Best Album Past 30 Years?

[BUCKYLE]

slippery when wet f'ing rocked.

Ok, so I was like six, but I loved that album.

 

[Saw31]

I guess I can throw this one in the mix:

Queen-News of the World ("We are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" are familiar to everyone, especially sports fans)

 

[DEBuckeye]

Rush - Moving Pictures
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

 

[buckeyeman06]

a couple mo
re come to mind....

Back in Black-ACDC
Ramones-Ramones
Van Halen-Van Halen
Aquemini-OutKast
OK Computer-RadioHead

 

[Taosman]

CSN would top all the others on your list IMHO.

Of course it was first released in 1969, making it 37 years in vintage.

I'll offer up 3 alternates from one artist

Nebraska (1982)

Born in The USA (1985)

and

Born to Run (it was released Aug 25th 1975)

All by Bruce Springsteen.

The recording quality of Springsteen albums , in general has been criminal.
I know he tends to mumble , but he is an American icon.
I like "The Ghost of Tom Joad" also.

 

[wadc45]

some of my favorites...

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Fugazi - The Argument
Tool - Lateralus
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Sigur Rios - ( )
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Blackstar
Radiohead - Kid A
Matisyahu - Shake Off the Dust...Arise

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

a couple mo
re come to mind....

Back in Black-ACDC
Ramones-Ramones
Van Halen-Van Halen
Aquemini-OutKast
OK Computer-RadioHead

good call on Back in Black... one of my favorite albums of all time.

I agree with Lightening and Puppets from Metallica but you have to add Justice too. I think it was Justice that really pushed hard rock back into the mainsteam. All three of those albums are classics.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Very good call - didnt think of NIN. Was revolutionary.

Gotta throw RATM's first one in there too as far as being groundbreaking.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Well Im going with "Thriller"

Top selling album of all time.........

i'm not so sure about that. considering the fact that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon spent over TWENTY years in the Billboard Top 100, i'm gonna have to go with Dark Side as the greatest.

 

[stxbuck]

Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction
No other album, as a consistent body of work, is anywhere near it,IMO.

 

[buckeyeman06]

i'm not so sure about that. considering the fact that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon spent over TWENTY years in the Billboard Top 100, i'm gonna have to go with Dark Side as the greatest.

Im more of a floyd fan myself then Jackson, but if you look up album sales, its Thriller by a ton...

 

[808 Buck]

I'll go with "Hotel California" by the Eagles. I think the Boston first album was pretty hot too.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Im more of a floyd fan myself then Jackson, but if you look up album sales, its Thriller by a ton...

as an analogy (and i'm a fan of his), Louis L'Amour has sold over 90 MILLION books, but you cannot compare the quality of his works to that of say Dickens, Shakespeare, or even Hemmingway.

total sales don't mean that it's the best...

 

[Muck]

It amazing how many albums that would be on my all time list just barely miss the cut off date.

That being said some other contenders:

Rush - Permanent Waves
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Van Halen - Van Halen
The Clash - London Calling
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life


FWIW according to the RIAA The Eagles Greatest Hits - Vol 1 is the all time leader in sales.

 

[808 Buck]

It amazing how many albums that would be on my all time list just barely miss the cut off date.

That being said some other contenders:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Van Halen - Van Halen
The Clash - London Calling
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life


FWIW according to the RIAA The Eagles Greatest Hits - Vol 1 is the all time leader in sales.

That's a heck of a list right there. I've probably listened to The Eagles Greatest Hits album more than Hotel California. Just like the edge of the Hotel California album a little more.