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1. Aerosmith - Rocks

2. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

3. Rush - Hemispheres

4. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman

5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

6. Queen - A Day at the Races

7. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

8. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

9. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

10. Yes - Close To The Edge

11. The Cars - Candy-O

12. Def Leppard - Pyromania

13. Tom Petty - Hard Promises

14. AC/DC - Back In Black

15. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

16. Husker Du - New Day Rising

17. GODFLESH - Pure

18. The Ramones - Road To Ruin

19. Muse - Absolution

20. Lacuna Coil - Comalies

21. The Killers - Sam’s Town

22. Boston - Don't Look Back

23. Styx - Pieces of Eight

24. Kansas - Point of Know Return

25. Permanent Waves

26. Wings - Venus and Mars

27. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

28. Duran Duran - Rio

29. Fleetwood Mac- Tusk

30. The Who - Quadrophenia

31. Soundgarden - Down on the Upside

32. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies

33. Bon Jovi - New Jersey

34. Bruce Springsteen - The River

35. The Clash - Sandinista!

36. Marillion - Clutching At Straws

37. Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

38. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail

39. Dio - Last in Line

40. ELP - Tarkus

41. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

42. The Beatles - Revolver

43. Behemoth- I Loved You At Your Darkest

44. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

45. Kiss - Rock And Roll Over

46. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness

47. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration

48. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

49. Cheap Trick - Next Position Please

50. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

51. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

52. Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow

53. Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love

54. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

55. Bob Dylan - Desire

56. Radiohead - Kid A

57. Wire - Chairs Missing

58. Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messne

59. Nirvana - In Utero

60. Jane’s Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual

61. DEVO - Duty Now for the Future

62. Living Colour - Time’s Up

63. REM - Reckoning

64. Bob Dylan - Love And Theft

65. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High

66. Def Leppard - Hysteria

67. Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams

68. The The - Mind Bomb

69. limp bizkit - chocolate starfish

70. Enuff Z'nuff - Tweaked

71. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

72. Dream Theatre - Awake

73. Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger

74. Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts

75. Billy Joel - 52nd Street

76. Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

77. Audioslave - Out Of Exile

78. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever

79. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come

80. Michael Jackson - Bad

81. Loverboy - Get Lucky

82. Twenty One Pilots - Trench

83. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

84. The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

85. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

86. Prince - Around The World In A Day

87. Mott The Hoople - Mott

88. Genesis - Abacab

89. Pearl Jam - Vs.

90. Lacuna Coil - Karmacode

91. The Cure - Pornography

 

92. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

 

U2's first two albums were successes for certain, but War was their first definitive mission statement as a band. Probably their hardest rocking, most unapologetic release, War was the first evidence U2 were going to be one of those "important" bands. It also happens to be my favorite album of theirs, but its follow up is no less definitive, and more interesting too. U2 could have easily made War 2, and ridden out the 80s sitting somewhere between the underground and mainstream, bringing one brand of punkish indie rock to the people. They'd probably be less polarizing, and those who can't stand them now might not even remember them. But the band didn't want to make War 2, or War 3, or any more records that might pigeonhole them as just another alt rock upstart. They wanted to go bigger, grander, even more important! They didn't call it The Unforgettable Fire for nothing. They enlisted Brian Eno to help them achieve this goal, and the results were likely better than they had hoped. The Edge really comes into his own here, designing layers of sound more than composing riffs. Bono hits a new vocal peak as well, "Bad" being the prime example of his evolution as a singer. Bass and drums are as propulsive as ever, but here they're building a talent for texture as well. If the songwriting isn't a vast improvement on War, that's because War was already filled with stellar songs. At any rate, this album ensured no one would be forgetting about U2 any time soon...and of course the next record cemented that for the long run as well. Stand out track: Bad

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Really guys? Not one mention of any of these?

 

93. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

- incredible follow up to DSOTM

 

94. Pink Floyd - Animals

- incredible follow up to WYWH and probably their hardest rocking album

 

95. Pink Floyd - The Wall

- incredible follow up to Animals.....top 10 selling album of all-time

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Really guys? Not one mention of any of these?

 

93. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

- incredible follow up to DSOTM

 

94. Pink Floyd - Animals

- incredible follow up to WYWH and probably their hardest rocking album

 

95. Pink Floyd - The Wall

- incredible follow up to Animals.....top 10 selling album of all-time

 

In cases like PF, it can be hard to pick which one is the follow up, but I see you've solved that issue. They're all follow ups! :)

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Really guys? Not one mention of any of these?

 

93. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

- incredible follow up to DSOTM

 

94. Pink Floyd - Animals

- incredible follow up to WYWH and probably their hardest rocking album

 

95. Pink Floyd - The Wall

- incredible follow up to Animals.....top 10 selling album of all-time

 

I almost brought up something similar when Bad by Michael Jackson was selected. He's another artist who has had multiple breakthrough albums with great follow ups. You could argue Off The Wall was his breakthrough and Thriller was the follow up since he was already extremely famous before Thriller came out.

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30. The Who - Quadrophenia

 

They were already big before Who’s Next, and before Tommy for that matter, but those two (Who’s Next especially) would go on to be celebrated among the greatest classic rock albums of all time as The Who’s defining works. How do you follow up that double whammy (plus Live At Leeds)? Double down on the rock opera idea with an even more outrageous story, more symbolism, more motifs, the best production 1973 had to offer, and even more classic songs. Stand out track: Love Reign O’er Me

 

Yes. Tommy was certainly The Who's breakthrough album in the USA. That they followed it with Live at Leeds AND Who's Next AND Quadrophenia is truly incredible. What a band.

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