Classic Rock Magazine's "150 Albums...

[Soundscape]

you must hear before you die."

not bad.

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Prog and Psyche

Selected by Cathedral singer Lee Dorrian

Caravan - Caravan (1968)
The Gods - Genesis (1968)
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
Pussy - Pussy Plays (1969)
High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969)
Arzachel - Arzachel (1969)
Mighty Baby - Mighty Baby (1969)
East of Eden - Mercator Projected (1969)
Locomotive - We Are Everything You See (1969)
Arcadium - Breathe Awhile (1969)
The Human Beast - Volume One (1970)
T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland (1970)
Fairfield Parlour - From Home to Home (1970)
Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This (1970)
Czar - Czar (2007)
Comus - First Utterance (1971)
Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck (1993)
Tractor - Tractor (1972)
Second Hand - Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1970)
Nicholas Greenwood - Cold Cuts (1972)

70s US Rock

Selected by Derek Oliver

The Boyzz - Too Wild to Tame (1978)
Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is a Hard Rock (1978)
Ram Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram (1978)
Y & T - Struck Down (1978)
Starz - Violation (1977)

Japanese Rock

Selected by Julian Cope

Far East Family Band - Parallel World (1976)
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971)
Les Rallizes Dénudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family (2002) [Bootleg / Unauthorized]
Itsutsu no Akai Fusen - Folk - Volume 1 (1969) [Compilation]
Speed Glue & Shinki - Eve (1971)


Second Wave of Punk

Selected by John Robb

U.K. Subs - Another Kind of Blues (1979)
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
The Ruts - The Crack (1979)
The Subhumans - The Day the Country Died (1982)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982)

Blues Rock

Selected by guitarist Walter Trout

Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
Taj Mahal - The Natch'l Blues (1968)
Mike Bloomfield - Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West (1969)
Moby Grape - Grape Jam (1968)
Small Faces- Small Faces (1966)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - In My Own Dream (1968)
Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills (1970)
Frankie Miller - The Rock (1975)
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Play the Blues (1972)

Pub Rock

Selected by Terry Staunton

Eggs Over Easy - Good n' Cheap (1972)
Brinsley Schwarz - The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz (1974)
Graham Parker - Howlin' Wind (1976)
Dr. Feelgood - Stupidity (1976)
Mickey Jupp - Juppanese (1978)

Concept Albums

Selected by Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson

Aphrodite's Child - 666 (1972)
Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1972)
Tom Newman - Faerie Symphony (1977)
Walter Carlos - Sonic Seasonings (1972)
Godley & Creme - Consequences (1977)
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
Camel - Nude (1981)
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (1983)
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

Power Pop

Selected by Ken Sharp

Raspberries - Side 3 (1973)
The Knack - Get the Knack (1979)
Big Star - #1 Record (1972)
Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)

Grunge

Selected by Greg Prato

Brad - Shame (1993)
My Sister's Machine - Diva (1992)
Truly - Fast Stories...From Kid Coma (1995)
Tad - 8-Way Santa [Original Cover] (1991)
The Wellwater Conspiracy - Declaration of Conformity (1997)

Goth Rock

Selected by Scott Rowley

Flesh for Lulu - Flesh for Lulu (1984)
The Lords of the New Church - The Lords of the New Church (1982)
The Rose of Avalanche - First Avalanche (1985) [Compilation]
The Batfish Boys - The Gods Hate Kansas (1985)

Power Metal

Selected by Malcolm Dome

Grim Reaper - See You in Hell (1983)
Helstar - Burning Star (1984)
Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
Axxis - Back to the Kingdom (2000)

Instrumental Rock

Selected by Jason Sidwell

Racer X - Second Heat (1986)
Shawn Lane - Powers of Ten (1992)
Jeff Beck - Who Else! (1999)
Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes (2006)

Glam Rock

Selected by Geoff Barton

Young Parisian - Young Parisian (2006)
D'Molls - D'Molls (1988)
Dirty Penny - Take It Sleazy (2007)
Silverhead - Silverhead (1972)

Southern Rock

Selected by Jerry Ewing

Hank Williams, Jr. - Hank Williams, Jr. & Friends (1975)
Steve Gaines - One in the Sun (1988)
The Kentucky Headhunters - Pickin' on Nashville (1989)
Gregg Allman - Laid Back (1973)
The Charlie Daniels Band - Simple Man (1989)

Hair Metal

Selected by Steel Panther guitarist Satchel

Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (1983)
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1988)
White Lion - Pride (1987)
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children (1989)
Britny Fox - Britny Fox (1988)
Autograph - Sign in Please (1984)

