Rate your favorite bands albums.

[ToyfareMark]

The concept here is take your favorite band, and rate all their albums from worst to first. Just go from the album you like least up to the one you like best, and if you wanna list of a couple of highlights for each album, thats all good.

Obviously if you like a band that has put out quite a collection of albums this will be tougher for you. But I just thought this would be something fun to do on here. A quick note, only studio albums count. Not greatest hits, live albums, or collections of previously un-released stuff (Incesticide from Nirvana for example). So here I go.

My favorite band is R.E.M. and this is how I rank their albums

13. Out of Time - 1991
Highlight
"Losing My Religion"

12. Around the Sun - 2004
Highlights
"Around the Sun"
"Leaving New York"

11. Fables of the Reconstruction - 1985
Highlights
"Maps and Legends"
"Driver 8"
"Kohoutek"

10. Monster - 1994
Hightlights
"Strange Currencies"
"Bang and Blame"
"Crush With Eyeliner"

9. Green - 1988
Hightlights
"Pop Song 89"
"Orange Crush"
"Stand"

8. New Adventures in Hi-Fi - 1996
Highlights
"Electrolite"
"E-Bow the Letter"
"Bittersweet Me"

7. Up - 1998
Highlights
"Daysleeper"
"At My Most Beautiful"
"Diminished"

6. Reckoning - 1984
Highlights
"(Don't Go Back) to Rockville"
"Pretty Persuasion"
"Harborcoat"
"Little America"
"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"

5. Document - 1987
Highlights
"Welcome to the Occupation"
"Finest Worksong"
"The One I Love"
"Fireplace"
"Exhuming McCarthy"

4. Reveal - 2001
"Imitation of Life"
"I've Been High"
"She Just Wants to Be"
"I'll Take the Rain"
"Summer Turns to High"
"Beat a Drum"

3. Automatic for the People - 1992
Highlights
"Try Not to Breathe"
"Nightswimming"
"Find the River"
"Monty Got a Raw Deal"
"Sweetness Follows"
"Ignoreland"
"Everybody Hurts"
"Star Me Kitten"

2. Murmur - 1983
Highlights
"West of the Fields"
"Talk About the Passion"
"Pilgrimage"
"We Walk"
"Moral Kiosk"
"Catapult"
"Perfect Circle"
"Radio Free Europe"
"Shaking Through"

1. Life's Rich Pageant - 1986
Highlights
"I Believe"
"Begin the Begin"
"Fall on Me"
"What If We Give It Away"
"Cuyahoga"
"Swan Song H"
"These Days"
"Superman"
"Just a Touch"
"Hyena"

Well thats my contribution. Hope to see some good lists on here.

[THE Dinobot]

Ryan Adams (not counting Suicide Handbook, 48 Hours and other bootleg albums, obviously):


9. 29
Highlight: Sadly an album that doesn't really do nothing for me. His record label is weird sometimes, believing this would have been on the same par as Heartbreaker. The songwriting is there, just doesn't come off as such

8. Jacksonville City Nights
Highlight: A solid collection of multiple styles of mostly alt-country, with "September" (especially the acoustic b-side) being on the sad part of things. I really dig the song "Trains", it's neat.

7. Rock N Roll
Highlight: "Burning Photographs" and "The Drugs Not Working". Many fans argue which is the weaker of records, this or 29, it's hard to figure out...but since he may not make many official releases like Rock N Roll, I appreciate him sticking it to his label after they said the album Love is Hell was too sad/depressing and not commercial enough...so he went in the studio with some friends (Malin, Green Day's Billy Dee, Melissa Auf der Maur and others) and just made what they may have believed to be a 'commercial' record. Eh, "So Alive" they tried to make a hit.

6. Love is Hell (may jump up, only now getting into it after disregarding it and placing it aside when first released.)
Highlight: The album his label felt wasn't 'commercial enough' and 'too depressing', but since they're morons, it's actually one of his finest collections...now and maybe always.

5. Gold
Highlight: The picture in the inside with the gun. Or pretty much the entire album (along with the rare Side-4 bonus disc), save for the song "Wild Flowers", skip it and love the rest.

4. Demolition
Highlight: A compilation basically of unreleased songs, b-sides with the occasional new song mixed in. "Dear Chicago" is phenomenal. With supporting love going to the Replacements-like "Starting to Hurt", and the upbeat and fun "Chin Up, Cheer Up".

