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I've had a great time reading everyone's "Top 50" threads. It's funny, I've always thought of myself as a very musically oriented/enlightened/diverse person. After reading many of the recent Top 50's, I'm starting to think I don't know shit! The diversity exhibited by a lot of you is absolutely amazing. In comparison, my list might seem very mundane and maybe even tame to some. I hope folks aren't bored to tears by it. Just a little background, for those who don't know me. I just turned 50, and I'm sure it will reflect, and explain, a lot of my choices. I'll stick with one album per artist, otherwise my top 20 will be probably 4 artists.. Where I might differentiate is that some of my albums may be Live albums and I might comment about the band in general beyond that specific album. SO! Let's get this shindig started shall we? :hat
#50 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic pillow
February 1967
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This album really made an impression on me back in the late 70's, when I first heard it. Originally released just months before the unforgetable "Summer of Love". It played a huge role in the Frisco scene. Grace Slick's voice is just enthralling, it just grabs me by the soul and won't let go. By far to me the most captivating female rock vocalist. You'll notice, over the course of my Top 50, that I will acknowledge a LOT of so called "Hits". I know sometimes it's more en vogue to shy away from them and deal with the more obscure tracks, especially in this forum...LOL. But for me that's not always the case. This album is a good example of that. While I enjoy the lesser know tracks, like Plastic Fantastic Lover, and 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds, the 2 BIG songs on this album rule the day. White Rabbit and Someone to Love are the epitome of the Haight-Ashbury scene in '67. Like true psychedelic anthems they suck you into a that infamous scene.
#49 Aerosmith - Rocks
May 3, 1976
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I've always loved older Aerosmith. In all honesty, I should have put the "Greatest Hits" album here, but I thought that would be a cop out. Rocks though is just chock full of all kinds of raunchy, groovy goodness. From Back in the Saddle, through Rats in the Cellar and Sick as a dog. Rocks delivers on all levels. Aerosmith was always a better band to me back in the day, than the newer, cleaner, version. To me Aerosmith is a tale of 2 bands . The Aerosmith I loved was the pre -1980 version. I've never bought into or even really enjoyed the 1980 to present day Aerosmith. But man... the 70's version was just plain old ass kicking rock and roll!
#48 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
May 12, 1967
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What can you say? Jimi was the Master, and most of the greats that have followed probably owe a little something to Jimi. As far as the highlight tracks on this record...take your pick! It's one of the most classic records of all time. Being American, I'm going with the US release version. The track list is just mind boggling with the following highlights....
Purple Haze
Hey Joe
Manic Depression
The Wind Cries Mary
Foxy Lady
Fire
Are You Experienced
When I first heard Jimi, like many, I was just blown away. At the time I was big into Zeppelin and a Page worshiper, well, here was a guy who made me really stop and re-evaluate who was the primo guitar player of the time. Since then, as I got older and exposed to many more of the guitar players of that era, my opinions have fluxuated. I still think Jimi's innovations, distinct style and sound were King.
#47 Kiss - Alive 2
October 14, 1977
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My first real "Attention getter" album in the Metal genre. I remember listening to "God of Thunder" over...and over...and over. It just grabbed you by the nuts and didn't let go. I was 14 I think when this came out...ripe for the metal picking... :lol I had been listening to Zep, Sabbath and Purple, but Kiss was a whole different beast. Add to that the theatrics of Gene Simmons and the boys. This was my first Kiss album, I immediately went out and bought Hotter Than Hell and Destroyer, 2 seriously bad ass albums for a 14 year old metal neophyte. To this day.... it's that roar of "God of Thunder" that will always take me back to my "Metal" beginnings.
#46 Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
November 19, 1973
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One of my first exposures to the world of "Prog". I was just floored by Carl Palmer's drumming. I mean, all 3 of them are prog gods, but Palmer really got my attention. Brain Salad Surgery was an awesome album, add to that the cover art by H. R. Giger. Even though it's more a hit (Radio) song...Karn Evil 9, rocks. 7 virgins and a mule? Really? :lol For a mellower song, "Still you Turn me On" was awesome.
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nice early selections! Grace Slick's voice is/was mesmerizing. Back in the Saddle is probably my second favorite Aerosmith song, after Eat The Rich. And that Jimi album is so good.
hate to ask, but would you mind putting the year of release for your albums. Don't worry about going back to get these, just going forward.
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Great start. Alive II is rock and roll :hefdaddy
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nice early selections! Grace Slick's voice is/was mesmerizing. Back in the Saddle is probably my second favorite Aerosmith song, after Eat The Rich. And that Jimi album is so good.
hate to ask, but would you mind putting the year of release for your albums. Don't worry about going back to get these, just going forward.
Done!
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Alive 2 is awesome
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:tup start
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#45 The Who - Who's Next
August 14, 1971
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The Who at their finest. Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes (my fav Who song) and Won't Get Fooled Again are just legendary Rock songs... :hefdaddy. The Who are my 3rd favorite of the "Big 4" Surprisingly enough, 2 of those "Big 4" bands don't even make my top 50 (oops...self spoiler...LOL) ;)
#44 Scorpions - Blackout
March 29, 1982
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My first REAL rock concert was the Blackout tour in '82. I was stationed in Hawaii and saw them at the NBC Arena. What an awesome show! The album was my first exposure to the band and I really got into them. Klaus's voice is so distinct and powerful, dude could seriously belt it out back in the day. And of course Rudolf Schenker's writing and guitar playing are just top notch! Lots of great songs on this one, The title track, No one Like You, When the Smoke Is Going Down, Dynamite...hell...they're all good!
#43 Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida
1968
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First off.....where's my bong. If ever a song called for being ripped, it would be this song. The rest of the album isn't shabby either, but it's the title track that makes it a heavy hitter. If you've never heard this song... throw on some headphones and give it a whirl. Some folks might find it a tad tedious and drawn out, but I love it! Other notable songs, I really like "Are you Happy" too. A couple fun facts... Slayer does a wicked cover of this song. And the urban legend about how the name came about was it was supposed to be called "In the Garden of Eden" but got lost in stoner translation....LOL
#42 Cream - Disraeli Gears
November 2, 1967
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I mean seriously, the first "Supergroup" Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce!! Who knows what might have happened over the years if ego's hadn't ruled the day. What a spectacular album. With epics like Sunshine of your Love, Strange Brew and my fav, Tales of Brave Ulysses. This album was recorded during the infamous Summer of Love in '67. Was there a better year for Rock and Roll?? I think you'd be hard pressed to find one.
#41 Kamelot - Black Halo
February 16, 2005
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This band is a new discovery to me about a month ago. In all seriousness this album could possibly crack my top 25 in future polls, it's that good. Only thing stopping it now is the test of time. What a great sound Kamelot has on this album. Roy Kahn is is just frikken incredible. There isn't a bad track on it, it is so well ...crafted/arranged. I've yet to delve into the rest of their discography, but I can't wait. I know there's a new singer now, but the one song I've heard from the latest album sounds very good. Thanks to this forum for turning me onto such a great group!
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Great list mate - never heard of Iron Butterfly but the other bands :tup I've been meaning to play Blackout - I have it here somewhere but was put off by the fact I thought Animal Magnetism (prior) was dire.....aside from The Zoo. Will have to grab it and have a listen.
Tsk,tsk - forgot your dates again - Big Hath will be on the warpath ;D
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Great list mate - never heard of Iron Butterfly but the other bands :tup I've been meaning to play Blackout - I have it here somewhere but was put off by the fact I thought Animal Magnetism (prior) was dire.....aside from The Zoo. Will have to grab it and have a listen.
Tsk,tsk - forgot your dates again - Big Hath will be on the warpath ;D
Yeah... I wrote the synopsis at the same time as the first 5, forgot to add in the date. Hopefully we'll be good from here on out... but who knows, I forget shit :lol. The Zoo is my top Scorps tune! But yeah, the album doesn't have the legs that Blackout does.
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Blackout is :hefdaddy
Kamelot got a bit too serious for me. Loved Seige Perilous and Karma but after that they lost me a bit. Still some great songs in there but just too demanding to listen to a whole album's worth for me.
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Blackout is :hefdaddy
Kamelot got a bit too serious for me. Loved Seige Perilous and Karma but after that they lost me a bit. Still some great songs in there but just too demanding to listen to a whole album's worth for me.
Demanding? Like, too serious or tedious? Interesting. I find that it flows pretty well, and I love the melodies on the album. The interludes might seem a bit momentum killing at times to me, but otherwise I really like it. It's always fun when you get turned onto a new band that has a decent size library. Can't wait to hear their other stuff. ;D
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Blackout is :hefdaddy
Kamelot got a bit too serious for me. Loved Seige Perilous and Karma but after that they lost me a bit. Still some great songs in there but just too demanding to listen to a whole album's worth for me.
Demanding? Like, too serious or tedious? Interesting. I find that it flows pretty well, and I love the melodies on the album. The interludes might seem a bit momentum killing at times to me, but otherwise I really like it. It's always fun when you get turned onto a new band that has a decent size library. Can't wait to hear their other stuff. ;D
Demanding really only in the sense of what I usually listen to (melodic hard rock mostly). And yes, I guess the seriousness of it.
I don't mind the interludes and I do like the album - just not all in one go. Khan has a great voice.
I'm listening to it now actually and I think I may be talking bollocks because I'm really enjoying it. Maybe it helps that I'm in a bad mood :)
I think maybe my point was more how several albums all seemed very similar in tone.
The Black Halo is actually pretty awesome. I should listen to it more.
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:biggrin: Like I mentioned, I really can't wait to start exploring their library. I hope, it doesn't seem tedious to me, like you and some others have mentioned. It's also a shame about Kahn, I hope he's happy with his decision to leave the industry. I guess he is...because he never came back. :lol
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Their new vocalist (Tommy Karevik) actually sounds a lot like Khan on Silverthorn, their latest effort. I think it's the most perfect replacement they've got.
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Man I thought my list skewed classic rock. :lol Good choices so far.
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Man I thought my list skewed classic rock. :lol Good choices so far.
Just wait! :lol Seriously, looking at my list most of the 60's early 70's stuff is in the #25-50 part. They're my roots.. so to speak.
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Wow, what a start to this list. That's a top shelf first five. Definitely following this.
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#40 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
May 1976
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I remember when this came out..... I remember hearing the title track on the radio 10+ times a day....LOL. I've never owned any other Miller album, but I know he's highly regarded. This album summed up another epic year in music, 1976. If any year could give '67 a run for it's money it would probably be '76 or '91 in my book.
#39 Eagles - Hotel California
December 8, 1976
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Ahhhh...'76 again! This was one of the rare albums that received plays from everyone in my family back then. Which in itself was bizzare. I remember the album playing constantly on our house stereo. Even beyond the title track it's a very good record. Well known tracks like New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, and Victim of Love help cement this albums place in history as one of the all time greats.
# 38 The Doors
January 1967
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The Doors.... Jim Morrison. Where do you start? His haunting vocals and dark lyrics helped shape the landscape of Rock and Roll. Add to that Ray Manzerek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger and you have one of the most influential bands ever. Remember, back in the 60's bands didn't have 50 years of past Rock to help shape their music. THEY started it all. Yes, there was rock the decade before, but it was very sterile compared to what came with and after the British Invasion. Call it chemically induced brilliance or whatever, you can't argue the diverse and creative music that came from this era. The Doors, especially in the states, were at the forefront of that movement. The Debut album is a masterpiece, just look at the strength in the tracklist.... The End...everytime I hear the song and run it through my head, I envision Coppolla's Intro to Apocalypse Now. Such a twisted, fitting song to match the dark times of the late 60's and early 70's.
Break on Through
Soul Kitchen
Crystal Ship
Light My Fire
Back Door Man
Alabama Song
The End
# 37 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
September 18, 1980
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I actually didn't hear this album till around 82. I had heard Crazy Train and I don't know on the radio in '81, but I never made the connection between Ozzy, and the old singer for Black Sabbath. I loved Sabbath, both old and new (Dio) Just didn't hear the "Sabbath" in the radio singles I heard off of Blizzard. I remember coming home to Cali in '82 and a friend of mine showing me the album and about how he was the old singer for Sabbath. Well...the proverbial lightbulb went off in my head as I connected the sonic dots (Sabbath-Ozzy)....LOL. Remember, back in the pre-internet days we didn't have the flood of information at our fingertips like we do now. So unless you heard news on the Radio, in a magazine, or from a friend, you missed out. So..I bought the album and really loved it. Mr. Crowley struck a chord with me being a Zep fan, and knowing the Page/Crowley connection. The rest of the album was just some great solid rock and roll, with a great sound...thanks in large part to the Rhoades/Ozzy dynamic.
# 36 Rage against the machine
November 3, 1992
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I think I first heard this album around '93. 91-94 was just an epic time for music. So many new and great bands came out in that time frame. With a fresh sound RATM just squared off and kicked you in the nutz. Hard driving, no bullshit music. A brilliant fusion of urban rap and metal. I actually think I blew out one of my car speakers listening (Repeatedly) to this album. I have HUGE regrets for not seeing this tour live. I'll bet it kicked some serious ass!!
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Another goodun , although I never really got into much pre- 1978 growing up so my exposure to any of those albums was later in life and their overall influence on me diminished by that.
Blizzard Of Ozz I can relate to very much though :tup
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Another goodun , although I never really got into much pre- 1978 growing up so my exposure to any of those albums was later in life and their overall influence on me diminished by that.
Blizzard Of Ozz I can relate to very much though :tup
I understand that. It's funny that as much as those pre-78's influenced the way my musical direction would go, I rarely spin one of those albums now. With a couple exceptions higher on my list. I guess the adage would be "too much music too little time". Those albums were almost 40 years ago, and I've listened to a LOT of newer music since then. Like I mentioned earlier, these are my roots, just like I guess they're the influences for bands I've listened to since then. On a side note, as far as musical direction, mine took a sharp turn around '75. Up until that time I was living in an area where funk, Motown and disco ruled. Around '75 I really "Discovered" Rock and Roll and was yanked in that direction.
