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Natalie Omahony

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Aug 5, 2024, 9:02:24 AM8/5/24

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Tokeep matters streamlined the bands included in this list are all bands, not individual artists or solo rock acts (i.e. Elton John, Neil Diamond, etc.). With that in mind the main criteria for this list is focused on rock groups whose musical work has remained timeless over the years and is predominantly still relevant within the modern music industry.

While the band is currently on their final farewell tour, the love and respect for their music has not gone away. The band is currently seeing a massive surge from younger generations specifically on social media platforms like TikTok.

Members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are still participants within the modern rock scene, with Grohl actively performing and writing with Foo Fighters. Most recently both Grohl and Novoselic accepted the lifetime achievement award at the 2023 Grammys honoring Nirvana.

Pink Floyd are among the most profound and important bands in music history, let alone rock music. Finding their footing early on in 1965 with founder Syd Barrett, the band would hit its full stride after the exit of Barrett in 1968 and with the addition of core members Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason. With albums Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, Pink Floyd have grown to become one of the highest selling and most praised musical acts in history.

Led Zeppelin is so often referred to as the rock band. Forming in 1968, members John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones had a oneness together that no other four piece rock outfit has come even close to matching.

The best rock bands of all time have managed to remain relevant throughout their active years and beyond. This could be in the form of new generations sharing the same monumental praise and sense of awe of a particular band, or it could be seen in a modern act channeling one of these legendary bands through their own music. Whichever way, the rock bands listed above have undoubtedly created timeless art and are therefore considered to be the best in the genre.

Just before Courtney Love became an endlessly controversial personality, she made one of the greatest rock albums ever. Live Through This was designed to be pretty on the outside, with an attractive alt-pop sound that would get its frank, feminist lyrics on the air. She gives a vocal performance to match, with venom behind the sweetness.

Bad Brains found a world of possibilities in the hardcore movement; as African-American Rastafarians they also saw that it could embrace positivity and spirituality. For all that, they could be fast and furious with the best of them, and were one of the first hardcore bands to dabble both in heavy metal and in almost-pop chorus hooks.

Elton John truly became a larger-than-life rock star on an album about larger-than-life movie stars. The fantasy Hollywood theme proves the perfect occasion for him and Bernie Taupin to let their imaginations flow. It was his most musically adventurous album to date, while the lyrics range from poetic to downright raunchy.

Right, any list of Top 100 albums without some of the Moody Blues albums in it has no credibility. Also, Pet sounds is overrated, definitely not Top Ten material but Sgt. Pepper and Rubber soul both are Top Ten stuff.

i dont know how or who pcked this list but they sure as hell must have been young there are far too many on this list that wouldnt nake the top 1000 rock album list someone sure as hell dont know ROCK

No one is going to be entirely happy with any !00 greatest (Enter subject here). Abbey Road is the 2nd best Rock album of all time ? Come on. No room at all for the far, far better Rubber Soul. Still, if you marry together statistics from other polls, you will multiply or divide numbers without knowing it. Dead? Airplane ? I am clearly out of synch with your chart, so will move on.

Why o why is it always same okd dirdge beatles stones who cream hendrix. Etc just because they were made to make more appealing to the mass media does not mean that makes them great or influential. They got their ideas from blues singers bands jazzers folkies avent garde and just plain old eccentrics that were to unpalatable. To me id rather leave the great titles out and simply class them as popularist. Coz thats what they are the stonees beatles floyd etc

No YES?, No Emerson Lake &Palmer? No Credence Clearwater Revival? No Tangerine Dream? No Jetrho Tull? No Gentle Giant? No Marillion? No Janis Joplin? No AC/DC? Just one record from Pink Floyd or Genesis? Its alrigth that never trust on this kind of lists, but this one its just ridiculous!

No Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, Cactus, Creedence Clearwater Revival or John Fogerty, Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Savoy Brown, Mountain, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Santana, and the list goes on and on.

Beach Boys middle of the road easy listning Rock band ???? No question of Beatles credability But could you please swop Revolver with Exile you nearly got the top bit right

This is a first glance comment I,m sure there is other listings up for debate but apreciate that peoples opinions differ

I learned a long time ago that by definition these lists are there to wind you up.

