Best hard rock album of all time?

[Greg]

Speaking of Alice in Chains, I actually saw them open for Van Halen in '91. First concert, second row, Hartford Civic Center. We really didn't know who they were. I remember a lot of "boos".... :lol:

 

[noski]

Rock Albums

When you wear this topic out, can we progress to Classic Rock so us old farts and fartresses have a chance?

 

[skibum1321]

As was Temple of the Dog...

I was gonna say them but I didn't know if we would really call that hard rock. That would then lead to Pearl Jam and so on...

 

[Marc]

Yeah, I suppose that album was more what you would call "Rock Ballade" even though I despise that term.

But "River of Deceit" isn't exactly hard rock either...

 

[awf170]

Metallica's black album?.

:uzi:

I hate that Cd. So over rated IMO. I would say Master of Puppets is the best hardrock album. Battery freakin rocks.

 

[roark]

:uzi:

I hate that Cd. So over rated IMO. I would say Master of Puppets is the best hardrock album. Battery freakin rocks.

I agree about the Black album. I sold it back to the local record store the day after I got it. Master of Puppets changed my concept of hard rock/metal and inspired me to pick up the bass. Now that hardly play anymore Orion is one the basslines I still remember.

 

[roark]

I might still have to give my vore to Zep II however...

 

[skibum1321]

But "River of Deceit" isn't exactly hard rock either...

True, but overall the album has more of a hard feel than the Temple of the Dog stuff.

I would say that Temple of the Dog was for Layne Staley what A Perfect Circle is for Maynard. A less-angry side project.

 

[Sky]

Wow...Andyzee nominates Fireball. I absolutely love that album.

re: Robyn Trower, Bridge of Sighs...great song. Don't care for the rest of the album.

Black Sabbath. Not too keen on the debut album...but Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol IV (Supernaught *drool*) are cool. Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath was ...meh.

I'm still stuck on meeting all the criteria....Hard Rock. all good songs top to bottom. Otherwise....I'd have to nominate Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation. Side one is killer...Red and Black, Hot Rails to Hell. Side two...meh.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Oh, here's a good hard rock album, but not the best of all time:

White Zombie: la Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1

... oh and these guys are a bit more indie than hard rock but they get an honorable mention from me:

The Arctic Monkeys : Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

I got tix to see these guys in June....Psyched! Check em out if you get a chance.

 

[Zand]

I have a few:

Alice in Chains: Facelift and Dirt were awesome. I didn't really like the green one as an album, but there's a few great songs on there. Sap and Jar of Flies had a few good songs as well.

Stone Temple Pilots: Core

Metallica: Master of Puppets (WTF was St. Anger? That one sucked)

Soundgarden: Superunknown (SPOONMAN)

Zeppelin II

AC/DC: Black In Black, For Those About to Rock, High Voltage, Highway to Hell, Razors Edge, Dirty Deeds

Too many to name...

 

[riverc0il]

Yeah great band. I was one of the only guys I knew that had Sap before it was widely known. Wasn't big on the dog cover album though. They started to get a little weird by then. Dirt was good, but I think Facelift was the best - in your face modern rock and roll. Jar of Flies was a work of art, but way mellow.

what crack are you smoking! DIRT is hands down the best AIC album. though for drives to ski areas, i have always favored jar of flies/sap combo. i think we need to define "hard rock" as AIC, soundgarden, PJ, mad season, etc. are in the grudge/alternative sub-genre.

 

[riverc0il]

True, but overall the album has more of a hard feel than the Temple of the Dog stuff.

I would say that Temple of the Dog was for Layne Staley what A Perfect Circle is for Maynard. A less-angry side project.

layne wasn' invovlved with temple of the dog, iirc. that was chris corrnell and matt from SG and some of the mother love bone/PJ boys. tool is my favorite band but i don't find anything interesting about APC. mad season was a phenomenal project, too bad layne staley couldn't find anything to live for besides drugs.

 

[riverc0il]

I hate that Cd. So over rated IMO. I would say Master of Puppets is the best hardrock album. Battery freakin rocks.

i used to really enjoy metallica... i recently pulled out "ride the lightening" and it didn't do anything for me. master was a great album as well, but i suspect i wouldn't feel it much any more. every since reload, i have held metallica with particular disdain and contempt.

 

[andyzee]

Wow...Andyzee nominates Fireball. I absolutely love that album.

re: Robyn Trower, Bridge of Sighs...great song. Don't care for the rest of the album.

Black Sabbath. Not too keen on the debut album...but Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol IV (Supernaught *drool*) are cool. Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath was ...meh.

I'm still stuck on meeting all the criteria....Hard Rock. all good songs top to bottom. Otherwise....I'd have to nominate Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation. Side one is killer...Red and Black, Hot Rails to Hell. Side two...meh.

Hehe, I think we're showing our ages; Deep Purple, Sabath, BOC....

 

[Marc]

Yeah, Steve, you're right with the grunge label. The Seattle bands, while different when compared with each other, really are variations on the same theme and not really hard rock when you get right down to it, even though a lot of it if listened to in a vacuum (figuratively speaking of course) can be classfied as hard rock, the whole of that movement was it's own thing.

 

[Npage148]

Oh, here's a good hard rock album, but not the best of all time:

White Zombie: la Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1

I LOVE that album. It rocks everytime i listen to it. I love their use of sound clips. Totally random and great. Plus my favorite quote come from Thunder Kiss '65, "I never try anything, I just do it" AND i cant walk into a bookstore with out shooting suspicous glances at everyone and mumbling "Meanwhile, behind the facade of this innocent looking bookstore..."

Some of my favrorite hard rock albums are Vulger Display of Power by Pantera, Undertow by Tool, The self titled Clutch album, and the self titles Soulfly album.

 

[riverc0il]

Some of my favrorite hard rock albums are Vulger Display of Power by Pantera, Undertow by Tool, The self titled Clutch album, and the self titles Soulfly album.

oh man, if we are going to include tool in the hard rock genre, put me down for lateralus as the all time best album ever regardless of genre but especially of hard rock. 10,000 days already en route, can't wait, the new single rocks it. but i don't consider tool hard rock. a lot of people would put tool in the progressive rock sub-genre, but i don't buy that either. tool doesn't really fit into any sub-genre. any band that uses mixed time signatures isn't hard rock, imo

 

[Mike P.]

A lot of good choices, I buy very few tape or CD's I doubt I can pick one, maybe a top 10

Appetite for Destruction
The Black Album
Back in Black
10 (Pearl Jam)
Who's Next
Quadrephenia
Aerosmith Rocks

okay seven

 

[pepsi]

When we were supposed to pick our 5 (or was it 10?) CD's for a desert island a while back I couldn't narrow it down below 25 or so so I decided not to go and I don't think I ever listed any.

Then I think there was the best band and I couldn't even get down to my 5 favorite.

Now you want me to pick one album?

I can't do it.

Everytime someone lists one I hadn't thought about it adds to my list and there are none I want to take off.

Lots of good choices here though