Classic Rock Albums Everyone Should own....

[OUAndy1807]

yet another album thread (the RS thread got me thinking):
Rolling Stones- Beggar's Banquet
Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
Kinks- Arthur
Allman Brothers- Eat A Peach
Bowie- Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
The Band- Music from the Big Pink
Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young- On the Beach
Neil Young- Tonight's the Night
Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold as Love
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Lou Reed- Transformer

[royalfan5]

You forgot Frampton Comes Alive.

[OUAndy1807]

You forgot Frampton Comes Alive.
another great one.

Also, on a list of the greatest rock bands, how many British bands are on there before the first American band?

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

KISS-Double Platinum

[King Crimson]

you left out more Bowie:

Man Who sold the World
Hunky Dory

all the Zep records.

Syd era Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn, etc. the later Gilmour stuff is arena rock.

the first two Traffic records.

American Beauty, and Workingman's Dead

T.Rex: Electric Warrior (for sure).

stooges: stooges, funhouse, raw power.



i've got a Lou Reed bootleg from about 70. it's awesome.

[King Crimson]

VU: whatever, everything.

[King Crimson]

the name of this band is pronounced: Lynard Skynard.

they do everything on that record, hard rock, delta blues, social comment, freebird.

I ain't the one has one of the best opening drum and riff and whistle you ever gonna hear.

it's a great hillbilly record. equal to anything else.

[AggieTool]

another great one.

Also, on a list of the greatest rock bands, how many British bands are on there before the first American band?

That's "Frampton's Peter Comes Alive"!:mad:

[AggieTool]

Also,

Metallica, Black Album
Megadeth, Hangar 18

[KC//CRIMSON]

Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Deja Vu

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

Jefferson Airplane - Takes Off

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

[SoonerProphet]

I'd throw Pink Floyd's Dogs out there...it has to be my fav.

Various Others:

Blind Faith
Blood on the Tracks
L.A. Women
Rubber Soul and Revolver
Sabbath's Volume 4...Supernaut is the real deal
Allman Bros. Live at Fillmore East
Electric Lady Land and Band of Gypsy's

[C&CDean]

Rush - Rush

Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home

PF - Dark Side of the Moon

Alice Cooper - Killer, Billion $$ Babies

Allman Bros. - Live at the Fillmore

Skynyrd - Pronounced

Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

Deep Purple - Machine Head, Live from Tokyo

Frank Zappa - Live at the Fillmore

Zeppelin - I, II, III, IV

[KC//CRIMSON]

Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup

Yes - The Yes Album

Traffic - On The Road

[King Crimson]

Yes - The Yes Album



yup, good one. and Fragile.

[yermom]

i don't think you can leave off Houses of the Holy or Physical Graffiti

Appetite for Destruction will eventually be on this list ;)

Hotel California?

The White Album

[KC//CRIMSON]

I think it's safe to put all of Led Zeppelins catalog on here. Except "Coda."

[VeeJay]

Hmmm....I think you gotta put a Steely Dan in the mix.

[1stTimeCaller]

Air Supply's greatest hits

[tbl]

uhhhhh.... every Beatles album?

[HoserSooner]

Van Halen - Van Halen
AC/DC - Back in Black
Rush - 2112

[Howzit]

I think it's safe to put all of Led Zeppelins catalog on here. Except "Coda."

Personally, I'd say everything through Physical Graffiti.

But I like your Yes Album Pick.

And King Crimson, that was my zepplin spek, forgot to sign it.

Dean had a good list, too.

And they may be a bit too commercial for some, but I would put Styx Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight on the list.

[sooneron]

The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Band - The Band
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors ( I know it begat corp rock, but it's extremely solid as is The Fleetwood Mac white album)
Patti Smith - Horses
ELO - Out Of The Blue
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - LA Woman
Springsteen - The River or Born To Run
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Quadrophenia

[sooneron]

Cream - Wheels Of Fire

[Frozen Sooner]

Dark Side of the Moon.

[PAW]

The Guess Who - These Eyes

[12]

Steaming Pile of Crap – Steaming Pile of Crap

[def_lazer_fc]

The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Band - The Band
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors ( I know it begat corp rock, but it's extremely solid as is The Fleetwood Mac white album)
Patti Smith - Horses
ELO - Out Of The Blue
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - LA Woman
Springsteen - The River or Born To Run
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Quadrophenia
i was about to throw some who on the list, but ya beat me. hell i'd even go ahead and throw in some of the live stuff released recently. i think tommy live was better than studio imo. i know i'll get some heat for saying that though. and mad spek for the band. the last waltz has got to be my favorite dvd ever.

