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My Ranking of Megadeth’s Discography
Megadeth are another huge favorite of mine.
I’ve been a fan since I was a teenager, which is when I became a fan of many of the bands/artists I am ranking on this website.
Dave Mustaine (vocals/guitar/songwriter/co-producer) has had many lineups, but he’s always picked great musicians to bring his musical vision to life.
And as I much as I love Metallica, I think Megadeth have probably been more consistently great with their discography.
Here is my ranking of their albums.
- Rust In Peace
- Countdown To Extinction
- Risk
- Cryptic Writings
- The World Needs A Hero
- The System Has Failed
- United Abominations
- Endgame
- Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good
- Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying
- Super Collider
- Dystopia
- The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead
- Youthanasia
- Thirteen (Th1rt3en)
- So Far, So Good…So What!
- Hidden Treasures
- Rude Awakening
- Capitol Punishment (compilation with 2 new songs)
- The Big Four: Live From Sulfia, Bulgaria (Live album/DVD set with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax)
- That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires
- Rust In Peace Live
- Countdown To Extinction Live
- MD. 45 The Craving (a side project Dave did in the 1990s. There are two versions. One with singer Lee Ving and the other Dave re-did the vocals.)
I will always be a Megadeth fan. Dave Mustaine is a phenomenal musician and songwriter. His voice is not for everyone, but I like it and it’s perfect for his songs.
Rattlehead!!! If you’re a fan, you get it.
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My Ranking of Metallica’s Discography
Metallica is one of the biggest bands ever.
Aside from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, Metallica are definitely the biggest Metal band in the world and ever really.
Having said that, they are quite polarizing.
Many love them, but also many love their first three albums, and hate just about everything else they’ve done.
Me? I love most of it and don’t hate any of it (even the album they backed Lou Reed on, Lulu, is sometimes OK.)
Metallica are definitely another huge favorite of mine, and since I’m ranking some of my favorite bands/artists discographies, I have to rank Metallica’s too.
Here we go.
- Master Of Puppets
- Kill Em All
- Ride The Lightning
- Load
- Garage Inc.
- Death Magnetic/Beyond Magnetic EP (I’m ranking them together.)
- Reload
- St. Anger
- 72 Seasons
- And Justice For All
- Metallica (The Black Album)
- Hardwired…To Self Destruct
- S&M (Live Album)/I Disappear Single from M-I 2 Soundtrack (I’m ranking them together.)
- The Big Four: Live From Sulfia, Bulgaria (Live album/DVD set with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax)
- Live Shit Binge And Purge
- Through The Never Soundtrack
- S&M 2
- Lulu (It’s really a Lou Reed album, but Metallica was his band for the album.)
There you go. Metallica rules!!
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My Ranking of Alice Cooper’s Discography
Alice Cooper has been going strong since the 1960s.
I love basically every album he’s done, except for his first two albums.
Those are a bit weird, even for him.
The first album has a few good songs and I don’t even remember the second one, besides knowing I’ve heard it twice.
But everything else is pretty much amazing.
And in concert, he’s always phenomenal.
He’s still making amazing albums. His most recent album as of this typing is with his original Alice Cooper Band!!
And since I love all of his albums except the first two, this will be a tough ranking (easy to rank those two at the end though), but here it goes.
Also, before I do this, I’ll say I’m not ranking the live albums because there are several. I’ll just say they’re all great because they are.
- Trash
- Brutal Planet
- Love It To Death
- The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
- Along Came A Spider
- Billion Dollar Babies
- Killer
- School’s Out
- Lace And Whiskey
- The Last Temptation
- Constrictor
- Raise Your Fist And Yell
- Hey Stoopid
- Dragontown
- Welcome To My Nightmare
- Flush The Fashion
- Zipper Catches Skin
- The Revenge Of Alice Cooper
- Muscle Of Love
- Special Forces
- Welcome 2 My Nightmare
- Road
- Paranormal
- Dirty Diamonds
- Detroit Stories/Breadcrumbs EP (I’m putting them together because the EP has a lot of songs that are on Detroit Stories too)
- From The Inside
- Dada
- Alice Cooper Goes To Hell
- The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper Box Set
- Pretties For You
- Easy Action
- Old School Box Set
There it is. Until Alice releases more albums, that’s my ranking of his great discography.
Please feel free to comment and give me your rankings on any of these, if you’re a fan of these people’s work.
Rock on everyone!
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My Ranking of The Beatles Albums
The Beatles are the biggest and most important band in history.
Period.
Whether you like them or not, this is true.
To not be around for too long, they made such an impact.
Not just on music but society.
No band will ever be as big as them.
Impossible.
