Los 100 Mejores Álbumes de la Historia

Como ya decía en mi anterior entrada, hace unos días –Los Mejores 40 temas del Heavy Metal-, las publicaciones que más éxito han tenido en este blog han sido las de listas de temas musicales. Pero no habíamos publicado aún ninguna sobre álbumes.

Por esta razón voy a ocuparme esta vez de poner unas cuantas que me han parecido especialmente interesantes…

Se trata de listas que se supone que engloban los supuestos mejores 100 álbumes de la historia del metal o del rock. Como en previas ocasiones, adelantamos que en toda lista, para muchos, faltarán indispensables y sobrará más de un título, pero son guías que ayudan a descubrir alguno que se puede haber pasado por alto, o a recordar aquellos que pueden haber quedado un poco perdidos en el olvido.

Comenzamos con:

Los 100 Mejores Álbumes del Metal (fuente: Digital Dream Door):

1. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
2. Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden
3. Master of Puppets – Metallica
4. Powerslave – Iron Maiden
5. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
6. Ride the Lightning – Metallica
7. Piece of Mind – Iron Maiden
8. Sad Wings of Destiny – Judas Priest
9. Operation: Mindcrime – Queensryche
10. Rust in Peace – Megadeth
11. Screaming for Vengeance – Judas Priest
12. Blizzard of Ozz – Ozzy Osbourne
13. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Iron Maiden
14. Master of Reality – Black Sabbath
15. Reign in Blood – Slayer
16. Holy Diver – Dio
17. Rainbow Rising – Rainbow
18. Painkiller – Judas Priest
19. Appetite for Destruction – Guns ‘N Roses
20. British Steel – Judas Priest
21. Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? – Megadeth
22. Van Halen – Van Halen
23. …And Justice For All – Metallica
24. Somewhere in Time – Iron Maiden
25. Diary of a Madman – Ozzy Osbourne
26. Kill ‘Em All – Metallica
27. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
28. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Rainbow
29. Don’t Break The Oath – Mercyful Fate
30. Sabotage – Black Sabbath
31. Overkill – Motorhead
32. Volume 4 – Black Sabbath
33. Stained Class – Judas Priest
34. Destroyer – KISS
35. Lateralus – Tool
36. Welcome to Hell – Venom
37. Long Live Rock and Roll – Rainbow
38. Seasons in the Abyss – Slayer
39. Cowboys From Hell – Pantera
40. 1984 – Van Halen
41. Heaven & Hell – Black Sabbath
42. Pyromania – Def Leppard
43. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
44. Metallica (Black Album) – Metallica
45. Abigail – King Diamond
46. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
47. Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. I – Helloween
48. Lightning to the Nations – Diamond Head
49. Hell Bent For Leather – Judas Priest
50. Aenima – Tool
51. Vulgar Display of Power – Pantera
52. Badmotorfinger – Soundgarden
53. Black Water Park – Opeth
54. Killers – Iron Maiden
55. Defenders of the Faith – Judas Priest
56. South of Heaven – Slayer
57. Among the Living – Anthrax
58. Black Metal – Venom
59. Hall of the Mountain King – Savatage
60. Symbolic – Death
61. Bonded By Blood – Exodus
62. Balls to the Wall – Accept
63. Images & Words – Dream Theater
64. Love Gun – KISS
65. Far Beyond Driven – Pantera
66. Hysteria – Def Leppard
67. Shout At The Devil – Motley Crue
68. Awake – Dream Theater
69. Dirt – Alice in Chains
70. Countdown to Extinction – Megadeth
71. Melissa – Mercyful Fate
72. Toxicity – System of a Down
73. Scum – Napalm Death
74. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
75. Dark Saga – Iced Earth
76. Virgin Killer – Scorpions
77. Divine Wings of Tragedy – Symphony X
78. Hail to England – Manowar
79. The Mob Rules – Black Sabbath
80. Sin After Sin – Judas Priest
81. Hell Awaits – Slayer
82. Dr. Feelgood – Motley Crue
83. Skid Row – Skid Row
84. Scenes From A Memory – Dream Theater
85. Blackout – Scorpions
86. Slave to the Grind – Skid Row
87. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas – Mayhem
88. Hatebreeder – Children of Bodom
89. Blind – Corrison of Conformity
90. Tales from the Twilight World – Blind Guardian
91. Killing is My Business…and Business is Good – Megadeth
92. The Last Command – W.A.S.P.
93. Edge of Thorns – Savatage
94. Beneath The Remains – Sepultura
95. The Legacy – Testament
96. The Jester Race – In Flames
97. The Chemical Wedding – Bruce Dickinson
98. Practice What You Preach – Testament
99. Chaos A.D. – Sepultura
100. Human – Death

