Planet Rock - Definitive Classic Rock Albums

Checking out the Planet Rock website the other day, I spotted yet another list of top Rock Albums. This time it was the top 50 Definitive Classic Rock Albums as voted for by their listeners.

AC/DC - Back in Black
Aerosmith - Pump
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Bad Company - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Deja Vu
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Jeff Beck - Truth
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Judas Priest - British Steel
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Kiss - Destroyer
Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafiti
Lynrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Marillion - Script for a Jesters Tear
Metallica - Justice For All
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Queen - Night at the Opera
Rainbow - Rising
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Rush - 2112
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Status Quo - Piledriver
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
The Cult - Love
The Doors - LA Woman
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Who - Who's Next
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
U2 - The Joshua Tree
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Van Halen - Van Halen
Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Yes - Close to The Edge
Neil Young - Harvest
ZZ Top - Eliminator

Over the next couple of weeks, months, years... I'll give each a spin and lay down my thoughts on this blog. Any comments, suggestions or alternatives, as always welcome.

Now it's time for a little AC/DC I think....

Comments

Löst Jimmy said…
That is a tidy list George; Rush, Rainbow, Hawkwind, Thin Lizzy, Sabs and of course Motorhead for starters.
June 4, 2008 at 10:14 AM
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