I soooo wish that John Lennon and George Harrison were still alive, but I’m glad the music is still here.
I’m fortunate to say that I did see Paul McCartney in concert once, as well as Ringo Starr twice.
I’ve been a fan of The Beatles since I was little.
Ranking their albums is kind of tough because I love pretty much everything they did, but here it goes.
- Abbey Road
- Let It Be
- Rubber Soul
- Revolver
- Magical Mystery Tour
- A Hard Day’s Night
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hears Club Band
- The Beatles (White Album)
- With (or Meet) The Beatles
- Please Please Me
- Yellow Submarine
- Help!
- The Beatles For Sale
- Past Masters Volume 1 and 2 (compilation featuring singles and b-sides)
- Anthology 1, 2, and 3/Now And Then Single (I’m just putting them together)
- Live At The Hollywood Bowl
There it is. My ranking of the discography of the most important band ever.
The Beatles!
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My Motley Crue Discography Rankings
Motley Crue is another one of my favorite bands.
I don’t like how the Mick Mars (guitar) dismissal was handled, but otherwise, I’m a big fan and have seen them many times in concert.
In fact, besides KISS (my favorite band), I’ve seen Motley more than I’ve seen any other band and enjoyed it every time.
And I love their discography.
Here is my ranking of their albums.
- Shout At The Devil
- Too Fast For Love
- Generation Swine
- Theatre Of Pain
- Motley Crue
- New Tattoo
- Girls Girls Girls
- Dr. Feelgood
- Red White & Crue (compilation featuring 3 new songs or 4 if you got it on import. I really love those songs. Also, this has the two songs that were new on their 1998 Greatest Hits album too that I really love.)
- Saints Of Los Angeles
- Decade Of Decadence (compilation album with several new and exclusive songs)
- Cancelled EP
- The Dirt Soundtrack (features 4 new songs)
- Carnival Of Sins Live
- Live :Entertainment or Death
- Quaternary EP
- SEX and All Bad Things singles
There you go. I love this band and I’m not changing my mind about it.
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My Van Halen Discography Rankings
Van Halen is another one of my favorite bands of all time, especially the years with singer David Lee Roth.
Guitarist Edward Van Halen (RIP) is one of the great guitar players for all time.
The rhythm section of bassist Michael Anthony (later Wolfgang Van Halen) and drummer Alex Van Halen was always great.
When I heard their song Runnin’ With The Devil, I was hooked.
Their first album will always be my favorite album of theirs and my favorite debut album from anyone.
I think their discography is great, especially the Dave years.
I prefer his eras because I think the band rocks more with him and are more fun.
But I do really like the albums with singer Sammy Hagar also, and even most of the one album with singer Gary Cherone.
But the Dave ones are THE ONES for me.
This one is not as tough for me, so here it goes.
- Van Halen
- Van Halen II
- Fair Warning
- The Best of Van Halen Volume 1 (compilation featuring one Sammy era song originally from a soundtrack and 2 new songs with Dave back as their singer. I love those 2 songs sooooooooooooo much that I rank those two songs this high up on the list.)
- 1984
- Women And Children First
- A Different Kind Of Truth
- Diver Down
- Tokyo Dome Live In Concert
- 5150
- For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- OU812
- Balance
- Van Halen 3
- The Best Of Both Worlds (compilation featuring 3 new songs with Sammy on vocals)
- Live Right Here Right Now
There you have it. One of the best bands ever, in my opinion.
I’m very partial to the Dave years, but the Sammy stuff overall is great and I really like most of VH3 with Gary Cherone.
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My Aerosmith Discography Rankings
I’m in the process of ranking some of my favorite bands/artists discographies.
This time, it’s Aerosmith.
Definitely one of my favorite bands ever.
The lineup of singer Steven Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton, and drummer Joey Kramer will always be phenomenal to me.
Like all of these rankings, it’s tough because I love pretty much all their albums.
Some of the live albums I haven’t heard as much, but they’re all good too.
I could always change my mind, but here is my ranking of Aerosmith’s discography.
- Toys In The Attic
- Rocks
- Aerosmith
- Draw The Line
- Get Your Wings
- Get A Grip
- Nine Lives
- Permanent Vacation
- Pump
- Night In The Ruts
- Done With Mirrors
- Just Push Play
- Music From Another Dimension
- Rock In A Hard Place
- Honkin’ On Bobo
- Rocks Donington
- A Little South Of Sanity
- Live Bootleg
- Classics Live
- Classics Live II
- Rockin’ The Joint
- One More Time EP (featuring Steven, Joe and Yungblud)
Regardless of how I rank these, I love Aerosmith sooooo much and I’m glad they made all of these albums.
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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.