GMD Top 250 (based on RYM ratings)

[no country for old wainds]

5) Slayer - Hell Awaits | 4.43 from 14 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

4) Black Sabbath - Master of Reality | 4.38 from 16 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

3) Metallica - Ride the Lightning | 4.43 from 15 ratings

 

[no country for old wainds]

=1) At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours | 4.54 from 13 ratings

=1) Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus | 4.54 from 13 ratings

 

[CiG]

Aw yeah.

 

[challenge_everything]

I still never got around to listening to that Adramelch album. Guess I should.

 

[challenge_everything]

So based on this poll, GMD's top 25 non-metal albums are:

1. King Crimson - Red
2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
4. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
6. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
7. Yes - Close to the Edge
8. Mad River - Mad River
9. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
10. Wishbone Ash - Argus
11. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
12. The Cure - Pornography
13. Rush - Moving Pictures
14. Pixies - Doolittle
15. Stooges - Funhouse
16. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
17. Eddie Noack - Psycho
18. Alice in Chains - Dirt
19. King Crimson - Lizard
20. The Cure - Disintegration
21. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
22. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
23. Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
24. Radiohead - Kid A
25. The Doors - The Doors

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Pretty damn good list. Didn’t realize so many of you had a secret hipster side and loved Velvet Underground.

 

[CiG]

It's a pretty classic album.

 

[challenge_everything]

Kid A is way more hipsterish - not that I'm a fan of that terminology anyway.

 

[CiG]

 

[Bloopy]

@no country for old wainds How about re-running this chart and seeing how the positions have changed?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Lmfao @ that #1 spot