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Kerrang! 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time
(published January '89)

1. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
2. Van Halen - Van Halen
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Montrose - Montrose
5. Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
6. Def Leppard - Hysteria
7. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
9. Aerosmith - Rocks
10. AC/DC - Back In Black
11. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
13. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
14. Rainbow - Rising
15. Deep Purple - In Rock
16. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
17. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
18. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
19. Def Leppard - Pyromania
20. Aerosmith - Live Bootleg
21. Kiss - Alive
22. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
23. Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
24. Rush - 2112
25. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
26. AC/DC - Powerage
27. Slayer - Reign In Blood
28. UFO - Lights Out
29. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
30. Van Halen - Women And Children First
31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
32. Journey - Escape
33. Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond
34. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
35. Deep Purple - Machine Head
36. Kiss - Destroyer
37. Aerosmith - Draw The Line
38. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
39. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
40. Bad Company - Bad Company
41. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
42. Metallica - ... And Justice For All
43. Rush - Moving Pictures
44. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
45. Motörhead - Overkill
46. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
47. UFO - Strangers In The Night
48. Black Sabbath - Vol 4
49. Bryan Adams - Reckless
50. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
51. Moot The Hoople - Live
52. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
53. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
54. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
55. The Stooges - Funhouse
56. UFO - Obsession
57. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
58. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
59. Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
60. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
61. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
62. Blue Öyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
63. Angel - Angel
64. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
65. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
66. Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
67. Van Halen - 1984
68. Magnum - Chase The Dragon
69. Iggy Pop - Instinct
70. David Lee Roth - Eat'em And Smile
71. Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
72. Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
73. Judas Priest - Stained Class
74. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
75. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
76. Van Halen - Van Halen II
77. Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night
78. Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy
79. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
80. ZZ Top - Eliminator
81. Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing
82. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
83. Boston - Boston
84. Starz - Violation
85. Rush - Rush
86. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
87. Foghat - Foghat Live
88. Queensrÿche - Rage For Order
89. David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
90. Mother's Finest - Iron Age
91. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
92. Blue Öyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
93. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits
94. Starz - Starz
95.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
96. AC/DC - If You Want Blood - You Got It
97. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
98. Queen - A Night At The Opera
99. Iron Maiden - Killers
100. Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion

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Kerrang! 100 Greatest Gigs Of All Time
(published July '97)

