy Division - Closer
Primus - Pork Soda
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Deftones - Around the Fur
Sublime - Sublime
Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Metallica - Black
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York

Removed the non-rock albums

Mephisto_Helix

16-01-2012, 01:19 PM

Two albums stand out for me as best rock album ever. Groundbreaking for their time and groundbreaking for me -

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Ministry - Psalm 69

Rouxenator

16-01-2012, 01:27 PM

NiN only became "listen-able" in the late 90's with songs like Perfect Drug. Before then they were just to me[-]n[/-]tal. Personally I think their best song ever is The Warning from Year Zero.

Bizkit87

16-01-2012, 01:27 PM

Led Zeppelin - Pyhsical Graffiti. It's the best album of the best band ever. My logic is sound.

2nd'ed ... Motion passed....

Mephisto_Helix

16-01-2012, 01:31 PM

NiN only became "listen-able" in the late 90's with songs like Perfect Drug. Before then they were just to me[-]n[/-]tal. Personally I think their best song ever is The Warning from Year Zero.

I was listening to them from when Pretty Hate Machine came out but when Downward Spiral hit, it sparked something new in anger.