The Extremely Famous Albums Poll

Very tough choice.

I chose Holy Diver but I'm still not sure

Dio.

Where's Black Sabbath, btw?

The Number has, and will, always be one of my absolute most favourites of all time. Back in Black, Appetite..., and Holy Diver are all classics as well.

Black album and Holy Diver. Don't like much of the remainder (as far as I remember...)

Edited by bonnek - 25 Feb 2011 at 2:26am

I went with "Number of the Beast", although there are a handful of other albums on that list that are among my favorites - like "Holy Diver", "British Steel", "Back in Black" and "Appetite for Destruction".

I rarely stop liking music that I like, but "Slave to the Grind" is a rare example of an album that I used to like,b which I think is mostly crap now (there are still four tracks on it that I think are very good though". With "Appetite for Destruction" I found myself a couple of years ago thinking that the lyrics were a load of crap, but I still liked the music itself. So, as long as I ignore the lyrics and Axl's annoying wailing, I still enjoy listening to tha talbum.

I haven't heard most of the hairy stuff, but Appetite for Destruction is a complete masterpiece and one of my all time favourites. The Beast is my second favourite I guess, but for example Dr. Feelgood might be M�tley's worst.

LittleBig wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote:   is it the Black album? How did you know? LittleBig wrote: I know the music in my list is not your thing, you are into more eclectic and experimental music. Not necessarily, I wouldn't listen to many of the albums in the poll now but I would have definitely listened to them back in my early days. But you know it wasn't easy for a kid to get music in 90s' Romania (and early 00s). I had a Whitesnake compilation album which I loved; Scorpions I like but I didn't get to explore their 80s period; Guns'N'Roses I used to love but I only got to hear the hits, I never had an album, same for AC/DC. well, you're not missing much with 80s Scorpions, they became less interesting after Uli Roth left, GNR's debut album is the only worthy album of theirs (to me of course).  I didn't have problems finding music, me and my friends would share a lot of music (vinyls and casettes, long before cds and internet ) so I for one couldn't complain.

Yeah but you were older. I had to satisfy myself with what I got the on media channels (very little, that is).

harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote:   is it the Black album? How did you know? LittleBig wrote: I know the music in my list is not your thing, you are into more eclectic and experimental music. Not necessarily, I wouldn't listen to many of the albums in the poll now but I would have definitely listened to them back in my early days. But you know it wasn't easy for a kid to get music in 90s' Romania (and early 00s). I had a Whitesnake compilation album which I loved; Scorpions I like but I didn't get to explore their 80s period; Guns'N'Roses I used to love but I only got to hear the hits, I never had an album, same for AC/DC.

Edited by LittleBig - 31 Jan 2011 at 4:04pm

I own or have listened to many of the above albums numerous times, but none of them would rank among my favorites.  I've got to say this though: I just listened to some AC/DC a few days ago after months since my last listen, and I keep forgetting how fun it is to listen to them every once in a while.  The problem is that radio stations overplay so many bands (like AC/DC) that I want to go as far from them as possible at times whenever someone is cranking a radio on a regular basis.

That has little to do with the topic, but I guess the ones I'm least sick of hearing are the Dio, Maiden, and Priest (though far from Priests best IMO).  If I regularly listened to classic rock radio, I'd be pretty sick of Back In Black, but I could hear  that album right now and I'd probably enjoy it.


Edited by Stooge - 31 Jan 2011 at 4:06pm

harmonium.ro wrote: LittleBig wrote: These are some of the most famous albums in hard and heavy history, albums everyone knows or listened to (at least once ) I only listened to one album off this list

Edited by LittleBig - 31 Jan 2011 at 2:48pm