Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 1. Aerosmith - Rocks2. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed3. Rush - Hemispheres4. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane6. Queen - A Day at the Races7. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour8. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality9. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind10. Yes - Close To The Edge11. The Cars - Candy-O12. Def Leppard - Pyromania13. Tom Petty - Hard Promises14. AC/DC - Back In Black15. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy16. Husker Du - New Day Rising17. GODFLESH - Pure18. The Ramones - Road To Ruin19. Muse - Absolution20. Lacuna Coil - Comalies21. The Killers - Sam’s Town22. Boston - Don't Look Back23. Styx - Pieces of Eight24. Kansas - Point of Know Return25. Permanent Waves26. Wings - Venus and Mars27. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick28. Duran Duran - Rio29. Fleetwood Mac- Tusk30. The Who - Quadrophenia31. Soundgarden - Down on the Upside32. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies33. Bon Jovi - New Jersey34. Bruce Springsteen - The River35. The Clash - Sandinista!36. Marillion - Clutching At Straws37. Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys38. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail39. Dio - Last in Line40. ELP - Tarkus41. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules42. The Beatles - Revolver43. Behemoth- I Loved You At Your Darkest44. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure45. Kiss - Rock And Roll Over46. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness47. Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration48. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues49. Cheap Trick - Next Position Please50. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown51. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)52. Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow53. Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love54. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction55. Bob Dylan - Desire56. Radiohead - Kid A57. Wire - Chairs Missing58. Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messne59. Nirvana - In Utero60. Jane’s Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual61. DEVO - Duty Now for the Future62. Living Colour - Time’s Up63. REM - Reckoning64. Bob Dylan - Love And Theft65. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High66. Def Leppard - Hysteria67. Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams68. The The - Mind Bomb69. limp bizkit - chocolate starfish70. Enuff Z'nuff - Tweaked71. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness72. Dream Theatre - Awake73. Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger74. Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts75. Billy Joel - 52nd Street76. Gaslight Anthem - American Slang77. Audioslave - Out Of Exile78. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever79. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come80. Michael Jackson - Bad81. Loverboy - Get Lucky82. Twenty One Pilots - Trench83. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head84. The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl85. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple86. Prince - Around The World In A Day87. Mott The Hoople - Mott 88. Genesis - Abacab 89. Pearl Jam - Vs.90. Lacuna Coil - Karmacode91. 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 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! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 96. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way They follow up their comeback album with my favorite album of theirs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashWho Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 96. The Doors - Strange Days 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashWho Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 96. The Doors - Strange Days Good one! One of the best sophomore efforts in rock history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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