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1976. :metal
Enough said. :lol
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Hotel California made an early version of my top 50 but didn't quite make it in- its a great album.
Blizzard of Ozz too. I was never a fan of Ozzy era Sabbath but his first 4 solo albums are :hefdaddy
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I should go back and listen to RATM's whole album. I realize that I liked the songs they played on the radio, but never got around to the whole thing.
Doors is a great choice. I'm surprised it isn't on more peoples' lists. I think both Rage and The Doors have something going for them that their sounds are so recognizable and unique.
Hotel C is solid, but apart from a few songs I could never completely get into Steve Miller (and I admit the title track is my fav from him). And I'm more into late 80's-early 90's Ozzie. Not really a Rhodes fan.
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Fuck yes Rage Against the Machine. So good music when angry!
Too bad that it's their only good album, but then, at least it's consistantly good.
Following, btw.
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Sorry I'm late to the party, but DAYUM! What a top 50 so far. Pretty much flawless.
The Who are my 2nd favorite of the "Big 4" Surprisingly enough, 2 of those "Big 4" bands don't even make my top 50 (oops...self spoiler...LOL) ;)
I assume the Big 4 in your books is The Who, Stones, Beatles and Zeppelin? I always like to think of a Big 5, and include Floyd.
1976. :metal
Enough said. :lol
1971 still kicks it's ass. :biggrin:
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Where the hell have I been. Great start! I feel much better seeing how diverse you are. I've been thinking of doing a top 30 or 50 myself.
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Where the hell have I been. Great start! I feel much better seeing how diverse you are. I've been thinking of doing a top 30 or 50 myself.
Sign up nao!! It'll only be 6 months or so before you're up.
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#35 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
October 27, 1977
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In 1978 I moved to Huntington Beach, California. Arguably in the late 70's and early 80's, HB was the heart of the Punk scene on the west coast. My high school, Hunt Beach High, and our rival Edison High, were hardcore Punk schools. I remember in '81 or '82 there was actually a huge story in Penthouse magazine about HB and the punk scene there. The schools were polarized to 2 camps, the hippies, that's what the punkers called us even though we were just long haired rockers (Zep, VH, Sabbath). And the Punkers. At the time I was a hard core rocker, but was one of the few kids who really didn't have any problems having Punker friends. Surfing was the biggest challenge in those days, trying to fit in on a break that was Punker ruled. Luckily, because of some friendships I had..... It worked out for me and didn't get my ass whooped out in the water. Those same friends exposed me to Punk, groups like the Pistols and Black Flag. Never mind the Bullocks is a milestone album in the world of rock music. It's importance can not be overlooked. They were the creators of a genre that would spawn other genres! Not many bands can claim that. Their influence was as important and spanning as the British bands a decade or so before them. Even though I lived the times, and was there front row and center ... I didn't see the importance or impact that this album would have on the music world for another decade.
Their isn't a bad song on this LP IMHO. But these songs just can't be ignored.
Anarchy in the UK
Holidays in the Sun
Bodies
God Save the Queen
Submission
Pretty Vacant
#34 Symphony X - Odyssey
November 4, 2002
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This was my second SX album, the first being The New Mythology Suite. While I enjoy the NMS, I wasn't really captured by the band till I heard The Odyssey. The song, in the world of epics, is in the top 4 for me. It is such a damn good composition, well written, and performed piece. My only issue with SX overall, is Russell Allen. I've never been a huge fan of vocalists who sing in that low of a range. Mind you, he's very good, just not my cup of tea sometimes. Because of that, I'm not as captured with a lot of SX's music. The Odyssey is definitely the exception. It's just ...grand? It pulls at my emotional side, and takes hold of me with it's music and its telling of a great tale. Who doesn't love the story in of itself? I love music based on great literary works like this one. Just like I love songs like The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, or Xanadu. This one flows with the story. I remember seeing a vid on youtube where someone had synched it with the last movie made about the Odyssey, the one with Armand Assante. Yeah...the movie was kinda cheesey, but the vid with the SX music was pretty damn cool!
#33 Jethro Tull aqualung
March 19, 1971
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Ian Andersen, what a talented yet quirky individual. He is such a unique individual in the world of rock and roll. I've only owned 2 Tull albums in my life, Aqualung and Bursting Out. But have heard most of his material over the years and have always been impressed by him. Aqualung is an awesome album. I know the band doesn't really acknowledge it as a concept album, but it sure seems like one with the religious overtones. I guess I'd have to side with the band...seeing they wrote it...LOL.
Great tracks!!
Aqualung
Cross Eyed Mary
Locomotive Breath
and...
Hymn 43
If Jesus saves - well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
#32 Sixx AM - Heroin Diaries
September 18, 2007
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A friend of mine was raving about this album when it came out. I was like "Yeah..Yeah... it's Nikki Sixx..Motley Crue..boring...." Boy was she right, and me dead wrong. This album, besides being so well written and performed, really hit me hard. I'm a recovering addict, and I got clean back in the mid 80's. And while I can't relate to the crazy rock and roll world type parties/lifestyle Sixx endured, I know what the life of an addict can be. I can relate to so many lyrical passages from this album, especially from "Life is Beautiful", "Pray for me" and especially "Courtesy Call". I was never a Motley Crue fan, and didn't care for most of the Hair bands. The music on this album is fantastic, that along with the powerful message and me being able to identify with it so much, makes it memorable.
#31 Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
September 17, 1979
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Ahhhh.... a Live album you say? YUP!!! While I can think of songs off of every pre-90 Priest album that I like, I think this album is my most loved and thus gets the nod. This live album sounds so good, one of the best sounding live albums I've ever heard. Add to that the track list and performance and WOW! I saw them in '85 for the Screaming for Vengeance tour (front row) and it was a fantastic show. But my favorite Priest material seems to be Pre-British Steel. I like the 80's material, just not as much as stuff covered on Unleashed.
Exciter
Sinner
Diamonds and Rust (one of my favorite covers of all time)
Green Manaleshi
The Ripper
Victim of ChAAAAAAANGEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! :metal :metal :metal
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Another very cool , eclectic bunch - as before I really don't have much experience of The Sex Pistols or Jethro Tull but the other bands are all highly rated by moi.
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Unleashed in the East is one of the best live albums ever. Ive heard there are studio touch ups, but its an amazing release regardless. The Odyssey is my favorite release from SX. Cool update.
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Unleashed in the East is one of the best live albums ever. Ive heard there are studio touch ups, but its an amazing release regardless. The Odyssey is my favorite release from SX. Cool update.
:lol Yeah, just a few. Terrific album though.
that SX is killer.
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Odyssey is stellar. 1971 pops up again... aqualung is a great album. I messed out on Priest, and the whole 70s punk movement never appealed to me. Think I might check out the Sixx album. Sounds intriguing.
Nice update.
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Seeing the title had me hoping for a Sex Pistols entry, but I kinda doubted it, considering I haven't really seen them mentioned on the forums at all. Glad to be wrong! NMTB, HTSP is a great album indeed, though I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy it.
The others are cool too, though I think that on The Odyssey the title track kinda overshadows the other songs when the album is talked about, and undeservedly so. Yeah, it's cool, but so are the other tracks, and I rarely see them mentioned. Especially Awakenings and Accolade II are really great and yet, they stand unjustly ignored next to the title track.
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Thanks for all the comment's so far! If my choices point someone in a new direction...then it's mission accomplished! That's the best part I get from reading everyone else's Top 50's!
Another very cool , eclectic bunch - as before I really don't have much experience of The Sex Pistols or Jethro Tull but the other bands are all highly rated by moi.
The Pistols have their time and place to listen to like someone mentioned. Tull is so unique, try this one....a great sampling of Tull's style, flare, and musicianship (really get's rockin around the 4 min mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPqcZGLsmU
Odyssey is stellar. 1971 pops up again... aqualung is a great album. I messed out on Priest, and the whole 70s punk movement never appealed to me. Think I might check out the Sixx album. Sounds intriguing.
Nice update.
Like I mentioned, I really didn't appreciate the significance of NMTB's until many years later, I was accepted by the punkers I grew up with, but was still a rocker. Here's a good taster of the Sixx album, track 1, it's worth a listen for sure :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opLd1kLpawQ
Seeing the title had me hoping for a Sex Pistols entry, but I kinda doubted it, considering I haven't really seen them mentioned on the forums at all. Glad to be wrong! NMTB, HTSP is a great album indeed, though I have to be in a certain mood to enjoy it.
The others are cool too, though I think that on The Odyssey the title track kinda overshadows the other songs when the album is talked about, and undeservedly so. Yeah, it's cool, but so are the other tracks, and I rarely see them mentioned. Especially Awakenings and Accolade II are really great and yet, they stand unjustly ignored next to the title track.
Don't get me wrong, I like the rest of the album quite a bit, it's just the title track is SO awesome to me. :biggrin: Yeah...when I'm in the mood I love spinning some Pistols or Dead Kennedy's :tup
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#30 4 Non Blondes - Bigger Better Faster More
1992
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Love this album! But mostly, I just love Linda Perry's vocals. Talk about sheer vocal power. Don't get me wrong, the music is phenomenal also...but her belting it out makes a good rock album into a great one. From the intro of "Train" on...this album just rocks, plain and simple. It's a damn shame they were so seemingly disfunctional and never really got going past this album. Perry now writes and produces for some of the best female artists in Pop. The rest of the band kinda fell off the edge of the earth.
Fav Tracks.....
Train
Superfly
Calling all the People
Morphine and Chocolate
#29 Deep Purple - Machine Head
March 1972
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Deep Purple, but more specifically, the Mark II line up of DP, was just epic. Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Pace and the late, great, Jon Lord. Machine Head is undeniably the bands biggest success, and most recognizable record. This is another instance though where I could use a live album. Made In Japan was just an astounding live album that embodied the Mark II line up so well. But it's Machine Head that spawned that tour, it's success and brilliance cemented it as one of the most classic rock albums of all time. Now, I still loved DP's other lineups, but to me none had the impact of the Mark II crew.
Highway Star
Lazy
Smoke on the Water
Space Truckin
Pictures at Home
#28 Dio - Last in Line
July 13, 1984
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By the time this album came out, I was in full Dio mode. Having discovered Rainbow and Sabbath (H&H) back in '81, I was primed for this epic release. While Holy Diver is widely considered the better of the 2 albums, I enjoyed LIL just a tad more. I was definitely a Vivian Campbell fan, the best of all the Dio guitarists in my book. After LIL, Dio (solo) kinda lost me. The music was too simplistic, basic metal kinda stuff. The only later Dio of any kind that I listened to was Dehumanizer (Sabbath '92)
#27 Styx - Pieces of Eight
September 1, 1978
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Another tough choice, Pieces of Eight or Grand Illusion. Both fantastic albums....but in true Highlander fashion ..."There can only be one!!" Here was another album that I really grew up with. It had the biggest impact and stuck with me more than any other Styx album. Although, on most other 70's Styx LP's there are numerous songs I really dig, like Suite Madam Blue for example.
#26 Seven Mary Three - American Standard
September 5, 1995
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Another power vocalist in Jason Ross. This is one of those fun albums that I really never get tired of. The melodies and vocals just kick ass! These guys also really didn't last long. They were on the tail end of the grunge movement, and mellowed out after American Standard. Which meant, they lost me...LOL. Another band similar who did the same thing was Dishwalla. Loved their first couple LP's then they went all soft rock on me...DOH! Some of the great tracks on this one...
Cumbersome (biggest hit)
Waters Edge (my Fav)
My, My
Devil Boy
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Lots of great stuff in the last coouple of updates.
Unleashed In The East made my top 50.
Last In Line :metal
SX- Odyssey is as great as you say. V:TNMS was my first X album too.
Machine Head is awesome. Pictures of Home is such an underrated track. How When A Blind Man Cries was left off this album is a mystery. I'm a huge Blackmore fan. The best of the British guitarists that came along in the 60s for me.
Pieces of Eight is excellent too.
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The mighty Dio :hefdaddy The Last in Line (the song) might be one of my favorite Dio songs ever. He always sounds powerful, but on that song in particular... :metal
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Machine Head and Pieces of 8 are truly epic albums.
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Dio Rules!! Nice to see Last in Line make a top 50; it would be in mine for sure.
Machine Head is awesome too!
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I grew up with Rainbow/Dio, and was just this morning watching an old '94 interview where he pulled no punches. Loved how he evaluated all the LP's he had done up to that point.
4 part interview, I'll post pt 2-3, they have the album evaluations....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L01b7_Wm5n4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGqz9CYXalQ
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#25 The Cult - Sonic Temple
April 10, 1989
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Usually the first thing that comes to mind when I think about Sonic Temple is when I had one of the scariest moments of my life. I was cranking "New York City" in my old '78 Datsun 200sx at about 7pm when it happened. I was at the top of the on ramp of one of our lovely, dainty, tranquil Southern California freeways when I went into a spin. I did probably 3 complete 360's across 6 lanes and bounced off the center divider, getting clipped head on by a BMW oncoming in the fast lane. The whole time all I saw was headlights everywhere, and hearing the Cult jamming.....LOL. You would think that might put a damper on spinning the disc again, but this album was too good to retire prematurely. So many great tracks on this album, but Sweet Soul Sister and Soul Asylum are just incredible. I had listened to the couple albums prior, "Love" and "Electric", and while they were good albums....it seemed they were just building up to the masterpiece that is Sonic Temple.
Other great tracks...
Edie
New York City
Soldier Blue
Sun King
Hell......there's not a bad song on this album!
#24 Temple of the Dog
April 16, 1991
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What can you say? 2 awesome bands getting together to memorialize another great talent. The saddest thing about this album, is that it had to end and was a one shot deal. I absolutely love the musicians involved with this project, and the Late Andrew Wood. One of the many epic 1991 releases. And while I've mentioned my beliefs on '91 being one of the best years ever for rock and roll, it's really the 2 year span of '91-92. Some of the best Rock ever made came from this span of time, Including this tribute album, as well as albums from the 2 bands involved with this one. If you've been living in a monastery, or are just too young to have been exposed to it, do yourself a solid and head on over to YT and treat yourself.
Favorite tracks....
Say Hello to Heaven
Reach Down (insane, soul wrenching power vocals by Cornell)
Pushing Forward Back
Wooden Jesus
Four Walled World
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Well, I never lived in a monastery, and I'm certainly not too young, but never heard (or at least, it isn't ringing a bell) of Temple of the Dog. Care to elaborate.
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I remember not liking Temple of the Dog, though I'm pretty sure it's been some 15 years or more since I heard it. I'll YT it tomorrow and see if anything has changed.
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Well, I never lived in a monastery, and I'm certainly not too young, but never heard (or at least, it isn't ringing a bell) of Temple of the Dog. Care to elaborate.
Yeah..you don't strike me as a Monk... :biggrin: Temple of the Dog was a memorial album done in '91 for the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone. The musicians were made up of guys from Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Both Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were members of Mother Love Bone, and went on to form Pearl Jam after Wood's death.
Temple of the Dog musicians.....
Chris Cornell – lead vocals, banjo, guitar
Mike McCready – lead guitar
Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar
Jeff Ament – bass
Matt Cameron – drums
Eddie Vedder – backing vocals
I remember not liking Temple of the Dog, though I'm pretty sure it's been some 15 years or more since I heard it. I'll YT it tomorrow and see if anything has changed.
Just curious... do you not care for Pearl Jam or Soundgarden either? Or was it just that album?
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I hated Grunge.
Sonic Temple is a great album though.
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I never lumped Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or AIC as grunge. Nirvana, The Pixies, Sonic Youth....that's grunge.
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I never lumped Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or AIC as grunge. Nirvana, The Pixies, Sonic Youth....that's grunge.
Interesting... my grunge list is completely backwards from yours...except for Nirvana, they were grunge ;D
From wiki....cause wiki's always right!!!!! ;)
Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Alice in Chains' Dirt, and Stone Temple Pilots' Core. The success of these bands boosted the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time.
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Not for me. They were just rock bands. That's Kings words and I'm running with it! :lol
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That's Kings words and I'm running with it! :lol
:tup
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Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Alice in Chains' Dirt, and Stone Temple Pilots' Core. The success of these bands boosted the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time.
So it seems they define grunge as anything really popular that wasn't glam-ish rock or hair rock at the time like G'n'R, Bon Jovi, Crue, Whitesnake, Warrant, etc.
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Well, I never lived in a monastery, and I'm certainly not too young, but never heard (or at least, it isn't ringing a bell) of Temple of the Dog. Care to elaborate.
He didn't list their big single "Hunger Strike" among his favorites. I'm sure you've heard that song jingle.
The Pixies, Sonic Youth....that's grunge.
I never knew that crack was available in New Hampshire. Now I know.
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I think you're avatar is working like a drug.
But really I know they were from the era and were called grunge but those 3 were to me, rock bands. I thing of grunge as the underground music from the 90's more or at least the underground sound like The Melvins. Just my 2 cents.
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I never lumped Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or AIC as grunge. Nirvana, The Pixies, Sonic Youth....that's grunge.
They were all lumped in with the grunge movement at the time, especially Pearl Jam, AIC, Soundgarden, TotD. They were in the UK anyway. I acctually own Dirt and Ten. They weren't my cup of tea really.
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IMO, grunge was unpolished rock. Severely unpolished. I was rarely a fan.
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I never lumped Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or AIC as grunge. Nirvana, The Pixies, Sonic Youth....that's grunge.
They were all lumped in with the grunge movement at the time, especially Pearl Jam, AIC, Soundgarden, TotD. They were in the UK anyway. I acctually own Dirt and Ten. They weren't my cup of tea really.
Oh I know. i lived it like you but I never personally lumped them as grunge. Just my thing that's all.
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Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger, Alice in Chains' Dirt, and Stone Temple Pilots' Core. The success of these bands boosted the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time.
So it seems they define grunge as anything really popular that wasn't glam-ish rock or hair rock at the time like G'n'R, Bon Jovi, Crue, Whitesnake, Warrant, etc.
I read through the whole Wiki definition and read a bunch of other media and webster's definitions, and there are some common denominators..
1. Most Grunge bands were from the Seattle music scene from 89ish on till about 94.
2. Grunge is a blending of heavy metal and punk components
3. Grunge is like you mentioned..."Anti-Glam". grungy, dirty, raw.
That defines bands like Soundgarden, AiC's, STP, Nirvana, and early PJ to me. That's how I saw it while it was happening back then. Now... I understand that these bands got popular REAL fast, which makes them not as cool and "underground"..... but they were what me, my friends, and the media of the day called grunge. Definitions are subjective, doesn't mean that I'm right or wrong, same goes for King, or anyone else's definitions. It's all subjective in my book. Look at Dream Theater. Most of us say they're "Prog" or "Prog metal". I've heard others just lump them in as generic metal.
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I think the only album I've ever owned that could even loosely be called grunge is AiC's Facelift because I really like Man In The Box and there's a couple of other half decent tracks on it. Other than that ....not interested ............just a bunch of PITAs who were responsible for many of my favourite bands being dropped like hot potatoes. ;D
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I think the only album I've ever owned that could even loosely be called grunge is AiC's Facelift because I really like Man In The Box and there's a couple of other half decent tracks on it. Other than that ....not interested ............just a bunch of PITAs who were responsible for many of my favourite bands being dropped like hot potatoes. ;D
This man knows his shit, ladies and gentlemen.
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IMO, grunge was unpolished rock. Severely unpolished. I was rarely a fan.
Yup. Not a fan of grunge at all. There are some AIC songs that are pretty good and that I don't mind hearing on the radio. Not sure if STP would be considered grunge overall, but a few of their songs are good; especially sex type thing. But I couldn't care less about Pearl Jam or Nirvana.
And Chad, I would bet money that you've heard Hunger Strike from Temple of the Dog. Still meh to me, but hear it often on the radio.
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I remember not liking Temple of the Dog, though I'm pretty sure it's been some 15 years or more since I heard it. I'll YT it tomorrow and see if anything has changed.
Nope, still not a fan. :lol I never really liked grunge at all though so this isn't surprising. I don't mind a few Soundgarden or Alice in Chains songs (got two albums from each of these bands) but other than that, I don't like grunge. Especially not Nirvana. ;D
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I feel kinda bad for grunge fans on a prog forum. :lol
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#23 Alice in Chains - Dirt
September 29, 1992
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I'm almost scared to make this update after the beating grunge took yesterday....lol, but, it's where it falls on my list, and it won't be the last. Loved this album. While Facelift was very good, it wasn't as well rounded as Dirt to me. Just a great sounding and edgy album. I remember reading after it's release about the drug problems surrounding the band, and I had that sinking feeling that something tragic was in their future. Like watching the proverbial train wreck. What is it about hanging onto the edge of the abyss with one bad hand, and being able to make quantum leaps in creativity? We've seen it time and time again over the decades in Rock and Roll, and it still makes me just shake my head. Being a recovering addict, I get the draw, it's just sad that it takes substances to bring out what is already inside of us. Lots of great tracks on this one. LOVE the story behind "The Rooster", which was a nod to The Rooster, Cantrell's dad, a Vietnam vet in the 101st Airborne. "Would" is one of those anthem type songs that just resonste so well with me...love the chorus.
Favorite tracks....
The Rooster
Would
Them Bones
Down in a Hole
Dam that River
#22 Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
July 21, 1987
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At the time this album came out, it seemed like the Hair bands were getting kinda stale, and heavy metal in general was getting a little stagnant. With the exception of thrash, which was really ramping up in '86. G&R to me, and particularly Appetite for Destruction was just a back to roots kind of old fashioned blues based Rock album. Not simplistic by any means, but just good old hard rock. They had a very unique sound, and Axl's vocals were very fresh to me at that time. Very reminiscent of a young Robert Plant in some ways. Of course later, he turned into a royal pain in the ass, but, at that time it was all peaches and cream. While I'm not a huge Slash fan as a lead guitarist, he is very good. I love his overall sound and groove. Another one of those..."I wish I had seen this tour" comment has to be interjected here. It is a regret for sure that I missed it.
Fav tracks......
Welcome to the Jungle - yeah...it was played a billion times, but it was just such a cool song
Sweet Child of Mine
Nightrain
Rocket Queen
Thinking About You
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Not much of a fan of AiC, but App for Destruction is killer. Overtook Boston s/t as the highest selling debut album of all time (at the time... not sure if it still is or not - according to wiki, it is).
Paradise City, ftw.
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As I said above, I bought Dirt but didn't really enjoy it. Would is ok and I really like Down In A Hole, they were the reasons I bought the album. It was all a bit miserable for me though. I was an 80s hairband boy. Still am...
Appetite - I had that about a year before they hit big in the UK. Got it on import after hearing about them and absolutely loved it. Then they got popular and you couldn't go anywhere without hearing the songs and I came to hate it. And Axl became a huge tool. They were awful live and by the time the Use Your Illusions came out I was so over them.
I was at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington when 3 people were killed in the crush when GnR came on. It is the most scared I've ever been. I was passing people out over my head to the security at the front but there was a point where i was carried by the crowd and my feet weren't on the ground. Scary.
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Both really good picks! Dirt is AiC's high point. Would belongs on any list of the great songs of the 90s (and beyond). Layne's vocals work great with the style of music. There's half a dozen great tracks here. I just have to be in the right kind of mood for it, it's sort of... dark(?) in a way that is different than most heavy music, know what I mean?
Appetite also has some killer tracks, definitely G'n'R had talent that few could match. Unfortunately the few hits are still so overplayed. I don't think Paradise City is a very good song, the choruses are too repetitive and juvenile, although the verses have a good groove. Despite that, some of the non-radio tracks are really great music, I would have loved to hear these guys live when they were still playing the clubs on Sunset. Tight, aggressive, swagger, but still great music for the most part.
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I'm going to half-heartedly come to Crimson's defense. Back in the 90s, I didn't really discriminate between 80s metal and grunge. They were both hard and aggressive and appealed to me. I loved AiC, Pearl Jam (although only Ten could really be considered grunge), STP's first album Core (the only one of theirs that can be considered grunge), and Soundgarden - especially Soundgarden. Now, the only one I would probably listen to now is Soundgarden's Badmoterfinger, but if I was making a list of albums that once carried the flag for what I once loved, there would be spots for AiC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and maybe even that Seven Mary Three album.
Unfortunately the few hits are still so overplayed. I don't think Paradise City is a very good song, the choruses are too repetitive and juvenile, although the verses have a good groove.
This, especially the bold part.
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#43 Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida
1968
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First off.....where's my bong. If ever a song called for being ripped, it would be this song. The rest of the album isn't shabby either, but it's the title track that makes it a heavy hitter. If you've never heard this song... throw on some headphones and give it a whirl. Some folks might find it a tad tedious and drawn out, but I love it! Other notable songs, I really like "Are you Happy" too. A couple fun facts... Slayer does a wicked cover of this song. And the urban legend about how the name came about was it was supposed to be called "In the Garden of Eden" but got lost in stoner translation....LOL
Little late to respond but I looooooooooove this album. My dad pulled it out of his record collection and after some looking back at memories insisted I give it a shot one day, fantastic album.
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Appetite - I had that about a year before they hit big in the UK. Got it on import after hearing about them and absolutely loved it. Then they got popular and you couldn't go anywhere without hearing the songs and I came to hate it. And Axl became a huge tool. They were awful live and by the time the Use Your Illusions came out I was so over them.
Pretty much this , although "hate" might be a bit strong for my case. I haven't listened to it in more than 10 years so could probably go back now and appreciate it again , but saturation point was reached back then. I tended to like the deeper cuts like Rocket Queen best. Great album and very influential but suffered (for me) from over exposure........none of the follow ups or solo projects since have come close to it though.
And , as mentioned above , if I do like one grungy band a bit it's Alice In Chains - so good update for me in that context.
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Appetite is a pretty alright album. I feel like it was only really known for its hits which became overplayed to oblivion. Welcome to the Jungle wore out on me pretty quick but Sweet Child O' Mine I can still enjoy to a good extent.
My favorite tracks are probably Nightrain and and My Michelle. Both of those are killer. Unfortunately, a lot of the other songs just started to blend together for me.
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IMO, grunge was unpolished rock. Severely unpolished. I was rarely a fan.
Yup. Not a fan of grunge at all. There are some AIC songs that are pretty good and that I don't mind hearing on the radio. Not sure if STP would be considered grunge overall, but a few of their songs are good; especially sex type thing. But I couldn't care less about Pearl Jam or Nirvana.
And Chad, I would bet money that you've heard Hunger Strike from Temple of the Dog. Still meh to me, but hear it often on the radio.
You know, when you mentioned it Jay, I was like "mmmmm, not sure." Amazingly, it was on the radio today (and I RARELY) listen to the radio... was just in the car on the way home from something, and on it came. Yeah, I recognized it.
And yeah, still meh to me too.
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I love the AIC album. Like Mason said it was downright heavy rock which I loved. I also loved the reverse role in the harmonies.
I was never a Guns fan though there are a few song that are just plain killer. Funny for a guy that loves Kiss, I never got into Gun's even with Slash's fondness of Ace Frehley's style.
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Like Lowdz, "Would" and "Down in a Hole" are standout tracks for me from AIC. Not enough to get me interested in the band, but they are good tracks. I would pick AIC over the other bands of that era for sure butt the music is too depressing and too much about drug shit for me.
AFD is an absolute killer disc, one of the defining albums of the 80s!