3. Cold Roses
Highlights: A GREAT 'summer' record, so many wonderful songs (18) to choose from. My top three would include: "Magnolia Mountain", "Sweet Illusions" and "Easy Plateau".

2. Easy Tiger
Highlights: Released just a few weeks ago, it's been in constant rotation around these ears. It's perfect and this dweeb will be giving it so many stars that it could be number one...but it's not, yet. "Halloweenhead", while released before as a b-side gets a official release, and in a perfect world would be heard and adored by everyone. The new version of "Off Broadway" isn't as sing-along-able as the unreleased version, but it fits perfectly. "Pearls on a String", "Rip Off" and "I Taught Myself How to Grow" are gems that solidify Ryan's place in history.

and for the number one spot...and for any other Ryan fan, won't be much of a surprise:


1. Heartbreaker
Highlights: His first solo album, that was released at just the age of 25, after being in many bands since the age of 16 (most famously Whiskytown), and cited by Elton John as an inspiration, it kicked off with an argument over Morrissey and cookies, then kicks off to the rambunctious "To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)". "My Sweet Carolina", "Come Pick Me Up", "In My Time of Need" (which he wrote for Johnny Cash, but Cash never got around to record) are all shiny gems that don't even scratch the surface at such an remarkable record. 5 STARS~!

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

Pink Floyd:

14. Atom Heat Mother
13. Ummagumma
12. The Division Bell
11. Obscurred By Clouds
10. Music From The Film More
9. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
8. The Final Cut
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets
6. Meddle
5. Animals
4. The Wall
3. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
2. Wish You Were Here
1. Dark Side Of The Moon

[Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You]

hulk6785 said:

Pink Floyd:

14. Atom Heat Mother
13. Ummagumma
12. The Division Bell
11. Obscurred By Clouds
10. Music From The Film More
9. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
8. The Final Cut
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets
6. Meddle
5. Animals
4. The Wall
3. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
2. Wish You Were Here
1. Dark Side Of The Moon

*Hits with stick* Animals does NOT beat Atom Heart, Ummagumma, or Saucerful, let alone by so many spots.

[jzbadblood]

I don't like music anymore.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

dmargul said:

hulk6785 said:

Pink Floyd:

14. Atom Heat Mother
13. Ummagumma
12. The Division Bell
11. Obscurred By Clouds
10. Music From The Film More
9. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
8. The Final Cut
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets
6. Meddle
5. Animals
4. The Wall
3. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
2. Wish You Were Here
1. Dark Side Of The Moon

*Hits with stick* Animals does NOT beat Atom Heart, Ummagumma, or Saucerful, let alone by so many spots.

Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry.

[samachine]

Nine Lives
Just Push Play
Honkin On Bobo
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Get A Grip
Rock In A Hard Place
Pump
Night In The Ruts
Draw The Line
Get Your Wings
Aerosmith
Rocks
Toys In The Attic


I'd do a ATD-I one, but I'll let someone else handle that one

[Edison taps to the ARMBAR!]

There a few bands at the top of my list, so I will do Thursday.

4. A City by the Light, Divided
This album is their most recent, and I would say the one I like the least. It has some clever metaphors on it, but not like the rest. The vocals also sound low, and sometimes hard to hear. The keyboards are great on it tho.

3. Waiting
This was Thursday's first release, way back in the late 90's. 98, 99 or so. It has a lower quality sound to it, and the line up was different. The best point? The sound of youth on it never sounded more real. The guys were in their teens, and they were singing heartfelt, and touching songs. The start of Geoff Rickley's lyrical genius began here. No keyboards tho.

2. War All the Time- Third album. The band says that it is the one they like the least, but I love it. The songs compare love to war and politics, but to the uninformed, only politics is heard. But the things they were saying on this album could have applied to the Iraq War, which had just begun around its release. One of my favorite songs, "For the Workforce (Drowning)" came from this disc. It pretty much described how I felt about some aspects of American society.

1. Full Collapse- The greatest album ever released. This album is full of great songs from beginning to end. It was their second release, and really brought them into their own. Great guitar, great lyrics. Stand out songs are "Understanding (In a Car Crash)". I want this song played at my funeral. Seriously.

