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Last Active 12-23-08 4:44 pm
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| True Classic Rock Albums
The word 'classic' is thrown around way too much-there are only a few true epic albums that are flawless and deserving of the name 'perfect'. | | 1 | | David Bowie
"Heroes"
Before "Heroes", there was nothing other than straight-forward guitar pop. Bowie finely tuned it into a master-crafted electronic aura of guitar noise that swerves with the wind and makes a highly visual sound-effectively creating a genre of music and changing rock music for the better in the future. Bowie's true opus, "Heroes" is just an impeccable piece of music with great concept, great songwriting, and a revolutionary sound. | | 2 |  | The Cure
Disintegration
Along with The Downward Spiral, Disintegration is a perfect display of human emotion. From the first song, the album's mood is drawn to the ground and depressing with humility and self-depreciating tones, fretful memories, and emotional lyrics without sounding whiny or lousy. | | 3 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
There's so much obsession for My Bloody Valentine's album, and all of it is well deserved. If there was another album like Loveless, being the perfect mixture of well-developed noise, pop, and grit, there would be many more perfect albums. But there aren't-and that makes Loveless that good. | | 4 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
If you haven't heard Wish You Were Here by now, you probably don't deserve to be on this site. Deep, depressing, and utterly reminiscent, Wish You Were Here carries a melodramatic tone with lots of meaning without carrying any stereotypical 70s tone. Listen to it-Wish You Were Here still sounds modern. That's the sign of a well time-tested album. | | 5 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
People attack Reznor's angst for being childish or immature, or fake. You can't fake the emotion that bleeds from instrumental tracks like A Warm Place, nor can you sound childish or immature singing the self-hating Hurt. Another true human emotion masterpiece, ignore the genre, because this is the perfect representation of human life and our emotions that spans every genre. | | 6 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F# A# ?
Godspeed tries their best to be the most inventive, creative, and fresh band around here by making the most haunting, dark, and apocalyptic album ever produced. Without playing prototypical rock songs, Godspeed creates a dark gritty picture of what we will soon know by playing with technicality unseen today-true composers of the modern age. | | 7 |  | Mr. Bungle
California
Like I always say-rock musicians don't have to be superior in talent-if they can hide their losses well behind computers, programming, and harsh vocals, they can get away with it. Mr. Bungle, however, have true talent. Their technicality and skill on the instruments they play are true, California being a true showcase of all genres, and all instruments; even Patton's multi-dimensional voice. | | 8 |  | Pixies
Surfer Rosa
A truly goofy and relatively random album it may be-but Surfer Rosa's grit, aggression, and complete messiness makes Surfer Rosa the album to define a genre that was built on catchy tunes, gritty guitars, and having fun on stage. | | 9 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
I don't like The Beatles at all, but I see the true ingenuity of Abbey Road-it's play on emotions, feelings, and styles and the genre they helped create. | | 10 | | The Who
Who's Next
Where the Beatles helped make a style, The Who defined it. Where The Beatles did not try to succeed, The Who did. They made an ambitious, lengthy album that played with keyboards, acoustic guitars, and a collection of some of the greatest songs ever to great success. A true classic with integrity to last far into the future, each song open to it's own impression-but with songs like Baba and Won't Get Fooled Again, it's obvious. | |
Electric City
11.30.08 | lol ok | StreetlightRock
11.30.08 | But I only like fake classic rock albums. usually made in China. | AngelPhoenix
11.30.08 | ^whs, only Taiwan | Euphoric
11.30.08 | The Sisters of Mercy - First and last and Always | Ironpriest
11.30.08 | NIN doesn't really appeal to me but props for the way you explained your opinion. I really agree with 10. I would add..
- The Doors s/t - It's amazing considering the time period
-Green Day American Idiot - A 'modern classic' which i don't see often. each song is gold and they all work well together.
again, props for a list that ain't rubbish. | HailToTheThief
11.30.08 | loveless is beautiful. not many albums can be described that way | McP3000
11.30.08 | title of the list pisses me off | Spamue1G
11.30.08 | I love the inclusion of 5. Most of the list is fantastic, but when you say that everything before "Heroes" is straight guitar pop... Ummm, you listened to any of Bowie's earlier stuff? I'm pretty sure Space Oddity couldn't be called straight forward guitar pop... | ClearTheLane
11.30.08 | replace 7 with RATM's self titled and you have my list. | bastard
12.23.08 | NIN is the most overrated piece of crap i have ever heard. | Titan50
01.04.09 | Kill yourself, "bastard", there is clearly no hope for you left |
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