To everybody else who thinks that rock music has been going steadily downhill since 1974, what are your top 10 favorite albums? Mine are:
1. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
2. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed (1969)
3. The Beatles - The White Album (1968)
4. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
5. The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
6. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (1972)
7. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
8. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's (1967)
9. The Who - Live at Leeds (1970)
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
2006-08-11 18:23:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
No. The music of the Monkees hasn't held up over the decades.
2006-08-11 18:30:59 · update #1
Of all time?
In no particular order:
U2: Joshua Tree
AC/DC: Back in Black
KISS: Rock & Roll Over
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Nirvana: Nevermind
Pearl Jam: Ten
Deep Purple: Machine Head
The Who: The Kids are Alright (for live v. of Baba O'Reilly!)
Led Zeppelin: IV
Van Halen: Van Halen
2006-08-11 18:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by LooneyDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a particular order:
Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
Beatles: White Album (1968)
Nick Drake: Pink Moon (1972)
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Spooky Tooth: Spooky Two (1969)
Paul Simon: There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: Deja Vu (1970)
Led Zeppelin: II (1969)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)--- later than '74 :)
2006-08-12 05:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Carrie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 The Beatles - 1
2 The Beatles - Abbey Road
3 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
4 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
5 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
6 Queen - News of the World
7 The Who - Live at Leeds
8 The Rolling Stones - Tatto You
9 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
10 The Clash - London Calling
2006-08-12 01:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's been plenty of great music created since the 60's and 70's...most of it is just not easily viewed or heard on radio/TV.
My favorite albums are...
1. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
2. Tool - Ãnima (1996)
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
4. Fu Manchu - In Search Of... (1996)
5. Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town (1995)
6. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun (1992)
7. The Doors - L.A. Woman (1971)
8. Black Lamb - High And Mighty (2001)
9. Clutch - Clutch (1995)
10. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (1982)
2006-08-12 01:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Un Sandpiper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. ZOSO - Led Zeppelin
3. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
4. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
5. Pyromania - Def Leppard
6. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
7. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
8. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
9. The Joshua Tree - U2
10. Reach the Beach - The Fixx
I don't think it's been going downhill that long. I think it really went downhill from about 1993 until 1998 or so. I don't think it's as bad now as it was then.
2006-08-12 01:37:46 · answer #5 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not limited to classic rock, but here are the first ten I can think of in no particular order:
Physical Graffiti - Led Zepplin
Dookie - Green Day
Reckoning - REM
Van Halen I
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
American Idiot - Green Day
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Baja Sessions - Chris Issak
Skylarking - XTC
plus a hundred others
2006-08-12 01:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by don patch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1Disraeli Gears-Cream
2Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin
3Electric Ladyland-Jimi Hendrix
4Rollin' on the River-CCR
5Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
6Abbey Road-The Beatles
7Santana III-Santana
8Rock N' Roll Outlaws-Foghat
9Who's Next-The Who
10Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin
2006-08-12 01:38:26 · answer #7 · answered by some guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in no particular order
Jimi Hedrix - Axis Bold as Love
Rush - 2112
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zeppelin - IV
AC/DC Back in Black
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Beatles - Let It Be
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
2006-08-12 02:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't exactly have the top 10 but I'll go with The Beatles album and The Clash album.
2006-08-12 01:33:38 · answer #9 · answered by ako2wanted 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
acdc high way to h e l l
2006-08-12 01:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by Derek G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