[gsguy]

Beach Boys:

10. L.A (Light Album)
9. Friends
8. 20/20
7. Surfer Girl
6. Love You
5. Wild Honey
4. Sunflower
3. Summer Days (and Summer Nights too!)
2. Today!
1. Pet Sounds

[DiBiase is Good]

The Beatles: (I'm not including Magical Mystery Tour or Yellow Submarine)

11. With the Beatles
I'm just not keen on the Beatles covering other peoples songs. There are always exceptions to this rule (Twist and Shout), but this album always smacks of "lets rush this album out as quick as possible to make a fortune". And it certainly did.

10. Help!
I'm not keen on the film, so maybe I immediately disregard the album too quickly.

9. Please Please Me
If there is any period of the Beatles history that I like the least, it's the very beginning. But then again, this album contains Lennon's voice on the verge of breakdown croaking his way through "Twist and Shout", so it's ok.

8. A Hard Days Night
Some great songs hidden away on this album ("Things we Said Today" "And I Love Her") and some real flashes of improvement in Songwriting.

7. Let it Be
Certainly not quite the trainwreck I hear some people accuse it of being. Yes, the Spector "Wall of Sound" is not quite the classic Beatles we'd got used to but it's not that bad.

6. Beatles for Sale
The best Bob Dylan album he never recorded. The first 5 songs are all great (even the Chuck Berry cover). It tails off a bit towards the end, but a real sign of the change that was happening.

5. The Beatles (The White Album)
Somewhere on this album is a great album trying to get out. There is some brilliance (While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Dear Prudence), some great sinaglong songs (Birthday, Back in the USSR, ObLaDi ObLaDa) and some real pretentious crap (Revolution 9).

4. Revolver
In the UK this always seems to be the #1 choice of best Beatles Album. I wouldn't go that far, but it's still a fantastic album from my favourite Beatles period. George Harrison manages to finally get some album space with 3 tracks (including the brilliant "Taxman"). And as for the rest, I'll just say 3 words... Tomorrow never knows.

3. Abbey Road
Starts with a bang in "Come Together" and finishes with the bizarre medley that works so well. "Golden Slumbers" into "Carry That Weight" is pop perfection. Also contains two of George Harrison's classics ("Something "was our first dance at my wedding).

2. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The best selling album ever in the UK. A strange mixture of styles which works so well when heard in one sitting. Lennon and McCartney combine perfectly on "A Day in the Life", McCartney writes his best lyircs (up until then anyway) in "She's Leaving Home". It has Harrison's Indian Influence, Ringo singing a song, a classic singalong in "When I'm 64" and a bit of weird and wonderful in the shape of Mr.Kite.

1. Rubber Soul
My favourite time period in the Beatles history. The boyband days were behind them, they had started writing more lyrically driven songs and weren't afraid of experimenting. Every song on this album is (at the very least) good. There is the genius of "NoWhere Man", the first (to my recollection) use of a sitar on a Beatles track in "Norweigan Wood", the Beatles singing "tit" in the background of "Girl" and the most perfect Beatles song ever appears on this album, "In My Life".

[Joe Neglia]

I have two favorite bands/performers, so excuse my indulgence:

1. Ozzy Osbourne

(This list excludes the numerous live albums, greatest hits collectiions and Black Rain, his new album which I have not heard yet)

Down to Earth
Highlights: Not so many. Possibly Ozzy's weakest solo album.

Under Cover
Highlights: Eh. Ozzy's done numerous other covers and he usually makes them worth listening to. These just sound like they're done just to do them.

Ozzmosis
Highlights: Not many, this is generic Ozzy without ever being good or bad

Diary of a Madman
Highlights: The title track.

Blizzard of Ozz
-The one that started it all for Ozzy as a solo artist. Includes possibly his greatest song ever, Crazy Train.

Bark at the Moon
Highlights: As great as it is, the title track is a bit silly lyrics-wise, but Centre of Eternity and Waiting for Darkness are a fine midcard.

No More Tears
Highlight: The title track; also, Mama I'm Coming Home, Ozzy's most accessible ballad.

Ultimate Sin
Highlights: Where to start? Title track, Lightning Strikes, Killer of Giants are all underrated songs, and it contains Ozzy's biggest hit ever, Shot in the Dark

No Rest for the Wicked
Highlights: A terribly underrated album, every song on here's a winner, especially the usually-unmarked track Hero.

---------------

2. Smashing Pumpkins
(Minus Zeitgeist, which I've not heard all of yet)

Adore
Highlights: Ava Adore. Too many of the other songs sound like the exact same thing.

Pisces Iscariot
Highlights: A taste of what the Pumpkins were capable of without ever going all the way, about the most notable piece here is the Landslide cover.

Gish
Highlights: Rhinoceros and Daydream.

MACHINA/Machine of the Gods
Highlights: Stand Inside Your Love and Wound. The rest of the album is “meh” but these two songs make it just that damned good.

Siamese Dream
Highlights: Disarm tops this list, followed by the massive hits Cherub Rock and Today. Mayonnaise is a criminally underrated song.

Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
Highlights: The whole damned thing. The hits obviously, especially Tonight, Tonight, but lesser known tracks like Muzzle and Bodies can stand on their own as well.

[jfbop37]

I'll take Billy Joel for this one:

12. Streetlife Serenade
Not one of my particular favorites, with "The Entertainer" and "Streetlife Serenader" being standout tracks from a lackluster album.

11. Cold Spring Harbor
Debut Album, originally mastered a semitone higher than normal, that while having some great songs like "Everybody Loves You Now" and "She's Got A Way", better versions were performed and recorded for the "Songs In The Attic" album nearly 10 years later.

10. Turnstiles
The beginning of better days for Billy, he starts taking more control of his musical output in the studio by picking the musicians used for the recording personally. Stand out tracks include "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "Summer, Highland Falls", "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)", "Say Goodbye To Hollywood", and of course "New York State Of Mind."

9. An Innocent Man
During his highest level of popularity, Joel decided to make an album in tribute to the music of the 50's and 60's. Several hits came from this album including "The Longest Time", "Uptown Girl", "Tell Her About It", "Keeping The Faith", and the title track. Personally, I would recommend "Easy Money", the track written for the Rodney Dangerfield film of the same name, and "This Night" of which the chorus borrows the melody from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata.

8. Storm Front
The First album Joel did without producer Phil Ramone since "The Stranger." He was looking for a new sound, and was for the most part successful with "I Go To Extremes", "We Didn't Start The Fire", and "The Downeaster Alexa." Personal recommendations include the ballad "And So It Goes", and "Shameless", which became a big hit for Garth Brooks.

7. The Bridge
Certainly one of the lesser titles in Joel's catalog as far as hits and sales go but one I like a little better for "Baby Grand", a duet he recorded with Ray Charles, "Big Man On Mulberry Street" which takes its roots firmly from the jazz standard "Killer Joe", "Running On Ice" which I had to play hundreds of times as the opening song to the Princess Cruises show Rhythms Of The City, and "This Is The Time."

6. Piano Man
The album that really got the ball rolling for Joel, highlights include the title track, "The Ballad Of Billy The Kid", "Captain Jack", and "You're My Home."

5. Glass Houses
The album is almost a response to the New Wave movement from the late 70's/early 80's with a much heavier reliance on synthesizers on most of the tracks and even a nod to the rock of the 50's before "An Innocent Man" came out with the hit single "It's Still Rock n' Roll To Me." Highlights include "Sleeping With The Television On", "Don't Ask Me Why", "All For Leyna", and "Sometimes A Fantasy."

4. The Stranger
The album that made Joel a superstar and his initial recording with producer Phil Ramone. Hits include "She's Always A Woman", "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)", "Only The Good Die Young", and "Just The Way You Are." Recommendations are "Vienna" and the Golden Slumbers-esque "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant."

3. River Of Dreams
The last album of pop music that Joel has written to date with songs like "All About Soul", the title track, and "Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)" being the main hits. Recommendations alongside the hits include "Shades Of Grey"

2. 52nd Street
The follow-up to "The Stranger" had high expectations and delivered, with hits "My Life" "Big Shot" and "Honesty." Personally, I love every other song on this album "Zanzibar" (with a very tasty Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo), "Rosalinda's Eyes", "Stiletto", "Half A Mile Away", "Until The Night", and the title track.