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#21 Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
August 13, 1973
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Let me break out my bic lighter.... FREEBIRD!!!! What a song...and what an album. I remember being like 12 and making my poor old Nana listen to Freebird Over...and Over... then singing it to her...LOL. Thank god she was a trooper. Great album. I just Love Simple Man and Freebird, those 2 songs alone put this album where it's at on my list. Gimme Three Steps cements it there. I'll never forget the night watching the news when they came on and announced the plane crash... it was devastating. Ronnie Van Zant's voice was so good, so distinct. He was a big part of what made Skynyrd the kings of "Southern Rock".
#20 Live - Secret Samadhi
February 18, 1997
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This is the only album I've owned from Live, but it's a really good one for sure! I just love the overall vibe and sound on the album. A lot of the Alternative rock bands appealed to me, which even to this day is kinda a head scratcher to me, seeing I'm a Hard Rock/Metal dude.. Maybe it's the bizzare frikken lyrics that captivated me, but no matter what IT was ...I enjoy it very much. I still to this day haven't heard the album "Throwing Copper" which was their breakout album. And quite honestly...I can't even remember how I was turned onto this album...LOL. Regardless of the how's when's and why's...It rocks.
Lyric sample.... comprehension of these is way beyond my simple ass...LOL, or..they just don't mean shit. I'm betting on me being dense though.
"Gas Hed Goes West"
it's the memory that dies
our gas hed was right
when they lanced his skill
there was puss and light
Fav Tracks...
Rattlesnake
Lakini's Juice
Gas Hed Goes West
Ghost
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CS, I was on vacation last week, and missed this thread. A quick glance and tons of great albums. Love seeing the fellow Fogies' lists.
Never did get into AIC. I had Facelift, and saw them twice in 1991, but I thought it sounded like 2nd rate Armored Saint. I know they carved out a pretty good name for themselves, but I never really followed up with them.
Last In Line :metal :metal
I have three Styx albums, and I feel they are all excellent, and Pieces Of Eight is one of them.
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Once in a while I give Secret Samadhi another try, thinking it has to be really good since Throwing Copper was amazing. There's a couple good ones on it but overall I just don't connect with it. If I were you I would definitely give Throwing Copper a try. It's intense from start to finish, I think it blows this one out of the water.
For LS, I too love about half that album. Freebird is awesome as long as you don't hear it every day. When that solo gets going, you know you're in for some of the best minutes in all of rock history.
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Once in a while I give Secret Samadhi another try, thinking it has to be really good since Throwing Copper was amazing. There's a couple good ones on it but overall I just don't connect with it. If I were you I would definitely give Throwing Copper a try. It's intense from start to finish, I think it blows this one out of the water.
For LS, I too love about half that album. Freebird is awesome as long as you don't hear it every day. When that solo gets going, you know you're in for some of the best minutes in all of rock history.
I'll give Throwing Copper a whirl! Yeah, Freebird...major burnout by '80, but now? If I hear it I'm all over it!
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I prefer Throwing Copper as well. It is less out there, lyrically. I might even venture to say Mental Jewelry is probably on par with Secret Samadhi, though different. At least that would be my opinion 16 years ago.
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#19 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
October 8, 1991
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The Grass is always greener..
Where the dog's are shitting....
That verse to me.... kinda sums up grunge in general. The truths in life aren't always sugar coated...LOL. Man... when I first bought this album I just couldn't stop playing it. The power chords and pounding vocals...WOW! Of course...it's another gem of '91, the year that just keeps giving! It wasn't as commercially successful as the bands next 2 albums, but this was the breakout. This one really put them on the map. It really took a huge jump in writing and recording maturity compared to their first 2 albums. Not quite the difference of say, WDADU and I&W...but still a big jump. Chris Cornell just shines on this record with songs like Jesus Christ Pose and Rusty Cage. Talk about belting out vocals!
Fav tracks
Rusty Cage
Outshined
Slaves and Bulldozers
Jesus Christ Pose
Room a Thousand Years Wide
#18 Ynwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
March 5, 1984
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I remember the first time my friend mentioned his name... I was like..."Who ..What? Then he played "Black Star" for me and that was it, I was hooked. Then it went straight into "Far Beyond the Sun" . To this day I don't think I've ever heard the guitar played that way, that fast yet so complex in the world of Rock. Blending metal with classical at that time was pretty new, and so fucking cool! I couldn't get enough of it! I saw him on the trilogy tour in '87 I believe, and was just in awe to see yes... he could do it live too! On the flip side...one of the negatives, maybe the biggest one, I took away from that show was the fact that Yngwie couldn't seem to slow down....LOL. I mean... it was like blazing fast or not playing. Even when he actually is playing slow it seems like he's pained to be doing so. No 2nd and 3rd gear so to speak. If he could have tempered that aspect of his playing, and showed more versatility...he could have been one of the best, if not the best ever I think. Some folks may not agree with that assesment, which is cool, but I think he would have. And like a lot of the greats, Including his role model Ritchie Blackmore, his ego was very annoying and at the end of the day self defeating.
Fav tracks
Black Star
Far Beyond the Sun
Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4 (one of the rare songs he actually slows down in sections...LOL)
Evil Eye
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Rising Force :tup He did a decent enough job for me of incorporating some nice melody into the wankery on all the albums up to and including Eclipse but after that he gradually lost me - there's some decent stuff on the next few but you could see where things were going.
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Rising Force :tup He did a decent enough job for me of incorporating some nice melody into the wankery on all the albums up to and including Eclipse but after that he gradually lost me - there's some decent stuff on the next few but you could see where things were going.
EXACTLY! and it's kinda sad...his talent level is undeniable, just too ..... narrowed?
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Rising Force is a great pick!
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Incredible to see Secret Samhadi here. I though I'd be the only one to have it in a top 50 list. It is indeed amazing, well done.
That Soundgarden is absolutely classic too and thumbs up for Rising Force.
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That Live album is killer. I saw them on that tour and if Ed told me to jump off a building that night I would have done it. He is so charismatic and that comes through on their albums as well.
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Yeah, he's an amazing frontman. A shame they band parted ways, but his solo stuff is pretty solid.
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I know! I hope they get back together. BTW, have you heard The Gracious Few wolf?! It's the 3 remaining guys from Live with an extra guitarist and the lead singer from Candlebox.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=The+Gracious+Few+Honest+Man+video&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=the+gracious+few+honest+man+video&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=2ABC4C27AAFA6B4B44FE2ABC4C27AAFA6B4B44FE
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Holy shit, King! That song kicks ass. :metal
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It's a good, no nonsense rock album and if you like that song, the album is for you sir!
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Rising Force! :metal
Still have the floppy 45 of Black Star attached to a Kerrangg!!
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Went through 2 cassettes of Rising Force as well as the album. :lol
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Far Beyond The Sun is one of my all time favorite instrumentals.
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Rising Force is great, and Evil Eye is the best them.
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I know! I hope they get back together. BTW, have you heard The Gracious Few wolf?! It's the 3 remaining guys from Live with an extra guitarist and the lead singer from Candlebox.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=The+Gracious+Few+Honest+Man+video&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=the+gracious+few+honest+man+video&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=2ABC4C27AAFA6B4B44FE2ABC4C27AAFA6B4B44FE
Yeah, they are on my list of bands to check out. I've song a song or two and they are killer. Really gotta check them out.
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#17 Stone Temple Pilots - Core
September 29, 1992
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I lived down in Loreto, Southern Baja, Mexico for 3 years in the early 90's. I would drive down from SoCal when I'd get of my ship (work). It was a 17 hour drive through the mexican desert. I remember playing this album, along with Dirt by AiC's A LOT during that drive. Core is just such a good album. I know a lot of critics razz on STP, calling them wanna be grunge, wanna be Seattle scene, blah..blah..blah. I think that's absolute horse shit. STP, and especially Core, stand in a class by themselves. Starting with a bang... "Dead and Bloated" just kicks you in the nuts. I love Scott's vocals and the bands overall sound. On the flip side, as the band got older Scott's cries for attention got really boring. He kinda struck me as suffering from "ARAS"........... "Axl Rose Asshole Syndrome" I get the addiction problems, being a recovering addict myself, he just kinda came across as super needy to me.
Fav tracks...
Dead and Bloated
Wicked Garden
Creep
Plush
#16 Metallica - Master of Puppets
February 24, 1986
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This was the first Metallica album I was exposed to. It had just came out when a buddy turned me onto the title track. Holy shit it just floored me. Having just cleaned up off of coke, how could I not identify with it? Add to that the just plain excellence and uniqueness of the band. At the time I hadn't really heard any thrash, but then again it really was just kicking off. I loved the intensity, drive and musicianship from the band. Also, on that title track, I just loved the song structure. The there was Sanitarium...WHOA! Bad ass with a capital BAD ASS! This album opened up the door to a whole genre for me. Shortly after I was listening to other thrash masters like Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth, Death Angel and a christian band called Deliverance.
Fav tracks..
MoP
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Battery
Leper Messiah
Damage Inc.
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Can't go wrong with MOP! :metal
Might have to check out Deliverance.
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Can't go wrong with MOP! :metal
Might have to check out Deliverance.
I actually listened to quite a bit of awesome christian metal back in the late 80's.
Check it out....... :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpNgmIfakk0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCUNKgfG8TQ
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I just discovered classic Sacred Warrior a few months ago. Holy Mother of Geoff Tate! Their new album is very good.
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LOVED Sacred Warrior, Saint, Barren Cross, Bloodgood...lots of great bands!
I haven't listened to any christian metal in years, but back in the 80's I sure did...
Sacred Warrior - I wore the Rebellion disc out.... :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkKfdb5cS98
Bloodgood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLOaO-kmvQ
Barren Cross - Ummm..this could be right off of Powerslave... :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LLyVpyQmc0
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I also bought a couple Barren Cross albums at the same time as the Sacred Warrior discog. Tried Bloodgood, but haven't followed up.
Check out Golden Resurrection.
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=40804.msg1769637#msg1769637
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wow, great pair. Core is on my upcoming list... I didn't think anyone else would list it. While I like some individual songs from their later albums better, this album is their most consistent. Although to be honest I don't like Creep. STP has a ton of talent, more so than most bands.
And nothing more can be said about MOP. it's a Master of piece. :P
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Here's one I forgot ... Vengeance serious slayer-esque christian thrash.. Wow..that Golden Resurrection "See my Command"... that guitar player loved him some Yngwie :lol They sound pretty good! Never heard of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wFXlpkyu4
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I never really connected with STP but Master of Puppets is Top 100 for me (perhaps not top 50.......we'll see) and by far my favourite Metallica album.
I have Deliverance's Weapons of Our Warfare and think it's bloody awful ;D Barren Cross ..........much of their stuff is about 20% killer, 80% filler but I do like a number of songs. Half the time he does a better Bruce than Bruce :laugh:
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:tup for Rising Force.
I first heard of Yngwie through an American magazine (Guitar For The Practicing Musician) and knew I had to check him out. I loved Blackmore so Yngwie was a no brainer. First album I heard was Alcatrazz and he ruled from then on... until Alchemy basically. It was downhill from then on. I'm reading the As Above So Below bio at the moment and what an almighty tool he is - not all those people saying the same things can be wrong. Add vast amounts of cocaine to that ego and there's no hope. He should be locked up. Wife battering arse that he is.
I think 2 of his albums made my top 50 (The concerto suite and Odyssey) but no complaints with this one. I always hated the drums though.
And anyone who says he has no feeling in his playing should listen to Icarus Dream, and the outro solo on Alcatrazz's Suffer Me.
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#15 Anthrax - Among the Living
March 22, 1987
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I'm the type of person who really enjoys lyrics/songs about something cool. So... being a huge Stephen King fan back in the 80's how could I not connect with this album? The title track is based on his best novel, IMHO, The Stand, which was made into an absolutley horrible mini-series :( . The second King song is "A Skeleton in the Closet", which is based on the short story "Apt Pupil", which was also made into a movie. "I am the Law" is based on the Judge Dredd comics. Remember...back in the day not many peeps knew about Dredd, no movies had been made yet and was really only known to hardcore fans. Last but not least, Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.) (read it backwards) is based on the life of John Belushi. Rounding the album out is "Indians" which is about....you guessed it! Honestly, and I know I've said it a few times, but there isn't a bad track on this album. It's so strong, and sounds excellent. While I like Spreading the Disease, this album for me is the only stellar one by the band.
Fav tracks...
ALL OF THEM!!!!!!
#14 Mother Love Bone
September 22, 1992
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When Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog came out I heard of the late Andrew Wood. After some time I thought...I should really listen to this guy that these 2 bands that I love so much cared about. I'm sure glad I did. Woods voice to me is just incredible. Add to that the playing of Gossard and Ament and you've got gold. If you've never heard MLB, think of a cross between Pearl Jam Ten and Appetite for Destruction. It's such a great sounding, well mixed and creative album. I honestly can't believe it never received more acclaim than it did. Listening to the last part of Stargazer, along with other a few other sections on this album, will bring tears to my eyes. It's such an emotional album. There are 2 albums that I know a lot of folks here probably haven't really been exposed to. This is one of them. Do yourself a favor...give the tracks below a whirl on YT. Such a sad story, the band one of the first, if not the first of the young Seattle scene bands to sign a major record deal in '88. Just days before their debut album "Apple" was released in early '90, Wood OD'd on heroin. They were considered the golden boys of the Seattle scene, and were seemingly destined to be the first huge breakout band from the scene. Cobain? No... IMHO the real tragic loss of the scene was Andrew Wood. This verse sums up my perception of Wood....
Wanna show you something like
The joy inside my heart
Seems I've been living in the temple of the dog
Where would I live, if I were a man of golden words?
And would I live, at all?
Words and music, my only tools
Communication
Fav tracks.....
This is Shangrila
Stardog Champion
Stargazer
Crown of Thorns
The Man of Golden Words
Bone China
Capricorn Sister
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Will check out MLB - pretty sure I did a looong time ago but no harm revisiting. When it comes to Anthrax I'm the opposite - the only track on Among The Living that I return to is Indians whereas I love Spreading The Disease as an album. I'd take Persistence of Time well before Among The Living too. I know I'm in the minority there.