[King Crimson]

And they may be a bit too commercial for some, but I would put Styx Grand Illusion or Pieces of Eight on the list.

Howzit is a blue collar man. :texan:

[King Crimson]

The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Band - The Band
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors ( I know it begat corp rock, but it's extremely solid as is The Fleetwood Mac white album)
Patti Smith - Horses
ELO - Out Of The Blue
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - LA Woman
Springsteen - The River or Born To Run
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Quadrophenia

the two best doors records...the first and the last (?).... (with M Hotel almost there), and yeah, the muhfuggin Who.

ya know, a lot of people don't like Quad. i personally don't get this, but it doesn't really have a single outside Love Reign O'er Me or 5:15. maybe that's it. but, also what makes it great.

and def fazer is right insofar as the remastered Live at Leeds delux edition tears your ears off and makes you like it. with the somewhat faked up Tommy disc as well....but you don't care it sounds so good.

[King Crimson]

Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Deja Vu



that's a good one too. even CSN is a great record.

[King Crimson]

Steaming Pile of Crap – Steaming Pile of Crap

with a lot of bands, the first self titled albums are usually the best...

[12]

I could not agree more... that live album they did,(Steaming Pile of Crap: A Night At Frontier City), was good, but it wasn't GREAT!

[King Crimson]

and even the best stuff on that Frontier City record are the one's from SPoC, SPoC.

no doubt about it.

[12]

Well, that and when the guitar player from Molly Hatchet came out for the train-crash solo.

[King Crimson]

and i think both drummers from .38 Special played on that one.

[12]

Eff'n A.

[Soonerchaz]

Krimson...good call on The Faces.

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City (absolutely essential...imho)

[King Crimson]

Krimson...good call on The Faces.

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City (absolutely essential...imho)

Big Star is IT.

[crawfish]

King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
Yes - Close to the Edge
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Joni Mitchell - Blue
The Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot
U2 - War
Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks

[william_brasky]

Has "Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love" been mentioned?

Edit: yes it has

Van Morrison - Moondance
Queen - The Game

[Oldnslo]

I think it's safe to put all of Led Zeppelins catalog on here. Except "Coda."
Let's leave off "Presence", too.

And we can omit the Stones' Satanic Majesties Request (at the time, the highest pre-ordered album evar).

[AggieTool]

Has "Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love" been mentioned?

Edit: yes it has

Van Morrison - Moondance
Queen - The Game

That reminds me...

UFO Strangers in the Night.

[Oldnslo]

Foreigner 4

Boston (the first album)

Cheap Trick Live at Budokan

Ike and Tina Turner's Greatest Hits

The Cars (first album AND Candy-O)

Ted Nugent Great Gonzo

The Offspring Greatest Hits

Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies, (Blow in the Wind AND Have a Ball).

[Robby6pack]

Double live gonzo

[MamaMia]

Some of my choices aren't considered "rock" per say, but they deserved to be mentioned. :)

Anything thats by Stevie Nicks
Jimmy Buffett ~Changes In Latitude
Fleetwood Mac ~Rumors
Walkin' After Midnight/The Very Best of ~Patsy Cline
The Best Of Bobby Darin ~Volume Two
Fly Like an Eagle ~Steve Miller Band
Supertramp ~Breakfast In America
Pink Floyd ~Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd ~The Wall
The Original Soundtrack ~The Blues Brothers
Strangers In The Night ~Frank Sinatra
The Best of Sarah Vaughan ~Sarah Vaughan
Bruce Springsteen ~ Born In the USA
Lynyrd Skynyrd ~Pronounced
Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Led Zeppelin IV with Stairway to Heaven
Downtown In Paris ~Petula Clark
The Days of Wine and Roses ~The Henry Mancini Orchestra

[KC//CRIMSON]

Let's leave off "Presence", too.

And we can omit the Stones' Satanic Majesties Request (at the time, the highest pre-ordered album evar).


"Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobodys Fault But Mine" are you crazy?


The Offsprings greatest hits?


funny old man;)