The best rock album of all time is . . .

[paland]

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I think that most posters find "the Dead" horrible. A friend of mine would put on "the dead" whenever he wanted everyone to leave.

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You should be on acid to appreciate the dead. I went to 5 Dead concerts and I don't think I ever went while not tripping.

What does a straight person say at a Dead concert?
"What's that noise? "

[NJchick]

Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me


Close Second

Ramones - Ramones

[davidross]

Yikes, I'm really getting old, My daughter has gone to the Incubus concert in Toronto tonight, and I've never even heard of them.

[astroglide]

heard of faith no more? incubus is a knock-off band which becomes more mainstream with every album.

[Bill Murphy]

"the Psych Furs were....and still are...my all-time favorite band. although their later stuff was so-so compared with their first couple of albums."

I've only really gotten into the Furs in the last couple years, but boy, have I ever! Actually, the last two (out of print)studio albums, Book Of Days & World Outside, have really grown on me. They're not perfect albums, but there're 9-10 magnifcent songs btwn the two, including two unequaled acoustic numbers.

In fact, I told John Ashton after the show here that World Outside was ten years ahead of its time and was where Colplay & Radiohead got all their ideas and he simply nodded!

He did seem quite flattered when I also said that Forever Now was as close as anyone's come to Sgt Pepper & Abbey Road's 'sound', and that Talk Talk Talk was better than 90% of Bowie's stuff. Helluva nice guy.

The show was in a small club, about 300 people. Not really "spectacular" but far better than I'd expected, esp. Richard's voice.

I'm still a big fan of The Cars first two albums, but the Furs rule, man, the Furs rule OK. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Be sure to check out their site, burneddowndays.com if you haven't already.

You ever hear the song Hope Sandoval of Mazzy did w/the Chemical Brothers? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Bill Murphy]

"My pick for best rock album is "Who's Next" by The Who. Consistent all the way through and it still plays well almost 40 years later. "

Very strong contender. Similar to what I said about Zep IV down below, you have to throw out the radio overkill. However, like Physical Graffiti, I prefer a 'compacted' Quadrophenia, which I suppose is kind of cheating! [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[gojacketz]

Tie at the top between Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street...

Gojacketz

[astroglide]

i'm completely proud of 2+2 (a first) because of this thread. zeppelin represent. they defined it.

[zimmer879]

Shame on all of you for not including Dylan.

I vote Highway 61 Revisted followed by Live '66.

[astroglide]

dylan is folk, not rock. barely folk/rock.