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    Post Guitar Worlds 100 Greatest Guitar Albums

    The Readers Choice, 100 Greatest Guitar Albums Of All Time;

    1. Led Zeppelin IV--Led Zeppelin
    2. Appetite For Destruction--G N' R
    3. Are You Experienced--Hendrix
    4. Master Of Puppets--Metallica
    5. Dark Side Of The Moon--Pink Floyd
    6. Paranoid--Black Sabbath
    7. Van Halen--Van Halen
    8. Nevermind--Nirvana
    9. Physical Graffiti--Led Zeppelin
    10. Revolver--Beatles
    11. Cowboys From Hell--Pantera
    12. And Justice For All--Metallica
    13. Blizzard Of Oz--Ozzy
    14. Aenima--Tool
    15. Ten--Pearl Jam
    16. The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble--Stevie Ray Vaughan
    17. The Number Of The Beast--Iron Maiden
    18. Blood Sugar Sex Magik--Red Hot Chili Peppers
    19. Exile On Main Street--Rolling Stones
    20. Surfing With The Alien--Joe Satriani
    21. Rage Against The Machine--Rage Against The Machine
    22. Wish You Were Here--Pink Floyd
    23. Who's Next--The Who
    24. Rising Force--Yngwie Malmsteen
    25. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?--Megadeth
    26. Alive!--Kiss
    27. Moving Pictures--Rush
    28. OK Computer--Radiohead
    29. Reign In Blood--Slayer
    30. British Steel--Judas Priest
    31. Passion And Warfare--Steve Vai
    32. Mafia--Black Label Society
    33. Toxicity--System Of A Down
    34. The Joshua Tree--U2
    35. 1984--Van Halen
    36. Vulgar Display Of Power--Pantera
    37. Elephant--White Stripes
    38. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness--The Smashing Pumpkins
    39. Disraeli Gears--Cream
    40. Electric Ladyland--Hendrix
    41. Highway 61 Revisited--Bob Dylan
    42. Follow The Leader--Korn
    43. Pronounced LehNerd Skin-nerd--Lynyrd Skynyrd
    44. Hate Crew Deathroll--Children Of Bodom
    45. Badmotorfinger--Soundgarden
    46. Metallica--Metallica(Black Album)
    47. A Night At The Opera--Queen
    48. Boston--Boston
    49. Ashes Of The Wake--Lamb Of God
    50. The Doors--The Doors
    51. Machine Head--Deep Purple
    52. Ascendency--Trivium
    53. Red--King Crimson
    54. Ghost Reveries--Opeth
    55. De-Loused In The Comatorium--The Mars Volta
    56. Toys In The Attic--Areosmith
    57. Diary Of A Madman--Ozzy
    58. At The Fillmore East--The Allman Brothers Band
    59. Slipnot--Slipnot
    60. Destroyer--Kiss
    61. Dirt--Alice In Chains
    62. Layla And Assorted Love Songs--Derek And The Dominos(Clapton)
    63. City Of Evil--Avenged Sevenfold
    64. Strictly Commercial; The Best Of Frank Zappa--Frank Zappa
    65. The Wall--Pink Floyd
    66. Enema Of The State--Blink-182
    67. Close To The Edge--Yes
    68. Highway To Hell--AC/DC
    69. Through The Eyes Of Maddness--Coheed And Cambria
    70. London Calling--The Clash
    71. Rust Never Sleeps--Neil Young And Crazy Horse
    72. Abraxas--Santana
    73. Purple--Stone Temple Pilots
    74. American Idiot--Green Day
    75. Goo--Sonic Youth
    76. Pinkerton--Weezer
    77. Sing The Sorrow--AFI
    78. Chaosphere--Meshuggah
    79. Ah Via Musicom--Eric Johnson
    80. Clayman--In Flames
    81. Shout At The Devil--Motley Crue
    82. Human--Death
    83. Led Zeppelin II--Led Zeppelin
    84. The Complete Recordings--Robert Johnson
    85. Cat Scratch Fever--Ted Nugent
    86. The War Within--Shadows Fall
    87. Blow By Blow--Jeff Beck
    88. This Godless Endeavor--Nevermore
    89. Eliminator--ZZ Top
    90. Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton--John Mayall
    91. 10,000 Years--Tool
    92. Extreme II; Pornograffitti--Extreme
    93. Black Metal--Venom
    94. Relationship Of Command--At The Drive-In
    95. Scenes Of A Memory--Dream Theater
    96. Bridge Of Sighs--Robin Trower
    97. Love At First Sting--Scorpions
    98. No More Tears--Ozzy
    99. Band Of Gypsys--Hendrix
    100.The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion--Black Crowes
    Wheew, I decided to do this all at once, or it would'nt get done. GW polls are
    always voted on by there readers/players who understand the instrument. They
    do 1 or 2 every couple years so newer subscribers have a say. There are always
    around 10 albums that are always on this list (and always will be) but this
    years covers alot of ground. More Blackmore, Clapton, Tipton, EVH is always
    a good thing, but hey, thats just me.