1. The Nylon Curtain
Joel's tribute to the Beatles and more prominently John Lennon. The album covers the early years of the Fab Four with "A Room Of Our Own" and the more psychedelic later years with "Scandinavian Skies" and "Surprises." He also covers the early Lennon solo years with "Laura." Honestly, there isn't one bad track on this album.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

samachine said:

Nine Lives
Just Push Play
Honkin On Bobo
Done With Mirrors
Permanent Vacation
Get A Grip
Rock In A Hard Place
Pump
Night In The Ruts
Draw The Line
Get Your Wings
Aerosmith
Rocks
Toys In The Attic


I'd do a ATD-I one, but I'll let someone else handle that one

13. Done with Mirrors
12. Rock in a Hard Place
11. Night in the Ruts
10. Just Push Play
9. Permanent Vacation
8. Draw the Line
7. Nine Lives
6. Get a Grip
5. Toys in the Attic
4. Honkin' on Bobo
3. Aerosmith
2. Pump
1. Rocks

[Loki]

Deep Purple (studio recordings):

18th. Deep Purple (1969): The last album from the MkI. Pseudo-progressive rock with some classical influence. On par with the previous two efforts, but without a stand-out track.

17th. The Book of Taliesyn (1968): still without a real direction... Wring that Neck was good, and the cover of Kentucky Woman was a success.

16th. A.band.on (1999): back to the hard-rock sound, without a 100% hard rock guitar player, and with Gillan's weak voice. Uninspiring and generic.

15th. Bananas (2003): Jon Lord's gone, and the inspiration is gone for a while. A slightly better average level compared to Abandon, but still not Purple-worthy

14th. Rapture of the Deep (2005): a couple of good tracks in an otherwise "standard" work for a band on the verge of their 40th anniversary.

13th. Shades of Deep Purple (1968): the debut album, featuring a nice cover of Hush (and a not so nice of Hey Joe and Help). Hints of the good things to come in Mandrake Root.

12th. The House of Blue Light (1987): disappointing follow up to Perfect Strangers. 80s sound at it's "best". Some songs sound like outtakes from a previous session... not bad stuff, but nothing to write home about

11th. Who do we think we are (1973): the last MkII album before the breakup, clearly reflecting the internal problems of the band. Woman from Tokyo is the swan's song of the Gillan-era. A nice keyboard solo on Rat Bat Blue is the sole highlight of a pretty dull album.

10th. The Battle Rages On (1993): the final album with Blackmore. The tension between him and Gillan affected the music. Nothing really awesome besides Anya and maybe the title track.

9th. Slaves and Masters (1990): with Joe Lynn Turner as new singer, Deep Purple became Deep Rainbow. Not a bad album per se, but too much AOR-ish for the die-hard fans. And in 1990 it sounded a bit dated already.

8th. Perfect Strangers (1984): the long awaited reunion didn't disappoint. Energetic sound and at least two new bonafide classics (the title track and Knocking at you back door). Maybe a bit too 80ish but it was the product of its times.

7th. Fireball (1971): a more adventurous record if compared to In Rock, but more like a hit-or-miss with its tracks. Fools is the hidden gem, while the title track and Strange Kind of Woman got the headlines.

6th. Purpendicular (1996): Morse takes over the axe from Blackmore (big shoes to fill) and makes a good job, rejuvenating the sound of the band, heading in a more "relaxed" direction. Too bad it didn't last

5th. Stormbringer (1974): the sophomore record with the new duo Coverdale-Hughes put the emphasis on a more bluesy-funky sound. Some tracks are simply awesome (Holy Man, the Gypsy, Love don't mean a thing), others are less convincing. Another 50/50 album, but the Hits make up for the less interesting parts.

4th. In Rock (1970). The record that put Deep Purple on the map of the hard rock scene. A wall of sound, terrific impact, albeit a bit too "noisy" at times. Speed King and Child in Time are mindblowing. Overall a solid album with high high peaks.

3rd. Come Taste the Band (1976): Tommy Bolin replaces Blackmore and the transition to blues-rock is complete. A nice little album, with virtually no filler tracks. Underappreciated when it came out, often snubbed by "if it's not 180bps it's not Deep Purple" fans, but a real treasure to those who listen it without prejudice. The "grandfather" of Coverdale's early work in Whitesnake.