Enjoying the list and the regular updates :tup
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Will check out MLB - pretty sure I did a looong time ago but no harm revisiting. When it comes to Anthrax I'm the opposite - the only track on Among The Living that I return to is Indians whereas I love Spreading The Disease as an album. I'd take Persistence of Time well before Among The Living too. I know I'm in the minority there.
Enjoying the list and the regular updates :tup
Thanks Bro ;D Yeah... like I mentioned, part of the allure of ATL is the subject matter of the songs. I do think it's a better sounding album then STD though, as far as mix and sound quality. With POT... they kind of lost me.
Great vid of Stargazer... showing some compilation vids of Wood and the boys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9n9gW1wCks
For anyone who likes the Seattle scene...here's a real rare gem. Andrew Wood doing a sound check with Alice In Chains, guess Layne was busy. Wood improvises the words to "I Know Something (Bout You)" and transforms the song into "Butt Sauce Baby" :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSpPI-xlsM
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Saw another interview with Wood - he sure was a character. Based on a few songs I'd say I like MLB without loving the music. I can hear the occasional GnR reference as you mentioned - perhaps a bit of Cult in the vocal at times and even Enuff Z,nuff here and there. Certainly an interesting band that may grow on me given time.
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I was really disappointe d in Among The Living after loving STD. Time has not changed my opinion.
I missed the Skynyrd album further up too so :tup for that.
There's alot of Grunge in this list so far :(
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There's alot of Grunge in this list so far :(
I'm not too far off finishing my Top 50 and you wouldn't believe the amount of grunge :neverusethis:
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I was really disappointe d in Among The Living after loving STD. Time has not changed my opinion.
Yeah, it has a whole new hard core type influence after the classic metal of STD. I still like it a lot though. I'm glad they didn't go further down that road. I thought we might lose them after that. :D
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There's alot of Grunge in this list so far :(
Try to understand, I was 28 in 1991. Metal was getting a little stale after 10 years. At the time, the Seattle scene was pretty fresh and edgy music. It was one of those musical turning points in mine and a lot of my friends lives. I'm really surprised by the grunge reaction in this thread. It's blues based rock, how can it be THAT distasteful? Maybe it's the boards overall sentiment and I never noticed it? If you weren't around at the time, I may get how you don't see the significance or musical/social impact that we experienced when it was happening. Not to get on you Lowdz, and I do appreciate and respect your opinion!...I'm just a bit perplexed, and a bit saddened at some of the sentiments I'm reading. Maybe I'm just getting fucking old... :lol
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#13 Death Angel - Act III
April 10, 1990
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This album recently came up in another thread I talked about it in. Thrash and speed metal to me was awesome, but I didn't have tunnel vision with it. I was still diversified enough in other genre's. Of the "Thrash/Speed metal" albums..... this one to me reigned supreme. I caught wind of Death Angel listening to the song "Bored". After hearing it I researched them a bit and found their new album Act III. Music in general speaks to us. I don't mean to sound cheesey or cliche-ish, but it does. Certain melodies or rhythms resonate within each of us more powerfully than they might in someone else. Act III, while probably in the forum of public opinion, may not be high on the "Best Of" list of thrash.... it is in my book. To me it is the tightest, best sounding, and most meaningful. I saw them on the Act III tour as the warm band up for Danzig. They smoked his ass...plain and simple. During the time from '86-90 of all the bands I saw live... Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, Danzig, Slayer, and SOD. Death Angel was the BEST performance with regards to content and performance.
Fav tracks......
Seemingly Endless Time - what a way to start an album!!!!
Room With A View - not sure...but I always thought this song was about Howard Hughes.
Veil of Deception
The Organization
Disturbing the Peace
#12 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
September 24, 1991
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I'm sorry...what year was this? Let me preface though with a disclaimer.... THIS IS NOT GRUNGE!!!!!!!! :biggrin: (even though it's '91 rock) This is funky ass, kick you in the teeth groovin Rock and Roll! What an EPIC album. Easily to me the best RHCP album. Up until this point I had heard of the Chili peppers and they had a few good songs, but nothing like this album. From the moment The Power of Equality kicks off, it's game on! And it doesn't let up until the album is over. There's no losers or weak tracks on this album. While I think they had a valiant effort with the later Stadium Arcadium, I don't think they've ever again achieved that level of musical mastery.
Fav tracks...
Power of Equality
If you Have to Ask
The Righteous and the Wicked
Sir Psycho Sexy
Under the Bridge
Naked in the Rain
Breaking the Girl
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Ahh yes, Act III. My outside the box choice for the thread for the four favorite thrash albums, and it made my top 100 in the 60s. Great fucking album. :metal
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I have both of those albums but can't say either are big faves. I need to revisit the Death Angel. The RHCP..........well for me that's a bit like what Lowdz said about Appetite For Destruction. When I was in college Under The Bridge was quite honestly the most overplayed song I've ever heard - literally on 2 or 3 times an hour at some points and ended up driving me mental. A bit like Katy Perry now - on the very rare occasion I'm near a radio that's on it seems so is she. If I'm going for some RCHP it tends to be more around Mothers Milk - Higher Ground cover is a bit of a fave.
As far as grunge goes..........and I'll try and be a little serious ;) ..............you're not too old . The vast majority of us posting here are about your age or within ten years (all fogeys) - it just so happens that I don't know anyone my age , here or elsewhere, who really likes grunge or who was open to it at such an old age (28). I was ten years younger and I was pretty much set in my ways by then and the sort of music I appreciate (big on melody and musicianship)............well most of it just didn't compute and like I said earlier semi-seriously they didn't get any props from me for wiping out most of the bands I was getting into at the time. It seems that , if anything , AiC is a band where a number of us made an exception. Around that time was when I really discovered prog metal in a big way via DT and others so I also had something far more attractive to me to explore.
Don't take the rather uniform disdain for grunge personally - it is what it is . I've tried out all the bands (grunge or not) in your list that I wasn't familiar with , but in the knowledge that if they are grungy the chances for me aren't great :P Mother Love Bone wasn't too bad - I'll return to them at some point to see if they're a grower. Aic Dirt was in my latest batch on the album listening thread - if I like it then it'll be thanks to you :)
Keep it up - really enjoying your list even if you insist on having diverse taste ;D It all adds to the surprise factor of what's up next - I wouldn't have a clue.
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Blood Sugar... was so out of left field at the time that I loved it. The rhythm section of Flea and Chad just kill it every album.
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There's alot of Grunge in this list so far :(
Try to understand, I was 28 in 1991. Metal was getting a little stale after 10 years. At the time, the Seattle scene was pretty fresh and edgy music. It was one of those musical turning points in mine and a lot of my friends lives. I'm really surprised by the grunge reaction in this thread. It's blues based rock, how can it be THAT distasteful? Maybe it's the boards overall sentiment and I never noticed it? If you weren't around at the time, I may get how you don't see the significance or musical/social impact that we experienced when it was happening. Not to get on you Lowdz, and I do appreciate and respect your opinion!...I'm just a bit perplexed, and a bit saddened at some of the sentiments I'm reading. Maybe I'm just getting fucking old... :lol
Oh I was around. I was 23 in 91 and wasn't ready to move on. I liked music with great musicianship (and Poison :lol) and was still having a great time. I wasn't the miserable bastard I would've needed to be to enjoy Grunge. I wasn't angry, I was still having (Nothin' But) a good Time. I just didn't have anything in common with that music, and also resented it for killing the music I did love. I know that's the way the business works but I floundered for a long time in the mid to late 90s as I just couldn't find new music I liked.
Grunge was the opposite of what I like in music. But this is your list, your taste and I'm certainly not insulting it.
And its not all bad. Just listening to the Death Angel - and its excellent. Nice one. A band I just assumed I wouldn't like. I was never much of a Thrash fan back in the day but as I get older I seem to be liking it more. Surprised at the singer actually. Remarkably tuneful for a Thrash band. I feel a purchase coming on.
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Oh I was around. I was 23 in 91 and wasn't ready to move on. I liked music with great musicianship (and Poison :lol) and was still having a great time. I wasn't the miserable bastard I would've needed to be to enjoy Grunge. I wasn't angry, I was still having (Nothin' But) a good Time. I just didn't have anything in common with that music, and also resented it for killing the music I did love. I know that's the way the business works but I floundered for a long time in the mid to late 90s as I just couldn't find new music I liked.
Grunge was the opposite of what I like in music. But this is your list, your taste and I'm certainly not insulting it.
And its not all bad. Just listening to the Death Angel - and its excellent. Nice one. A band I just assumed I wouldn't like. I was never much of a Thrash fan back in the day but as I get older I seem to be liking it more. Surprised at the singer actually. Remarkably tuneful for a Thrash band. I feel a purchase coming on.
I hear ya bro! Are you angry yet?? Maybe that's it with me, maybe I had some angst ! :lol Yeah, that's one of the reasons I really loved Death Angel. Great vocals for thrash, and the musicianship is so damn tight. A cool lil factoid... 4 of the members on this album are cousins, the only non related guy is the vocalist. Guess that's one of the reasons they're so tight, growing up in the same family musically.
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Don't we all fell a little dirty for having C.C. DeVille in our lives?! :lol
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Don't we all fell a little dirty for having C.C. DeVille in our lives?! :lol
I don't... I never owned 1 Poison, Ratt, Crue, Bon Jovi album .... :lol
and sorry..... back to grunge for 1 more point. With regards to the statement I made about Mother Love Bone and of Andrew Wood 's death having a bigger impact then Kurt's.. I just found this homespun documentary by some DJ...and I agree One thousand percent to what he says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsGiO9RmH0
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Oh I was around. I was 23 in 91 and wasn't ready to move on. I liked music with great musicianship (and Poison :lol) and was still having a great time. I wasn't the miserable bastard I would've needed to be to enjoy Grunge. I wasn't angry, I was still having (Nothin' But) a good Time. I just didn't have anything in common with that music, and also resented it for killing the music I did love. I know that's the way the business works but I floundered for a long time in the mid to late 90s as I just couldn't find new music I liked.
Grunge was the opposite of what I like in music. But this is your list, your taste and I'm certainly not insulting it.
Fuck, you're older than me! I was 20 in '91... and agree with absolutely everything you just said. Plus, I was attending University from 92-96, and the bar scene on and around campus had (thankfully) nothing to do with this style of music (for the most part).
You could be guaranteed to here Come On Eileen before hearing anything by Death Angel.
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Oh I was around. I was 23 in 91 and wasn't ready to move on. I liked music with great musicianship (and Poison :lol) and was still having a great time. I wasn't the miserable bastard I would've needed to be to enjoy Grunge. I wasn't angry, I was still having (Nothin' But) a good Time. I just didn't have anything in common with that music, and also resented it for killing the music I did love. I know that's the way the business works but I floundered for a long time in the mid to late 90s as I just couldn't find new music I liked.
Grunge was the opposite of what I like in music. But this is your list, your taste and I'm certainly not insulting it.
Fuck, you're older than me! I was 20 in '91... and agree with absolutely everything you just said. Plus, I was attending University from 92-96, and the bar scene on and around campus had (thankfully) nothing to do with this style of music (for the most part).
You could be guaranteed to here Come On Eileen before hearing anything by Death Angel.
Come on Eileen? Oh the humanity...... :lol
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Oh I was around. I was 23 in 91 and wasn't ready to move on. I liked music with great musicianship (and Poison :lol) and was still having a great time. I wasn't the miserable bastard I would've needed to be to enjoy Grunge. I wasn't angry, I was still having (Nothin' But) a good Time. I just didn't have anything in common with that music, and also resented it for killing the music I did love. I know that's the way the business works but I floundered for a long time in the mid to late 90s as I just couldn't find new music I liked.
Grunge was the opposite of what I like in music. But this is your list, your taste and I'm certainly not insulting it.
Fuck, you're older than me! I was 20 in '91... and agree with absolutely everything you just said. Plus, I was attending University from 92-96, and the bar scene on and around campus had (thankfully) nothing to do with this style of music (for the most part).
You could be guaranteed to here Come On Eileen before hearing anything by Death Angel.
Come on Eileen? Oh the humanity...... :lol
Oh God the memories of the 80s. That's why I have no love at all for the radio. Even Maiden didn't make the radio too often. In the UK there was Europe, Bon Jovi- that was about it until a band released a ballad.
I hate Come On Eillen >:(
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Thanks guys for implanting Come on Eileen into my subconscious :censored
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Thanks guys for implanting Come on Eileen into my subconscious :censored
This will get rid of it, guaranteed. Not saying that it's any better but it will stick! Its my go-to track when I need an ear worm killing :biggrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fiJUlXeWPY
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He could have ear wormed "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" instead.
*Runs away* :lol
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I predict Rick Roll. Not clicking.
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Paul wouldn't do that to me :P :tup (or now regretting he didn't think of it ;D ) - thanks for the link. It seems to have worked. TT get a brief mention in my Top 50 - not for an album but just in passing.
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#11 Pink floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
March 1, 1973
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I've been going pretty fast with my updates, so the next person in line can get started. I know how looooooong of a wait it seemed for me. That being said, from this point my last 11 will be 1 at a time. Coming in at #11 is one of the must commercially successful albums of all time. Because of my self imposed rule of one album per artist, I really had to struggle with this choice. In most scenarios in the past folks would ask what my favorite Floyd album was, at time it was Wish You Were Here. At other times it was Animals. Finally at times it's been Dark Side of the Moon. Any one of those 3 would be in this exact position. Yet none of them surpass the next 10. Here's the rub though. Because these 3 albums were SO strong... Pink Floyd is one of my top 5 bands of all time. Dark Side of the Moon is just such an incredible work of art, that, in the end, is why it get's the nod over the other two. So well written and choreographed. It takes you on a journey that very few rock albums can. This album was also engineered by the legendary engineer/musician Alan Parsons. It is the second best selling album in the world and remained on the Billboard charts for the short span of 14 years. :lol Most everyone knows these lil facts, but I thought they merited repeating.
