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My top 10 US albums, in no particular order:

 

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Van Halen - Van Halen

The Doors - LA Woman

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Lynyrd Skynyrd - debut

Kansas - Leftoverture

Boston - Boston

 

 

My top 10 UK albums:

 

Led Zeppelin - IV

The Who - Who's Next

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Yes - Close to the Edge

Deep Purple - In Rock

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Rainbow - Rising

Motorhead - Overkill

 

Let's see what your lists would look like.

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My top 10 US albums, in no particular order:

 

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Van Halen - Van Halen

The Doors - LA Woman

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Lynyrd Skynyrd - debut

Kansas - Leftoverture

Boston - Boston

 

 

My top 10 UK albums:

 

Led Zeppelin - IV

The Who - Who's Next

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Yes - Close to the Edge

Deep Purple - In Rock

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Rainbow - Rising

Motorhead - Overkill

 

Let's see what your lists would look like.

No Priest or KISS or King Crimson or Budgie or Uriah Heep???

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US

 

Van Halen - I

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road

Aerosmith - Rocks

Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Neil Young - On The Beach

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

Montrose (debut)

Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes

Molly Hatchet - Flirtin` With Disaster

 

I`m not in love with enough UK bands to be able to construct a decent list, unless I have multiple records from the same bands.

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No real order. American:

Fly Like An Eagle-Steve Miller Band

Band Of Gypsys-Jimi Hendrix

Abraxas-Santana

Live Bullet-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

Love It To Death-Alice Cooper

Live At Filmore East-Allman Brothers Band

Alive-Kiss

Deja Vu-CSN&Y

The Last Waltz-The Band

2112-Rush

 

British. Tougher, so many choices!

Who's Next-The Who

Live at Leeds-The Who

Close to the Edge-Yes

Exile On Main Street-The Rolling Stones

Dark Side Of The Moon- Pink Floyd

Live Killers-Queen

Paranoid-Black Sabbath

Machine Head-Deep Purple

The Yes Album-Yes

Fragile-Yes

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The following albums can all be replaced depending on mood. Lists are not immutable.

 

Brian Eno - Another Green World

The Clash - London Calling

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

The Who - Who's Next

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

Wire - Pink Flag

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

Ramones - Rocket to Russia

Big Star - #1 Record

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Aerosmith - Rocks

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

Kiss - Alive!

Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

Cheap Trick - At Budekon

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

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America, of which Canada is part. No more than two from any band.

 

Rush Hemispheres

Rush Permanent Waves

Boston debut

Cheap Trick Dream Police

Chicago II

Ted Nugent Free for All

Devo Are We Not Men

The Cars The Cars

Van Halen I

Aerosmith Toys in the AtticPolice

 

UK

 

the Clash London Calling

The Who Who's Next

Sabbath -Paranoid

Sabbath - Masters of Reality

Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti

UFO - Strangers in the Night

Yes - Fragile

rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

Priest - Unleashed in the East

Deep Purple - In Rock

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I included only one album from each band

Purely personal and I could change it on a daily basis (so many great albums omitted!)

 

US/Canada

 

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

Joni Mitchell - Blue

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Alice Cooper - Killer

Eagles - Hotel California

Neil Young - Harvest

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

 

UK

 

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

The Who - Who's Next

UFO - Lights Out

Jethro Tull - Thick As A brick

Led Zeppelin - IV

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound

Yes - Close To The Edge

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

 

Today Uriah Heep, Priest, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones etc. got omitted ...... on another day who knows?

 

OOPs! just realised this is 70's stuff so I have removed The Beatles and Hendrix .... Priest and Alice Cooper are in.

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US:

 

Van Halen - II

 

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

Alice Cooper - From the Inside

 

Starz - Violation

 

Journey - Evolution

 

Heart - Little Queen

 

Pat Travers - Makin' Magic

 

Montrose - S/T

 

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings

 

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres

 

UK:

 

David Bowie - Station to Station

 

UFO - Obsession

 

Whitesnake - Ready & Willing

 

Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

 

Judas Priest - Killing Machine

 

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

Queen - II

 

Dire Straits - Communique

 

Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band

 

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

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My top 10 US albums, in no particular order:

 

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

Van Halen - Van Halen

The Doors - LA Woman

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Lynyrd Skynyrd - debut

Kansas - Leftoverture

Boston - Boston

 

 

My top 10 UK albums:

 

Led Zeppelin - IV

The Who - Who's Next

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Yes - Close to the Edge

Deep Purple - In Rock

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Rainbow - Rising

Motorhead - Overkill

 

Let's see what your lists would look like.

No Priest or KISS or King Crimson or Budgie or Uriah Heep???

 

Priest's "Sad Wings" is really close to my top 10, KISS albums don't register for me, King Crimson's Red could be in my top 15. I like Heep and their album Look ate Yourself could be in my top 20 and I'm only familiar with one Budgie album - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (very good album, but I wouldn't put it even in my top 20).

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The following albums can all be replaced depending on mood. Lists are not immutable.

 

Brian Eno - Another Green World

The Clash - London Calling

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

The Who - Who's Next

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

Wire - Pink Flag

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

Ramones - Rocket to Russia

Big Star - #1 Record

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Aerosmith - Rocks

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

Kiss - Alive!

Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

Cheap Trick - At Budekon

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

 

Stevie Wonder and Sly are not ROCK.

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The following albums can all be replaced depending on mood. Lists are not immutable.

 

Brian Eno - Another Green World

The Clash - London Calling

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

The Who - Who's Next

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model

Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

Wire - Pink Flag

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

 

Ramones - Rocket to Russia

Big Star - #1 Record

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Aerosmith - Rocks

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

Kiss - Alive!

Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

Cheap Trick - At Budekon

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

 

Stevie Wonder and Sly are not ROCK.

I sincerely apologize. I have no idea what came over me.

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