Henry Raymond
Fairfax Bloggers => Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day => Topic started by: MikeF9 on December 02, 2012, 10:04:15 AM
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{b}Here is CHOM-FM's list of the top 97 rock albums of all time. Let the debate begin.
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
3. Beatles - Abbey Road
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Beatles - The White Album
6. Nirvana - Nevermind
7. U2 - The Joshua Tree
8. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Who - Who's Next
10. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
12. Eagles - Hotel California
13. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
14. The Who - Quadrophenia
15. Guns And Roses - Appetite For Destruction
16. Metallica - Metallica
17. AC/DC - Back In Black
18. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
19. Pearl Jam - Ten
20. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
21. Rush - Moving Pictures
22. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
23. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
24.Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
25. Clash - London Calling
26. Radiohead - The Bends
27. Peter Gabriel - So
28. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
29. U2 - Achtung Baby
30. Van Halen - Van Halen
31. Doors - The Doors
32. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik
33. Radiohead - OK Computer
34. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
35. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
36. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
37. Green Day - Dookie
38. Police - Ghost In The Machine
39. Queen - Night At The Opera
40. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
41. Muse - Absolution
42. Crosby Stills And Nash - Deja Vu
43. Green Day - American Idiot
44. Beatles - Revolver
45. Neil Young - Harvest
46. Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
47. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
48. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
49. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
50. Boston - Boston
51. Who - Tommy
52. Police - Regatta de Blanc
53. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
54. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
55. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
56. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. Deep Purple - Machine Head
58. Van Halen - 1984
59. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
60. Soundgarden - Superunknown
61. U2 - War
62. Def Leppard - Pyromania
63. Yes - Fragile
64. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
65. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced
66. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
67. Cream - Disraeli Gears
68. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
69. ZZ Top - Eliminator
70. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
71. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
72. Arcade Fire - Funeral
73. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
74. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
75. Pixies - Doolittle
76. Bad Company - Bad Company
77. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
78. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
79. Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
80. Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking
81. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
82. White Stripes - Elephant
83. Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
84. Cult - Sonic Temple
85. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
86. U2 - Unforgettable Fire
87. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
88. Def Leppard - Hysteria
89. Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle
90. The Cars - The Cars
91. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
92. REM - Document
93. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
94. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
95. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
96. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
97. Police - Synchronicity
Personally, The Police's Synchronicty was their best album and should have rated higher that Ghost in the Machine. And Green Day's American Idiot is lower than Dookie? No.[/b]
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Hmmmm, no real debate - a pretty solid list. I always felt Led Zep was a bit overrated. Could use a few more Canadian bands, too, maybe?
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I don't believe that Elton John show ever be rated lower than anything by Pink Floyd.