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Best Rock Albums are selected on the basis of lyrics, innovative compositions, a unique approach to the genre, production quality and public opinion
10. The Warning: Keep Me Fed The Warning, the sister-trio from Monterrey, Mexico, have released its fourth full-length album, “Keep Me Fed” with the tracks “Burnout, “Hell You Call A Dream” and “Automatic Sun.” @trirycheguy9919: The number one best thing about The Warning. They don’t know the meaning of a “bad song”. It’s like every song…
10. Within Temptation: Bleed Out For their eighth studio album, the group focused on singles rather than attempting to record an album in one fell swoop. As a result, the album spawned five singles. Key Tracks: Entertain You, The Purge, Shed My Skin. Don’t Pray For Me and Ritual. Awsooooooooome! Masterpiece! Linda Morgan I was 14 when I discovered this band, now…
The 1960s were a pivotal decade for rock music, giving rise to several essential records that helped to establish the genre. The concept album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles revolutionized the possibilities for studio recording and songwriting. Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” exhibited his creative brilliance and merged Folk and Rock,…
Led Zeppelin pictured above Rock music experienced a golden era in the 1970s, giving rise to several classic albums that helped determine the course of the genre. The decade saw the arrival of Heavy Metal (Black Sabbath “Paranoid”) countered the birth of Corporate Rock (Boston’s self-title debut). Punk Rock hit hard with New Way pushing…
Rock music underwent rapid growth throughout the 1980s, which saw several outstanding landmark albums.. Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” captured the Hard Rock’s unbridled intensity of the genre and highlighting Axl Rose’s distinctive vocals. U2’s “The Joshua Tree” cemented the band’s reputation as world-renowned artists by fusing moving lyrics with a massive aural setting….
Rock underwent a major transformation in the 1990s, giving a platform for numerous timeless albums. With its unadulterated passion and catchy hooks, Nirvana’s “Nevermind” personified the grunge movement and became the song of a generation. “OK Computer” by Radiohead, which received global acclaim for its avant-garde soundscapes and introspective lyrics, revolutionized Alternative Rock. The Smashing…
Outstanding Rock albums were released in the decade of the 2000s and some of them made a lasting impression on the Rock music scene. Radiohead’s “Kid A,” a ground-breaking experimental masterpiece that stretched the limits of alternative Rock, was one outstanding album. The Strokes’ “Is This It” also captured audiences’ attention with their unpolished yet…
Prior to the 2010s women in Rock were scarce. A female fronted band was usually treated as an oddity. But Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, among others, changed that. Halestorm (frontwoman Lzzy Hale pictured above) delivered “The Strange Case Of…” in ’12 featuring “Love Bites.” That same year…