Top 5 By Your Top 5

[Chaotic]

Here’s a little exercise that I saw on another message board. I don’t know if it’s been done here before, I thought it would be fun. It puts a different spin on “top albums” or “favorite bands” lists. You just name your top five albums by your top five bands/artists. Here’s mine...

Led Zeppelin
- Physical Graffiti
- IV
- Houses of the Holy
- II
- III

Rush
- Moving Pictures
- Permanent Waves
- Hemispheres
- A Farewell to Kings
- 2112

AC/DC
- Back in Black
- Highway to Hell
- Let There Be Rock
- Powerage
- High Voltage

Van Halen
- Fair Warning
- Van Halen
- Women and Children First
- Van Halen II
- 1984

Metallica
- Master of
- Ride the Lightning
- ...And Justice For All
- Metallica
- Kill ‘Em All

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Van Halen
- Van Halen I
- Fair Warning
- Van Halen II
- Women And Children First
- 1984

Led Zeppelin
- Physical Graffiti
- II
- IV
- I
- III

Beatles
- Rubber Soul
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Revolver
- Abbey Road
- Let It Be

Aerosmith
- Toys In The Attic
- Rocks
- Draw The Line
- Get Your Wings
- Aerosmith

Rolling Stones
- Let It Bleed
- Some Girls
- Exile On Main Street
- Sticky Fingers
- Goats Head Soup

[VH1986]

Van Halen
-5150
-Balance
-VHI
-FW
-WACF

Metallica
-Ride the Lightening
-Metallica
-Master of Puppets
-And Justice for All
-Kill 'em All

KISS
-KISS
-Destroyer
-Love Gun
-Rock n Roll Over
-Monster

The Avett Brothers
-I and Love and You
-Emotionalism
-The Carpenter
-Live, Volume 3
-The Gleam

Jimmy Buffett
-A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
-Son of a Sailor
-Coconut Telegraph
-Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
-One Particular Harbor

[Al Van Bundy]

Van Halen
- Fair Warning
- Balance
- Van Halen
- Women & Children First
- For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

Rainbow
- Rising
- Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
- Long Live Rock N' Roll
- Stranger In Us All
- Down To Earth

Motorhead
- 1916
- Inferno
- Orgasmatron
- We Are Motorhead
- March or Die

Judas Priest
- Painkiller
- Firepower
- Screaming For Vengeance
- Ram It Down
- Angel of Retribution

Thin Lizzy
- Black Rose
- Thunder & Lightning
- Renegade
- Chinatown
- Jailbreak

[Brett]

I’m too lazy to do more than VH.

1. FW
2. I
3. ||
4. 1984
5. 5150

I go back-and-forth on number five between 5150 and WACF. This week it’s 5150.

OK I’m editing to add a few more.

Zeppelin
1. Physical Grafitti
2. II
3. I
4. Houses of the Holy
5. IV

Maiden
1. NOTB
2. Powerslave
3. Piece of Mind
4. Live After Death
5. Killers

Beatles
1. Revolver
2. Abbey Road
3. White Album
4. Rubber Soul
5. Sgt. Pepper’s

Priest
1. Point of Entry
2. British Steel
3. Screaming for Vengeance
4. Stained Class - released the same day as VH 1 FYI.
5. Killing Machine (Hell Bent for Leather in US)

AC/DC
1. Powerage
2. Highway To Hell
3. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
4. Back In Black
5. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)

[padraig5150]

Queen
1. A Night At The Opera
2. Innuendo
3. A Day At The Races
4. Queen
5. Queen II

Black Sabbath
1. Sabotage
2. Paranoid
3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
4. Master Of Reality
5. Heaven And Hell

Van Halen
1. Van Halen
2. Fair Warning
3. Balance
4. Women And Children First
5. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

AC/DC
1. Powerage
2. Back In Black
3. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
4. Highway To Hell
5. Let There Be Rock

Led Zeppelin
1. Physical Graffiti
2. IV
3. III
4. I
5. II

Honourable Mentions:

Judas Priest
1. Screaming For Vengeance
2. Painkiller
3. British Steel
4. Firepower
5. Killing Machine

DeWolff
1. Thrust
2. Wolffpack
3. Tascam Tapes
4. Roux-Ga-Roux
5. Live & Outta Sight

Iron Maiden
1. The Number Of The Beast
2. Killers
3. Powerslave
4. Brave New World
5. A Matter Of Life And Death

[Chaotic]

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[Dave's Dreidel]

I'm too lazy to do this, mine is very similar to Brett's, so there you go.

Good idea though.

[The Rover]

Many bands don't have 5 albums worth mentioning. They have a few great albums, and other great songs spread over many albums. So I don't have an opinion on any band's top five albums.

[Brett]

Yeah there are very few bands that have five really good albums I agree.

[I Coulda Hada VH]

The one band I didn’t include in my list who have what I consider 5 really good albums is the Police.

Is there a better final album released by a major band than Synchronicity? Maybe the Beatles’ Let It Be.

[Dave's Dreidel]

The one band I didn’t include in my list who have what I consider 5 really good albums is the Police.

Is there a better final album released by a major band than Synchronicity? Maybe the Beatles’ Let It Be.

Van Halen's 1984 is pretty good....

[I Coulda Hada VH]

Van Halen's 1984 is pretty good....

I see what you did there ....

[Al Van Bundy]

The one band I didn’t include in my list who have what I consider 5 really good albums is the Police.

Is there a better final album released by a major band than Synchronicity? Maybe the Beatles’ Let It Be.

Rush - Clockwork Angels

Can't think of a better swansong.

[Simon Ribeiro]

Van Halen
Fair Warning
Van Halen II
Diver Down
W&CF
Van Halen

Megadeth
Killing is my Business ...
Peace Sells ...
The System Has Failed
The World Needs a Hero
Rust in Peace

Led Zep
Presence
III
II
PG
OTTOD (a tie with the 1st one and their 4th)

The Police
Ghost in the Machine
Reggatta de Blanc
Zenyattà Mondatta
Synchronicity
Outlandos d'Amour

Dream Theater
06 Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Images & Words
Falling Into Infinity
Octavarium
Systematic Chaos


I agree with DD - nice idea for a threat.