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top 10 rock albums of all time

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1. The Band (self-titled)
2. Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde
3. Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
4. Beatles-Sgt. Pepper
5. Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
6. Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
7. Bob Dylan-Planet Waves
8. Elvis-Sun Recordings
9. The Band-Music From Big Pink
10. Cream-Disraeli Gears
 
A list like that is nice, but it doesn't give any credit to any bands post 1980, which is to say that rock after the psychedelic era doesn't count. I must disagree with people #4. I am a big beatles fan, but I really thing that Sgt. Pepper is one of the most overrated albums of all time. To really show the talents of the Beatles, we might want to mention an album such as Abbey Road. This album really deserves more recognition than that complete mess of an album that we like to call Sgt. Pepper.

Remember, just because they were on acid, that doesn't make it a good album.
 
If I would put a post '80 album, it would be Wilco-Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot
What's your top ten?
 
I think by joining a Pokemon forum all of us have proven our nerdiness.
 
I'd include the Beatles' Rubber Soul and Neil Young's Harvest albums. Post-1980s bands would include Coldplay's Parachutes and Nirvana's Nevermind.
 
Well, to be fair to the post 1980 era....

If we were to list Nirvana's Nevermind (a great album), we should also list this classic from 1984 (or was it 1985). Meat Puppets - II

We should not forget Devo, though their best would be Q:Are We Not Men A:We Are Devo from 1978, the one that got them the most recognition would have to be the early 80's "Freedom of Choice" (the album with their big hit "Whip It").
Also:
The Talking Heads - Little Creatures (or maybe Stop Making Sense)


We also must include pre-alternative albums like these:
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime

The 90's? What about other bands that are just as inflential as Nirvana?

Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Oasis - What's the Story Mourning Glory?
Beck - Mellow Gold (some will argue Odelay, but I was a fan from the start)
Mad Season - Above (yeah, Alice in Chains got more credit, but I think that this was Layne Staley's best band)
Butthole Surfers - ElectricLarryLand (yeah, they were better in the 80's, but this album was the closest to a household name that they ever were)
...and the list goes on and on...

And to move on to current days, we have some bands that are very under appreciated. Let's be fair to these bands that radio has seemed to have overlooked for the most part.

Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (this is the the turning point in their music that has brought them to where they are today)
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (or White Pepper, they are both good albums, but because of their earlier catalog, they have been dismissed as a "joke band" by some "serious" music fans)
Shonen Knife - Rock Animals (this japanese girl pop group is still amazing, and they've been playing their pop-punk since the 80's)


Well, I could go on and on for a while, but I think I have made my point. To group a list of albums together as a "top 10 rock albums" really doesn't say much. There are a LOT of albums that deserve to be in that list that overshadow such albums as...say.... Sgt. Pepper.

And yes, I agree, we are ALL nerds for posting here in a pokemon forum, but I am quite proud of being a nerd! Just remember, Pokemon brings people together.
 
If Coldplay is listed, then certainly, August and Everything After (Counting Crows), the best not-hard-rock album of the '90s, should be listed.
 
I agree with Dark Side of the Moon, Nevermind, and Downward Spiral, and August and Everything After.

I'd add in Garbage (self titled), Green Day- American Idiot, Red Hot Chille Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and Offspring- Smash.

I'd name more but I'm not so great with knowing albums...most of my music is just individual MP3s, and then even with CDs I have, a lot of them are greatest hits collections or mixes of various artists. It's rare that I'll actually hear and like enough songs off of one album to buy it.

Also my two favorite albums in the world aren't rock albums, they're electronic music, so I didn't name them.
 
How can you take out The Band and Bob Dylan?
 
Well, some of us are very into classic rock, but I am into a LOT of music. I have listened to a lot of great bands in my life, so I think that there are a lot of other bands that matter.
 
I am willing to perhaps take out Sgt. Pepper and possibly Cream, but there is no arguing of Dylan and The Band's importance in 20th century music.
 
Of course there isn't, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Dylan should be counted twice.

Blonde on Blonde is a definite yes there, but really, Planet Waves seems like a gratuitous Dylan nod. As does the second mention of The Band, actually. Almost nobody had two albums which totally changed the music industry.
 
I would perhaps put a who or maybe ian and sylvia album.
 
But Elvis? Sure he did what he did well, but I think that the british invasion completely one upped him. Johnny Cash's Sun Recordings completely kick the ass of anything that Elvis did... (but that's not rock, so I wouldn't ask to put that on the list)

And Pet Sounds? A novelty at best.
A lot of these albums are quite dated......

I DO agree with you here:


3. Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon (well, actually their earlier material is better, but this is the one that got them the most recognition)
5. Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
10. Cream-Disraeli Gears
 
The Band-dated? How can you say that? Name a single album better than their self-titled second effort(third, if you count Basement Tapes).
 
cooper said:
The Band-dated? How can you say that? Name a single album better than their self-titled second effort(third, if you count Basement Tapes).
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Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
 
Satoshi-kun said:
Well, some of us are very into classic rock, but I am into a LOT of music. I have listened to a lot of great bands in my life, so I think that there are a lot of other bands that matter.
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Yeah, same for me. And the classic rock I do like is just different stuff, I mean I like the Beatles but I don't like them THAT much, I prefer like...Buddy Holly, and I guess I really prefer stuff from that era that would be considered pop, like Conway Twitty, the Crystals, that sort of thing.
 
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