2nd. Machine Head (1972). Highway Star and Smoke on the Water... what else to say? Deep Purple's claim to worldwide fame came with this solid album. More driven and focused than In Rock, more consistent than Fireball. The band (with Gillan) at its best.

1st. Burn (1974): Gillan and Glover out, Coverdale and Hughes in. The result is the definitive Deep Puple album. Quality hard rock (the title track), quality mid-tempo songs, awesome hard rock ballad (Mistreated) and the highest average level ever seen in a DP record. The "dueling" voices of Coverdale and Hughes added a lot of depth to the band if compared to the (great) monodimensional hard-rock approach with Gillan.

[Topher is Human]

Iron Maiden

14: Virtual XI - Second (and final) album of the Blaze Bayley era, it's alot more upbeat than The X Factor, but also alot less inspired with many outright boring tracks.

13: Killers - Second (and final) album of the Paul Di'Anno era, almost every song here seems thrown together, some classic on it still.

12: Fear of the Dark - Last album of legendary singer Bruce Dickinson's first run with the group, like Killers, alot of the songs seem thrown together, however is does have quite a few classics on it.

11: The X Factor - The first album of Bruce's replacement Blaze Bayley, alot darker than any thing else Maiden had done with alot of masterpieces, but also alot of plodding.

10: No Prayer for the Dying - Maiden went for more of a hard rock sound here (also used in Fear of the Dark) with alot of thrown together songs. Also the first album without legendary guitarist and second most contributing songwriter Adrian Smith

9: Brave New World - Bruce and Adrian come back album, alot like Maiden of old, but with alot longer songs, biggest problem is almost every song has an annoyingly repeatative chorus, which is fine in small doses but complete overkill here.

8: Iron Maiden - Their debut album and he first of two with Paul Di'Anno, an amazing mix of the old Punk scene and the old metal scene, pretty much helped invent the New Wave of British Heavy Metal... many songs here are still concert favourites to this day.

7: Piece of Mind - This is when Maiden pretty much completely abandonned their punk routes and went for a more epic sound. Also has the legendary Flight of Icarus and The Trooper.

6: Dance of Death - Second album since Bruce and Adrians comeback, it is alot like Brave New World, but less repetition.

5: The Number of the Beast - The legendary album that helped launch the band to stardom, and is also the first album with legendary vocalist Bruce Dickinson, has some minor punk routes in it, but it also contains Maiden's 3 most famous songs; Run to the Hills, The Number of the Beast and Hallowed Be Thy Name, the last one being arguably the greatest metal song of all time (atleast in my opinion)

4: Powerslave - Continuing on with Piece of Minds more epic sound comes Powerslave, also contains some of the bands more popular songs like Aces High, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Powerslave and the 13 minute Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Their only concept album and first album to utilise keyboards, listening to the songs indivually would make this album seem overated, but listening to the whole album in one go really lets you see that this is a masterpiece.

2. A Matter of Life and Death - Maidens most recent album, it goes back to the darkness explored in The X Factor, only this time it seems they got their act together and produced a masterpiece (check out the 9:25 long For the Greater Good of God)

1. Somewhere in Time - Maidens first album with synths also happens to be their fastest and heaviest album, pretty much speed metal meets power metal, I simply can't get enough of this treasure.

[radicalbuttercup]

Faith No More:

4. The Real Thing

3. Album Of The Year

2. King For A Day Fool For A Life Time

1. Angel Dust

(Did not include the Chuck-Era because he was BLEH)

[4real]

I'll go with Deftones

Back To School

Odds and sods (do we need Back To School on there twice?). Contains horrible live versions and boring acoustics.

Adrenaline

Their first studio album. Average nu metal fare really. Bored is great though.

B Sides & Rarities

Surprisingly solid collection of b sides and.....er rarities. Contains some solid covers of The Cure and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Deftones

Their fourth self titled album. Seemed great on first listen, but grates due to lack of tunes.

Saturday Night Wrist

A more complex album from last year. Probably their most challenging yet. Takes a heck of a lot of listens though.

Around The Fur

Deftones really hit their form here. Heavy as hell, with two great singles and great cameo from Max Cavalera on 'Headup'. Stunning.

White Pony

The bands finest moment and most creative album. Takes a hell of a lot of listens but worth it in the end. No nu metal album can beat it. An additive album.

