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MasterOfTheGames · 2012-08-16 19:00:48

What do you think are the three most influential rock albums of all time?
Please nominate a maximum of three albums.
On November 1st the votes will be added and we will have results!

777w · 2012-08-16 19:15:44

i dont think you can say whats influential and whats not based on opinions
you can say what influenced you but i dont think you can say what influenced a genre as easily

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veggieman001 · 2012-08-16 19:19:26

777w wrote:
i dont think you can say whats influential and whats not based on opinions
you can say what influenced you but i dont think you can say what influenced a genre as easily

You kinda can, based on what musicians have said influenced them.

The Velvet Underground & Nico // The Velvet Underground (with Nico)
Pink Flag // Wire
Pet Sounds // The Beach Boys

All4one · 2012-08-17 03:43:52

Revolver // The Beatles
Dark Side of the Moon // Pink Floyd
In the Court of the Crimson King // King Crimson

MasterOfTheGames · 2012-08-17 05:19:47

Nevermind (Nirvana)
Pretty much introduced alternative rock to the mainstream audience
Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Beautiful rock melodies set the bar high for competition
American Idiot (Green Day)
It may not be the most influential one the list but it was definitely a powerful political message albeit one with a powerful rock opera to go with it.

Nexstudent · 2012-08-17 12:42:39

American Idiot is the most influential of today IMO, but there are too many types of rock to just list a couple.

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was influential on psychedelic rock.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" was the most influential on the mainstream, bringing Grunge rock too its heights.

Some other albums really brought Grunge to different levels too, such as Soundgarden's "supernatural", or Pearl Jam's "Ten".

ROSMan · 2012-08-17 13:20:38

Piper at the gates of dawn//pink floyd
Dark side of the moon//pink floyd
revolver//the beatles

sanddude · 2012-08-17 14:37:48

I'd argue that Dookie was much more culturally significant then American Idiot.

veggieman001 · 2012-08-17 18:45:56

sanddude wrote:
I'd argue that Dookie was much more culturally significant then American Idiot.

Definitely. Neither were terribly influential, however.

backspace_ · 2012-08-17 20:59:03

Nexstudent wrote:
American Idiot is the most influential of today IMO, but there are too many types of rock to just list a couple.

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was influential on psychedelic rock.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" was the most influential on the mainstream, bringing Grunge rock too its heights.

Some other albums really brought Grunge to different levels too, such as Soundgarden's "supernatural", or Pearl Jam's "Ten".

Do you mean Superunknown?

I would probably say that the most influential albums are The Beatle's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and Pixie's Doolittle, because Doolittle influenced every alt band from Radiohead to Nirvana. (I think my other picks are pretty self-explanatory)

Mazdafreak · 2012-08-18 17:32:48

Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare."

MasterOfTheGames · 2012-08-18 23:24:31

sanddude wrote:
I'd argue that Dookie was much more culturally significant then American Idiot.

Despite introducing punk music to an American audience it was really nothing new.
It's in no way a bad album (my personal favourite Green Day album) but it really didn't do anything new with punk music as the Ramones and the Clash had done much prior.
Most punk purists passed it off as pop rock music and it never really got appreciated by punk musicians, rather the kids of that generation. Still a fantastic album though.

Nexstudent · 2012-08-19 00:05:56

backspace_ wrote:
Nexstudent wrote:
American Idiot is the most influential of today IMO, but there are too many types of rock to just list a couple.

Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was influential on psychedelic rock.

Nirvana's "Nevermind" was the most influential on the mainstream, bringing Grunge rock too its heights.

Some other albums really brought Grunge to different levels too, such as Soundgarden's "supernatural", or Pearl Jam's "Ten".
Do you mean Superunknown?

Yes, I apologize. My memory is massively lacking.

shoebsaad · 2012-08-19 00:24:46

Kill 'Em All - Metallica

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this groundbreaking album marked the birth of thrash metal
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BirdByte · 2012-08-19 05:51:32

A Hard Day's Night // The Beatles
Out of Our Heads (US) // The Rolling Stones

veggieman001 · 2012-08-19 11:54:19

Mazdafreak wrote:
Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare."

How is that influential??

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