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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.
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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.
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Metal On Metal and Rock Comedy: Anvil/Don Jamieson/Pulsifier Concert Review
- Date of Concert: Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Location of Concert: The Machine Shop in Flint, MI
I’m not going to many concerts in 2025, but I could not miss this one.
Anvil w/comedian Don Jamieson, and newer band Pulsifier at a cool club/bar called The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan.
Pulsifier started the show with a solid, rocking set.
This band includes singer MeA, guitarist Christopher Skehan, bassist Patrick Ouellette, and drummer Jay Allen Grant.
They’ve only been around since 2023, but I think they have a strong, promising future.
We need more new good rock bands and they are one of them.
Seek them out.
After Pulsifier ended, comedian Don Jamieson did a 30 minute standup routine.
Don is also known as one of the hosts of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show.
Don was very funny, and even bagged on me a couple of times.
Hey, you have to expect that from a comedian, so it was OK.
Plus, when I met him after his set, he just said he was busting my chops and appreciated my being a fan of his. He also signed his CDs that I bought from him and the ones I brought with me and took pictures with me.
His jokes were mostly rock related, and was very funny.
I shot some of his set (video below), so please check it out.
Thank you Don for the laughs and for your kindness.
The great Canadian Metal band Anvil ended the night with a PHENOMENAL show.
Singer/guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow, drummer Robb Reiner, and bassist Chris “Christ” Robertson are all great at what they do and just kick butt!!
They all seemed to be having fun and so were the audience.
Lots of old songs and some new/newer songs and they all sounded great.
Thank you guys for all the amazing albums (I can’t wait for more.), for the great show, and for your kindness too.
I met Lips and Robb after the show and I appreciate them taking the time to talk to us fans.
I actually spoke at length with Robb’s wife Jane before the show about a lot of things. She handles Anvil’s merch and is a super nice person. Thank you so much Jane for talking to me.
Also, before the show, since I was in Flint, Michigan, I went to see the so called Grand Funk Railroad bridge near the venue.
This particular bridge was graffitied with the names of the band members of Grand Funk Railroad, as well as the name of the band, back in the 70s and is still there today.
As a Grand Funk fan, I could not resist driving by and looking at it.
I don’t know how many more shows I have left in me, but I’m really glad I got to see this one.
So much fun.
Rock on guys!!
Anvil Set List:
- March Of The Crabs
- 666
- Ooh Baby
- Legal At Last
- Truth Is Dying
- Badass Rock N Roll
- Free As The Wind
- On Fire
- This Is Thirteen
- Mothra
- Swing Thing
- Jackhammer
- Metal On Metal
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