The best rock album of all time is . . .

[morgant]

albums are released records, not compilations, although Led Zepp. has to be in the top 5. White album, is a dandy. How about David Bowie Honky Dory(ooo lala), the first rage against the machine album is a fine specimen of great rock produced in the past few decades. black sabbath, master of reality or paranoid. do i have to pick just one???

[Myrtle]

.....has anybody ever heard of "Abbey Road"??

[Homer]

- led zeppelin -- any but the last two

- pink floyd -- wish you were here, the wall, dark side of the moon (in that order)

- black sabbath -- paranoid

- doors -- doors

- who -- who's next

- jimi hendrix -- are you experienced

I don't know which one to choose...

"Everyone knows Rock 'n Roll reached it's peak in 1974, it's a scientific fact."

[pc in NM]

"Layla"

By Derek and the Dominos

Clapton and Allman - best double guitar leads ever....

Love album by Clapton to Patti Harrison - best "inside story ever....

[Enon]

A bit more obscure album that is far and away the most overlooked 60s album is The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle.

For all you big Beatles fans and others who did complex, melodic pop, you really should check it out.

[David BB]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Tender Prey"

Perhaps the meanest and darkest album in the history of rock & roll. Not an album you will love the first time you hear it, but it will grow on you and keep growing if you give it a chance.

[dsm]

IMO For Best:

Hard Rock = Led Zeppelin I

Harder Hard Rock = Who's Next (The Who)

Soft Pop Rock = Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)

Pop-Rock Theme Album = Sgt. Pepper's

Progressive Rock = One of a Kind (Bill Bruford)

Live Semi-Hard Rock = Frampton Comes Alive

Live Hard Rock = The Song Remains the Same (Zep)

Live Artsy-Fartsy Progressive Rock = Yessongs (Yes)

-dsm

[Rushmore]

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Tender Prey"


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Man, I love the first four Bad Seeds albums, but I wouldn't call them "rock and roll."

[Rushmore]

The problem with selecting London Calling as the greatest rock album ever is that there are weak tracks on it (you mention "The Card Cheat," add "Train in Vain" "Koka Cola," and "Lover's Rock," and you got a recipe for an album that should never have been a double album.

I'll take Stiff Little Fingers' "Inflammable Material." There isn't a single weak moment on it, much less an entire song.

Clash consolation prize: I think "Complete Control" (off the first album) is a perfect song, for what that's worth.

And damn if I don't think "Somebody Got Murdered" (Sandinista) is a work of art.

[Softrock]

Yeah almost every album by Led Zepellin or Aerosmith would be on my list. Throw Deep Purple in there as well.