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My Led Zeppelin Album Rankings
Led Zeppelin is one of the biggest bands of all time.
They were the perfect lineup of guys.
Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/organist/multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham.
What they created will forever be iconic.
I soooooo wish I had a time machine so I could go back in time to see Led Zeppelin in concert.
Luckily, I’ve seen Robert, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham’s son Jason (who played with Zeppelin at many of their one off reunion shows and sadly have never seen Jimmy), but nothing would top seeing Led Zeppelin for me.
I love all of their studio albums and live albums, so ranking them is tough, but I’m giving it my best try here.
- Physical Graffiti
- Led Zeppelin II
- Led Zeppelin IV
- Houses Of The Holy
- Led Zeppelin
- Led Zeppelin III
- In Through The Out Door
- Presence
- Coda
- Celebration Day
- The Song Remains The Same
- How The West Was Won
- BBC Sessions
There you have it. My ranking of the discography of one of the biggest bands ever.
What do you think?
Rock on everyone.
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My Ranking of KISS’ Discography
KISS is my favorite band of all time.
I love every album and every lineup.
I have seen them 11 times in concert.
They were my first concert.
They mean the world to me.
I don’t always agree with everything they say, but I still love them to death and I will love them until I’m gone.
Every time I’ve seen them, I felt 16 again when I first discovered them.
Yeah I was late, but better late than never.
And frankly, I think it was just in time because the first two times I saw them was the original lineup!!
Doesn’t get any better, although as I said, I love every lineup and some stuff that was done later I prefer over the older stuff.
This is very tough and I’ve tried this many times, but have never typed my rankings of KISS’ massive discography.
Well, I’m going to try to rank them here.
I’m not going to include every live album that’s been released (they’re all good), but I’ll include the big ones. Here we go.
- Alive!
- KISS
- Hotter Than Hell
- Love Gun
- Dressed To Kill
- Rock And Roll Over
- Destroyer
- Dynasty
- Alive II
- Gene Simmons (yes this is a solo album, but it has the KISS logo on it)
- Ace Frehley (yes this is a solo album, but it has the KISS logo on it)
- Paul Stanley (yes this is a solo album, but it has the KISS logo on it)
- Peter Criss (yes this is a solo album, but it has the KISS logo on it)
- Unmasked
- Revenge
- Creatures Of The Night
- Asylum
- Lick It Up
- Crazy Nights
- Animalize
- Killers (compilation with 4 new songs)
- Music From The Elder
- Hot In The Shade
- Alive III
- MTV Unplugged
- Carnival Of Souls
- Sonic Boom
- Monster
- Psycho Circus
- Smashes, Thrashes & Hits (compilation with 2 new songs and a vocal re-record)
- Symphony Alive IV
- Rocks Vegas
- Alive: The Millennium Concert
KISS will always be my favorite band no matter what.
This was very tough, and there is no right or wrong, but this is my ranking of the discography of my favorite band ever.
You wanted the Best. You Got The Best. The Hottest Band in the World, KISS!!!!!!!
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My Black Sabbath Album Rankings
The band Black Sabbath, as far as I and many others are concerned, invented what is now called Heavy Metal music.
I know they don’t agree, but I believe it’s true.
The original lineup of singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward are the creators of sooooooooooo many bands.
They started a lot.
There have been many lineups (Tony Iommi is the one who has always been there.) and I am a fan of all of it.
And I am going to rank their albums here.
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Black Sabbath
- Paranoid
- Master Of Reality
- Reunion
- Sabotage
- Dehumanizer
- Heaven And Hell
- Mob Rules
- Seventh Star
- Vol. 4
- Never Say Die
- 13
- Technical Ecstasy
- Black Sabbath The Dio Years (Compilation with 3 new songs)
- The Devil You Know (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)
- The End EP
- Forbidden
- Born Again
- Headless Cross
- The Eternal Idol
- Cross Purposes
- Tyr
- Live At Radio City Music Hall (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)
- Neon Nights: Live at Wacken 2009 (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)
- Live at Hammersmith Odeon
- Live Evil
- Past Lives (AKA Live At Last)
- Cross Purposes Live
- The End: Live In Birmingham/The Angelic Sessions
- Live…Gathered In Their Masses
Doing rankings like this are tough, and even the lower ones are not terrible. It’s just that I like the ones ranked higher more.
