[sunseeker888]

Dire Straits...anything

Led Zeppelin II

THE DOORS

 

[tru blu]

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Originally Posted by Aman /img/forum/go_quote.gif What musical background do you come from? What music did/do you listen to primarily? Answers to these questions will help in providing more accurate answers.

That's the way I feel, too. But here's a few alternatives to what has been posted already:

Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street or Sticky Fingers or Some Girls

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico or VU

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush or Tonight's the Night or Rust Never Sleeps

The Pretenders - The Singles

Television - Marquee Moon

R.E.M. - Document

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Nirvana - Nevermind

 

[Ttvetjanu]

For some more energetic music:

System of a down - Toxicity
The white stripes - Icky thump

And if I could call Tool rock... Well, I still recommend Tool - Lateralus.

All pink floyd is good too, my favorites are; The wall, Dark side of the moon and animals.

 

[jilgiljongiljing]

Some really good recommendations here, for a start though, I will look at the list posted by DavidMahler, its very varied, and you can pick out sub genre's that you like the most from a random list of super albums like that.

 

[ricco87]

Yea good recommendations so far. My favourite rock album at the moment is the self titled Temple Of The Dog album.

Best thing to do though I think as rock is so broad is to look through these lists:

classic rock tag – Music at Last.fm
hard rock tag – Music at Last.fm
rock tag – Music at Last.fm

you can click on the artists and listen to them. The quality differs but most is good enough to show you what the artist sounds like.

Once you have found one or two artists you like then you can look at similar artists etc. Its a good site to find music

 

[DavidMahler]

I'm just chiming in again.......... while I agree that almost all the suggestions listed are excellent albums. If your familiarity with rock music is almost none, then start yourself with the big Five bands.... The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd and the Who.

And the big Five artists....... Dylan, Springsteen, Clapton, Hendrix and Bowie

Queen and Neil Young get honorary mentions here.

 

[Moocher]

The Allman Brothers with Duane Allman was, in my opinion, the best guitar band ever. Some say blues, some say rock. Who cares. Start with the Deluxe Edition of "Eat a Peach," which also contains a whole disk of live Fillmore cuts. Wonderful guitar work from Dickey Betts and Duane Allman.

Mooch

 

[YtseJamer]

Everything from Porcupine Tree and Opeth.

 

[flitflint]

Talking Heads

 

[chadbang]

My favorite rock album at the moment (and over many years) has to be the Rolling Stones' "It's only Rock and Roll" Everyone will always point to Exile on Mainstreet or Sticky Fingers but I always feel half bored listening to those albums, maybe because "Exile" so long and "Sticky" is very back and forth mellow/rock. I really think "It's only Rock and Roll" is the best Stones album from start to finish. Keeps up a great pace and sounds fantastic. My top Stones album for sure. Don't miss it.

 

[tru blu]

Mentioned but not emphasized—and definitely needs to be:

The Clash - London Calling

 

[caek]

Pink Floyd - Meddle

 

[HipHopScribe]

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted
Derek & the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Years Model
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
The Beatles - Revolver
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
The Clash - London Calling
The Doors - The Doors
The Who - Who's Next?
Chuck Berry - The Definitive Collection
Radiohead - OK Computer
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Patti Smith Group - Horses
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

 

[Happy Camper]

For guitar work, Stevie Ray Vaughn gives a good presentation as well. So does Alvin Lee, Leslie West & Frank Marino. Just throwing out guitar styles from the 70s, not "must haves" for building rock Classics.

Let me add Carlos Santana.

 

[Jaska]

Some random selections from my collection, in alphabetical order (according to the fuzzy logic of iTunes):

The Black Crowes - Lions

David Bowie - Low

The Doors - L.A. Woman; Morrison Hotel

Grateful Dead - Hundred Year Hall; Reckoning; Working Man's Dead

Jethro Tull - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti; Presence

Lou Reed - New York; Transformer

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld

Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

Rush - Caress of Steel --> Grace Under Pressure (all); Snakes & Arrows

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation