The Extremely Famous Albums Poll

These are some of the most famous albums in hard and heavy history, albums everyone knows or listened to (at least once )

Edited by LittleBig - 31 Jan 2011 at 8:50am

Dio RIP

Of the above albums it�s easily Appetite for Destruction. One of the few albums both me and my wife love.

LittleBig wrote: These are some of the most famous albums in hard and heavy history, albums everyone knows or listened to (at least once )

I only listened to one album off this list

harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote: These are some of the most famous albums in hard and heavy history, albums everyone knows or listened to (at least once ) I only listened to one album off this list

Edited by LittleBig - 31 Jan 2011 at 2:48pm

I own or have listened to many of the above albums numerous times, but none of them would rank among my favorites.  I've got to say this though: I just listened to some AC/DC a few days ago after months since my last listen, and I keep forgetting how fun it is to listen to them every once in a while.  The problem is that radio stations overplay so many bands (like AC/DC) that I want to go as far from them as possible at times whenever someone is cranking a radio on a regular basis.

That has little to do with the topic, but I guess the ones I'm least sick of hearing are the Dio, Maiden, and Priest (though far from Priests best IMO).  If I regularly listened to classic rock radio, I'd be pretty sick of Back In Black, but I could hear  that album right now and I'd probably enjoy it.


Edited by Stooge - 31 Jan 2011 at 4:06pm

harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote:   is it the Black album? How did you know? LittleBig wrote: I know the music in my list is not your thing, you are into more eclectic and experimental music. Not necessarily, I wouldn't listen to many of the albums in the poll now but I would have definitely listened to them back in my early days. But you know it wasn't easy for a kid to get music in 90s' Romania (and early 00s). I had a Whitesnake compilation album which I loved; Scorpions I like but I didn't get to explore their 80s period; Guns'N'Roses I used to love but I only got to hear the hits, I never had an album, same for AC/DC.

Edited by LittleBig - 31 Jan 2011 at 4:04pm

LittleBig wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote:   is it the Black album? How did you know? LittleBig wrote: I know the music in my list is not your thing, you are into more eclectic and experimental music. Not necessarily, I wouldn't listen to many of the albums in the poll now but I would have definitely listened to them back in my early days. But you know it wasn't easy for a kid to get music in 90s' Romania (and early 00s). I had a Whitesnake compilation album which I loved; Scorpions I like but I didn't get to explore their 80s period; Guns'N'Roses I used to love but I only got to hear the hits, I never had an album, same for AC/DC. well, you're not missing much with 80s Scorpions, they became less interesting after Uli Roth left, GNR's debut album is the only worthy album of theirs (to me of course).  I didn't have problems finding music, me and my friends would share a lot of music (vinyls and casettes, long before cds and internet ) so I for one couldn't complain.

Yeah but you were older. I had to satisfy myself with what I got the on media channels (very little, that is).

I haven't heard most of the hairy stuff, but Appetite for Destruction is a complete masterpiece and one of my all time favourites. The Beast is my second favourite I guess, but for example Dr. Feelgood might be M�tley's worst.

I went with "Number of the Beast", although there are a handful of other albums on that list that are among my favorites - like "Holy Diver", "British Steel", "Back in Black" and "Appetite for Destruction".

I rarely stop liking music that I like, but "Slave to the Grind" is a rare example of an album that I used to like,b which I think is mostly crap now (there are still four tracks on it that I think are very good though". With "Appetite for Destruction" I found myself a couple of years ago thinking that the lyrics were a load of crap, but I still liked the music itself. So, as long as I ignore the lyrics and Axl's annoying wailing, I still enjoy listening to tha talbum.