What Albums Do You Feel Best Define Our Music?

[RandyRhoads]

OK, to be more specific... what 'rock' albums do you think really changed and helped define the genre?

It just seems that I can't go anywhere these days without having people trying to force me to accept how awesome the fuggin Arctic Monkeys are (just for the record, I hate them)!

So I was wondering what albums you thought really changed the rock scene and will always stand as perfect examples of how this music is best utilized?

My options I think would have to be (in no particular order):

1. Van Halen 1 - Van Halen
2. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
3. Hysteria - Def Leppard
4. Back In Black - AC/DC
5. New Jersey - Bon Jovi

I'm sure there's more but these are the first that spring to mind!

[Snoogans]

I'm sure you can't possibly hate the Arctic Monkeys (spit) than I do!
Presumably it's an "Oop North" thing.

Anyhoo - albums....

Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
The first Black Sabbath album
Nirvana - Nevermind (No-one said we have to like them, right?)

[Ralph E.]

Van Halen I and II
Ozzy - Blizzard Of Ozz
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Motley - Too Fast For Love
Dio - Holy Diver
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar

I'm not gonna get into the garbage that destroyed the good stuff.

Fuck those bands. They still suck and so do all the sheep that made those no talent hacks popular...

[Endrik]

Bill Haley & The Comets - Shake Rattle & Roll
Chuck Berry - One Dozen Berries
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly - The Chirping Cricets
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Loneley Hearts Club Band
Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer
The Rolling Stones - 12X5
The Who - My Generation
Cream - Fresh Cream
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Led Zeppelin - I
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Deep Purple - Machine Head
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
ZZ Top - La Grange
Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Raw Power
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down On A Broadway
Yes - Fragile
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Kiss - Destroyer
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Aerosmith - Rocks
The Ramones - The Ramones
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Van Halen - I
AC/DC - Back In Black
Judas Priest - British Steel
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Joy Division - Closer
The Clash - London Calling
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Black Flag - Damaged
Motorhead - Overkill
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
Guns'N'Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Whitesnake - '87
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Nirvana - Nevermind
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Tool - Lateralus

[Argos]

err

[j4vice]

Btls - 1

[CharvelRocker]

Too many to list, but when I think of actual rock n roll, the following come to mind (in no particular order):

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Van Halen - Van Halen
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Queen - News of the World

Metal (General):

Judas Priest - British Steel
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Megadeth - Peace Sells (But Who's Buying?)
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz

Hair/Glam/Sleaze/etc Metal:

Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Alternative:

Nirvana - Nevermind
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Stone Temple Pilots - Core

[Cleveland Metal]

Slim Whitman: Greatest Hits...

[toejam]

Albums that changed the way things were done and gave people a kick in the ass ...

Van Halen I

Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Slayer - Reign In Blood

[jim777]

The Ramones - The Ramones

Hell yeah!

[asix]

rage against the machine ím angry inside)
nirvana in utero (im noisy and shouty)
that's about it.

[atomic charvel guy]

the 29 Robert Johnson tunes

[Larz]

No particular order......

Diary of a Madman - Ozzy (You Can't Kill Rock n' Roll is best song ever in my opinion and stellar musical arrangements by Randy).
Appetite for Destruction - GnR
Kill em All - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Van Halen - VH
1984 - VH
Another Wasted Night - Gangreen
Defenders of the Faith - J Priest
Ten - Pearl Jam
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Love at First Sting - Scorpions
Out of the Cellar - Ratt
Skid Row - Skid Row
Too Fast For Love - M Crue
??? First Yngwie record with Far Beyond the Sun

[Timmy_page]

Led Zeppelin -LZ 1, LZ3 and "untitled"(4)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side
The Clash - The Clash
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned (I think)

(Surely the first albums of most of the bands/artists 50's-70's changed Rock at least a small amount)
Unfortunately I wasn't around to see the rise of Rock or Punk and I have to put up with my peers calling Good Charlotte etc punk

[Rsmacker]

Val Doonican - "Stick it up your fecking arse" - The punk years, double live at the BBC.