Like people said no Sgt Pepper/ Smashing Pumpkin/ Eel and so on.

Some lists put Robbie Williams and Take That above Good artists. Works though still winds me up.

Dark side of the moon @ 12

Springsteen @ 9 ?

The bottom 40 are for the most part terrible and do not belong. J Geils live, Bob Seger had an incredible double live album, the Doors- L.A woman, not a huge Beatle fan but yea Sgt Pepper belongs on this list, Too Much Too Soon by the New York Dolls, even some Alan Parsons beats most of the bottom picks here. I can live with your top 50 or 60 in diff order but all in all a failing grade for a sad list.

bad list folks. Peter Frampton live , the number one live album. No quicksilver, airplane, bob dylan, man now i know why i stopped rocking and rolling, because of people who know nothing of it. Just my two cents and over 507 concerts, 4807 cds and over 10000 lps in my collection

right on ernie if with ya

And why the HELL is Led Zeppelin 1 not on this list? THE best debut LP in rock history, and still today on of the most popular rock LPs (as is LZII). Whoever put this list together has no concept of what quality rock and roll is.

try doing this again but with someone that knows the difference between rock, pop, easy listening and punk. Carol King, The Smiths and many others that ive never even heard of shouldnt be on the list. im 59 years old and i lived through the many phases of rock.

Wings instead of Tom Petty? I thought this was rock and roll. Tom Petty has proven himself,The Beatles are on here enough so as not to hurt PMs feelings,so correct this.Also one of the best rock concerts I ever saw was ELP.

I desagree with this selections of the Best or Greatest 100 albums of Cassical Rock.I consider that there are to many more important classic Albums; not put on list; As : Sgt.Peppers,of The Beatles; 2nd.Album of Led Zeppelin; Grand Funk, Rare Earth,Yes-Fragile,ELP,Pink Floyd,Dark Side of the World, and so much more,that i dont remember rigth now,.-

i can not believe that bands as scorpions or led zep are not in your 100 chart. this is seriuos? many of the groups you state have lots of influence from them and never will do scorpions or led zep carreer nor quality in musicians, arranges, sound, and lyrics, never mind scorpions or led zeb concerts, that were faboulus!! obvius your chart is not serious, if you put from u2 auchtung baby and you forget war or the unforgettable fire!! you need to listen lots of music first to make a chart as this poor one, sorry!

Colosseum Live,Vanilla Fudge Rennaissance,Cactus,Live Dead,Traffic John Burleycorn,Family A song for me,Bloodwyn Pig Gettin to this,King Crimson In the court of the Crimson King, Jethro tull Stand up,Bob dylan and Band Before the flood,Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic pillow ,Chicago transit authority, Hooker and heat, Fleetwood mac Then play on,Manfred Mann Chapter three.

As all lists concerning Rock and Roll, there are so many different views on which albums should be in a top 100 list. We all carry baggage as to when and where we first heard a particular group or song, and it is very hard to criticize someones picks for their list.

I do not happen to agree with this list, for the most part. My influences are varied and during my informative years, I was traveling the world listening to everything out there. My list would include quite a few changes from udiscovermusic picks. All in all, we all have different opinions and I commend them for their nice try.

I am sorry but you have completely lost all credibility with me; you claim all sorts of research, claim to be exclusive to rock (whose definition of rock?), and you want us to stand up and applaud you?

Perhaps you could try again and research all eras, not just your favorites? Perhaps you could acknowledge that, for some, grunge is not rock but grunge? Perhaps you could acknowledge that not everyone wants to listen to music created by drug addled musicians as much as by those who know how to create with all their faculties intact?

I totally agree with Peter re Led Zepplin.They were and still are one of the most influentual groups and are still outselling a lot of these artists in your top100.This list is a load of shit and a complete waste of time.

Greatest? What does that even mean? Most iconic? Best? Popular? Influential? I am convinced that there was no consistent criteria used. There is no way that any knowledgeable music historians would put them in this order. I agree that every album on this list is important in the ream of Rock, but you will have to work harder to order them properly. Not including Sgt. Peppers and Court of the Crimson King is just horrible oversight.