Greatest Classic Rock Album

[teamusa]

Lets hear it folks! post what you think is the greatest classic rock album and your fav. songs off of the album.


my opinion

Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd111/stoxrox/wish-you-were-here.jpg


1. shine on you crazy diamond (I-IX)
2. wish you were here
3. welcome to the machine
4. have a cigar

[Willam]

That is a fantastic album!

Would have to put up Morrison Hotel by The Doors.

Favorite songs on it? ALL OF THEM!

[smahoo]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/LedZeppelinLedZeppelinalbumcover.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/LedZeppelinLedZeppelinalbumcover.jpg)

[teamusa]

fantastic album. i would perfer 4 over it though

[ADD]

Zeppelin II damnit

[Menace2Sobriety]

http://allmetallica.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/metallica_ride.jpg

[feith]

Metallic is hardly Classic Rock...

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
http://bluestormmusic.com/store/images/ironbutterfly_inagaddadavida.jpg

[ADD]

http://allmetallica.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/metallica_ride.jpg

Classic rock! Are we that old?

[TheImpossibleMan]

Dark Side, Who's Next, Abbey Road, and Paranoid (if that counts as classic rock).

[Menace2Sobriety]

The album is 24 years old. I'd argue Nevermind is just about 'Classic Rock'.

[TheImpossibleMan]

1960-1979 is what I think of as the "classic rock" period, with the note that bands that existed through that era and onward get grandfathered in, i.e. Queen's Innuendo counts as classic rock even though it was released in 1991.

P.S. Calling Nevermind classic rock is fucking retarded. We don't call it "classic rock" because it's old, we call it that because it came during a certain period. Classical music refers to music made during the classical period, for example.

[ADD]

The album is 24 years old. I'd argue Nevermind is just about 'Classic Rock'.

And you'd have a brick thrown at your head. Nirvana's not classic rock, never were classic rock and never will be. Don't even get me started on how overrated that album is.

[bpb]

Does AC/DC's Back in Black count?

[ADD]

Does AC/DC's Back in Black count?

You bet your ass it does!

[bpb]

Then that's my vote.

[Genius]

I'm not bothering with band names. They are classic, after all. And I'm excluding the Beatles. Too big to fit in with the rest. Also excluded Dylan. And how's about Guns 'n Roses? Are they classic rock? Seems to me they fit the genre pretty well.

1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Wall
3. The Doors
4. Harvest
5. Houses of the Holy
6. Are You Experienced?
7. IV
8. Strange Days
9. Who's Next
10. Wish You Were Here

[Alohabear]

Tapestry-Carole King
A timeless classic

[ADD]

GN'R, Metallica, etc. not classic rock. The cut off is like when Ozzy went solo and only cuz he was in Sabbath. So I guess the real cutoff would be . Bands like AC/DC The Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, Aerosmith (on drugs), Clapton (old shit), Springsteen, KISS, Seger, etc. that's classic rock. Primarily late 50's to very early 80's.

[Jack Bauer]

guns and roses can lick my balls. wouldnt count them as classic rock.

dark side is amazing though

[Jack Bauer]

Primarily late 50's to very early 80's.

agreed

[mongo]

pet sounds or houses of the holy. end of story.

[ADD]

Fucking Sgt. Pepper's stole Pet Sounds' thunder

[TheImpossibleMan]

i don't think it counts as stealing, the thunder went willingly

[ADD]

You know what I mean. Pet Sounds was supposed to be this epic album, and the Beatles were like fuck that and dropped Sgt. Peppers right before.

Both amazingly insanely great albums

[PWalk]

Sgt. Peppers is that one album where everytime I put it on I listen beginning to end every time. Pet Sounds is great too but if I'm going to have to pick then Peppers gets it.

Oh and fuck the Bee Gees and Frampton for trying to capitalize on it by that god awful movie.

[ADD]

Fuck the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton in general

[smith42687]

This is an easy question:

#1
http://www.myblackroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/pinkfloyd-album-dark_side_of_the_moon.jpg




#2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LedZeppelinFourSymbols.jpg



Everything else is just outstanding singles.

[ADD]

IV is not even the best Zeppelin album

[mongo]

IV is not even the best Zeppelin album

wanna fuck?

[Jericho]

II or Houses O the Holy, fuckos

[ADD]

II

IV is all the people that don't know shit about Zeppelin pick because they've been told it's the best by other people who don't know shit and so on. Good album, but it might only be their 3rd-5th best.

II, Houses, III and I are all the shit. Even Physical Graffiti is tits.

[mongo]

houses of the holy.

II or Houses O the Holy, fuckos

my man, my man...

[Change]

Tough call.....

L.A.Woman
http://www.uploadedstuff.com/images/t9110keentc6q5iic6kd.jpg

Every song is great but i'll pick Hyacynth House as my fave.

[momsshizzle]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen-Rising Force

[Willam]

Suprised no one has mentioned Rush. 2112 and Exit Stage Left are fantastic albums.

Also:
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Steely Dan - Aja
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Janis Joplin - Pearl

[momsshizzle]

Suprised no one has mentioned Rush. 2112 and Exit Stage Left are fantastic albums.

Also:
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Steely Dan - Aja
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Janis Joplin - Pearl


Rush's music is good, but the singer is terrible.

[smahoo]

maybe not the greatest, but up there....has special meaning for me

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XSCA8NRJL._SS500_.jpg

[teamusa]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen-Rising Force

fucking Ritchie Blackmore rip off!!

[teamusa]

and another thing
we gotta give Machine Head and Burn some love from Deep Purple

[moe_blunts]

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

or

King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson

[Hodge]

Dark Side of the Moon
Lez Zepp 1, Houses of the Holy

I keep buying greatest hits compilations and that really fucks with what should be the greatest albums I should own. I am slowly rectifying that though...

[mongo]

Rush's music is good, but the singer is terrible.

oggie will have your head on a platter.

[merlin13]

Got Live If You Want It - Rolling Stones

[ADD]

Dark Side of the Moon
Lez Zepp 1, Houses of the Holy

I keep buying greatest hits compilations and that really fucks with what should be the greatest albums I should own. I am slowly rectifying that though...

There's nothing wrong with GH collections, especially when they cause a listener to go back and explore the actual albums. In that case, the GH collection is doing it's job.

[SilverBullet]

Back in Black

[Okie Medicvet]

There's nothing wrong with GH collections, especially when they cause a listener to go back and explore the actual albums. In that case, the GH collection is doing it's job.


Very good point, and that's why the greatest classic rock album of all time is a tie between AC/DC's Back in Black and Creedence Clearwater Revival's GH.

[evilash]

The Doors - Waiting for the sun is probably my current favorite, but love goes to:
Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Zep - Physical Grafitti
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare
AC/DC - Dirt Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (I prefer the Bon Scott era)

[nirvanasaves]

Greatest classic rock album has to be Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy

[ElvisWong]

I'am agree whit you !!!

[BillyZoom]

The Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East

[Huggie Smiles]

if you can only pick one - then surely it has to be Dark Side.

But there are different elements to different albums and everyone has different memories associated with discovering them.
So for me:

Night at the Opera/ Sheer Heart Attack
Led Zep - 4cd best of collection :)
Wish You were here

and if you go out a bit further then

Neil Young- After the Goldrush
Bowie - SPiders & Hunky Dory

[TheImpossibleMan]

Queen's kind of an odd group in that I don't think any of their albums are all time-greats; even Night at the Opera or News of the World have tracks that lack that magical quality that changes an album from brilliant or great to "transcendently excellent". However, their first six albums are all ridicuously good, and some later albums like The Game or Innuendo are outstanding too.

[UNC]

I came to first love music right at the end of the classic rock era. "Back in Black" and "Freeze Frame" along with "Toto IV" stayed on my turntable. As I got older I pretty much listened to classic rock all the time. Come to love about anything Zepplin and Pink Floyd. Although I think the abililty to appreciate an entire album diminishes with time because alot of these albums were preaching to the state of the world and the people in it at that time.

[Genius]

I came to first love music right at the end of the classic rock era. "Back in Black" and "Freeze Frame" along with "Toto IV" stayed on my turntable. As I got older I pretty much listened to classic rock all the time. Come to love about anything Zepplin and Pink Floyd. Although I think the abililty to appreciate an entire album diminishes with time because alot of these albums were preaching to the state of the world and the people in it at that time.
PICK ONE YOU FENCE-SITTER!!!

[UNC]

Escape - Journey !@#

Shabooh Shoobah - Inxs!!@

[ElvisWong]

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/snds/hendrix.jpghttp://idata.over-blog.com/0/37/38/18/led_zeppelin_-_led_zeppelin_iv-front.jpg

http://pentaclerecords.net/darien3/Pink%20Floyd%20-%20Wish%20You%20Were%20Here%20-%201a.jpg

[mongo]

you sir, are wong.

[eleveneighteen]

Hey lots of the all-time greats are already posted, so instead of duplicating, I'll add a couple outstanding titles...

Foreigner 4

Van Halen (choose from Van Halen, Fair Warning, 1984)

[moe_blunts]

Gentle Giant - Octopus

[eightkid]

Houses of the Holy.....best LZ
Animals.....best Floyd
LA Woman.....best Doors

Pet Sounds....awesome record....


but the Greatest Classic rock album of all time.....Black Sabbath.

[shenn031]

Here are some of my favorite rock albums.

The Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Brave - Marillion
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Quantum Leap]

Not necessarily the greatest, but one of the most underrated...

http://euclidespaim.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/pink_floyd-animals-frontal1.jpg

As for the best song, I'd have to go with Sheep.

[moe_blunts]

Naw, it's Dogs.

Also check out Les Claypool's Frog Brigade's version of Animals. It's fantastic!

[CTricksterGirl]

Cheap Trick- Live at Budakhan

Amazing!

[anubae_obscura]

Lets hear it folks! post what you think is the greatest classic rock album and your fav. songs off of the album.


my opinion

Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd111/stoxrox/wish-you-were-here.jpg


1. shine on you crazy diamond (I-IX)
2. wish you were here
3. welcome to the machine
4. have a cigar

Agree...I also really dig Echos and DSOTM as well! And the White Album

[Datači]

Queen - A night at the opera

[Pox]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/13th_Floor_Elevators-The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators _%28album_cover%29.jpg

Great album by a great band who never got their due.

[Revolver]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Black_Sabbath_-_Paranoid.jpg

[White Rhino]

http://img140.imagevenue.com/loc516/th_63349_The_Who_Quadrophenia_CD_122_516lo.jpg (http://img140.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=63349_The_Who_Quadrophenia_CD_122_51 6lo.jpg)

The Who Quadrophenia

[Pike Bishop]

http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t323/Doc_Savage74/861384411_3bbe2cdfe1_o.jpg

Or, if that one's too new:

http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t323/Doc_Savage74/dead-boys.jpg

[cowboy dan]

Neil Young - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

[nobody]

Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell or
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

[Archetype]

1960-1979 is what I think of as the "classic rock" period, with the note that bands that existed through that era and onward get grandfathered in, i.e. Queen's Innuendo counts as classic rock even though it was released in 1991.

P.S. Calling Nevermind classic rock is fucking retarded. We don't call it "classic rock" because it's old, we call it that because it came during a certain period. Classical music refers to music made during the classical period, for example.
Debatable. The Classical Period is essentially set in stone. There's really next to no discussion on the "when." "Classic Rock" however originated as a programming format, and as such is a tad more ambiguous.

[Quantum Leap]

Anyone that considers Nevermind...an album that was released in 1991...a classic rock album is either 14 or mentally handicapped. Skynyrd, Queen, Zeppelin and Aerosmith are classic rock, Nirvana is grunge.

[ClarkKentTB]

no substitute for Queen

[Morfin]

Meatloaf, Bat Out Of Hell
Pink Floyd, The Wall

[Thewellz]

Iron Butterfly Live. I've got it on vinyl and an entire side is the 19 minute long version of In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida

[vasili denisov]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/On_the_Beach_-_Neil_Young.jpg