Best Rock CDs of all Time...

[WHITE DEVIL]

Best Rock CDs - 1985 on...

The way I would define this: At least 80-85% of the songs on the CD are total classics.

My list:
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Nirvana - Nevermind
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Edit: If I start saying all time it would include "obvious" classics like The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, etc.

I'm more looking for personal favorites, but they have to be considered by you to be "classic" - Don't include obvious ones like The Wall or Hendrix Experience

 

[I. Cold]

I dunno if this would be considered rock.. but Blind Melon's self-titled album is definitely one of the most underrated/overlooked "grunge" albums of alltime

it pretty much only got recognition as "those guys who had that fat bitch in the bee costume".. but the album is really (excuse me for use of gay term) beautiful. Peep the song, Drive.. easily their best song.

 

[I. Cold]

Core is the shit as well

 

[WHITE DEVIL]

I would add the Black album to my original list as well.

I'll check out that CD...

 

[RedStorm]

I'll add "Superunknown" by Soundgarden, "Dirt" by Alice In Chains, and Rage Against The Machine's self titled album.

 

[WHITE DEVIL]

^^Good piks

 

[B-Buzz]

Coheed & Cambria- In Keepng Secrets of Silent Earth:3
Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
The Receiving End of Sirens- Between the Heart & the Synapse
Brand New- Deja Entendu
Sublime- S/T
Led Zeppelin- 3

 

[Jake]

tool-aenima
ac/dc-back in black

drawing a blank,will think of more later. got some names but cant think of the album titles

 

[Gold Deez]

Faith No More - The Real Thing
Primus - Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic

 

[smuggla]

nirvana- in utero
smashing pumpkins: meloncolly....
deftones- adrenaline

 

[thatguy]

nirvana - greatest hits the only greatest hits cd that i enjoy more than the actual albums
modest mouse - long drive for someone with nothing to think about
modest mouse - moons and antartica
thursday - full collapse their best album imo
furthur seems forever - how to start a fire very unique, just amazingly nice sound
jimmy eat world
flaming lips - yoshimi vs the pink robots
adema - adema
adema - unstable


that bout sums up my list, all these albums are HIGHLY recommended so go check um if you aint heard um

 

[RedStorm]

I think it would be safe to add every Pantera album on here except maybe Reinventing the Steel. But for purposes of this thread I'll add..

Pantera - "Vulgar Display Of Power" (I always thought they should have named all their albums this.)

Offspring - "Smash"

 

[Nuttkase]

Okay...off the top of my head. I am positive I am forgetting a bunch.

Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero, and Unplugged

Alice in Chains - Dirt, Sap, and Jar of Flies

Rage Against the Macine - Rage Against the Machine and Evil Empire

System of a Down - Toxicity and Steal This Album

Mad Season - Above

The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command and Vaya

Tool - Aenima and Lateralus

Queens of the Stone Age - R and Songs for the Deaf

Deftones - White Pony

Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak

That's all off the top of my head.

*Edit* had to remove some...just noticed you asked 1985 and newer.

Nuttkace

 

[InfamousICON]

Tool - Undertow Tool's best in my opinion
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms masterpiece
Deftones - Adrenaline Deftones' best in my opinion
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar obviously Manson's best
White Zombie - Astrocreep 2000 All time classic to me
Dope - Felons and Revolutionaires Dope don't get as much credit as they deserve in my opinion


That's all I can really think of right now....i'm tired as fuck

 

[B-Buzz]

Coheed & Cambria- In Keepng Secrets of Silent Earth:3
Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
The Receiving End of Sirens- Between the Heart & the Synapse
Brand New- Deja Entendu
Sublime- S/T
Led Zeppelin- 3

Some more I forgot to mention

Alice In Chains- Dirt
Alexisonfire- Watch Out!
AFI- The Art of Drowning
Danzig- S/T

 

[Mind Octapus]

I would add the Black album to my original list as well.

I'll check out that CD...

yepp

 

[smuggla]

couple more...

pennywise - unknown road

nofx- white trash, two heebs, and a bean

rancid- ...and out comes the wolves

 

[thaslumz]

JIM MORRISON'S POETRY ALBUM, THE PRODUCTION ON THAT IS INSANE

 

[RedStorm]

^^^i never heard of that. What's it called?

 

[Doit]

gotta have the downward spiral, leitmotif, and stp's purple on that list to name a few