What's your favorite rock album?

[Celeborn Skywalker]

For me it's a tie between Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and the Beatles' "Revolver".

[KitchenWitch]

1. Both good choices

Mine is Led Zeppelin II

[Celeborn Skywalker]

29. That's my favorite Zeppelin album.

I also like IV, of course.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Does it have to be "classic" or can it be more contemporary?

If it's classic, "London Calling" by The Clash. If it can be more contemporary, "Frances The Mute" by The Mars Volta would probably top the list.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

7. Your overall favorite, I guess. (nt)

[JimmyJazz]

20. Of course I pick London Calling, too.

:loveya:

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Didn't see THAT one coming, haha

:loveya:

[WCGreen]

3. That is really hard......

Pure Rock that is accessable, Who's Next.... Or Revolver...



I forgot The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.....

[Floogeldy]

4. Close To The Edge

[Celeborn Skywalker]

5. Very good choice

In fact, that's playing on my CD player as I type this.

[Floogeldy]

8. You have very good taste in music.

:)

[Celeborn Skywalker]

10. Thank you! (nt)

[WCGreen]

6. I love that album too, but not as a rock album.....

[Floogeldy]

11. Well, then?

You love it as a __________________ ? album?

:)

[WCGreen]

13. Progressive Rock.... I don't know....

It's so hard to pick just one Album....

Yes is a great band, I saw them three times.......

Have five albums...

But when someone says rock n roll to me.....

Yes doesn't spring to mind....

[Floogeldy]

14. "Going For The One"

Rock out! :headbang:

[pdx_prog]

53. Very nice....

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. Actually anything by .......

[Floogeldy]

12. U so corny.

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

15. Okay that one made me do a spit take.....

[JimmyJazz]

25. "Down by the Lazy River" - Total Yum.

:loveya:

[CanuckAmok]

16. Hmm..."rock" is such an arbitrary term...

I'd have to say for just simple balls-out, blues-inspired rock and roll, the Gun Club's "Fire of Love".

For energy, it would be "Madonna", by And You Will Know Them by the Trail of Dead.

For mastery of the genre, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

[Magrittes Pipe]

24. Another vote for "Fire of Love"

That is, until I change my mind.

[slay]

17. Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" or Jethro Tull's "Aqualung"

Both rock in my book. Dark side may technically be better, but I've listened to that one to death! :evilgrin:

[MissMillie]

44. Wish You Were Here is Floyd's best album

for sure

[Rabrrrrrr]

59. No, it's Animals

That's their best album.

[kid a]

18. OK Computer - Radiohead

[Dan-W]

19. Captain Beyond. n/t

[captain beyond]

22. Dancing Madly Backwards,

Dancing on a sea of air

[bicentennial_baby]

21. Aenima by Tool

[billyskank]

26. Appetite For Destruction

by a country mile.

[rjbcar27]

67. Abso-freaking-lutely!

It still kicks my ass everytime I hear it.

[Felix Mala]

69. Probably the all-time best "first album" by a band.

I don't think most people realize how much rock and roll is crammed into that album.

[charlie and algernon]

27. "Streets" by Savatage

simply amazing

[Orsino]

28. The Who's Who's Next

...though Live At Leeds is also magnificent.

[woofless]

52. Who's Next is the first thing that popped into my mind too Orsino.

Great minds..............

Woof

[HEAVYHEART]

30. I can't just pick one

I'm thinking..

[GrpCaptMandrake]

31. Impossible To Say, But . . .

In a pinch, I have to come down to "The Nightfly" by Donald Fagen

[MirrorAshes]

32. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

[RandomKoolzip]

33. 76% Uncertain: "Hunka Hunka Burnin' Log."

[MirrorAshes]

34. late night kick

[Fox Mulder]

35. Mer De Noms - A Perfect Circle

[NMMNG]

36. Pink Floyd "The Wall"

[Tikki]

37. On any given day I will play...

this entire album.




Tikki

[Scoots]

38. SOD, George Clinton, Roger Waters, or Sex Pistols...or...

Depends on your categorization of 'rock.' I figure no rap or country. So I still can't decide between:

SOD -- Speak English, Or Die
Roger Waters -- Amused to Death
Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks
Deep Purple -- Machine Head
Hendrix -- Jimi Plays Monterey
RATM -- Battle of LA
George Clinton -- Hey Man, Smell My Finger (Lots of live musicians, rather than all the usual samples. If it still doesn't fit you can trade it for Funkadelic's Maggot Brain.)

[enigmatic]

39. "The Days Of Wine And Roses"- The Dream Syndicate

Because Rock, in it's dirtiest, skankiest form, is all about the Guitar....

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Three-way tie:

Exile on Main Street
London Calling
Revolver

[Bassic]

41. It's hard to say.

Led Zepplin 2, And Justice for All, Apetite for destruction... so many more come to mind.