[Mr. Mediocre]

I'll do Radiohead.

6: Pablo Honey (1993) - Their debut. It has its moments but most of the songs are skip worthy. C
Highlights: Creep, Anyone Can Play Guitar, You

5: Amnesiac (2001) - The unofficial sequel to Kid A, it sounds more like the songs that were deemed too bad to fit on that album. C+
Highlights: Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box, You And Whose Army, Dollars and Cents, Like Spinning Plates, Life In a Glass House

4: Hail to the Thief (2003) - Very good return to rock roots. Just falls short of the big three albums. B+
Highlights: 2+2=5, Backdrifts, Go To Sleep, Where I End and You Begin, The Gloaming, There There

3: Kid A (2000) - After a hiatus, they came back with the best they could offer and it showed. A-
Highlights: Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Idioteque, Morning Bell, Motion Picture Soundtrack

2: The Bends (1995) - Nearly a masterpiece. A+
Highlights: The entire album. Seriously.

1: OK Computer (1997) - Quite possibly the best album ever made. Not an exaggeration. A++
Highlights: Again, the entire album.

[Johnny]

Tool

6. Salivial
5. Laterulas
4. Opiate
3. 10,000 Days
2. Undertow
1. Aenima

[Dynamite Kid]

The first of many of these that I will post.

Weezer:
5. Maladroit (2002) - I feel nothing needs to be said.
4. Weezer (2001) - A decent pop album. 'Don't Let Go' and 'Island In The Sun' are amazing songs.
3. Make Believe (2005) - Better than its two predecessors. Had some great songs, and got Teh Weez back in teh charts.
2. Pinkerton (1996) - A dark masterpiece, and my go-to album after a breakup.
1. Weezer (1994) - Their greatest album. The deluxe version only shows how great the songs they left OFF it were.

Pink Floyd (mine will be somewhat controversial)
14. Atom Heart Mother - Predominantly unlistenable, amelodic, boring or lumbering. I can just about stand 'Summer '68.'
13. Music From The Film More - 'The Nile Song' is hilarious. Other than that...
12. Obscured By Clouds - Lots of pretty good mood pieces but nothing particularly of note.
11. A Saucerful Of Secrets - Great title track, and 'Jugband Blues' is sort of Syd's last hurrah really, but other than that...
10. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason - The best we could expect from a band that was decimated and led by someone lacking somewhat in inspiration. However, 'On The Turning Away' is beautiful and 'Sorrow' is legitimately a great Floyd tune.
9. The Final Cut - An album that just defines pain, throughout. Especially the 20th Anniversary version with 'When The Tigers Broke Free' on it. A strong concept, some beautiful strings, and all held together by the fascinating, brutal, hilarious and wonderful lyrics of Roger Waters.
8. The Division Bell - Mostly ambient mood pieces, but great all the same. The best we could expect from David Gilmour's Floyd; not a classic, but pretty damn good all the same.
6. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Syd's one masterpiece. Brilliant almost throughout, but I still find 'Interstellar Overdrive' unforgiveably boring.
5. Meddle - It has 'Echoes.' And as if that wasn't enough, it opens with one of their hardest and best rockers, 'One Of These Days.'
4. Animals - One of my favourite concepts in their catalogue. Dark, nasty, brutal, and yet also very stripped back and airy, the production has a sinister feel. Two short bookends and three sprawling meisterwerks, it's a heavy-breathing rollercoaster ride.
3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Their pop album. I can accept how brilliant it is throughout, but I only grudgingly place it at 3, because frankly I'm sick of it and its blatant pitch at the mainstream bores me somewhat.
2. The Wall - Their greatest concept. A double album to end all double albums, and contains so many of their finest songs - 'Mother,' 'Comfortably Numb,' 'Hey You.' And yet, even the weaker material works in the concept of this fascinating piece.
1. Wish You Were Here - Their tribute to Syd, a long, slow-burning, almost slow-motion album that remains my favourite to this day. Even aside from 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond,' which is virtually impossible to argue with, ‘Have A Cigar’ is darkly funny, ‘Wish You Were Here’ is heartbreaking and the layered synths and machine noise of ‘Welcome To The Machine’ is a fascinating whirlpool.