And I could always change my mind, but this is my ranking right here and right now.
What do you think? How would you rank them? Let me know.
I love Black Sabbath. Every album and lineup is important.
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My Judas Priest Album Rankings
Judas Priest is one of my favorite bands of all time.
To me, they are the second Heavy Metal band in existence (1st is Black Sabbath).
Their impact is enormous.
Judas Priest have influenced so many bands.
Rob Halford, in my opinion, is one of the greatest singers of all time.
Their classic guitar duo of Glenn Tipton and KK Downing are my favorite guitar team and cannot be touched, even though there are other greats.
They are the one Metal band that have always waved the Metal flag and have been proud to call themselves a Heavy Metal band.
I don’t think they’ve ever released a bad album, but I am going to do my best here in ranking their discography.
Mainly their studio albums, but I’m going to include their live albums too because they are great too.
This is really tough, but here is my ranking of the Judas Priest discography.
- Painkiller
- Screaming For Vengeance
- Defenders Of The Faith
- Turbo
- Unleashed In The East
- British Steel
- Sin After Sin
- Stained Class
- Hell Bent For Leather
- Ram It Down
- Jugulator
- Demolition
- Point Of Entry
- Angel Of Retribution
- Firepower
- Nostradamus
- Invincible Shield
- Redeemer Of Souls
- Sad Wings Of Destiny
- Rocka Rolla
- Priest…Live
- War Pigs Single (Featuring Ozzy Osbourne)
- 98 Live Meltdown
- British Steel Live
- Live In London
- A Touch Of Evil Live
Wow that was really tough.
I only thought of this as I was typing it.
The Iron Maiden discography ranking I thought of and changed around all the way up to typing it.
But this one I made up right here.
Ask me in 5 minutes, and I’ll maybe rank it differently, and it’s tough because I love most of these albums, and don’t dislike any of them.
But anyway, here is my ranking of the greatest Heavy Metal bands of all time.
Judas Priest!!
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My Iron Maiden Album Rankings
Iron Maiden is one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands ever.
They are still going strong in 2025, 50 years after starting.
Bruce Dickinson, who has sang on most of their albums, is one of the best singers/frontmen in history, as far as I’m concerned. Paul Dianno was a very good singer earlier on and I don’t mind Blaze Bayley in the 90s, but Bruce is the guy. Period.
The guitarists Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, along with Janick Gers later on, are just phenomenal.
Drummers Clive Burr (RIP) and later Nicko McBrain are two of the greats.
And founding member/bassist/songwriter Steve Harris is untouchable.
I feel they have been mostly consistent with their discography, so it’s really hard and maybe unfair to try to rank them starting with my favorite and ending with my least favorite.
I’ve already changed it a few times since typing this, but for now, this is my ranking of Iron Maiden’s discography.
I’ll just rank the studio albums because there are so many live albums and all of them are solid, but I will just say my favorite Iron Maiden live album is Rock In Rio, released in 2001. OK here it is:
- Brave New World
- Powerslave
- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- The Number Of The Beast
- Somewhere In Time
- No Prayer For The Dying
- A Matter Of Life And Death
- The Final Frontier
- Book Of Souls
- Fear Of The Dark
- Iron Maiden
- Killers
- Piece Of Mind
- Dance Of Death
- Senjutsu
- Virtual XI
- The X Factor
There’s no right or wrong answer, but this is how I’m ranking the great band Iron Maiden’s studio album discography.
I may change my mind in 5 minutes, but this is it for now.
I’ve been re-listening to their albums recently, and decided to rank them on here.
If you see this, let me know what you think and if you’re a fan of their work, how would you rank them?
Let me know.
Rock on everyone.