Next up..... at #10, comes an album that I defy anyone to guess .....But one of my all time favorites.
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My semi serious guesses....... (good albums many would never expect in a top 50 or own up to rating so high)
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/220px-Solid_black.svg.png) - This Is Spinal Tap
And a third.................just because you need to see it once
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:rollin @ your #2 pick....Svetlanna..mmmmm
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Haha..............I actually had second thoughts and deleted her because I didn't want to take your thread too far off the reserve but seeing as you like her...............I'll put it back ;D
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DSOTM deserves to belong in everyone's top 50. Flawless album.
Predictions... can't remember who has come up and who hasn't yet, so I don't want to seem unattentive by mentioning a band you've already listed. If you can give us the 50-11 list, and then I'll make predictions.
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Paul wouldn't do that to me :P :tup (or now regretting he didn't think of it ;D ) - thanks for the link. It seems to have worked. TT get a brief mention in my Top 50 - not for an album but just in passing.
Phew - couldn't imagine Tygertailz making anyone's top 50 :biggrin: That song is a guilty pleasure though.
And no, I wouldn't Rickroll you Brent.
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Here's the list to date...... #50 through #11
#50 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic pillow
#49 Aerosmith - Rocks
#48 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
#47 Kiss - Alive 2
#46 Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
#45 The Who - Who's Next
#44 Scorpions - Blackout
#43 Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida
#42 Cream - Disraeli Gears
#41 Kamelot - Black Halo
#40 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
#39 Eagles - Hotel California
# 38 The Doors
# 37 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
# 36 Rage against the machine
#35 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
#34 Symphony X - Odyssey
#33 Jethro Tull aqualung
#32 Sixx AM - Heroin Diaries
#31 Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
#30 4 Non Blondes - Bigger Better Faster More
#29 Deep Purple - Machine Head
#28 Dio - Last in Line
#27 Styx - Pieces of Eight
#26 Seven Mary Three - American Standard
#25 The Cult - Sonic Temple
#24 Temple of the Dog
#23 Alice in Chains - Dirt
#22 Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
#21 Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
#20 Live - Secret Samadhi
#19 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
#18 Ynwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
#17 Stone Temple Pilots - Core
#16 Metallica - Master of Puppets
#15 Anthrax - Among the Living
#14 Mother Love Bone
#13 Death Angel - Act III
#12 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
#11 Pink floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
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Not a huge DSOTM fan though I can see why its so revered.
And I have no idea what will be next - it could be anything going by the list so far :biggrin:
If its going to be a surprise it can't be more Grunge :lol
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I am predicting a Pearl Jam album.
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I am predicting a Pearl Jam album.
Good guess Tac... but no... :biggrin:
I'll say this..... if anyone can guess what it is by posting tomorrow afternoon... I'll give them $100. Just post your guess ( I'll even give you 2 guesses per person)
**EDIT - changed from 3 guesses to 2 guesses per person. This will be the last edit of this post. @ 12:07pm You guys are just too smart to have 3 guesses... :lol
TAC - Your PJ vote is a freebie... you still have 2 ;D
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Simplified:
Here's the list to date...... #50 through #11
#50 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic pillow
#49 Aerosmith - Rocks
#48 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
#47 Kiss - Alive 2
#46 Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
#45 The Who - Who's Next
#44 Scorpions - Blackout
#43 Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida
#42 Cream - Disraeli Gears
#41 Kamelot - Black Halo
#40 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
#39 Eagles - Hotel California
# 38 The Doors
# 37 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
# 36 Rage against the machine
#35 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
#34 Symphony X - Odyssey
#33 Jethro Tull aqualung
#32 Sixx AM - Heroin Diaries
#31 Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
#30 4 Non Blondes - Bigger Better Faster More
#29 Deep Purple - Machine Head
#28 Dio - Last in Line
#27 Styx - Pieces of Eight
#26 Seven Mary Three - American Standard
#25 The Cult - Sonic Temple
#24 Temple of the Dog
#23 Alice in Chains - Dirt
#22 Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
#21 Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
#20 Live - Secret Samadhi
#19 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
#18 Ynwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
#17 Stone Temple Pilots - Core
#16 Metallica - Master of Puppets
#15 Anthrax - Among the Living
#14 Mother Love Bone
#13 Death Angel - Act III
#12 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
#11 Pink floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
That said, my top 10 predictions - Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, Rush, The Beatles, Sabbath, Rainbow, Van Halen, Satch, Whitesnake and Journey
I know I'm gonna be wrong on some though, since I can't see a top 10 without any thrash or 'grunge' given what you've already got up there.
As for specifically what's at #10, Ima gonna cheat a little and say either Crystal Flavola or The Greater Heights. (who the hell are either of these two!?!?!?)
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TAC - Your PJ vote is a freebie... you still have 2 ;D
Oh good! :lol
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TAC - Your PJ vote is a freebie... you still have 2 ;D
Oh good! :lol
Guess Winger. Do it!
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That said, my top 10 predictions - Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, Rush, The Beatles, Sabbath, Rainbow, Van Halen, Satch, Whitesnake and Journey
I know I'm gonna be wrong on some though, since I can't see a top 10 without any thrash or 'grunge' given what you've already got up there.
As for specifically what's at #10, Ima gonna cheat a little and say either Crystal Flavola or The Greater Heights. (who the hell are either of these two!?!?!?)
Thanks for the simplification Bro. Yeah.... forgot you were on my FB page... :lol Anywho... No....and...No :biggrin: Greater Height's have now changed their name to "Feelgood Music" It's my Nephews band. Flavola is a band of a Dive buddy of mine in Texas. I have no clue what they even sound like... :lol
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TAC - Your PJ vote is a freebie... you still have 2 ;D
Oh good! :lol
Guess Winger. Do it!
Hell, I'd pay CS $100 not to list them!! :lol
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Hell, I'd pay CS $100 not to list them!! :lol
:lol ................ :|.................. :lol
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I'll submit my genuine guesses later tonight.
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I'm not sure if lurkers are allowed to participate but if I had to guess, I'd say Faith No More - Angel Dust or Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction.
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I'm not sure if lurkers are allowed to participate but if I had to guess, I'd say Faith No More - Angel Dust or Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction.
That's a great 2 guesses.... but no. :xbones
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You can tell I was going for the 1991-1992 angle. :biggrin:
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I love the fact that Blackout made this list.
I'm thinking there'll be a Kansas album in the Top 10.
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Hell, I'd pay CS $100 not to list them!! :lol
:lol ................ :|.................. :lol
I'd change my list for $100.00 :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cL1HisrNc
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I'm not going to burn my eyes if I open that link, am I?
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Nope you will laugh your ass off.
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Nice!
Who does that guy think he is, Donald Sterling?
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Nice!
Who does that guy think he is, Donald Sterling?
Classic Robocop.... :lol
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Emil Antonowsky was my first thought when I saw the quote. He did it better.
Ok, genuine guesses...
Rainbow - Rising
Satch - Surfing with the Alien
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Emil Antonowsky was my first thought when I saw the quote. He did it better.
Ok, genuine guesses...
Rainbow - Rising
Satch - Surfing with the Alien
Good guesses but... Negatory Ghost rider.... :xbones
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Some more genuine guesses:
Megadeth : RIP
Extreme: III Sides
Queen : A Night At The Opera
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III Sides is killer!!
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I'll be really surprised if anyone is really familiar with these guys….
#10 Black Lab - Your Body Above Me
October 21, 1997
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I worked for 10 years on Oil Tankers as a Merchant Marine in the 90's before transferring shoreside to one of our refineries. While on the ships a gal I sailed with let me borrow a copy of this CD. I had never heard of them, but she knew kinda what I was into at the time. Bands like Live, Dishwalla, Bush, etc... At first listen I really enjoyed it. After weeks of listening, I couldn't stop. It was one of those albums that was the perfect storm of music, vocals, writing and style for me. This..."style" or sub-genre really was a small chapter in my musical life. Yet, it left a huge impact and has withstood the test of time. If you've never heard this album.. throw on some headphones and crank up the bass. The bass lines are just so solid! As is all the musicianship on this album. I rate albums sometimes with "Flow" in mind. The flow of this album works so well for me. Is it the most musically complex album? Not even close. But sometimes it's just about the joy a song or album brings. The band broke up in '99. I heard they reformed a year or so later and did another album. I never looked into that album...but maybe the time is now. I believe that Geffen records really dropped the ball, or missed the boat on this band.
Favorite tracks.....
Wash it Away
She Loves Me
X-Ray
Ten Million Years
All the Money in the World
Can't Keep the Rain
Anything
Here are some pretty cool tracks....Not a whole lot out on the YT..... but not a shocker.
Can't Keep the Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tWbQE4JL4
She Loves me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Uohil8rOA
All the Money in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_A4lXNJdc
Ten Million Years... a solo version of Paul Durham recording the song. The regular album version is pretty epic for a ballad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGZ5yaLzCqc
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WHO??
:D
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Crimson, you should have made the bet $1,000,000,000
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No one would have got it!
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WHO??
:D
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Suck me sideways... it's on Grooveshark.
https://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Your+Body+Above+Me/1035058
Might have a go at it. I YT'd You Can't Keep the Rain, and it's not horrible... the music that is. :lol The quality on YT is pretty bad.
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Suck me sideways...
Is that a Canadian thing? :lol
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Suck me sideways...
Is that a Canadian thing? :lol
I guess you could say that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDWbk0t_GY
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:lol
I forgot about that!
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So…….. I probably shouldn't mention that my god (friends) given nickname since I was 21 is…..Sideways…….. :omg:
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You don't have to go that graphic. :lol
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You don't have to go that graphic. :lol
as my pittsburgh wife would say…. Yinz are fucked up…... :lol
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So…….. I probably shouldn't mention that my god (friends) given nickname since I was 21 is…..Sideways…….. :omg:
Ahh...The importance of good grammar. My sentence could've taken on a whole new meaning with an inadvertent comma.
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I probably don't have to say this, but that is the first mention of Black Lab in a top 50 list.
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I probably don't have to say this, but that is the first mention of Black Lab in a top 50 list.
I figured as much :lol Hey ….. I wouldn't have been a bit surprised if someone had heard, and liked them. Peeps here are pretty diverse and knowledgable.
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Listened to it last night. Enjoyed it, but doubt it's something I'd go back to.
Edit... I was actually just listening to the final couple of songs this morning as I typed this, and I have to add, Gates of the Country was absolutely beautiful. Excellent song. THAT, I might go back to.
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after some research on Black Lab, I actually remember hearing "Wash it Away" quite a bit back in the 90's.
who knew.
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#9 Rush - 2112
February 1976
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Sorry it's been a few days, we're in Mexico on a dive trip. I have a few mins to throw this post in before heading out for the morning dives :) So it's a short synopsis.
Another triumph for 1976! What a great album from one of the all time bests. I first heard this around 79. I played drums in a jazz band in high school when a fellow drummer had me listen to the intro of 2112. Talk about floored! From that point on I was a Rush fan.
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CLASSIC!!
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CLASSIC!!
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One of the top 10 albums of all time chez Lowdz. :metal
Nuff said.
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2112 is a great album. I never get sick of it.
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Side 2 of 2112 has some of Rush's weakest material. But I think 2112 and Something For Nothing are among their best. In fact, I haven't listened to 2112 in a while so I"m going to go listen to it right now. I can remember how awesome the overture was to me when I was discovering them (and still is).
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2112 is a great album. I never get sick of it.
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What is this 2112 you are talking about.
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What is this 2112 you are talking about.
Don't annoy us further!
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It was obvious to the forum from the very beginning where my username was derived. :P
One of, if not my most favorite Rush album.
CLASSIC!!
Re-quote till the end of time.
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What is this 2112 you are talking about.
Don't annoy us further!
We have more album to preview! :metal :lol
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#8 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
April 25, 1980
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Tony Iommi…..Ronnie James Dio…. Bill Ward……Geezer Butler. What a line up, and what an album! You can tell The old sabbath guys were hungry and needed serious creative infusion after the last 3 albums. Not many people were capable of filling Ozzy's role, but they sure struck pay dirt in Dio. This album is just spectacular, from the beginning of Neon Knights, and the first soaring vocals you just know it's gonna be epic. Another one of those albums that doesn't have a bad or mediocre track on it. I know over the initial Dio tenure there was a lot of conflict and division. It seems like they sorted everything out with the formation of H&H. Unfortunately cancer got the better of Ronnie.
One of my favorite lyrical segments of all time….
They say that lives a carousel..
Spinning fast you've got to ride it well…
The world is full of kings and queens..
To blind your eyes and steal your dreams..
It's Heaven and Hell...
Fav tracks….
Neon Knights
Children of the Sea
Heaven and Hell
Lonely is the Word
Die Young
Wishing Well
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I've never done a top 50, even for my own curiosity, nor have I given it much thought, but I have to believe this album would be near the top for me too. Every song on this record is imprinted in my DNA now. For years now, if I get a song stuck in my head--especially annoying ear worms--the quickest way to be rid of them is to think of the opening riff to the song Heaven and Hell. Why? Because the riff never stands alone in my head; It always leads to the complete song. By the time I get to that evil acoustic guitar at the end the ear worm is crushed out on the floor.
I know Dio was often panned for his lyrics but I've usually liked them. This album is probably my favorite for his lyrics. I even think Lady Evil is clever; the imagery of a witch feeding the darkness by hand is cool.
What can you say about Tony's guitar work on this album. Man, it took me by such surprise when I first heard this album. It was hard to believe it was him compared to Black Sabbath's most resent output. By the time the closing lead finished on Lonely is the Word (which is high on my list of the greatest ever by anyone) I knew this was a different time for Iommi. He still had the magic for catchy riffs but with a level of creativity that I think he rarely hit on again.
Great album. Great choice!
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Top 5 for me!
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It's half a great album but some filler, as with the follow up. The great stuff is great though - Title track, Neon Knights, Die Young, Children Of The Sea - all awesome. Lonely is ok.
