Best Rock Album - 1986?

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

Graceland - Paul Simon

@swaye Puppets is one of the great heavy stuff albums of all time and in a lot of years it would get my vote. But Graceland was the best record of 1986 and it's not all that close. It was the soundtrack of our family road trips. Metallica was for the scary looking hesher dudes at the High School.

GrundleStiltzkin

Master of Puppets - Metallica

I have a soft spot for that Poison record, it's great for what it is.

Master is damned near perfect.

Doesn't really count...

But still, hooj for me.

NoWarningJustDawg

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Hey, a Bon Jovi sighting. On that note, I was a little surprised we made it through yesterday without mention of Whitesnake, or at least a Tawny Kitaen gif or two.




Seriously though, some pole years are tough. Others are 1986.

YellowSnow

Graceland - Paul Simon

GrundleStiltzkin said:

I have a soft spot for that Poison record, it's great for what it is.

Master is damned near perfect.

Doesn't really count...

But still, hooj for me.

AC DC is the GOAT one trick pony. But they ran of ideas after FTATR. Mid 80s AC DC sucks. Even @dflea agrees with me.

RaceBannon

GrundleStiltzkin said:

I have a soft spot for that Poison record, it's great for what it is.

Master is damned near perfect.

Doesn't really count...

But still, hooj for me.

I wasn't secure enough in my manhood to mention Poison but they had some good stuff

GrundleStiltzkin

Master of Puppets - Metallica

YellowSnow said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

I have a soft spot for that Poison record, it's great for what it is.

Master is damned near perfect.

Doesn't really count...

But still, hooj for me.

AC DC is the GOAT one trick pony. But they ran of ideas after FTATR. Mid 80s AC DC sucks. Even @dflea agrees with me.

Agree. The title track is the exception that proves the rule.

RaceBannon

https://youtu.be/MCOrtJMQmVs

GrundleStiltzkin

Master of Puppets - Metallica

RaceBannon said:

https://youtu.be/MCOrtJMQmVs

Great call Race. Fuck you all, Night Songs is a great album.

theknowledge

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

The Smiths The Queen is Dead

Swaye

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Sometimes you just run into a buzzsaw. Master is that buzzsaw. Magnum Opus level shit.



Bought the tape on release week. Only knew it was release week because Hit Parader, the metal magazine, dutifully reported it. Zero airplay, and zero MtV, you had to just know who Metallica was back then. Popped in the tape, hit play, and then Battery started. Um, yeah, it was like being kicked in the teeth by about 3000 pounds of pissed off bull. Then Master starts. Epic. By the tim I got to Sanitarium I think I was shadow boxing. And Disposable Heroes and Orion made the back end stand up for all tim. Just a great great album. My favorite ever. Any REAL Metallica fans favorite ever. Peak Metallica.