The greatest Heavy Rock LP ever?

[Prunesquallor]

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1386981054' post='2307273']
I'm for [i]Hall Of The Mountain Grill[/i]. But I never thought Hawkwind were heavy rock, really. Still don't.
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Space Ritual was very heavy, and their highpoint for me. Their other albums... probably not.

[ezbass]

[quote name='Prunesquallor' timestamp='1387011179' post='2307345']


Space Ritual was very heavy, and their highpoint for me. Their other albums... probably not.
[/quote]"In case of sonic attack......." Literature meets rock and frightens the bejabbers out of the audience; Space Ritual - good album.

[Happy Jack]

So ... 128 posts and Aerosmith don't get a single mention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE

Edited December 14, 2013 by Happy Jack

[leftyhook]

oh and Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest. CLASSIC ROCK!!!

[Lord Sausage]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387018102' post='2307412']
So ... 128 posts and Aerosmith don't get a single mention.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE[/media]
[/quote]Word!

[4000]

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1386954497' post='2306815']
On the Van Halen tip - got to be 'Women And Children First' for me, their best IMHO.

'Fair Warning' a close second. First two albums are stone-cold classics as well, but I think 'W&CF' just clinches it for me.
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+1.

[4000]

[quote name='Prunesquallor' timestamp='1386928481' post='2306439']


Fixed? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath only had the title track, dude. And I should know because my taste is impeccable.

Definitely Overkill and Heaven & Hell, though.
[/quote]

SBS is easily my favourite Ozzy-era Sabs album. In fact I'm a little surprised to see so many suggestions of Volume 4, which I always found a bit 'meh' (despite having a copy signed by Ozzy!).

If I had to vote for one 'heavy rock' album it would probably be SBS. Or British Steel. Or possibly live and Dangerous. Oh I don't know!

Space Ritual and Warrior are personal favourites but I wouldn't really class either as heavy rock.

[shizznit]

I have always been a big fan of Alice In Chains 'Dirt'. Superbly produced, the vocal arrangements are incredible and every song is a peach. I have enjoyed that album since the day it was realeased.

[EliasMooseblaster]

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1386961000' post='2306947']
Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You.
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Oh, well if we're going down that route then surely [b]Sir Lord Baltimore's [i]Kingdom Come[/i] [/b]deserves at least an honourable mention?

[EliasMooseblaster]

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1386981054' post='2307273']
I'm for [i]Hall Of The Mountain Grill[/i]. But I never thought Hawkwind were heavy rock, really. Still don't.
[/quote]

A fair point - outside of this thread I would have called them progressive rock, or, to split hairs, space-rock.

[Happy Jack]

Yes, the genre thing gets a bit blurred, especially in the early days.

When I listened to [i]Sad Wings Of Destiny [/i]and [i]Sin After Sin[/i], I wasn't thinking "[color=#b22222]wow, these guys are really paving the way for the NWOBHM[/color]", I was hearing a fusion of heavy rock and prog (yes, prog - listen to [i]Sinner [/i]again).

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1386864147' post='2305628']
Excellent - I also liked their (brave for a metal/rock band) Joan Baez cover, Diamonds and Rust on the accompanying vinyl EP to Unleashed in the East
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Priest were the first proper band I went to see. It was 1980, I was 13, it was Newcastle City Hall on the British Steel tour. A very young Iron Maiden were supporting and for a spotty youth with dreams of Harley-Davidson freedom it was the best night ever. EVER. Still ranks as one of my all time best gigs.

I'm very fond of this version Priest do justice to. There's not many can hold a candle to Halford IMHO

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIC7KQPDuDc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIC7KQPDuDc[/url]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1386864147' post='2305628']
I also happened to see them at the Apollo on the UK leg of that door and got front row seats. I touched Rob's boot. Please psycho-analyse that
[/quote]

You should follow a career in soft furnishings.

[the_skezz]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1387018102' post='2307412']
So ... 128 posts and Aerosmith don't get a single mention.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE[/media]
[/quote]

To be fair, as good as Aerosmith are at writing hit songs, I think most of their albums have a couple of weak tracks that, while not bad unto themselves, detract from the quality of the record as a whole. Toys in the Attic is by far my favourite album by them, but even then there's still two or three tracks that I can never seem to get into when listening to it.

Just my ten cents, I'm sure there's many who'll disagree

[Thunderbird]

I think for me it has to be

Megadeth peace sells

Guns n Roses Appetite for destruction

Metallica The Black album

Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous

Rage against the machine self titled
But there are just so many they were just the first few off the top of my head and I grew up with most of them so think they are awesome

[Freddy Le Cragg]

Foreigner - 4 purely for Jukebox Hero, although I don't reckon there is a bad song on there.

[Lord Sausage]

Due to this thread I'm totally whizzing off Aerosmith. How cool and filthy is this!?

[media]http://youtu.be/dacZjjkUFx8[/media]

Edited December 14, 2013 by Lord Sausage

[Merton]

Bit late to the party here, but I'm going with
High'n'Dry, from Def Lep before they went pop. My favourite of their records.

[steve-soar]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G26-bU7ADo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G26-bU7ADo[/url]

[tauzero]

Queen by Queen. Like Led Zeppelin but with more talented musicians.

[alembic63]

Rush - Exit stage left

[dmccombe7]

Destroyer - Kiss
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Rainbow Rising - Rainbow
2112 - Rush

Dave

[bengreen49]

Led Zeppelin: Mothership. Not a bad track on it.

[Jazzneck]

Truth - Jeff Beck

Edited December 26, 2013 by Jazzneck