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    Funny, the album I always think of whe I think guitars would be Television's debut...but its more subtle and laid back than what made the list. Absolute metal prejudice on there...reader taste certainly played a very large role.

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    Agreed 100%. GW has always been about shredders. The reason, according to there
    editor, is you need to know what they know, to play basic guitar. The list is VERY
    long, and I'm done with lists for awhile. But yeah, you won't find james taylor, "you've
    got a friend" tabs in GW. If that is what your into cool. GW readers are into this months
    steve morse lesson about phrasing/developing soloing ideas. I mean there tech advisor
    is EVH's touring guitar tech, so you know were there heads are at. Searing solo's,
    chugging rhythm's, and thats about it. Except for ozzy's stuff, who cares about lyrics.

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    Dream Theater should be much higher up the list in my view. But I'm sure that comes as no surprise to anyone here.

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    John Petrucci is one of the great players of the last 10-15 years IMO, and very
    underrated, and has produced much of DT stuff. That has to be a huge undertaking
    with whats going on with their sound. Plus his tone is killer. I was never into prog,
    until Images and Words, I have many DT discs, and they always surprise me. For
    the bands in the first 50, they should be there, and move one to the last 50(Smashing
    Pumpkins is my choice).

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    "GW polls are always voted on by their readers/players who understand the instrument."
    Evidently not.
    Obviously, as stated, most of the submissions were based on an inclination toward technique. That shouldn't be surprising given the demographic of the readers of GW. In a differing vein, ZZ Top, The Mars Volta, and Radiohead each have some pithy offerings.
    It does, however, sadden me that with the vast library of recorded music on this planet that anyone could nominate Blink-182. If one isn't capable of mastering this catalog by the fourth month of lessons, one should put down the instrument forever...
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    59. Slipnot--Slipnot


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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
    "GW polls are always voted on by their readers/players who understand the instrument."
    Evidently not.
    Obviously, as stated, most of the submissions were based on an inclination toward technique. That shouldn't be surprising given the demographic of the readers of GW. In a differing vein, ZZ Top, The Mars Volta, and Radiohead each have some pithy offerings.
    It does, however, sadden me that with the vast library of recorded music on this planet that anyone could nominate Blink-182. If one isn't capable of mastering this catalog by the fourth month of lessons, one should put down the instrument forever...
    Yeeeah, whatever, as usual, your reading to much into it. Lets not get into a bunch
    of bullsh#@t about what band sucks, and who dosn't. The GW subscriber list ain't
    that long, and it's sure dosn't fly of the shelves at my bookstore, You get the rag
    because you play in some shape or form, and if you play just a little, you atleast
    understand whats being played thru your speakers, if you have that, you know
    what albums you like with the guitar at the forefront of said album/song. If a couple
    thousand clowns like Blink-182, so what, they got enough votes, and thats that.
    GW readers are saying, Hey, these lp's have some cool guitar work on them,
    check'em out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by N. Abstentia
    59. Slipnot--Slipnot

    Should they be higher/lower/or not even on the list. Those guys are a little
    over the top, even for me.