Pasamos ahora a…

Los 100 Mejores Álbumes del Rock (fuente: Digital Dream Door):

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds (1966) – The Beach Boys
3. What’s Going On (1971) – Marvin Gaye
4. Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) – Pink Floyd
5. Revolver (1966) – The Beatles
6. Live at the Apollo (1962) – James Brown
7. Highway 61 Revisited (1965) – Bob Dylan
8. Thriller (1982) – Michael Jackson
9. Are You Experienced? (1967) – Jimi Hendrix
10. Rubber Soul (1965) – The Beatles
11. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) – Public Enemy
12. Nevermind (1991) – Nirvana
13. Elvis Presley (1956) – Elvis Presley
14. Born To Run (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
15. Exile On Main Street (1972) – The Rolling Stones
16. Blonde On Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan
17. Innervisions (1973) – Stevie Wonder
18. London Calling (1979) – The Clash
19. Abbey Road (1969) – The Beatles
20. Purple Rain (1984) – Prince
21. Who’s Next (1971) – The Who
22. Led Zeppelin II (1969) – Led Zeppelin
23. Songs In The Key Of Life (1976) – Stevie Wonder
24. The Joshua Tree (1987) – U2
25. Rumours (1977) – Fleetwood Mac
26. The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) – The Beatles
27. I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You (1967) – Aretha Franklin
28. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) – Ray Charles
29. Blue (1971) – Joni Mitchell
30. Tapestry (1971) – Carole King
31. Raising Hell (1986) – Run-D.M.C.
32. Tommy (1969) – The Who
33. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) – Led Zeppelin
34. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) – The Velvet Underground
35. Appetite For Destruction (1987) – Guns N Roses
36. Paranoid (1970) – Black Sabbath
37. There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971) – Sly & The Family Stone
38. Ziggy Stardust (1972) – David Bowie
39. Let It Bleed (1969) – The Rolling Stones
40. Bringing It All Back Home (1965) – Bob Dylan
41. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) – Elton John
42. Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977) – Various Artists
43. Ten (1991) – Pearl Jam
44. Led Zeppelin I (1969) – Led Zeppelin
45. The Doors (1967) – The Doors
46. Superfly (1972) – Curtis Mayfield
47. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) – Lauryn Hill
48. Back In Black (1980) – AC/DC
49. Born in the USA (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
50. Licensed to Ill (1986) – Beastie Boys
51. Never Mind the Bollocks (1977) – The Sex Pistols
52. Talking Book (1972) – Stevie Wonder
53. Lady Soul (1968) – Aretha Franklin
54. Sign ‘O’ The Times (1987) – Prince
55. The Ramones (1976) – The Ramones
56. Otis Blue (1965) – Otis Redding
57. Straight Outta Compton (1989) – N.W.A.
58. Moondance (1970) – Van Morrison
59. After the Goldrush (1970) – Neil Young
60. The Chronic (1992) – Dr. Dre
61. The Wall (1979) – Pink Floyd
62. Hotel California (1976) – The Eagles
63. Van Halen (1978) – Van Halen
64. Electric Ladyland (1968) – Jimi Hendrix
65. Ok Computer (1997) – Radiohead
66. Automatic for the People (1992) – R.E.M.
67. Blood On the Tracks (1975) – Bob Dylan
68. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) – Simon & Garfunkel
69. Murmur (1983) – R.E.M.
70. Like A Virgin (1984) – Madonna
71. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – The Beatles
72. Off the Wall (1979) – Michael Jackson
73. Achtung Baby (1991) – U2
74. The Band (1969) – The Band
75. Stand! (1969) – Sly & The Family Stone
76. From Elvis In Memphis (1969) – Elvis Presely
77. Metallica (The Black Album) (1991) – Metallica
78. Sticky Fingers (1971) – The Rolling Stones
79. Synchronicity (1983) – The Police
80. 1999 (1982) – Prince
81. Paul’s Boutique (1989) – Beastie Boys
82. Astral Weeks (1968) – Van Morrison
83. Number Of the Beast (1982) – Iron Maiden
84. Machine Head (1972) – Deep Purple
85. Surrealistic Pillow (1967) – Jefferson Airplane
86. Master Of Puppets (1986) – Metallica
87. The Clash (1977) – The Clash
88. Remain In Light (1980) – Talking Heads
89. Plastic Ono Band (1970) – John Lennon
90. Black Sabbath (1970) – Black Sabbath
91. 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) – De La Soul
92. Catch A Fire (1973) – Bob Marley & The Wailers
93. The Queen Is Dead (1986) – The Smiths
94. The «Chirping» Crickets (1957) – Buddy Holly
95. Live At Leeds (1970) – The Who
96. Paid In Full (1987) – Eric B. & Rakim
97. Music From Big Pink (1968) – The Band
98. Fullfillingness’ First Finale (1974) – Stevie Wonder
99. Disraeli Gears (1967) – Cream
100. Axis Bold As Love (1967) – Jimi Hendrix