Combine the best bits of both DIO era albums and that's one stellar album. I don't mind RJD's lyrics but they fit a pattern, lots of rainbows and lots of contrasts.
He certainly fit this version of Sabbath.
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Heaven And Hell :metal :metal
Love that verse that's quoted in the write up.
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Saw that thread title and instantly it came into my head. Great pick of album there.
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The only track I'd really call filler would be Walk Away. One of my first Sabbath and metal albums actually, amazing stuff.
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#7 -T Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind & Powerslave
May 16, 1983 and September 3, 1984, respectively
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Hopefully I won't catch too much grief for cheating here a bit. I know I stated only one album per band, honestly though, these 2 albums rank out exactly the same in my book. In fact, I think this would have been an incredible double album. And with being in the top 10 of all time for me I thought they both deserved a place. Talk about some awesome music! Piece of Mind…
Where Eagles Dare
Flight of Icarus
Die with Your Boot's on
The Trooper
Revelations
To Tame a Land
What a line up of primo songs, all on one album!!!! Like I mentioned way back when, I fucking LOVE lyrics that either tell a good story or are based on real events. With Maiden, you've got both in spades! Where Eagles Dare, based on the movie of the same title. The Trooper based on Tennyson's work. To Tame a Land is based on one of the greatest Science Fiction novels of all time, Frank Herbert's Dune. Flight of Icarus based on Greek mythology, and Revelations being in small part based on Aleister Crowley and G.K. Chesterton.
Powerslave….
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
Powerslave
Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner
Back in the Village
Here again, a masterpiece of Samuel Taylor Colridge's The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Being an ex-merchant marine, I just love the story he tells! Aces High and 2 minutes slap you into the cockpit of a British Spitfire and on the streets of London as the German bombs and V2's start to fall. Powerslave can't help but inspire thought's of being on the shores of the Nile back in the day with the Pharaohs. Finally, Back in the Villiage, based on the British TV show, The Prisoner.
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Two great albums and some of my favorite music ever. :metal
I'll give a shout out to a few of the song you didn't mention. Still Life is way toward the top of my list of favorites from Maiden...there's something so deliciously creepy about it.
Flash of the Blade is killer and The Duelists has some awesome guitar solos!
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Powerslave made my top 5. Perfect metal album.
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POM is a top 10 album for me.
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perfect metal music
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perfect metal music
I'm at work and cannot possibly type all I could say.
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Both masterpieces. Powerslave probably makes it into my own top 10.
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Two classics there. I prefer Killers but not by much. Started to go a bit downhill after Powerslave for me and seriously downhill after SSoaSS but these two albums are stellar.
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Powerslave was #4 and Piece of Mind was #8 on my top ten. Two of the best metal albums ever. :metal
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Seriously…. two phenomenal records!
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The *Rime* of the Ancient Mariner ;)
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The *Rime* of the Ancient Mariner ;)
Oh boy….. cmon Deb!! Cut me some slack….. :lol
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#6 Rainbow - On Stage
July 7, 1977
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If you've never heard this, please get your headphones on, and set aside some time to have a really good listen. This lineup, one of the first "Supergroups" in my opinion…
Ronnie James Dio
Ritchie Blackmore
Cozy Powell
Jimmy Bain
Tony Carey
Hands down to me the second best live album ever recorded. This was my first exposure to Rainbow, and most importantly, Ronnie James Dio. I had heard some of Heaven and Hell and wondered about the singer. Someone pointed me in the Rainbow direction, and more specifically, this album.
The first time I played this I was simply awestruck by the sheer power of the vocals. Yeah, Blackmore and Powell were well know to me…but this was all about the live vocals. I recently watched a youtube interview of RJD right after leaving Sabbath, dehumanizer time, and him saying how much he loved this live album. Also…how it was a true live album, and not re-recorded in the studio. On the flip side…he fucking slammed Live Evil for being just that…a complete studio fabrication. Let us enter the fray….
Kill the King - What an intro…Cozy Powell hammering the double bass, with Ronnie belting it out. Tony Carey also kicking ass on the keyboards! This version was actually played before the song was recorded in the studio.
Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck - MUCH better version of MOTSM than the studio version. Ritchie has some fantastic guitar work here, and again…Ronnie's vocals are just sheer brilliance.
Catch the Rainbow - WOW….. where to begin? Suffice to say, If I were to make a top 50 song list… this version of this song would make the top 5. The melodies, the build up and crescendo to the "Take you to the Sky!!!" just beautiful. Then the ebbing of the tide to a bear whisper after Ritchies first solo section…only to have the sound barrier ripped apart by Cozy and Ritchey on his second solo run. Some of the riffs he plays in this section…are just soul wrenching. His melodies, and runs…. Blackmore at his best IMHO. There's a certain run/segment that put's me in that.."This actually makes my eyes tear up" category. All completed by Ronnie bringing it all home.
Mistreated - Nothing against David Coverdale…. but Ronnie owns him with this song…LOL. Again… sheer fucking power when it comes to the vocals….. "Since my woman left me…I've been losing my mind"
Sixteenth Century Greensleves - Love Cozy on this song! Such a cool beat during the chorus. And of course….Ronnie. I'm sure you're seeing a recurring theme in this albums review..LOL
Still I'm Sad - The original, written and performed by the Yardbirds was slow and mesmerizing. THIS version kicks you in the fuckin NUTZ full speed ahead!
Cozy's driving beat and Ritchies rythym intro get things started, with Carey joining in…all a prelude to Ronnie.
"See the stars falling down from the sky….
Gently passing, they kiss your tear drops dry…"
Brilliant song…the only thing that makes it a not brilliant performance is Ritchies self indulgent xmas carole infused solo section. Otherwise, this would be very high on my all time song favorites list also.
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Rainbow = Music Win.
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Rainbow = Music Win.
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Although not one of my favourite live albums (too much of Richie's meanderings for that) I'll never complain of Rainbow in a top 50.
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Those Maiden albums are solid. Not spectacular to me, but enjoyable listening. Not really a Rainbow fan, but maybe a live album will do something for me. I'll give it a spin.
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Catch the Rainbow - WOW….. where to begin? Suffice to say, If I were to make a top 50 song list… this version of this song would make the top 5. The melodies, the build up and crescendo to the "Take you to the Sky!!!" just beautiful. Then the ebbing of the tide to a bear whisper after Ritchies first solo section…only to have the sound barrier ripped apart by Cozy and Ritchey on his second solo run. Some of the riffs he plays in this section…are just soul wrenching. His melodies, and runs…. Blackmore at his best IMHO. There's a certain run/segment that put's me in that.."This actually makes my eyes tear up" category. All completed by Ronnie bringing it all home.
Hell yes! :metal
A Top 5 Live Album for me. Dio is legendary on this. And Cozy Powell kicks all kinds of ass the whole way through. And I completely agree about this song in particular. It's stunning. I don't know what to even say about it. If you're reading this list, and have never heard the live version to Catch The Rainbow, you need to get on it ASAP.
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Rainbow = Music Win.
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#5 Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
May 2, 1988
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In the late 80's QR was one of my favs. I loved The Warning and Rage for Order. Then came along this gem. Without a doubt, IMO, the best concept album ever made. The story, the music, the flow of the album, all brilliant. So much has already been written here about this album, repeating it all is not necessary. Plus I'm beat, just got home after 15 days in Mexico diving...LOL.
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Awesome! That's my number 1
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Without a doubt, IMO, the best concept album ever made.
2nd best for me.... but I won't argue it too hard. Top 10 material for sure.
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Without a doubt, IMO, the best concept album ever made.
2nd best for me.... but I won't argue it too hard. Top 10 material for sure.
Joint No 1 with I&W for me. A masterpiece.
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Fantastic, fantastic album. One of the best, and surely my 3rd favorite concept album.
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Yeah, arguably the best concept album. Hard to argue with your selection in the top 5. it's on my upcoming list, but where, you'll have to tune in to find out!
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Mindcrime. Top 10 for me too.
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Love Mindcrime too. It made my list as well.
What makes the Geoff Tate Vaudevill video so tragic is that after the Keepers albums and I&W, mindcrime remains the third best vocal performance i have on any CD. Oh, and add On Stage to the list for that as well.
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I like Mindcrime well enough, but I don't revere it like most seem to.
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I like Mindcrime well enough, but I don't revere it like most seem to.
I think a big reason it lands so high on my list is because it's withstood the test of time for me. Remember, listening to this album when it was new, is different from discovering it just recently. I've been listening to it for over 25 years now. Back then, there wasn't as much comparable material. In the last 20 years prog has had quite the resurgence and now there is some fantastic conceptual material. Just my spin on why I probably revere it like you mention. Right? Wrong? Or maybe I'm just smokin crack.... :lol
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#4 Pearl Jam - Ten
August 27, 1991
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We've saved the Best of '91 for last....as far as grunge is concerned. My first thought when I heard this album was..."Holy shit....It's the second coming of Jim Morrison" I was so impressed with Vedder's voice, and demeanor when watching those early videos on MTV. Ten, was a one of a kind album for me. While not musically the greatest, the song arrangements and melodies are just incredible. Throw in Eddie's voice and it explodes into a masterpiece. I know I've said on many of my selections that "There's not a bad track on this album" But on this album, there are more "Excellent" tracks than any other, with the exception of my #1 album. Unfortunately...what I thought would turn out to be one of my favorite bands of all time, turned out to be a band led by a douche bag. Eddie's act got old really quick. Throw in all the political soapbox shit during shows....and I became totally turned off to the band. "Vs." was just OK....and it was down hill from there. That all being said.... it still can't take away the greatness of Ten, it's just a flawless debut album.
Fav tracks - All rated Excellent in my book
Once
Alive
Even flow
Black - Was my wedding song (first dance)
Jeremy
Porch
Deep
Garden
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As I've said earlier, I hated Grunge, but I do own this album and its ok. Alive is ok, Jeremy too. Lifting Ace Frehley's solo from She is cheeky but Ace lifted it from a Doors track anyway.
I also hated that trend from Grunge onward of having song titles that are just one word. For every track of an album. >:(
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this is a pretty enjoyable album. no weird stuff like on later albums, I guess when they had more creative freedom to put weird stuff on it. once is a great opener, and black brings back good memories of the 90s.
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The thread title gave it away. I'd be lying if I didn't say I played the shit out this cassette tape when I was a kid.
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Well I for one love this album. Still play the crap out of it to this day.
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I've never heard much from PJ that made me want to do much other than throw on my PJ's but iI'll check this album out properly. Once sounds okay so I might do alright with it.
Mindcrime well..... :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Ten is amazing, great pick, terrific band.
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#3 Dream Theater - Awake
October 4, 1994
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Dream Theater, overall, is the most talented group of Rock musicians I have ever heard. Any and all lineups. There are better aspects of other bands and or albums. But as a whole DT rules supreme for me. I was living in Vegas in early 95 when a friend of mine were driving down the road. He told me about DT, so we pulled into a Wherehouse record store and I bought their new CD...Awake. So we get back into the car...pop in the CD...and 6:00 hits the speakers. And we're off! My first thoughts were... "Hey..this sounds like Triumph..."hey..this sounds like Rush...Hey..this sounds like..." I was hearing bit's and pieces from a lot of bands that I love. That was enough to keep my attention and keep listening. By the time the album gets to Voices, I'm hooked. By the time I get through Mirror/Lie my speakers are on the verge of blowing.
That was my intro to Dream Theater. Over the years, as each new album came out, I've learned to appreciate the band all that much more. Also, watching other bands I enjoy wither and die in a short time span, shows the power of DT and their music. Making good music for over 20 years is NOT an easy task. Not many bands can really pull that off. I chose Awake over I&W's for this spot for a couple of reasons. One, it was my first. Secondly, the 2 albums rotate in and out of my #1 DT spot quite a bit, but Awake resides there more.
Fav tracks -
6:00
A mind besides itself 1.Erotomania
A mind besides itself 2. Voices
Lifting Shadows off a Dream
Mirror
Lie
Scarred - The Blob Van Damn Tribute Song :hat
Space-Dye Vest
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Blob is rolling in his Delorean as we speak.
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Blob is rolling in his Delorean as we speak.
:rollin
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I imagined Awake when I saw the title :lol. Won't complain, that album is #4 on my book :hat
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Didn't like it when it first came out, due to it being so different from I&W. Love it now though.
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I don't know why I don't listen to Awake as much as other DT albums. I think some of the songs are awesome. Voices, Caught in a Web, Innocence Faded probably my favorites there. There's something I can't put my finger on. It is different than I&W for sure. A little darker but that doesn't bother me. Anyone else have a good handle on why people don't like this one as much?
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Awake and ToT have recently been fighting over my #4 DT album spot, and Scarred has taken over Voices as my favorite song on the album. All around a terrific album and a well-deserved spot in a top 50. :tup
I don't know why I don't listen to Awake as much as other DT albums. I think some of the songs are awesome. Voices, Caught in a Web, Innocence Faded probably my favorites there. There's something I can't put my finger on. It is different than I&W for sure. A little darker but that doesn't bother me. Anyone else have a good handle on why people don't like this one as much?
Whenever I listen to I&W and Awake back to back, I feel that the two are polar opposites in mood, almost like night and day. Awake is probably DT's darkest album while I&W is debatably their most light-hearted in sound. I think that contrast can throw some people off and depending on what they like, they might like one but not the other.
Personally, I think that contrast is great. The fact that Awake came right after I&W cements that even further and I can't help but imagine I&W as DT's "sun" album and Awake as DT's "moon" album, and there is a moon on Awake's cover, so hardy har har...
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Awake :2metal: :hefdaddy
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Awake :2metal: :hefdaddy
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I had a hard time with it because of the 7 string. I'm still not a big fan of that sound. A guitar does not need to go below a D (unless you're Tony Iommi). I find it throws the sound off and things just don't sound "right".
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I didn't realize that lil factoid about the 7 string. I don't play guitar and honestly don't know if I can tell the difference. Next time I give it a spin I'll try to hear the diff.