[MissMillie]

42. Can't decide.... Close to the Edge is WAY up there

but I also like Abbey Road (Beatles), A New World Record (ELO) and Seventh Sojourn (Moody Blues)

[Lubernaut]

43. Trout Mask Replica

by the Cap'n.

[Rabrrrrrr]

61. Yes!! I was gonna post this one, but,

since I'm not like other people, I actually looked through the whole thread first since I'm a responsible person.

[atomic-fly]

45. too much to consider....

i can't pick.

[HuskerDU]

46. 'Double Nickels on the Dime'

by the Minutemen.

[Initech]

47. Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury

Yup, Bongo Fury has now officially replaced Freak Out as my favorite Zappa album of all time.

[chaska]

48. The first Captain Beyond album.

[DanCa]

49. Bat out of hell or Born in the USA both Tied.

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. Bat Out of Hell should have earned Meat Loaf an immediate entry

into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though considering the pieces of shit that have been inducted, that might actually be an insult now.

Fucking GREAT album! Not a single weak song on that one.

[chaska]

50. This is a great album...

Imagine a rock version of Steely Dan. One of the best drummers ever.

[kwassa]

51. "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix

an album that changed everything

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

72. I certainly second that

but I think Axis Bold As Love is a close second.

[Zomby Woof]

54. "Blonde On Blonde"

Dylan.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

63. I love that album.

That's probably one of my top five favorites.

[Zomby Woof]

65. It is eternal

Sometimes, I think "Visions of Johanna" is the greatest song of the last 50 years.

[Zen Democrat]

77. "there's nothing to turn off ........... Just Louise

[chaska]

55. Pat Travers 'Black Pearl' (pic)...

One of his very best.

[chaska]

56. Mothers Finest 1st album (pic)...

Awesome album!

[Zomby Woof]

73. Baby Jean!

I remember them. You must be a fan of some of the south's finest lesser-known bands of the 70's. :thumbsup:

[hippywife]

57. Rolling Stones

Exile on Main Street or Sticky Fingers. Probably Exile on Main Street most.

[chaska]

58. Hughes Thrall Band (pic)...

The best male singer the best unknown rock guitarist. Stunning album. Lousy cover.

[LanternWaste]

60. Either Chicago Transit Authority or Springsteen's Darkenss on Edge of Town

Either Chicago Transit Authority or Springsteen's Darkenss on the Edge of Town. Can't narrow down any further...

[Blue_In_AK]

64. 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere n/t

[chaska]

66. White Witch (pic)...

1973. Bowie-esque, but much better than.

[Zomby Woof]

74. Riff West was their bassist

Went on to join Hatchet...

(To me, it's not difficult to be better than Bowie)

[Left_Winger]

68. Monster by Steppenwolf

[Parrcrow]

70. Dark Side of the Moon or Abbey Road n/t

[Felix Mala]

71. "Remain in Light" by the band with the name Talking Heads

Remain In Light benefits mightily from incredible guitar work by Adrian Belew. Culmination of Talking Head's effort to bring third world rhythms to mainstream rock n roll. Lots of off-world "ambient" sounds courtesy of producer, Brian Eno. Proves even art school students can rock.

Their "Fear of Music" comes a close second.

[sendero]

82. Exactly....

... the Heads three albums done with Eno at the helm, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light, are far and away their masterpieces. They never really did anything great after he left, though Speaking in Tongues and True Stories werent' bad

[chaska]

75. Nektar - Remember the Future (pic)

[swag]

76. I make a false distinction:

Favorite rock album: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols

Favorite rock 'n' roll album: Right Now! by Pussy Galore

Each album represents the reductio ad absurdum of its genre.



Couldn't live without either.

[sendero]

78. Almost impossible to choose one...

... but I'd go with King Crimson's "Red"



With the coolest back cover ever :)

[chaska]

80. Oh God yeah! Red the BEST!

[Zen Democrat]

79. Disraeli Gears ... Blind Faith ... Wheels on Fire ...

Abbey Road ... To Our Children's Children's Children ... Are You Experienced? ... OK Computer ... The Wall ... Astral Weeks ... All Things Must Pass ... Sticky Fingers... Bringing It All Back Home ... Zeppelin II ... Blizzard of Oz ... Live Rust ... CS&N (1st Album) ... Who's Next ... Tumbleweed Connection ... Bookends ... Imagine ...

[Merrick]

81. Tool - Aenema

[AztecGringo]

83. My Pick in 1980 holds up today....maybe

I had a college assignment to pick an album I would take to a desert island. I chose "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie. In the interim, I see how I could make a case for "London Calling"....Please don't leave me abandoned on an island so I have to choose. On second thought, I would possibly choose "This Years Model" by Elvis Costello