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    My post was brief and fairly specific. As such, I can see how you might think I was downgrading the list or even flaming. Not so. I actually own at least fourty, maybe fifty of those discs--like some, love some. At the same time a list was posted, and presumably inviting comment. Also, you'll forgive me if I don't remember a negative exchange between us that would establish a history that "as usual" I'm reading too much into something. Either way if you want to stick with positives I'm all for that.
    Yer never gonna hear me say anything bad about PF or Stevie or Jimi or Dimebag. I thought the inclusion of U2 was interesting; not always considered a "guitar" band. I'm glad to see people still remember Rising Force. While I no longer play exclusively in that style I still revisit that album often. The amount of emotional playing within a complex structure on that album was truly the apex of his work. And its definetly an album best played loud...
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
    My post was brief and fairly specific. As such, I can see how you might think I was downgrading the list or even flaming. Not so. I actually own at least fourty, maybe fifty of those discs--like some, love some. At the same time a list was posted, and presumably inviting comment. Also, you'll forgive me if I don't remember a negative exchange between us that would establish a history that "as usual" I'm reading too much into something. Either way if you want to stick with positives I'm all for that.
    Yer never gonna hear me say anything bad about PF or Stevie or Jimi or Dimebag. I thought the inclusion of U2 was interesting; not always considered a "guitar" band. I'm glad to see people still remember Rising Force. While I no longer play exclusively in that style I still revisit that album often. The amount of emotional playing within a complex structure on that album was truly the apex of his work. And its definetly an album best played loud...
    My bad, guess I read something that was'nt there. I actually think some of your
    posts are informative, and they keep things intresting. I would personally toss out
    about 20 of those lp's myself. Or just make it the top 50. There are some omissions
    but hey, whatya gonna do. Apology if I went alittle nutso. I'll grab a bud, and chill.

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    Idiots, morons, sheesh, not anyone here mind you, but I wonder if anyone who helped compile the list ever heard of
    Rory Gallagher
    Al Dimeola
    and seems to me Thin Lizzy had a few good Geetar albums...

    what a joke...

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    Quote Originally Posted by unleasHell
    Idiots, morons, sheesh, not anyone here mind you, but I wonder if anyone who helped compile the list ever heard of
    Rory Gallagher
    Al Dimeola
    and seems to me Thin Lizzy had a few good Geetar albums...

    what a joke...
    There's omissions, no question, it's a question of how well known are you, did you
    get any air play, are you mentioned as a force in the guitar world, You know,
    marketing. If you were well known in the 60's/70's, or whenever, what did you
    do that will help us remember you. There's picks on that list that are no brainers
    and for the rest there is enough going on that someone remembered it and picked
    it (the tone/harmony/solo) they like the frontman, whatever. If you did'nt do any-
    thing great, you did'nt make the cut, and thats it. How a list omitting Michael
    Schenker and MSG/UFO or The James Gang or as you say Thin Lizzy is
    an injustice, they just have'nt been thought of for awhile.

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    There are a great many albums I could nominate here that have not been mentioned so far. But for the umpteenth time, I have to plead the case for Lou Reed's Rock N Roll Animal disc. Absolutely stunning twin-lead work from Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. An undeniable classic of guitar-rock.
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    Two things:

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
    There are a great many albums I could nominate here that have not been mentioned so far. But for the umpteenth time, I have to plead the case for Lou Reed's Rock N Roll Animal disc. Absolutely stunning twin-lead work from Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner. An undeniable classic of guitar-rock.
    1) Don't take these lists too seriously. Opinions are like a certain backside part of the anatomy. Ask 100 people to list their 100 most influential albums and you'll get 101 different lists. Everybody will leave out someone important. My top 100 would be about 50 different from the list mentioned.

    2) You're spot on about Hunter and Wagner, IMHO (see? Toldja about opinions!). In fact, the riff that opens up "Sweet Jane" (one of the most powerful ever!) is made all the more powerful by the tension of their twin guitar attack in the introduction. That one should be on everybody's list!

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    Quote Originally Posted by unleasHell
    Idiots, morons, sheesh, not anyone here mind you, but I wonder if anyone who helped compile the list ever heard of
    Rory Gallagher
    Al Dimeola
    and seems to me Thin Lizzy had a few good Geetar albums...

    what a joke...
    I have to agree on the account of Thin Lizzy. They pretty much laid down the blue print for '80s heavy metal with their twin lead guitar attack. And that's not being nit-picky. Thin Lizzy should be on a list like this and its a glaring mistake that they're not.

    Where's Joe Walsh?

    I'm not saying that there isn't a bunch of those albums on the list that I agree with, having heard and or owned most of them. Besides, there aren't a whole lot of rock-n-roll albums that doesn't qualify by those standards. But Rush's Moving Pistures?

    Younger people are going to have a different list than older people. This list could be 200 albums long and it wouldn't satisfy everyone.

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