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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Top 50 Albums - Planet Rock

Planet Rock Top 50 Albums

 Planet Rock listeners have been casting their votes for the best rock album of all time. Below is the final list in descending order. Despite missing out on the number on spot AC/DC are th band with most albums in the top 50 with five seminal records making the cut. Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin both have four albums making the cut while Deep Purple and Pink Floyd both have three. The seventies still rule the chart with 33 albums making it into the top 50.

50    Marillion    Misplaced Childhood

49    Thunder    Back Street Symphony

48    Hawkwind    Space Ritual

47    Black Sabbath    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

46    Thin Lizzy    Jailbreak

45    The Rolling Stones    Exile On Main Steet

44    Pearl Jam     Ten

43    AC/DC    If You Want Blood

42    Queen    Queen II

41    AC/DC    Let There Be Rock

40    Eagles    Hotel California

39    Bruce Sprinsteen    Born To Run

38    Bon Jovi     Slippery When Wet

37    Iron Maiden    Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

36    The Who    Quadrophenia

35    David Bowie    Ziggy Stardust

34    Van Halen    Van Halen

33    The Who    Who's Next

32    Led Zeppelin    Led Zeppelin

31    Black Sabbath    Paranoid

30    Queensryche    Operation Mindcrime

29    Wichbone Ash     Argus

28    Rush    2112

27    Black Sabbath    Black Sabbath

26    AC/DC    Highway To Hell

25    AC/DC    Powerage

24    Black Sabbath    Heaven And Hell

23    Pink Floyd    Wish You Were Here

22    Pink Floyd    The Wall

21    Metallica    The Black Album

20    Metallica    aster Of Puppets

19    UFO    Strangers In The Night

18    Deep Purple    Machine Head

17    Rush Moving Pictures

16    Led Zeppelin    Led Zeppelin II

15    Iron Maiden    Number Of The Beast

14    Deep Purple    Made In Japan

13    Deep Purple    In Rock

12    Def Leppard    Hysteria

11    Nirvana    Nevermind

10    Fleetwood Mac    Rumours

09    Thin Lizzy    Live And Dangerous

08    Queen    Night At The Opera

07    Led Zeppelin    Physical Graffiti

06   Rainbow    Rising

05    Meatloaf    Bat Out Of Hell

04    Led Zeppelin    IV

03    Guns n Roses    Apetite For Destruction

02    AC/DC    Back In Black   

01    Pink Floyd    Dark Side Of The Moon  

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Rock News Snippets March 2023



                                                   News

Mick Fleetwood announces that Fleetwood Mac are done after the sad news of Christine Mcvie's death.

Thin Lizzy announced as Ireland's greatest band ahead of U2.

There is to be a Kiss movie biopic in 2024.

Hollywood Vampires to release live album of their concert in Rio

Hawkwind founder Mick Slattery has died aged 77.

Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets to perform at Pompeii.

Danny Bowes returns to his Planet Rock show following his serious brain injury six months ago.

According to Billboard Elton John's farewell tour is the highest earning tour of all time.

UFO's Phil Mogg is recovering well from a heart attack that caused cancellation of their farewell tour.

Metallica release their new album '72 Seasons'on April 14th.

Ian Hunter releases his new album 'Defiance Part 1' on April 21st, it includes contributions from Slash, Ringo Starr, Joe Elliot and Billy Gibbons to name but a few.

The Who announce open air concert with orchestra at Sandringham Royal Park 28th Aug 2023.

Michael Schenker Group are to headline Donnington 2023.

Guns n Roses announced as headliners for Galstonbury 2023.

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington dies aged 71.

Extreme return to the scene with a new single 'Rise'

   Albums

The Answer   Sundowners   First album in 7 years from the Irish Rockers.

Steel Panther   On The Prowl  The sixth album from the comedic rockers.

Robin McAuley    Alive   Much traveled vocalist with his third album.

 Reissues

Motley Crue   The Studio Albums 1981-1989.

Ten Years After   Reissues - Ten Years After and Undead

Rose Tattoo   Beats From A Single Drum

Motorhead    Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic

The Strokes  The Singles Vol 1

Genesis    The BBC Live Radio Broadcasts

Gary Numan    Reissues - Pure and Scarred- Live At Brixton

Trapeze    Don't Stop The Music.

