Essential classic rock albums...

• justincredible

  

  If I were looking to put together a (digital) collection of classic rock albums what are the absolute must-have albums?
• BR1986FB

  Led Zeppelin IV
• vdubb96

  

  Nickelback: All The Right Reasons
• TedSheckler

  

  G'n'Fn'R'- Appetite for Destruction (yes, it's classic rock)
  Black Sabbath-Paranoid
  The Beatles- Abbey Road
  AC/DC- Back in Black
• gerb131

  

  Bad company-bad company
  Pantera-vulgar display of power
  Jethro Tull- aqualung
  van halen-van halen
  Anything skynyrd
• ernest_t_bass

  

  BR1986FB;1657052 wrote:Led Zeppelin IV

  This, but you could grab any of Led Zeppelin's I-IV albums. But IV is at the top.
• Mulva

  

  It doesn't get any more classic than the A-side of Boston.
• Heretic

  

  A topic I feel like somewhat of an authority on!!!
  
  Black Sabbath - s/t
  Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
  CCR - Willy and the Poor Boys (contains "Effigy", which isn't on any of their greatest hits albums that I've seen but is far superior to virtually any big-name song they've done)
  Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
  The Animals - s/t
  The Yardbirds - For Your Love
  Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  Jethro Tull - Aqualung
  Rush - 2112
  The Who - Who's Next
  
  If you include the late 70s, early 80s New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement (aka: most underrated era in rock), there are a few more kickass albums.
  Grim Reaper - Fear No Evil
  Demon - Night of the Demon
  Angel Witch - s/t
  Iron Maiden - s/t (before Bruce Dickinson became their lead singer, they had a pretty different sound with shorter, more "classic rock-y" sounding songs)
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.
• salto

  

  Does greatest hits albums count?
  
  Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral & Further Down the Spiral.
  Alice In Chains - Facelift, Dirt.
  Nirvana - Nevermind, In-Utero, MTv Unplugged, Bleach, Incesticide.
  Neil Young - Harvest, Rust Never Sleeps, After the Gold Rush, Comes a Time, Tonights the Night, Live Rust.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Looking at Said's list... Justin, what are you considering Classic Rock here? The 90's stuff is classic, IMO, but when I think Classic Rock, I think 60's, 70's, & a little bit of 80's rock.
• HitsRus

  

  let's not forget Derek and the Dominoes and Cream.
• Heretic

  

  ernest_t_bass;1657088 wrote:Looking at Said's list... Justin, what are you considering Classic Rock here? The 90's stuff is classic, IMO, but when I think Classic Rock, I think 60's, 70's, & a little bit of 80's rock.

  Yeah, to me, 90s music isn't classic rock. Hell, I even put a disclaimer on the NWOBHM stuff I included since most of that is early-mid 80s.
• NDC Falcons

  Traffic - The low spark of high heeled boys.
  UFO - Lights Out
  REO Speedwagon - Live - You get what you play for ( before they started to suck )
  Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
• 4cards

  

  1. The Beatles-White Album & Abby Road
  2. Santana - Abraxas
  3. Jetho Tull -Benefit & Aqualung
  4. Deep Purple-Machine Head
  5. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
  6. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
  7. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced
  8. Journey - Escape
  9. AC/DC - Back in Black
  10.Aerosmith -Toys in the Attic
• Midstate01

  

  Pantera- cowboys from hell
  Cypress Hill- black Sunday
• Midstate01

  

  My favorite all time album is 311-311.
• sleeper

  

  I'd rather kill myself than listen to rock music.
• bases_loaded

  

  Not one fucking Queen album?
• Midstate01

  

  sleeper;1657128 wrote:I'd rather kill myself than listen to rock music.

  *running to blare music outside sleeper's house
• ernest_t_bass

  

  sleeper;1657128 wrote:I'd rather kill myself than listen to rock music.

  What's your favorite Jason Derulo album?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  BR1986FB;1657052 wrote:Led Zeppelin IV

  This. This is #1 without argument.
• salto

  

  ernest_t_bass;1657088 wrote:Looking at Said's list... Justin, what are you considering Classic Rock here? The 90's stuff is classic, IMO, but when I think Classic Rock, I think 60's, 70's, & a little bit of 80's rock.

  hmm...people including GnR, Pantara and AC/DC I figured grunge early 90's was also allowed.
  Pretty Hate Machine is '89 if that makes a difference.
  
  This is a must-
  
• Heretic

  

  sleeper;1657128 wrote:I'd rather kill myself than listen to rock music.

  Plz be honest!
• salto