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50 essential Rock albums of the last 50 years
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Badmojo



Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round

PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Updated list, now up to 47.

1965: Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
1967: Disraeli Gears - Cream
1967: The Doors - The Doors
1967: Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
1967: Velvet Underground and Nico - Velvet Underground
1968: Canned Wheat - The Guess Who
1968: Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
1969: The Band - The Band
1969: II - Led Zeppelin

1970: Cosmos Factory - CCR
1970: Funhouse - The Stooges
1970: Live At Leeds - The Who
1971: Hunky Dory: David Bowie
1971: IV - Led Zeppelin
1971: Electric Warrior - T Rex
1971: Who's Next? - The Who
1972: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
1972: Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
1973: Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
1973: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1973: For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
1974: New York Dolls - New York Dolls
1974: Crime of the Century - Supertramp
1975: Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
1975: Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
1977: Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
1978: Parallel Lines - Blondie
1978: The Cars - The Cars
1978: Dire Straits - Dire Straits
1978: This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello
1978: Outlandos D’Amour - The Police
1978: Van Halen I - Van Halen

1980: The Pretenders - The Pretenders
1980: London Calling - The Clash
1987: Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
1987: Kick - INXS
1987: Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
1987: The Joshua Tree - U2

1990: Pills N Thrills N Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
1991: Nevermind - Nirvana
1991: Ten - Pearl Jam
1993: Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
1994: Definitely Maybe - Oasis
1994: Superunknown - Soundgarden

2001: Not Enough Education to Perform - Stereophonics
2001: Elephant - The White Stripes
2002: By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers


Thanks for all of the suggestions so far.


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wooden nickels



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about something from YES, or Rush?
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wooden nickels



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1975: Hair of the Dog Nazareth

Gotta love the Scots
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Zyzyfer



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad Cream made the revised list, but still no AC/DC. It's quintessential for any rock list. Also I see you have The Cars on there, but AC/DC is absent? I like that Cars album and all but damn.

And hell, Heart would be a nice addition. I don't have an album suggestion but they are often-overlooked classic rock mainstays.

Will second Stone Roses. I am not sure if they were obscure or not in the bigger US cities. My local rock station only picked up one of their songs, and it wasn't even really a very good one, but I was hooked.

Oh! Alice in Chains man. Dirt. No STP, why not flesh out the 90s a bit more. Late 90s, wasn't that when Foo Fighters took off?

It's sad to see your list stop at 2002. I unfortunately don't have much to suggest, either. Yeah Yeah Yeahs? The Strokes? Queens of the Stone Age? Nickelback?

I'm going to hell for that last one.
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Badmojo



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zyzyfer wrote:
Glad Cream made the revised list, but still no AC/DC. It's quintessential for any rock list. Also I see you have The Cars on there, but AC/DC is absent? I like that Cars album and all but damn.

And hell, Heart would be a nice addition. I don't have an album suggestion but they are often-overlooked classic rock mainstays.

Will second Stone Roses. I am not sure if they were obscure or not in the bigger US cities. My local rock station only picked up one of their songs, and it wasn't even really a very good one, but I was hooked.

Oh! Alice in Chains man. Dirt. No STP, why not flesh out the 90s a bit more. Late 90s, wasn't that when Foo Fighters took off?

It's sad to see your list stop at 2002. I unfortunately don't have much to suggest, either. Yeah Yeah Yeahs? The Strokes? Queens of the Stone Age? Nickelback?

I'm going to hell for that last one.


Haha, well in retrospect Nickelbacks first album wasn't that bad.

My list stops the same year I came to Asia, which is probably no coincidence. Still though, have there be any supreme rock talents the past 15 years? Someone like the Stones, Floyd, Bowie, Zeppelin, Springsteen, Nirvana, U2? If there is I haven't heard of them.

I have the Strokes and Stone Roses first two albums and two from queens of the Stone Age, but they never did too much for me. STP Purple is a valid choice, but I don't know if it can make this list. Dirt is more grunge stuff, but maybe a little bit too dirty for me.

I've heard great things about Arcade Fire, just haven't gotten around to buying any yet.

I'm not sure time has been kind to AC/DC and what they accomplished.
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radcon



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Badmojo wrote:


I'm not sure time has been kind to AC/DC and what they accomplished.


