Abraxas
Brother In Arms
Can’t Buy A Thrill
Hotel California
Allman Bros - Live Fillmore East
Brother In Arms
Can’t Buy A Thrill
Hotel California
Allman Bros - Live Fillmore East
Your favourite 5 rock albums?
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Abbey Road - The Beatles
All Thing Must Pass - George Harrison
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Who’s Next - The Who
Aja - Steely Dan
All Thing Must Pass - George Harrison
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Who’s Next - The Who
Aja - Steely Dan
There’s just too many great albums out there, so here’s a couple of honorable mentions...
Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
Hotel California - The Eagles
Boston - Boston
Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears
Hotel California - The Eagles
Boston - Boston
Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation
Genesis - Second’s Out
Led Zeppelin - IV
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Santana - Moonflower
Genesis - Second’s Out
Led Zeppelin - IV
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Santana - Moonflower
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Morning Glory by Oasis anyone?
Probably the greatest piece of music to come out of England in the 1990s i think. Noel Gallagher has to be up there among the greatest songwriters of his generation. Even some of his most recent post Oasis work is excellent, unlike his much less talented and far more egotistical brother.
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Probably the greatest piece of music to come out of England in the 1990s i think. Noel Gallagher has to be up there among the greatest songwriters of his generation. Even some of his most recent post Oasis work is excellent, unlike his much less talented and far more egotistical brother.
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I do dig it, but it's not in my top 5.
Great thread!
In no particular order:
Grateful Dead - Workingmans Dead
Led Zeppelin - I
Eric Clapton Live at Royal Albert Hall
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Yes - Fragile
This is so hard! Leaving Jimi, Santana, Dylan, The Who & Beatles off this list, but you're asking for just the top 5.
In no particular order:
Grateful Dead - Workingmans Dead
Led Zeppelin - I
Eric Clapton Live at Royal Albert Hall
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Yes - Fragile
This is so hard! Leaving Jimi, Santana, Dylan, The Who & Beatles off this list, but you're asking for just the top 5.
The Tubes - Remote Control
Rush - Hemispheres
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Blue Oyster Cult - Specters
Boston - Boston
Whew! This pretty much defines you, you know.
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Rush - Hemispheres
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Blue Oyster Cult - Specters
Boston - Boston
Whew! This pretty much defines you, you know.
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I know Abbey Road by The Beatles has to be there. And "Brothers and Sisters" by the Allman Brothers ...
I'm more partial to "In Step" ... but perhaps because it was my first SRV album.
The thing about Beethoven, his really greatest stuff is to great that it overshadows his merely fantastic stuff. Almost any other composer writes "Beethoven's 7th" and we'd all agree it's that composer's greatest composition.
But Beethoven? I'll take the 5th and 9th Symphonies over it, as well as Fidelio and Missa Solemnis. As well as the late string quartets and piano sonatas, and ... well, you get the idea.
It's all fantastic.
That's always two very different questions ... one's personal favourites, and one's opinion of "the greatest ever". Just like if you asked me to name Beethoven's best symphony, I'm going to say the 9th ... but someone is perfectly justified in personally liking the 7th best.
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Okay, so here's a tricky subject ... "best of" albums. I tend to draw a distinction between "best of's" put together with the artist's assistance/approval, and those compiled "after the fact". Would a Led Zeppelin fan approve of me putting "Mother Ship" on this list?
I'm more partial to "In Step" ... but perhaps because it was my first SRV album.
The thing about Beethoven, his really greatest stuff is to great that it overshadows his merely fantastic stuff. Almost any other composer writes "Beethoven's 7th" and we'd all agree it's that composer's greatest composition.
But Beethoven? I'll take the 5th and 9th Symphonies over it, as well as Fidelio and Missa Solemnis. As well as the late string quartets and piano sonatas, and ... well, you get the idea.
It's all fantastic.
That's always two very different questions ... one's personal favourites, and one's opinion of "the greatest ever". Just like if you asked me to name Beethoven's best symphony, I'm going to say the 9th ... but someone is perfectly justified in personally liking the 7th best.
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Okay, so here's a tricky subject ... "best of" albums. I tend to draw a distinction between "best of's" put together with the artist's assistance/approval, and those compiled "after the fact". Would a Led Zeppelin fan approve of me putting "Mother Ship" on this list?
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Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Rush - Rush
Neil Young - Harvest
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Steely Dan - Aja
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Rush - Rush
Neil Young - Harvest
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Steely Dan - Aja
II - Introduction to the greatest hard rock band in the history of ever.
London Calling - Defining album for "the only band who matters".
The Number of the Beast - Revealed that hard rock/heavy metal writing could have substance.
Operation Mindcrime - Concept album from a band that NEVER got enough credit.
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Lemmy in full flight.
London Calling - Defining album for "the only band who matters".
The Number of the Beast - Revealed that hard rock/heavy metal writing could have substance.
Operation Mindcrime - Concept album from a band that NEVER got enough credit.
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Lemmy in full flight.
No, I do not approve of either kind of best of albums being on the list! 
"Best of" collections are just that, a collection of songs from "real" albums. For the purposes of questions like this, I don't think they count.
See, if you do live albums, it doesn’t look like you’re doing a best ofNo, I do not approve of either kind of best of albums being on the list!
Now I want to add Alchemy by Dire Straits and Extra Terrestrial Live by BÖC
Excellent point.See, if you do live albums, it doesn’t look like you’re doing a best of
Live albums have made careers - KISS, Cheap Trick, Frampton...best of albums are done at the end of those careers.See, if you do live albums, it doesn’t look like you’re doing a best of
Now I want to add Alchemy by Dire Straits and Extra Terrestrial Live by BÖC
five more...
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority 1969
Nilsson Schmilsson - Nilsson 1971
Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck 1975
Abraxas - Santana 1970
Honky Chateau - Elton John 1972
Impossible to list only five favorites because there is hard rock, soft rock, classic rock, pop rock, punk rock etc, modern rock, old school rock and just too many to list. So here are five I just haven’t seen listed yet.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More For The Fans
Journey - The Essential
Boston - Boston
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Eagles - Hotel California
And this is just 80’s rock. So much more out there to contemplate
n fav 5. I don’t know how to do it.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More For The Fans
Journey - The Essential
Boston - Boston
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Eagles - Hotel California
And this is just 80’s rock. So much more out there to contemplate
n fav 5. I don’t know how to do it.
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