Para comparar nos vamos a otra fuente diferente donde la lista va a cambiar sustancialmente, pero para hacerlo más divertido publico la lista realizada en el año 1989, en el 1998, y en el 2006. Se puede observar que en la lista se incluyen más clásicos o menos dependiendo de la época, y se hacen curiosas concesiones a la actualidad del momento, que por otra parte son comprensibles cuando se trata de listas confeccionadas por votación popular…

Los 100 Mejores Álbumes del Rock (fuente: revista Kerrang en 1989)

1. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
2. Van Halen – Van Halen
3. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
4. Montrose – Montrose
5. Guns n’Roses – Appetite For Destruction
6. Def Leppard – Hysteria
7. Metallica – Master Of Puppets
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
9. Aerosmith – Rocks
10. AC/DC – Back In Black
11. Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation
12. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
13. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
14. Rainbow – Rising
15. Deep Purple – In Rock
16. Metallica – Ride The Lightning
17. Judas Priest – Sad Wings Of Destiny
18. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
19. Def Leppard – Pyromania
20. Aerosmith – Live Bootleg
21. Kiss – Alive
22. Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties
23. Motörhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
24. Rush – 2112
25. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
26. AC/DC – Powerage
27. Slayer – Reign In Blood
28. UFO – Lights Out
29. Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
30. Van Halen – Women And Children First
31. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
32. Journey – Escape
33. Legs Diamond – Legs Diamond
34. Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime
35. Deep Purple – Machine Head
36. Kiss – Destroyer
37. Aerosmith – Draw The Line
38. Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
39. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
40. Bad Company – Bad Company
41. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
42. Metallica – … And Justice For All
43. Rush – Moving Pictures
44. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
45. Motörhead – Overkill
46. Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
47. UFO – Strangers In The Night
48. Black Sabbath – Vol 4
49. Bryan Adams – Reckless
50. Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
51. Moot The Hoople – Live
52. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
53. Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality
54. Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi
55. The Stooges – Funhouse
56. UFO – Obsession
57. Black Sabbath – Sabotage
58. Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
59. Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent
60. Iggy And The Stooges – Raw Power
61. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
62. Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune
63. Angel – Angel
64. Judas Priest – Unleashed In The East
65. Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
66. Def Leppard – High ‘n’ Dry
67. Van Halen – 1984
68. Magnum – Chase The Dragon
69. Iggy Pop – Instinct
70. David Lee Roth – Eat’em And Smile
71. Thin Lizzy – Thunder And Lightning
72. Blue Öyster Cult – Some Enchanted Evening
73. Judas Priest – Stained Class
74. Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies
75. Deep Purple – Made In Japan
76. Van Halen – Van Halen II
77. Magnum – On A Storyteller’s Night
78. Michael Bolton – Everybody’s Crazy
79. Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
80. ZZ Top – Eliminator
81. Whitesnake – Ready An’ Willing
82. Iron Maiden – Live After Death
83. Boston – Boston
84. Starz – Violation
85. Rush – Rush
86. Anthrax – Spreading The Disease
87. Foghat – Foghat Live
88. Queensrÿche – Rage For Order
89. David Lee Roth – Skyscraper
90. Mother’s Finest – Iron Age
91. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
92. Blue Öyster Cult – On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
93. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Smash Hits
94. Starz – Starz
95.Saxon – Wheels Of Steel
96. AC/DC – If You Want Blood – You Got It
97. Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself
98. Queen – A Night At The Opera
99. Iron Maiden – Killers
100. Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Vinnie Vincent Invasion

Los 100 Mejores Álbumes del Rock (fuente: revista Kerrang en 1998)

1. Nirvana – In Utero
2. Sepultura – Roots
3. Metallica – Master Of Puppets
4. Nirvana – Nevermind
5. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
6. Guns n’Roses – Appetite For Destruction
7. Black Sabbath – Volume 4
8. AC/DC – Back In Black
9. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
10. Slayer – Reign In Blood
11. Fear Factory – Demanufacture
12. Metallica – The Black Album
13. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
14. Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
15. Pearl Jam – Ten
16. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
17. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
18. Korn – Korn
19. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
20. White Zombie – Astro-Creep: 2000
21. Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
22. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
23. Garbage – Garbage
24. Prodigy – The Fat Of The Land
25. Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
26. Reef – Glow
27. Terrorvision – How To Make Friends And Influence People
28. Therapy? – Troublegum
29. Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power
30. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
31. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
32. Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
33. Green Day – Dookie
34. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
35. Ash – 1977
36. Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast
37. Ministry – Psalm 69
38. Kyuss – Sky Valley
39. Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion
40. Thin Lizzy – Live And Dangerous
41. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
42. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
43. Hole – Live Through This
44. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Bloodsugarsexmagik
45. AC/DC – Highway To Hell
46. The Wildhearts – Earth Vs The Wildhearts
47. Nirvana – Unplugged In New York
48. Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
49. Alice In Chains – Dirt
50. Faith No More – The Real Thing
51. Rancid – …And Out Come The Wolves
52. Venom – Black Metal
53. Kiss – Alive
54. Offspring – Smash
55. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
56. Machine Head – Burn My Eyes
57. Bush – Sixteen Stone
58. Temple Of The Dog – Temple Of The Dog
59. Aerosmith – Rocks
60. Discharge – Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing
61. Sisters Of Mercy – Floodland
62. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
63. The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
64. Paradise Lost – Gothic
65. Def Leppard – Pyromania
66. Helmet – Meantime
67. Bad Brains – Rock For Light
68. Skunk Anansie – Paranoid & Sunburnt
69. Marilyn Manson – Portrait Of An American Family
70. Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime
71. Placebo – Placebo
72. Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Dracula, Scream
73. Sugar – Copper Blue
74. Deftones – Adrenaline
75. Fear Factory – Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)
76. Mother Love Bone – Apple
77. Van Halen – Van Halen
78. Nirvana – Bleach
79. Motörhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
80. Soundgarden – Superunknown
81. Fugazi – In On The Killtaker
82. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
83. Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
84. Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill
85. Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses
86. Aerosmith – Pump
87. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
88. Brad – Shame
89. Corrosion Of Conformity – Blind
90. Napalm Death – Scum
91. Girls Against Boys – Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
92. Entombed – Wolverine Blues
93. Monster Magnet – Dopes To Infinity
94. Karma To Burn – Karma To Burn
95. Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
96. Soul Asylum – Hang Time
97. Live – Throwing Copper
98. No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
99. Coal Chamber – Coal Chamber
100. Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood

Los 100 Mejores Álbumes del Rock (fuente: revista Kerrang en 2006)

100. Trivium – Ascendancy
99. Bad Religion – Suffer
98. Satyricon – Volcano
97. Muse – Origin of Symmetry
96. Tool – Lateralus
95. Clash – Clash
94. Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith
93. Anthrax – Spreading the Disease
92. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
91. Killing Joke – Killing Joke
90. Converge – Jane Doe
89. Jane’s Addiction – Nothings Shocking
88. Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
87. Faith No More – The Real Thing
86. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
85. Blink 182 – Enema of the State
84. Sepultura – Roots
83. The Stooges – Fun House
82. Slipknot – Slipknot
81. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
80. Metallica – Ride the Lightning
79. Deep Purple – Machine Head
78. Offspring – Smash
77. Alice Cooper – Billion Doller Babies
76. Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
75. The Black Crowes – Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
74. Darkness – Permission to Land
73. Mastodan – Leviathan
72. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
71. Rainbow – Rising
70. Def Leppard – Pyromania
69. Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
68. Helmet – Meantime
67. Megadeth – Peace Sells But Who’s Buying
66. Rancid – And out come the wolves
65. Aerosmith – Rocks
64. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon collie and the infinite sadness
63. Big Black – Atomizer
62. Deftones – White Pony
61. At the Drive-in – Relationship of Command
60. Dio – Holy Diver
59. Van Halen – 1984
58. Rush – Moving Pictures
57. Fugazi – Repeater
56. Soundgarden – Superunknown
55. Kiss – Alive
54. Machine Head – Burn My Eyes
53. Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
52. Pearl Jam – Ten
51. Nirvana – In Utero
50. Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz
49. Weezer – Weezer
48. Guns’n’Roses – Use Your Illusion II
47. Slayer – South of Heaven
46. Minor Threat – Minor Threat
45. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
44. Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
43. Napalm Death – Scum
42. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin lV
41. Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
40. Nine Inch Nails – Downward Spiral
39. Alice in Chains – Dirt
38. My Chemical Romance – 3 Cheers for Sweet Revenge
37. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
36. Tool – Aenima
35. Aerosmith – Pump
34. Green Day – Dookie
33. Black Flag – Damaged
32. Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil
31. Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come
30. Muse – Absolution
29. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
28. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
27. Korn – Korn
26. System of a Down – Toxicity
25. Def Leppard – Hysteria
24. Faith No More – Angel Dust
23. Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
22. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
21. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
20. The Wildhearts – Earth vs. the Wildhearts
19. Clash – London Calling
18. Judas Priest – British Steel
17. Van Halen – Van Halen
16. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
15. Metallica – Metallica
14. Ramones – Ramones
13. Green Day – American Idiot
12. Motorhead – No Sleep Till Hammersmith
11. Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
10. Nirvana – Nevermind
9. Slayer – Reign of Blood
8. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
7. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks
6. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
5. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
4. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
3. AC/DC – Back in Black
2. Metallica – Master of Puppets
1. Guns’n’Roses – Apperit for Destruction