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| 564.1 | | USCTR1::KGALLANT | I feel my temperature rise... | Wed Jun 21 1989 15:58 | 7 |
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I'm interested....(but only in the first 20 or so).
Are these the best albums of all time, or the best
METAL albums of all time??
Tigga~~~
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| 564.2 | GoForIt! | COORS::G_HOUSE | Speak, Strike, Redress | Wed Jun 21 1989 16:47 | 4 |
| Yes, post them please. I'd be interested to see them. Should be good
for some interesting discussion too...
gh
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| 564.4 | | CSC32::G_HOUSE | Speak, Strike, Redress | Wed Jun 21 1989 17:04 | 1 |
| You got that right, dude. But hey, it's HM related (hopefully)!
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| 564.5 | First Installment -- Top Five | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Thu Jun 22 1989 15:02 | 53 |
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O.K. Here's the Top Five, with a brief excerpt from the magazine's
review...
1. ZOSO ... Led Zepplin "It's safe to say that without the
looming spectre of L.Z., heavy metal as we know
it today would never exist...Nowhere did Zep's
finely-tuned metal machine run in finer fashion
than on their fourth album (a.k.a. ZOSO)...
Quite simply, it doesn't get any better than
this...[Stairway to Heaven] for many, it was
heavy metal's coming of age..."
2. Pyromania ... Def Leppard "...ranks among the most successful
heavy metal albums of all time...it is also
one of the best...Walking the fine line between
pop commercialism and pure metal mania...Prior
to '83, metal had been in a tailspin...but the
album's success once again proved the viability
of metal..."
3. Back In Black ... AC/DC "...many wondered if the band would
dissolve [after Bon's death]...but instead
they recorded a classic slab of metal...
Angus says "Bon's death was still very much
in our minds, and we just dedicated everything
we did to him...We just lowered our heads and
plowed on, hoping for the best..."
4. Theatre of Pain ... Motley Crue
"...T.O.P. cemented their position
as the most outrageous band of the '80's...
Songs like - Use It or Lose It - exemplified
their stick-it-in-socity's face attitude while
flaunting their devil-may-care attitude...
[Also] T.O.P. did exhibit the band's topical
side on songs like - Fight For Your Rights..."
5. Van Halen I ... Van Halen "...Within that album's groove was a
brief instrumental called ERUPTION which soon
changed the style,sound, and texture of rock
guitar as the world knew it...Edward was on his
way to becoming the most respected and
influential musician of his generation...[along
with] Roth's hair-raising shrieks, they brought
new meaning to the words "Big Rock".
Night_Prowler (next five soon to follow)
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| 564.6 | | USCTR1::KGALLANT | Harvester of sorrow... | Thu Jun 22 1989 15:13 | 6 |
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Hee hee hee....Theatre of Pain!! YAHOOO!!!!!!
Crueton!
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| 564.7 | Rest of the Top Ten | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Thu Jun 22 1989 17:18 | 56 |
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Here's 6-10 ... Let me know if you want any more ??
6. Screaming For Vengeance ... Judas Priest
"...But despite their noble efforts
to keep the metal tradition alive, it wasn't
until 1982's S.F.V. that [they] attained
the Platinum sales status...On the strength
of such tracks as - Electric Eye & You've
Got Another Thing Coming - Preist showed
that metal was not only alive, but very well
indeed..."
7. Destoyer ... Kiss "...[due to their makeup] it was
difficult for most serious rock fans to take
Kiss seriously. But when Destroyer was released
in '76, no one could deny that this band was on
the cutting edge of metal's commercial
renaissance..."
8. ...And Justice For All ... Metallica
"...must be ranked among the most im-
portant, influential and satisfying metal
albums of all time...the unquestioned kings
of metal's newest subgenre, Power Metal. Songs
like - Blackened & Harvester of Sorrow - rock
with the power of a runaway rhino while pre-
senting concepts that are both thoughtful and
thought-provoking..."
9. Machine Head ... Deep Purple
"Smoke on the Water, Highway, &
Lazy - some of the most memorable metal songs
of all time, and they're all contained on one
album. Released in 1972, M.H. has weathered
the test of time to become one of the truly
classic LP's of the metal genre...Even today,
the LP stands as a cornerstone in the
development of metal's sound and style..."
10. Blizzard of OZZ ... Ozzy Osbourne
"...was a surprise when it was released
in 1981. Not only did it contain outstanding
tracks like - Crazy Train & Flying High Again -
it also showed that Osbourne had a fine ear
for young talent - guitarist Randy Rhoads
emerged from that album as one of the brightest
young stars in metal before a plane crash robbed
the rock world of his skills 2 years later..."
Night_Prowler
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| 564.8 | | HAZEL::STARR | What do ya do when you get lonely...? | Thu Jun 22 1989 17:24 | 11 |
| GAK!
(picture of me tossing my cookies onto the keyboard)
Motley Crue was at #4, above such classics as Ozzy and Deep Purple??? No
wonder why I never read these rags.