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Didn't like it when it first came out, due to it being so different from I&W. Love it now though.
Ditto... took me a long time to really appreciate Awake. Scarred was always my favorite, and I enjoyed the AMBI suite. The others took a few years to grow on me. Seeing it live this tour was out of this world!
Incredible album.
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I didn't take to the entire album right away either. I had a 30 minute ride to work during this time, and it consisted exclusively of Voices, Scarred, and Space Dye Vest.
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I didn't take to the entire album right away either. I had a 30 minute ride to work during this time, and it consisted exclusively of Voices, Scarred, and Space Dye Vest.
For me It was initially Erotomania through SDV as my initial cruise control. Don't get me wrong....I love the first 3 songs too!
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When I first got Awake, I heard the first three songs, and went UH OH! For years, I thought the album started with Erotomania.
I've since grown to love Innocence Faded.
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When I first got I went bonkers loving the heaviness but over time this album has not stuck with me. I play other DT albums much more.
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When I first got I went bonkers loving the heaviness but over time this album has not stuck with me. I play other DT albums much more.
That's because you SUCK!!!!!
:lol jus fuckin with ya
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I'm a bit like Lowdz .....................Awake grated a bit to start but grew and grew to the point it's now top 4 for me. . still nowhere near I&W but other later albums shocked me much more on release (FII and SDOIT especially). Awake contains a number of my favourite musical sections from DT ever , such as the midsection of Erotomania and the guitar outro to Innocence Faded.
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Nothing was more shocking than FII on its release.
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One of my favs from DT.
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One of my favs from DT.
Incredible disc
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Nothing was more shocking than FII on its release.
TOT and SC were more shocking by far.
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#2 Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
January 22, 2002
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Easily, the most melodic, listenable, and overall enjoyable album I have ever heard. I just absolutely adore this album, top to bottom. Most albums for me at some point I tire of listening too and have to take a break. Not this one. I have never tired of this album. The haunting melodies... The incredible music, the mesmerizing vocals, all add up to one of the best albums ever created. I enjoy the Perfect Element, but it fails to reach the pinnacle that Remedy Lane does. Funny, I know by the ambiance and feel of the album, that it is a bit dark and I am usually less inspired by darker art. This is definitely the exception to the rule because I can't get enough of it. It captures me from beginning to end. What an end it is, Beyond the Pale is a masterpiece. I really enjoy POS's music, but beyond this album and the Perfect Element pt 1, it drops off. Each album for various reasons. Scarsick because of the blatant anti-American theme, Cocrete Lake because it just never moved me. Road Salt because it just didn't seem that good to me. Back to Scarsick, as much as I respect anyone's belief, like I mentioned during my chat on Pearl Jam, I don't like politically based music. Add to that the fact that they wouldn't travel to play the US for so long, soured me quite a bit on the band, and more specifically Gildenlow. Regardless of all that.... this epic can't be ignored or lessened by those factors.
Every song on this album is awesome, even the ambient title track. That being said, here are my favs.
Undertow
This Heart of Mine
Beyond the Pale
Ending Theme
A Trace of Blood
Rope Ends
Dryad of the Woods
Second Love
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Meh... sorry, I just don't 'get' PoS. And it hasn't been for lack of trying. When Elite does PoS as a discography discussion, I'll give them one final kick at the can. Not sure why they don't click with me, they just don't.
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Like I mentioned, really only the 2 albums do it for me. Have you really listened to Remedy Lane? If I take away Remedy Lane, and 3/4ths of the Perfect Element...then I wouldn't really get POS either.. :lol
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I don't get PoS either for the most part but there is some stuff on Remedy Lane that I quite like.
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I've been listening to Remedy Lane a lot since last fall, in preparation for when they play it in full this year at Progpower. Beyond the Pale is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard- I really love it.
The only other PoS album I have is Entropia, and that's fantastic. I really need to check out some of their other stuff (I've only heard bits of Be, and Concrete Lake). But I understand not getting them, too. I know I didn't for a while, and I know I still don't get a lot of the super popular groups/artists here on DTF.
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Remedy Lane was ok for me at first, but nothing mind-boggling. After a while, all of the songs just started clicking and now I love it to death. Such an emotional listen as well.
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Meh... sorry, I just don't 'get' PoS. And it hasn't been for lack of trying. When Elite does PoS as a discography discussion, I'll give them one final kick at the can. Not sure why they don't click with me, they just don't.
This. I have this album, bought it after seeing them support DT. I enjoyed their set but not the albums. Not sure why. Just lacks the magic dust in the songwriting fo r me. I guess its just not to my taste, simple as that.
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#1 Led Zeppelin
January 12, 1969
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For anyone who's known me here on DTF, this one isn't a shocker I'm sure. Without a doubt,to me, the greatest Rock and Roll band of all time. Everyone has there own opinion with regards to that question. Many will say The Beatles, many the Stones, and some The Who or Floyd. The Beatles to me were trend setters. They made some great Pop, catchy type music. Then some experimental-ish type stuff. None of it was my cup of tea. The Stones were a great basic R&B rock band. By basic I mean not the most complex writing and arranging, and just not "Hard Rock" enough for me. The Who, had moments of brilliance and carved out there own niche in the early Mod days. Floyd, as I mentioned earlier, had one of the best 4 album runs of all time. Also their own unique sound, creativity and brilliance. Initially in this thread Chad called me on the my "Big 4" not including Floyd, that was a major muff on my part. In the 70's, it was more the Big 4 for me, I hadn't really gotten hard into Floyd yet. This is how I rate the "Big 5". In my life, I have owned 1 Stones album (Some Girls) and zero Beatles albums. They just don't do it for me, and over the last 40 years, I'm sure I've heard about everything they've done.
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Who
4. The Rolling Stones
5. The Beatles
I've picked Led Zeppelin I because it's the start of it all. In all honesty, Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin II, or Led Zeppelin IV are all also worthy for this spot.
My first exposure to Led Zeppelin was a friend of mine loaning me Led Zeppelin IV. After that, I was hooked. I couldn't get enough of them and worked my way through their discography, which at that point Physical Graffiti was the latest album. This was around '75 I think. So, the band was still around, yet I was to young to go to concerts. I was actually getting ready to buy tickets for the "In Through the Out Door" tour when Bonham died. I was 16 and absolutely crushed by the death of John Bonham. I was a drummer in my High school Jazz band, and John Henry was my idol. Zeppelin at the time was my musical life, and we all (my friends) knew that without Bonham the band would probably cease to exist. We were unfortunately correct. The closest I came to seeing them was seeing Jimmy Page in '83 for the ARMS benefit show for Ronnie Lane. Awesome show with Clapton, Beck, and a whole gaggle of legendary musicians from that era.
Jimmy Page is not the best performer live. At times he was sloppy, at times loaded and sloppy, at times OK, and on those rare moments stellar. Page's strong point to me, and where his brilliance lies, is in his writing, arranging and producing. If I could pull up one example, I would say "Achilles' Last Stand". A perfect example of Page at his "Studio" best. Layered guitar tracks that are sheer genius when mixed. His studio prowess and production skills are legendary. This is where his strength lies.
Like with any great band, there has to be that harmonious chemistry. Zeppelin lacked none of that. From the very beginning they all complimented and meshed so well together. For those who aren't familiar, they were a band that was basically thrown together to fulfill an existing tour obligation for Page and the Yardbirds. Call it fate, call it luck, call it whatever you like, but whatever stars were aligned to bring together these 4 men.... was incredible.
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I had zero exposure to Led Zeppelin as a kid other then the few big radio hits ..................the little bit of exploration of their catalogue that I have done later in life has resulted in some killer but mostly filler for my taste but I still need to spend more time with them. I've bought a few more of their albums that are gathering dust somewhere , so plenty of material yet unexplored..
Thanks for a great top 50 ....................well paced and held my interest right through ..........plenty I like , plenty I don't and you had me investigate a few things that may well work their way into rotation on the bl5150 stereo. :tup
The above sentiment applies to all 3 current top 50's - enjoying them all.
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I had zero exposure to Led Zeppelin as a kid other then the few big radio hits ..................the little bit of exploration of their catalogue that I have done later in life has resulted in some killer but mostly filler for my taste but I still need to spend more time with them. I've bought a few more of their albums that are gathering dust somewhere , so plenty of material yet unexplored..
Thanks for a great top 50 ....................well paced and held my interest right through ..........plenty I like , plenty I don't and you had me investigate a few things that may well work their way into rotation on the bl5150 stereo. :tup
The above sentiment applies to all 3 current top 50's - enjoying them all.
I surely understand your sentiment with Zep. That's the beauty of music, our tastes are just that, Ours! Just like me not really getting the Beatles. I'm in a minority for sure, it's just the way it is. I also would like to thank you, and everyone for their fantastic input and insights. My whole goal when I signed up was that maybe...just maybe...I'll turn someone else onto something that would enrich their musical lives. That's what I've gotten from others Top 50's and appreciation threads in this sub-forum. Thanks for following mate! It's been a lot of fun doing this.
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Not my favorite Zep album, and I don't even think my favorite Zep album would come close to my #1 spot, but this is a fine album. :metal
A pretty nice list, overall. :tup
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My complete Top 50 list.....
#50 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic pillow
#49 Aerosmith - Rocks
#48 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
#47 Kiss - Alive 2
#46 Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
#45 The Who - Who's Next
#44 Scorpions - Blackout
#43 Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida
#42 Cream - Disraeli Gears
#41 Kamelot - Black Halo
#40 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
#39 Eagles - Hotel California
#38 The Doors
#37 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
#36 Rage against the machine
#35 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
#34 Symphony X - Odyssey
#33 Jethro Tull aqualung
#32 Sixx AM - Heroin Diaries
#31 Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
#30 4 Non Blondes - Bigger Better Faster More
#29 Deep Purple - Machine Head
#28 Dio - Last in Line
#27 Styx - Pieces of Eight
#26 Seven Mary Three - American Standard
#25 The Cult - Sonic Temple
#24 Temple of the Dog
#23 Alice in Chains - Dirt
#22 Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
#21 Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
#20 Live - Secret Samadhi
#19 Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
#18 Ynwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
#17 Stone Temple Pilots - Core
#16 Metallica - Master of Puppets
#15 Anthrax - Among the Living
#14 Mother Love Bone
#13 Death Angel - Act III
#12 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
#11 Pink floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
#10 Black Lab - Your Body Above Me
#9 Rush - 2112
#8 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
#7T Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind / Powerslave
#6 Rainbow - On Stage
#5 Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
#4 Pearl Jam - Ten
#3 Dream Theater - Awake
#2 Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
#1 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
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Zeppelin is surely worthy of being in spot #1, but not so sure Zep I is. It's middle of the pack for me on their 8 releases. Great writeup, and I'm going to refrain from saying too much, saving it for when I do my discography discussion. Zeppelin is, and always has/will be, my favorite band. Tattoo's of the four symbols on my left shoulder at 18 years old made that a foregone conclusion. They were the band that set my musical course for life.
I'll echo Brent's comments.... great Top 50. I may not have agreed with all the albums, but as you said... dem's tastes for ya!
Nicely done Greg :tup
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I actually had Remedy Lane in the car today, amazing.
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cool top 50!
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I love Remedy Lane, Top 5 album for me as well. Every song is so ridiculously good. :tup
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Zeppelin is surely worthy of being in spot #1, but not so sure Zep I is. It's middle of the pack for me on their 8 releases. Great writeup, and I'm going to refrain from saying too much, saving it for when I do my discography discussion. Zeppelin is, and always has/will be, my favorite band. Tattoo's of the four symbols on my left shoulder at 18 years old made that a foregone conclusion. They were the band that set my musical course for life.
I'll echo Brent's comments.... great Top 50. I may not have agreed with all the albums, but as you said... dem's tastes for ya!
Nicely done Greg :tup
Thanks Chad! Also to JJ and Wolf for following. I look forward to the Zep discography thread :tup I'm sure we'll have lots to chit chat about.
I love Remedy Lane, Top 5 album for me as well. Every song is so ridiculously good. :tup
Scorp! my vindicator... :lol It's good to see someone hold it in as high esteem as I do!! Thanks to you and Senecadawg!
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Zep 1 has some great songs on it, but not my favorite album of theirs. Page sounded killer on this album even though he's sort of sloppy.
Great list overall, enjoyed reading through your experiences and commentary on all of them.
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Can't stand Zep. I acknowledge the effect they had on rock history but its not for me. Can't stand Robert Plant as I've said before (sorry Chad :biggrin:). *shudders*. Just thinking of that shrieking voice makes me cringe.
Anyway, great list, very varied and certainly not all in my taste but enough to keep me interested, and I have picked up that Death Angel album on your recommendation.
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Can't stand Zep. I acknowledge the effect they had on rock history but its not for me. Can't stand Robert Plant as I've said before (sorry Chad :biggrin:). *shudders*. Just thinking of that shrieking voice makes me cringe.
Anyway, great list, very varied and certainly not all in my taste but enough to keep me interested, and I have picked up that Death Angel album on your recommendation.
Different strokes brotha :biggrin: Although I can't see how anyone who likes rock can't like Zep. But them again, I'm not a Beatles fan...so I guess it can happen...LOL. Hope you like the DA as much as me :tup Like I said earlier, if one person gets some new music out of my list that they enjoy...it's mission accomplished for me! Thanks for following and contributing!
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Can't stand Zep.
This guy knows what's up.
Great list man, enjoyed following.
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Can't stand Zep.
This guy knows what's up.
Great list man, enjoyed following.
Always found this surprising Kade. You're still the king or rock/metal, but strange that you don't like Zeppelin, Van Halen and I believe Kiss too.
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Some great albums on the list. Good to see Blackout and Rocks get mentions. Real interesting. Last In line too. Typically , and desrvedly so, the praise goes to Holy Diver, but Last in Line is an incredible album. And of course the mighty On Stage. Stunning.
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Awesome list. A lot I need to check out. :tup