In my humble but correct opinion: WRONG! Maybe they have stayed around too long ( I haven't even bothered listening to the most recent album), but Back in Black is easily one of the best rock albums ever and much better than many on your list.
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sligo



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No REM?
No Beatles?
No Alanis Morissette? (Jagged Little pill is a fine piece of work)
No Radiohead?
No Arcade Fire?
No Queen?
No Elton John?

That list needs work
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Badmojo



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sligo wrote:
No REM?
No Beatles?
No Alanis Morissette? (Jagged Little pill is a fine piece of work)
No Radiohead?
No Arcade Fire?
No Queen?
No Elton John?

That list needs work


It's a matter of personal taste obviously. Every artist you mentioned has an album or two or three that is rated extremely highly. I just never got into Queen, Radiohead, or Elton John. Jagged Little Pill is a fine album, agreed.

The Beatles have always irked me. Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, the White Album, Abbey Road. I've heard all of them and I just don't hear unified greatness.
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metalhead



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AC/DC still sell out stadiums across the world, a far more accomplished band than many on your list.

The problem with your list (besides essential omissions) is that it's just a list, without any reasoning as to why you chose those albums. I could make a list of my top 100 hundred albums, and justify each album's inclusion with one or two sentences at least. Far more interesting to look at than a list that is reads like a shopping list.
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Badmojo



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you heard all these albums, you'd know why they're there. Enough said.
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hogwonguy1979



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys? thats what jumps out at me, perhaps after "Highway 61" the greatest American album ever done outside some of the really old rnb classics pre 1964 and that comes from somebody who worships Springsteen
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sligo



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Badmojo wrote:
sligo wrote:
No REM?
No Beatles?
No Alanis Morissette? (Jagged Little pill is a fine piece of work)
No Radiohead?
No Arcade Fire?
No Queen?
No Elton John?

That list needs work


It's a matter of personal taste obviously. Every artist you mentioned has an album or two or three that is rated extremely highly. I just never got into Queen, Radiohead, or Elton John. Jagged Little Pill is a fine album, agreed.

The Beatles have always irked me. Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Peppers, the White Album, Abbey Road. I've heard all of them and I just don't hear unified greatness.


Maybe if you cleaned out your ears, you might! (just kidding - each to his own and all that)

I realise also that you have no Eels on your list. The debut (Beautiful Freak) is an amazing piece of work.
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tophatcat



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where's Neil Young?
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meangradin



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can - ege bamyasi

one of the foundations of alternative music and so far a head of its time.
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guavashake



Joined: 09 Nov 2013

PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Badmojo wrote:
Updated list, now up to 47.

1965: Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
1967: Disraeli Gears - Cream
1967: The Doors - The Doors
1967: Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
1967: Velvet Underground and Nico - Velvet Underground
1968: Canned Wheat - The Guess Who
1968: Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
1969: The Band - The Band
1969: II - Led Zeppelin

1970: Cosmos Factory - CCR
1970: Funhouse - The Stooges
1970: Live At Leeds - The Who
1971: Hunky Dory: David Bowie
1971: IV - Led Zeppelin
1971: Electric Warrior - T Rex
1971: Who's Next? - The Who
1972: Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
1972: Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
1973: Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
1973: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1973: For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
1974: New York Dolls - New York Dolls
1974: Crime of the Century - Supertramp
1975: Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
1975: Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
1977: Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
1978: Parallel Lines - Blondie
1978: The Cars - The Cars
1978: Dire Straits - Dire Straits
1978: This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello
1978: Outlandos D’Amour - The Police
1978: Van Halen I - Van Halen

1980: The Pretenders - The Pretenders
1980: London Calling - The Clash
1987: Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
1987: Kick - INXS
1987: Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
1987: The Joshua Tree - U2

1990: Pills N Thrills N Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
1991: Nevermind - Nirvana
1991: Ten - Pearl Jam
1993: Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
1994: Definitely Maybe - Oasis
1994: Superunknown - Soundgarden

2001: Not Enough Education to Perform - Stereophonics
2001: Elephant - The White Stripes
2002: By The Way - Red Hot Chilli Peppers


Thanks for all of the suggestions so far.


Of all the quotations in history, you quote John Lennon...."I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round".... yet you do not nominate JL nor the Beatles for your list.

You should start your own radio broadcast, then I could turn you off.
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