Was not aware of that I always just heard he was with quiet riot before ozzy. Did not know it was album specific and only Japan.

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Was not aware of that I always just heard he was with quiet riot before ozzy. Did not know it was album specific and only Japan.

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he left because the band couldn't get a record deal in america.

Quiet riot broke up in 1979, then reformed years later and released mental health in 1983, which is pretty much the first time the world (well, except japan I suppose) heard of quiet riot. At that point, randy already had two massive albums with ozzy, and he was dead.

So the whole discussion of him being in quiet riot before he was known with ozzy is kind of silly, because no one knew who he was before ozzy, and no one knew who quiet riot was until after randy died.

There is a cool documentary on Amazon, I believe, about Rhodes that covers his rivalry with EVH before joining with Ozzy. They knew each other very well.

Pretty good documentary.

Haven't seen it mentioned but:

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City

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Weezer - Blue Album
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Led Zeppelin 2
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
REM - Document
The Cars - The Cars
Van Halen 1
The Strokes - Is This It
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

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Say it again

These are my two. Lateralus and Elephant.

Agree w/ a lot of the previously posted. I would add:

AC/DC- Highway to Hell
Rush- 2112
Tom Petty- Damn the Torpedoes
Ramones- Rocket to Russia
KISS- Alive

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Three pages in. No love for Cracked Rear View (Hootie)?

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Going to see them in concert Friday night and I hope they play the entire album front to back.

Guy is a big Jim Morrison fan

Lateralus rules.

It got mentioned on page 1 but I came here upon a Who's Next revisit to mention it again. Every song is greatness.

Couple of albums not listed that I listened to a lot.

Billy Joel - The Stranger
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Journey - Escape ( love the title track)

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Going to see them in concert Friday night and I hope they play the entire album front to back.

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Saw them at Gruene Hall about 15 years ago and it was a great show.

All ten Anne Murray albums are bangers from start to finish. When I was big into power lifting I'd get motivated for competition with a little "You Needed Me" blasting through the PA system in our gym. Everyone knew it was go time when Anne came on. I won so many titles thanks to her.

This thread is absolutely awesome! I've actually got to go through my CD collection to add to this. Three that I would add:

U2 - Achtung Baby
Clint Black - killin time
Beastie Boys - License to Ill

My list is all over the place. There are a lot more that I like, but this is my top 10 perfect albums right now:

Jimmy Buffett - Havana Daydreamin
ZZ Top - Deguello
Van Halen
Robert Earl Keen - West Textures
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua
Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Alabama - Mountain Music
George Strait - Strait Country
Eagles - Hotel California
The Highwaymen

That's 12.

No 2 Live Crew, Boyz II Men or TLC?

Those are certainly from my era, but not so much my taste.

More:

Jimmy Buffett - A1A, Changes…, Volcano
ZZ Top - Rio Grande Mud, Fandango, Tres Hombres
Van Halen - II, 1984 and OU812
Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
Clint Black - Killin' Time
REK - Bigger Piece of Sky
Queen - The Game, Night at the Opera
Waylon - Honky Tonk Heroes
Cash - Both live at San Quinten and Folsom (unedited versions)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Urban Cowboy soundtracks
Guns and Roses - Lies and Appetite for Destruction
Garth Brooks - No Fences
Hottie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
REM - Out of Time

So many more. 10 just isn't enough.

Really enjoying the new Glass Animals album. I Love You so F***ing Much

Willie Nelson - Stardust

Brand New - Deja Entendu
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Incubus - Make Yourself
Incubus - Morning View
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
System of a Down - Toxicity
Temper Trap - Conditions
Green Day - American Idiot (horribly overplayed, but it's great)

I'm sure i'm missing some others..

One album that will never appear on the 10/10 list is any album by Loverboy

New Fontaines DC album is muy bueno. Too early to claim it's a 10/10, but it's going to be pretty damn close. These guys are about to blow up.

Linkin Park: Meteora

After an hour long skull session with my sister I think I have finally decided on my favorite album of all time. Which is my 10/10 and haven't seen listed yet.

What is odd though to me, is that even though I overall love Meteora more from a musical standpoint, their first album, Hybrid Theory, is the most important to me from a personal standpoint in my life. Especially during the time it was released. Another 10/10 if we get multiples and a 9.9 if not.

I was just coming to post this lol. Their first 2 albums played on repeat in the high school locker room for our football team.

Meteora is definitely way up there for me and just beats out HT

Stryper - To Hell With the Devil

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My list is all over the place. There are a lot more that I like, but this is my top 10 perfect albums right now:

Jimmy Buffett - Havana Daydreamin

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The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Weezer - Blue Album
Kanye - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAD City
Toadies - Rubberneck
Biggie - Ready to Die
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Sublime - Sublime
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Hon Mentions:

Radio Head - Kid A
Beck - Midnight Vultures
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
OutKast - Aquemini
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Elliot Smith - Either/Or
311 - Grassroots

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The majority of my picks have already been mentioned, as well as a lot of great albums overall. In no particular order, I am going with:

Pink Floyd- Animals
The Strokes- The New Abnormal
Lord Huron- Strange Trails
The Killers- Hot Fuss
John Mayer- The Search for Everything
The Voidz- Virtue
Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind
Radiohead- In Rainbows
Pearl Jam- Ten
Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand

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I can't believe this slipped my mind. I bought that CD just before my summer trip to visit family in the UK. For three weeks I listened to that thing non stop as it was one of the few CDs I have. Mine had the sepia toned cover which I later learned meant it was an original release. After the first 500K they switched to the red cover.

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Same my first two cd's bought were Third Eye Blind self titled, and Matchbox 20's first release. Both awesome but 3eb was my favorite band for many years. Too bad Stephan fired most of the original members over time and is a total ********. They're music these days basically sucks but those first 3 albums were awesome, especially the first.

I'm assuming we aren't including live albums, because then I would have to add some. You can definitely tell which years I was in high school.

Green Day - Kerplunk!
Green Day - Dookie
Green Day - American Idiot
Blink-182 - Enema of the State
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Weezer - The Blue Album
Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Incubus - Morning View
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell