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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  

  I guess my love for rock music began about 1970, during my last years at school.   As older pupils were allowed to have a common room wher...