(Don't take these comments personal, Night Prwoler - I appreciate you taking
the time to type this stuff in!)
cat
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| 564.9 | Where'd they get their info? | MARKER::BUCKLEY | I wish it was summertime all year! | Thu Jun 22 1989 17:25 | 2 |
| Flying High Again wasn't on Blizzard...it was on the later 1981
release _Diary of a Madman_.
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| 564.10 | YOU DON'T WANT NO MONEY YOU DONT WANT NO BREAD | SHRFAC::BOUDREAU | THERE IS AN A** FOR EVERY SEAT | Thu Jun 22 1989 19:20 | 4 |
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There we go I knew that DP would be in the top 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOBODY GONNA TAKE MY HEAD, I'VE GOT SPEED INSIDE MY BRAIN
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| 564.11 | | ANT::SLABOUNTY | The word for today is legs ... | Fri Jun 23 1989 09:23 | 12 |
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RE: Night_Prowler
Any chance of u Xeroxing the list and sending it to
Shawn Labounty
LMO2/E06
GTI
P.S. Thanks!!
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| 564.12 | Subjective comments on a subjective issue | JANUS::FAGG | Louder, LOUder, LOUDER | Fri Jun 23 1989 11:22 | 23 |
| Much of this stuff is subjective, but a few observations...
#1 LZ's ZOSO (The fouth album). Although it's a VERY VERY good album
I'd hardly put it in the league of a metal album that kept metal
alive. For example, what of the albums that Deep Purple and
Black Sabbath were producing at the time (eg, Masters of reality,
Vol4, and Made in Japan)?
#2 Pyromania (or whatever it was). Stated as being one of the most
succesful albums ever. So what? That doesn't make it a good
metal album! I see some pandering to the market/industry here!
#n Deep Purple's Machine Head. Again, a really good album, but I
much prefer the live album "Made in Japan". For me that has
to be the definitive Deep Purple album and deserves to be much
further up the list.
Just my opinion. I'd still like to see some more. If you don't
want to enter it all in the conference, send me mail to JANUS::FAGG
or hardcopy to REO2-G/H3.
Ta much,
Keef.
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| 564.13 | Top 50 | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Fri Jun 23 1989 13:06 | 64 |
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Here are the Top Fifty ...
1. ZOSO Led Zepplin
2. Pyromania Def Leppard
3. Back in Black AC/DC
4. Theatre of Pain Motley Crue
5. Van Halen I Van Halen
6. Screaming for Vengance Judas Priest
7. Destroyer Kiss
8. ...And Justice For All Metallica
9. Machine Head Deep Purple
10. Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne
11. Powerslave Iron Maiden
12. Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi
13. Rocks Aerosmith
14. Paranoid Black Sabbath
15. II Led Zepplin
16. Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses
17. ALIVE Kiss
18. British Steel Judas Priest
19. Highway to Hell AC/DC
20. Open Up and Say...Ahh Poison
21. Love It to Death Alice Cooper
22. So Far, So Good...So What Megadeth
23. Out Of the Cellar Ratt
24. The Ultimate Sin Ozzy Osbourne
25. Shout At The Devil Ozzy Osbourne
26. Whitesnake Whitesnake
27. Love At First Sting Scorpions
28. Long Cold Winter Cinderella
29. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Rainbow
30. Back For The Attack Dokken
31. Metal Health Quiet Riot
32. Hysteria Def Leppard
33. Permanent Vacation Aerosmith
34. Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath
35. Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix
36. Night Songs Cinderella
37. 1984 Van Halen
38. South of Heaven Slayer
39. Number of the Beast Iron Maiden
40. The Final Countdown Europe
41. Wheels of Steel Saxon
42. State of Euphoria Anthrax
43. Bad Company Bad Company
44. The Last In Line Dio
45. II Van Halen
46. Animalize Kiss
47. Look What the Cat Dragged In
Poison
48. In Trance Scorpions
49. Restless and Wild Accept
50. Made In Japan Deep Purple
I'll type in the next fifty later
Night_Prowler
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| 564.14 | | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Fri Jun 23 1989 13:09 | 33 |
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I'd like to make some subjective comments about this list:
I think the Magazine was definitely trying to get every current
heavy metal act with at least one entry. This way whenever they
need an interview with one of these bands, the band may be a
little more amenable. Like Keef said "pandering".
However, I don't think the list should be read literally as
in number 1 is the greatest and number 100 the hundreth best
album. I think it is better to just say here is a 100 great
metal albums, and decide for yourself how they should be ranked.
Having said that, I can't believe anyone in their right minds
can say that Pyromania is the number 2 of all time. Better than
Paranoid ? Machine Head ? Led Zepplin II ? I mean let's be
serious....
One other point that really gets me is Jimi Hendrix's Are You
Experienced is number THIRTY-FIVE, behind such classics as
Metal Health (ugh!), and Slippery When Wet (gag!)...
That's why I'm just taking it as a COLLECTION of 100 metal albums
rather than a RANKING of the top 100. It is easier to accept it
that way....
I'll List the next 50 later....I'll include some of the excerpts
if anyone requests some specific album.
Night_Prowler
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| 564.15 | | USCTR1::KGALLANT | Rock'n'roll is my religion... | Fri Jun 23 1989 13:15 | 10 |
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Good thing you mentioned that it'd be better to simply
say they are a collection and not a ranking because I
have a few qualms too!!
Europe?!?!??!!? before Anthrax?!?! What is wrong with
this picture?!
Tigga~~~
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| 564.16 | | ANT::SLABOUNTY | The word for today is legs ... | Fri Jun 23 1989 13:34 | 6 |
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I believe #25 should be "Speak of the Devil" by Ozzy
rather than "Shout at the Devil".
GTI
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| 564.17 | Ack! | CSC32::G_HOUSE | Speak, Strike, Redress | Mon Jun 26 1989 13:08 | 10 |
| re: #25 in the list...
Perhaps they ment "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue?
I can't believe that Cinderella would make even ONE album on a "top
100 of all time", much less TWO (28 and 36). Excuse me if you're a big
fan, but I wouldn't rank them anywhere on the list. Likewise with
Europe.
gh
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| 564.18 | Huh? | SHAPES::COURTNEYM | You turned my world upside down | Wed Jun 28 1989 15:18 | 5 |
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re .16 In the UK the title is "Talk of the Devil" by Ozzy
its the double live with all Sabbath trax.
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| 564.19 | 51-100 | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Wed Jun 28 1989 19:06 | 64 |
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First thing is that #25 should be Shout At the Devil by Motley Crue
Anyways, here are Fifty-one thru a Hundred ...
51. Lita Lita Ford
52. Girls, Girls, Girls Motley Crue
53. Operation: Mindcrime Queensryche
54. Tooth and Nail Dokken
55. Master of Puppets Metallica
56. Led Zepplin Led Zepplin
57. Black Tiger Y & T
58. Lights Out UFO
59. Stay Hungry Twisted Sister
60. Slide It In Whitesnake
61. 2112 Rush
62. Ted Nugent Ted Nugent
63. Physical Graffiti Led Zepplin
64. In God We Trust Stryper
65. Jailbreak Thin Lizzy
66. 7800 Farenheit Bon Jovi
67. Helluva Band Angel
68. Pride White Lion
69. Ride The Lightning Metallica
70. Once Bitten Great White
71. Odyssey Yngwie Malmsteen
72. Survival Grand Funk Railroad
73. The Magician's Birthday Uriah Heep
74. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly
75. Headhunters Krokus
76. Aerosmith Aerosmith
77. Montrose Montrose
78. Peace Sells... But Who's
Buying Megadeth
79. Mechanical Resonance Tesla
80. Agents of Fortune Blue Oyster Cult
81. Disraeli Gears Cream
82. Violation Starz
83. Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer
84. Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent
85. Climbing Mountain
86. Ace of Spades Motorhead
87. Inside the Electric
Circus W.A.S.P.
88. Battle Hymns Manowar
89. Kingdome Come Kingdome Come
90. L.A. Guns L.A. Guns
91. Eat'em and Smile David Lee Roth
92. To Hell With the Devil Stryper
93. In Rock Deep Purple
94. Allied Forces Triumph
95. Hall of the Mountain King Savatage
96. Thunder In the East Loudness
97. MSG Michael Schenker Group
98. Frolic In the Park Death Angel
99. True As Steel Warlock
100. Midnite Dynamite Kix
Read'em and weep ...
Night_Prowler
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| 564.20 | Motorhead-Ace of spades | RAIN::DIBIASI | CYBERNETIC HEARTBEAT | Wed Jun 28 1989 23:20 | 8 |
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>Read um and weep.
The dead mans hand again!
DEEBS
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| 564.21 | Oops, I meant 3 out of 4 ... | ANT::SLABOUNTY | Lolly^3 get your adverbs here. | Thu Jun 29 1989 08:14 | 8 |
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Geez, all 3 M�tley Cr�e albums made the top 100?
Now I KNOW there's something strange here ... they're good,
but not THAT good.
GTI
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| 564.22 | | ASAHI::COOPER | Burn my flag, and I'll shoot ya... | Thu Jun 29 1989 09:41 | 3 |
| Yeah, and Queensr�che made #53 ?
Sheeesh
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| 564.24 | | USCTR1::KGALLANT | Shout at the devil... | Thu Jun 29 1989 15:00 | 14 |
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>>Geez, all 3 M�tley Cr�e albums made the top 100?
>>Now I KNOW there's something strange here ... they're good,
>>but not THAT good.
Hee hee hee...I KNEW it would work if I paid that guy enough
money!!! I don't mind at all that the Crue has three in the
top 100. (8
Funny that of the four they've released it's the LAST three
that made it...
Crueton~~~
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