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Oct 12, 2019 · The 50 Greatest Rock Album Ever: 10-1. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. One of history's most fiercely-fought debates, picking the best rock albums is pretty much an impossible task.
- Appetite For Destruction
A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and...
- Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia the album is a record awash with metaphor –...
- Lifehouse
Lifehouse was set in the future, maybe 1990, said Townshend,...
- Iron Maiden
It may feature Maiden’s only number one single, the...
- The Who
16. It’s Hard (1982) While lead single Athena is insipid,...
- Nirvana
Nirvana are one of the biggest and most influential bands in...
- Classic Rock Features
Get your monthly fix of all things music, with issues filled...
- AC/DC
Classic Rock is the online home of the world's best...
- Appetite For Destruction
- Brett Milano
- Little Richard – 17 Grooviest Original Hits. This is it, the essential sound that made most of the greatest rock albums possible. The deeper tracks here, like “Boo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoo” and “Send Me Some Lovin’”, bear out the gospel and blues roots that Little Richard channeled into rock’n’roll.
- Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight. Chuck Berry was such a master of the rock 45 that his definitive statement has to be this greatest hits album. There’s no filler or deep cuts in sight: Every track is a touchstone, from the debut single “Maybelline” to the Merseybeat nod on “I Wanna Be Your Driver.”
- The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album) Revolver stands as one of the best rock albums ever. And Sgt. Pepper inspired a million bands to get psychedelic.
- Nirvana – Nevermind. Nevermind wound up having a far greater cultural impact than its creators intended or even wanted. But at the end of the day, songs like lead single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” really were strong enough to make this one of the greatest albums of all time.
Dec 7, 2022 · The 38 Best Rock Albums of 2022. From Alvvays’ panoramic anthems to Chat Pile’s scorched-earth sludge, Soul Glo’s bruising hardcore to Wet Leg’s wily indie rock, these are the rock albums...
- Pitchfork
Dec 15, 2023 · The full list of Classic Rock ’s 50 Best Albums Of 2023 follows. And you can read about all of them in the bumper brand new issue of Classic Rock, alongside new interviews with many of the musicians who made the albums. 50 best rock albums of 2023: 50-41. 50. Paul Rodgers - Midnight Rose (Sun Records)
- Fraser Lewry
Dec 8, 2021 · The 31 Best Rock Albums of 2021. From Snail Mail’s explosive breakup anthems to the Armed’s conceptual fireworks, Lucy Dacus’ home movies to Mdou Moctar’s virtuosic guitar anthems, these are...
- Pitchfork
Top Rock Albums. Week of May 25, 2024. This Week. Award. i. Last Week. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart. 1. Stick Season. Noah Kahan. 1. 69. 2. Zach Bryan. 2. 1. 38. American Heartbreak.
Dec 6, 2023 · The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023. The year in indie rock, punk, singer-songwriter and solo guitar music, shoegaze, metal, and everything in between. By Pitchfork. December 6, 2023. Clockwise...