Rank These Rock Albums (Actual Question)

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So, I know I usually ask these kinds of threads for my own personal gain, however, I have a different reason for asking right now

As of Rock Band 3, I have been really getting into buying DLC lately, so I want to buy a full album that is great and challenging on guitar (but not holy f*** hard) and possibly fun on vocals

Note: 2 Other albums are greatest hits, No Doubt and Bon Jovi

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
American Idiot - Green Day
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Axis: Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Backspacer - Pearl Jam
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
British Steel - Judas Priest
The Cars - The Cars
Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses
The Colour and The Shape - Foo Fighters
Dookie - Green Day
Doolittle - Pixies
Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
Imagine - John Lennon
Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers
London Calling - The Clash
Moving Pictures - Rush
Nothing Shocking - Jane's Addiction
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
Ten - Pearl Jam
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
The Great Southern Treadkill - Pantera

[fw91]

I don't have too muck expertise, but "The Colour and Shape," and "Ten" are two of favorites, with SO many great songs to chose from. Granted, I don't know how to play guitar? and suck horribly at rock band/guitar hero, but I think you'll have fun with those two.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Well, I'd go with Chinese Democracy, but that's just me.

So

1. Chinese Democracy (personal)
1.1 Are You Experienced? (The actual #1 of that list)
2. Axis: Bold as Lovw
3. Imagine
4. Dr. Feelgood
5. Nothing's Shocking
6. Legend

Can't speak enough to the rest, while I know them, I know these 6 the best.

[Albino Heat]

If you want something that's not too hard on guitar, I recommend skipping anything by Megadeth. Pantera is iffy.

Out of all of them, top 5:

1. Screaming for Vengeance
2.Moving Pictures
3. Colour and the Shape
4. British Steel
5. Blood Sugar Sex Magik

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There's not a lot of truly difficult to play on actual guitar songs there, but of those that may be a little bit more...interesting to play/sing:

Chinese Democracy (bit tough to play at points, great album)
Nothing's Shocking (bit tough at certain moments, good album)
Are You Experienced (it's Hendrix so you'll have a good time with it even if you're not a fan)
Dr Feelgood (bit tough at certain moments, fun album even if you've grown to dislike Motley Crue in all iterations over a decade)
Doolittle (Pixies are one of my favourite bands albeit so consider this a personal choice)
American Idiot (best Green Day album, interesting breaks, but all rather simple. If you like simple longer songs made up for the fact they're essentially 3 different songs in one check it out)

Southern Treadkill is good if you're a Pantera fan too of course, I've fallen off the wagon over the years but if you love the hooks now then well worth a shot.

I'd avoid any John Lennon albums solely as they're so simple to play/sing (partial Scouseness may make me biased here) anyway that it'd be a waste of money to me. For however many good songs are on there I imagine they won't hold your attention playing for an entire LP.

This is all in real guitar terms though, I'm not sure how that translates to Rock Band.

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Sept 17, 2014 22:44:33 GMT -5 Albino Heat said:

If you want something that's not too hard on guitar, I recommend skipping anything by Megadeth. Pantera is iffy.

Out of all of them, top 5:

1. Screaming for Vengeance
2.Moving Pictures
3. Colour and the Shape
4. British Steel
5. Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Thing is, so far, Megadeth has been challenging but not too much for me...for example on RB2 I play the title track to Peace Sells and that ending is the funnest my fingers have at moving around on the frets

[Albino Heat]

Sept 17, 2014 23:04:22 GMT -5 cageking666 said:

Sept 17, 2014 22:44:33 GMT -5 Albino Heat said:

If you want something that's not too hard on guitar, I recommend skipping anything by Megadeth. Pantera is iffy.

Out of all of them, top 5:

1. Screaming for Vengeance
2.Moving Pictures
3. Colour and the Shape
4. British Steel
5. Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Thing is, so far, Megadeth has been challenging but not too much for me...for example on RB2 I play the title track to Peace Sells and that ending is the funnest my fingers have at moving around on the frets

I love Megadeth, so if you think you'll have fun, go for it! They just have a lot of fast, intricate guitar work, especially on Rust in Peace.

[Knailsic From Now On]

The only ones I've given full listens to

9)Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
8)Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
7)American Idiot - Green Day
5)Axis: Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience
6)Moving Pictures - Rush
3)Dookie - Green Day
2)Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
1)London Calling - The Clash

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If you want challenging then avoid Legend by Bob Marley. It's a damn great album but it's reggae and roots rock which is easy as hell to play.

[Phosphor Glow]

Rating them purely on how much I enjoy them as albums, not their level of difficulty on Rock Band:

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day - 7/10
American Idiot - Green Day - 7/10
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Haven't heard
Axis: Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Haven't heard
Backspacer - Pearl Jam - 7/10
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 4/10
British Steel - Judas Priest - 6/10
The Cars - The Cars - Haven't heard
Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses - 6/10
The Colour and The Shape - Foo Fighters - 9/10
Dookie - Green Day - 6/10
Doolittle - Pixies - 8/10
Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue - 2/10
Imagine - John Lennon - 7/10
Legend - Bob Marley and The Wailers - 2/10
London Calling - The Clash - 6/10
Moving Pictures - Rush - 7/10
Nothing Shocking - Jane's Addiction - 7/10
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth - 4/10
Rust in Peace - Megadeth - 4/10
Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest - 8/10
Ten - Pearl Jam - 9/10
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble - Haven't heard
The Great Southern Treadkill - Pantera - 5/10

[Hurbster]

Moving Pictures, you can always try the bass lines if the guitar parts are too easy.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

I don't play Rock Band but The Colour And The Shape and American Idiot are really good.

[Jam]

Great Southern Trendkill

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I love Green Day, but if you want a challenge, you can eliminate them right off the bat.

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
American Idiot - Green Day
Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses
The Colour and The Shape - Foo Fighters
London Calling - The Clash
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth
Rust in Peace - Megadeth

Warning, though: Rust In Peace has "Holy Wars.... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18," and having heard the songs I would assume they'd be very tricky to pull off.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Why the f*** would Imagine be on a rock band list? Most of that album is far from rock. Does the title track even have guitar on it?

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Sept 18, 2014 16:29:51 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Why the f*** would Imagine be on a rock band list? Most of that album is far from rock. Does the title track even have guitar on it?

Title track doesn't. They mainly added that song since RB3 added keyboard

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Also for those who suggested London Calling...I'm up to Lost in a Supermarket and only two songs don't sound fun (Jummy Jazz and The Right Profile)

[AFN: Judge Shred]

Sept 17, 2014 23:21:45 GMT -5 @beau99 said:

If you want challenging then avoid Legend by Bob Marley. It's a damn great album but it's reggae and roots rock which is easy as hell to play.

The vocals can be hell though, good grief.


The most fun vocals of the bunch is the Clash followed by Green Day. If you want Green Day, just buy Green Day Rock band for like 8 bucks and get 50ish songs. Pretty fun game and there are some awesome playlists pre-made.

["I'm Batman..."]

London Calling is solid all the way through.