Other Stuff

Books

Alice Cooper @ 75

Guitar:The Shape Of Sound (100 Iconic Designs)


Thursday, March 9, 2023

Albums 50 Years Old In 2023

 


Here are some albums that are 50 years old on 2023

Bob Segar    Back In '72

Aerosmith    Aerosmith

Deep Purple    Who Do We Think We Are

Elton John    Don't Shoot Me I Am Only The Piano Player

Alice Cooper    Billion Dollar Babies

Pink Floyd     Dark Side Of The Moon

ELO    ELO 2

The Doobie Brothers    The Captain And Me

Led Zeppelin    Houses Of The Holy

The Eagles    Desperado

David Bowie    Aladdin Sane

Steely Dan    Countdown To Ecstasy

Queen    Queen

Grand Funk Railroad    We're An American Band

Jethro Tull    A Passion Play

ZZ Top    Tres Hombres

The Allman Brothers Band    Brothers And Sisters Pronounced

Lynryd Skynyrd    Leh-Nerd Skin-nerd

Rolling Stones    Goats Head Soup

Frank Zappa    Over-nite Sensation

Greg Allman    Laid Back

Genesis    Selling England By The Pound

Lou Reed     Berlin

Elton John    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Neil Young    Time Fades Away

Montrose    Montrose

David Bowie    Pin Ups

The Who    Quadrophenia

John Lennon    Mind Games

Black Sabbath    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

The Kinks    Preservation Act 1

Alice Cooper    Muscle Of Love

ELP    Brain Salad Surgery

Paul McCartney & Wings    Band On The Run   



Monday, February 13, 2023

Tours 2023 Updated

 



Airbourne      July

The Answer     February

Kriss Barras Band    Jan/Feb 

Black Star Riders     February

Black Berry Smoke    March/April 

Joe Bonamassa    May 23

Brother Firetribe/One Desire    March 23 

Camel    June

Def Leppard/Motley Crue    May/June

Dream Theatre  February  

FM/Tyketto/Dare     May

Focus    May - November

Peter Gabriel         June

Gun    May/April

Guns 'n' Roses     Hyde Park June

Beth Hart    March

Hollywood Vampires     July

Iron Maiden    June/July 

King King    March

Kiss     June/July

Massive Wagons    April

Muse     May / June 

Mike and the Mechanics     April/May

Paramore    April

Quireboys    April/May 

Red Hot Chilli Peppers     July

Joe Satriani    May

Saxon     March

Bruce Springsteen   May 

Steel Panther     May

Stiff Little Fingers     March

Stone Broken    February

Geoff Tate     June

Von Hertzen Bros    February 

W.A.S.P.     March 

Roger Waters    May/June 

Yes   June 

The Zombies    April/May

Saturday, February 11, 2023

News Snippets Feb 23

  

 

                                                                                                        

                                                  News

Ritchie Sambora confirms plans to reunite with Bon Jovi.

Roger Waters has re-recorded dark side of the moon by himself.

David Crosby dies aged 81.

Tommy Iommi to start work on a new album.

Ozzy Osbourne sadly announces retirement from live shows, all forthcoming concerts are cancelled.

Iggy Pop claims he was approached (many years ago) by AC/DC to be their singer..

Genesis will release a 53 track five CD and 24 track triple LP anthology of past vintage performances for the BBC.

British rockers Inglorious have gone on hiatus after an eight year run.

Guns n Roses continued to be linked with playing the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.

Europe announce 40th anniversary UK tour.

Pink Floyd celebrate 50 years of 'Dark Side' with box set and official book.

Foo Fighters announce 2023 tour .

The Who announce July 2023 UK tour.

Black Sabbath 'The Ballet' is coming to three UK cities.


   Albums

Black Star Riders    Wrong Side Of Paradise   Their 5th album after 10 years in the saddle.

Those Damn Crows    Inhale/Exhale  Welsh rockers go for a bit of melodic rock

Ten    Something Wicked This Way Comes   Still producing the goods after 15 albums.

 Reissues

Greeen Day   Nimrod - 25th anniversary set.

UFO   No Heavy Petting - reissue of their 5th album

Steppenwolf    The Epic Years 1974-1976

Heavy Metal Kids    The Albums 1974-76

Gary Moore  A Different Beat


Other Stuff

Books

In The Court Of The Crimson King:King Crimson At 50    

Decades:Faith No More in Th 1990's.

Us And Them:The Authorised Story Of Hipgnosis



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