Alternative 80s

Selected by Wildhearts frontman Ginger

Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found (1985)
The Long Ryders - State of Our Union (1985)
Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
Concrete Blonde - Concrete Blonde (1986)
Fishbone - Truth and Soul (1988)
Soul Asylum - Hang Time (1988)

Lost Gems

Selected by Ginger

The Babys - Head First (1978)
Urge Overkill - Saturation (1993)
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - So Divided (2006)
The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies (1997)

Industrial Rock

Selected by Jonathan Selzer

Einstürzende Neubauten - ½ Mensch (1985)
Laibach - Opus Dei (1987)
Skinny Puppy - Vivisect VI (1988)
Rammstein - Mutter (2001)
The Young Gods - L'eau rouge (1989)

Jazz Rock

Selected by Paul Henderson

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Bruford - Feels Good to Me (1977)
Brand X - Masques (1978)
The Brecker Brothers - Heavy Metal Be-Bop (1978)

Melodic Rock

Selected by Dave Ling

Strangeways - Native Sons (1987)
Giant - Last of the Runaways (1989)
Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy (1985)
Unruly Child - Unruly Child (1992)
Harem Scarem - Mood Swings (1993)

Solo Stars

Selected by Hugh Fielder

J.D. Souther - John David Souther (1972)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles (1972)
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972)

Folk Rock

Selected by Fairport Convention's Dave Pegg

Dave Swarbrick - Rags,Reels & Airs (1967)
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley - Nowt So Good'll Pass (1978)
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (1978)
John Martyn - Solid Air (1973)
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (1970)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1975)

Country Rock

Selected by Jerry Ewing

David Allan Coe - Longhaired Redneck (1976)
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
Texas Tornados - Texas Tornados (1990)
The Blue Ridge Rangers - The Blue Ridge Rangers (1973)
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)

Thrash Metal

Selected by Alexander Milas

Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill (1986)
Testament - The Legacy (1987)
Death Angel - Act III (1990)

Jam Bands

Selected by Warren Haynes

John Coltrane - Blue Train (1958)
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! (1969)
B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds (1970)
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (1979)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Notes From the Underground (1992)
Widespread Panic - Light Fuse Get Away (1998)

Shock Rock

Selected by Geoff Barton

Plasmatics - New Hope for the Wretched (1980)
PileDriver - Metal Inquisition (1985)
The Mentors - You Axed for It! (1985)
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. (1984)
Lizzy Borden - Menace to Society (1986)

Sleaze Rock

Selected by Sleazegrinder

The Dogs d'Amour - In the Dynamite Jet Saloon (1988)
Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction - High Priest of Love (1986) [EP]
Rogue Male - First Visit (1985)
Love / Hate - Blackout in the Red Room (1990)

 

[BenMech]

As always, Classic Rock Magazine put out a good issue, as does offspring publication Classic Rock Presents Prog

 

[MYSTIC1]

RACER X is not an instrumental band.....

 

[OrbWeaver]

Nice to see Lizzy Borden made that list. He's certainly one of my favorite artists. Though the only album I don't have is Deal with the Devil. Menace to Society isn't my favorite of his albums, I'd go with Visual Lies, but it's all good. Like I said, I'm just pleased to see he made the list.

 

[the rhythm]

There are some very obscure picks in here. I'm not sure if that's good or bad...

 

[FTD]

Glad to see The Ruts got their props in the punk section.

 

[MysticX9]

RACER X is not an instrumental band.....

Right, not sure why they were put in that category, maybe because of "Scarified" which is something of an instrumental shred classic; he probably should have picked one of Paul Gilbert's recent solo albums instead...

 

[Abba]

REALLY enjoyable issue. Even though most of us on this forum are into relatively obscure music, I got turned onto quite a few releases in this issue, in various genres. One particularly interesting article had Steven Wilson listing his favorite concept albums, most of which I hadn't even heard of. Cool stuff...

 

[edgeofthorns]

I bought this issue the other day and found in interesting. The guy from Steel Panther chose some duds as his pics though! I would've went with:

1. Heaven's Edge - s/t
2. Hurricane - Slave To the Thrill
3. Hardline - Double Eclipse
4. XYZ - s/t
5. Danger Danger - Cockroach

I'm mean, the point of the the whole list, I thought anyway, was not to name the same ol' selections! Do you your homework dude or at least put some thought into it...sheeze!

~Brian~

 

[SharkBlack]

Mutter!

 

[Heavenly Call]

Whoo hoo to Giant - Last of the Runaways! That is a CLASSIC! The Harem Scarem choice as well.