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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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Billy Idol Dream Into It Album Review
Billy Idol released his latest album, Dream Into It, on April 25 of this year.
If you are a fan of Billy Idol, you should like this album.
It has rock, pop, punk, melody, good lyrics (some autobiographical), good guitar playing from Billy’s longtime collaborator Steve Stevens, and just lots of catchy hooks.
The album also includes the great Joan Jett on one song.
Billy is touring this summer with Joan Jett and her band The Blackhearts so check them out if you get a chance. I’ve seen both and they are awesome.
I’m glad Billy Idol is still making music and is still working with Steve Stevens. They make a great musical pair.
Keep on rocking guys and everyone check out Billy’s new album Dream Into It.
Luckily, I was able to get it with a signed insert card. Thanks Billy!!!!
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Jethro Tull Curious Ruminant Album Review
The legendary band Jethro Tull released their 24th studio album, Curious Ruminant, on March 7 of this year (2025).
Singer/Flutist/Multi-Instrumentalist/Songwriter/Founder Ian Anderson and the band is still going strong, still writing in my opinion very good songs.
Even though Ian is the only original/classic member left in the band, he still has great players with him.
On this album he has Jack Clark on electric guitar, David Goodier on bass, Scott Hammond on drums, James Duncan on drums/cajon/percussion, John O’ Hara on piano/keyboards/accordion, and Andrew Giddings on piano/keyboards/accordion.
Ian, while singing and playing flute as always, also plays acoustic guitar/tenor guitar/mandolin on this album, and as listed “odds and sods, bits and bobs”.
I know that several Jethro Tull fans don’t like what Ian and the band do now or have been doing for many years because they don’t like that Ian’s voice is not what it used to be.
It does not bother me at all. I think he still sounds good. It’s definitely different sounding now, but it doesn’t sound awful.
Ian just changed his vocal style to best fit what he can sing now, and as long as it doesn’t sound terrible, it does not bother me.
I understand why people aren’t as into it anymore, but I also think they are missing out because Ian and the band I think are still great.
I’ve already played this new Jethro Tull album, Curious Ruminant, several times. I find it very pleasant and fun to listen to.
Way to go Ian Anderson!! Keep on making music. I’ll keep on buying it and enjoying it.
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Dream Theater Parasomnia Album Review
The Progressive Metal band Dream Theater released their 16th studio album Parasomnia, on February 7 of this year (2025).
For Dream Theater fans, this is a treat because Mike Portnoy, the original drummer and co-founder, is back!!!!
He left Dream Theater in 2010 to pursue other musical ventures, while the band (James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitar, John Myung on bass, and Jordan Rudess on keyboards) carried on with drummer Mike Mangini for 5 studio albums and a few live albums.
A few years ago, Portnoy saw Dream Theater as a fan for the first time, worked with Petrucci and Rudess on another album by their instrumental band Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE for short), then worked with Petrucci on one of his instrumental solo albums and did the tour.
Sometime during that period, the decision was made for Portnoy to return to Dream Theater.
This new album, Parasomnia, is the result of this reunion with Portnoy back on drums.
If you are a Dream Theater fan, you should really enjoy this.
It’s very heavy, but also has plenty of progressive music, intricate parts, great singing, long songs, and even one ballad.
It’s a great album to listen to if you are a diehard Dream Theater fan, and it’s a great album for any new Dream Theater fans.
This may not be your cup of tea, but if it is, get it!! It’s great.
Welcome back Mike Portnoy!!!! Hopefully this is the lineup for the rest of their career, which I thought it would be until it wasn’t in 2010.
But I’m glad the band carried on, and I love a lot of what Portnoy did outside of the band, but nothing against Mike Mangini, but this is Portnoy’s gig and I’m very glad he’s back.
Carry on guys!!
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Michael Schenker My Years With UFO Album Review
Michael Schenker has been one of my favorite guitar players since I was a teenager.
I first heard him on the Scorpions debut album “Lonesome Crow”.
I was completely blown away by his playing.
I then got into the band UFO, in which he played guitar for a few times over the decades, recording some of the best hard rock music you could possibly hear.
He also has his own band MSG (Michael Schenker Group), in which there have been many lineups of, and he’s recorded A LOT of albums over the decades with MSG, UFO, and other off shoots, and even solo instrumental albums (Acoustic and electric ones. I highly recommend his instrumental album “Adventures Of The Imagination”. My girlfriend Mariah loves it too.).
50 years after the first UFO album Michael played on (called “Phenomenal”), he has released a newly recorded album of UFO classics featuring many singers and musicians.
It is called “My Years With UFO”.
Guests include Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Axl Rose (Guns N Roses), Slash (Guns N Roses, Slash’s Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators), Biff Byford (Saxon), Erik Gronwall (Skid Row), Joey Tempest (Europe), Jeff Scott Soto (Sons Of Apollo, Journey), John Norum (Europe, Dokken), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow, Deep Purple, Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force), Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg, Whitesnake), Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Rod Steward, Blue Murder, King Kobra), Stephen Pearcy (RATT), Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Joel Hoekstra (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Whitesnake, Night Ranger), and others.
Star studded lineup of singers and musicians, but ultimately, it still comes down to the songs and Michael’s phenomenal guitar playing. And he is still PHENOMENAL!!
So, if you are a UFO or Michael fan or a fan of any of the guests, then this album is for you.
Crank it up!!