1. Nirvana ~ The Roxy, Los Angeles August 15, 1991
2. Metallica ~The Stone, San Fransisco April, 1982
3. Foo Fighters ~Reading Festival, Reading August 26, 1995
4. Korn ~ Kerrang! Stage, Donington Festival, Donington Park August 17, 1996
5. Pearl Jam ~ The Borderline, London February 4, 1992
6. Faith No More ~ Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles November 9, 1990
7. Sepultura ~ The Marquee, London October 15, 1989
8. Guns n'Roses ~ The Marquee, London June 28, 1987
9. Nirvana, Godflesh & L7 ~ The Astoria, London October 24, 1990
10. Metallica ~ 100 Club, London August 20, 1987
11. The Prodigy ~ Ministry Of Sound, London May 29, 1996
12. Aerosmith ~ The Marquee, London August 20, 1990
13. Temple Of The Dog ~ 'RIP' Party, at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles October 6, 1991
14. The Lemmys (aka Metallica) ~ Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles December 14, 1995
15. Marilyn Manson ~ Kentish Town Forum, London December 12, 1996
16. The Smashing Pumpkins ~ Raymond Revue Bar, London July 4, 1993
17. Slayer & Machine Head ~ Brixton Academy, London November 9, 1994
18. Bon Jovi ~ Wembley Arena, London October 1984
19. Fear Factory ~ The Astoria, London December 21, 1995
20. The Moodswingers (aka The Wildhearts) ~ Highbury Garage, London April 6, 1996
21. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Smashing Pumpkins & Pearl Jam ~ Bender Arena, Washington DC November 9, 1991
22. AC/DC ~ Oakland Auditorium, California November, 1979
23. Rage Against The Machine ~ Camden Underworld, London January 26, 1993
24. Alice In Chains & Mookie Blaylock (later Pearl Jam) ~ Moore Theatre, Seattle December 22, 1990
25. Guns n'Roses ~ Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles August, 1987
26. Led Zeppelin ~ Earls Court, London April, 1975
27. Bush ~ Splash Club, London April 11, 1995
28. Pearl Jam ~ Wembley Arena, London November 28, 1996
29. The Offspring ~ Camden Underworld, London August 22, 1996
30. Ozzy Osbourne ~ Irvine Meadows, California March, 1992
31. Pantera & The Wildhearts ~ The Marquee, London January, 1993
32. Soundgarden ~ Camden Underworld, London March 12, 1992
33. White Zombie ~ Arena, Seattle March, 1996
34. Terrorvision ~ The Astoria, London May 6, 1994
35. Hole ~ Camden Underworld, London Summer, 1991
36. Machine Head ~ Brixton Academy, London May 31, 1995
37. Korn ~ LA2, London October 27, 1995
38. Sex Pistols ~ Nashville Rooms, London January 1976
39. Stone Temple Pilots ~ Krazy House, Liverpool March 8, 1993
40. Nirvana ~ Reading Festival, Reading August 30, 1992
41. Garbage ~ Benicassim Festival, Benicassim, Spain August 2, 1996
42. The Black Crowes ~ The Roxy, Los Angeles November, 1989
43. Jane's Addiction ~ The Metro, Chicago July, 1988
44. Guns n'Roses & Nine Inch Nails ~ Wembley Stadium, London August 31, 1991
45. Biohazard ~ Second Stage, Donington Festival, Donington Park June 4, 1994
46. Slayer ~ Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles August, 1988
47. Blind Melon ~ The Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida October 18, 1993
48. Def Leppard ~ Donington Festival, Donington Park August 16, 1986
49. Van Halen ~ Hammersmith Odeon, London May, 1978
50. Revolting Cocks & Silverfish ~ The Barrowlands, Glasgow Spring, 1990
51. Mudhoney, Nirvana & Tad ~ The Astoria, London December 3, 1989
52. Kiss ~ The Marquee, London August 16, 1988
53. Foo Fighters ~ Kings College, London June 3, 1995
54. Bon Jovi ~ The Apollo, Manchester November 14, 1986
55. Metallica ~ Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London April 20, 1992
56. Alanis Morissette ~ Gino's, Stockholm, Sweden September 27, 1995
57. Manic Street Preachers & The Wildhearts ~ The University, Birmingham February 11, 1992
58. Rancid ~ Camden Underworld, London September 7, 1995
59. Metallica ~ The Marquee, London May 11, 1990
60. Mudhoney & Soundgarden ~ London School of Oriental and African Studies September, 1989
61. The Smashing Pumpkins ~ Manchester International 2 September 10, 1992
62. Slayer ~ The Marquee, London June 24, 1985
63. Faith No More ~ Windsor Old Trout, London March 1, 1995
64. Sepultura ~ Donington Festival, Donington Park August 17, 1996
65. Mad Season ~ Rock Candy, Seattle December 31, 1994
66. Metallica ~ Markthalle, Hamburg January 27, 1987
67. Rage Against The Machine ~ JFK Stadium, Philadelphia July 18, 1993
68. Pantera & White Zombie ~ The Summit, Houston July 12, 1996
69. Nirvana ~ Duchess Of York, Leeds November, 1989
70. Killing Joke ~ The Astoria, London April 20, 1994
71. Nailbomb ~ Dynamo Festival, Airport, Eindhoven, Holland June 3, 1995
72. The Prodigy ~ Endfest, Seattle August 3, 1996
73. Aerosmith ~ Hammersmith Odeon, London August, 1976
74. Kyuss ~ Camden Underworld, London September 26, 1994
75. Reef ~ Splash Club, London May 25, 1996
76. Green Day ~ The Cricketers, Wigan December, 1991
77. Sepultura ~ Brixton Academy, London December 16, 1996
78. Motörhead ~ Hammersmith Odeon, London May 7, 1984
79. Faith No More ~ The Cathouse, Los Angeles July, 1989
80. Rage Against The Machine ~ Reading Festival, Reading August 27, 1993
81. Marilyn Manson ~ Wolf Mountain Arena, Salt Lake City January 11, 1997
82. The Wildhearts ~ Second Stage, Donington Festival, Donington Park June 4, 1994
83. Bon Jovi ~ Donington Festival, Donington Park August 22, 1987
84. Beastie Boys ~ Royal Court, Liverpool May 30, 1987
85. Dog Eat Dog ~ Dynamo Festival, Eindhoven, Holland June 3, 1995
86. Jane's Addiction ~ Lollapalooza, Stanhope Park, New Jersey August, 1991
87. L7 ~ Reading Festival, Reading August 30, 1992
88. Silverchair & Everclear ~ The Astoria, London February 21, 1996
89. Gun & Ash ~ Princes Street, Edinburgh December 31, 1996
90. AC/DC ~ Wembley Arena, London June 21, 1996
91. Screaming Trees ~ The Marquee, London January 26, 1993
92. Corrosion Of Conformity ~ The Marquee, London December 7, 1992
93. Therapy?, Ash & Joyrider ~ Ulster Hall, Belfast December 30, 1995
94. Iron Maiden ~ Donington Festival, Donington Park August 20, 1988
95. Ozz-Fest '97 ~ Giants Stadium, New Jersey June 15, 1997
96. Danzig & White Zombie ~ Town And Country Club, London September 10, 1992
97. Anthrax & Public Enemy ~ The Apollo, Manchester January 11, 1992
98. Dynamo '97 ~ Eindhoven, Holland May 16-18, 1997
99. Entombed ~ Camden Underworld, London July 14, 1996
100. Coal Chamber ~ Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles January 12, 1997

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The Kerrang! 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
(published January '98)

1. Nirvana - In Utero
2. Sepultura - Roots
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. Guns n'Roses - Appetite For Destruction
7. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
8. AC/DC - Back In Black
9. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
10. Slayer - Reign In Blood
11. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
12. Metallica - The Black Album
13. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
14. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
15. Pearl Jam - Ten
16. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
17. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
18. Korn - Korn
19. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
20. White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
21. Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
22. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
23. Garbage - Garbage
24. Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
25. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
26. Reef - Glow
27. Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
28. Therapy? - Troublegum
29. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
30. Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
32. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
33. Green Day - Dookie
34. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
35. Ash - 1977
36. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
37. Ministry - Psalm 69
38. Kyuss - Sky Valley
39. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
40. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
42. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
43. Hole - Live Through This
44. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Bloodsugarsexmagik
45. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
46. The Wildhearts - Earth Vs The Wildhearts
47. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
48. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
49. Alice In Chains - Dirt
50. Faith No More - The Real Thing
51. Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
52. Venom - Black Metal
53. Kiss - Alive
54. Offspring - Smash
55. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
56. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
57. Bush - Sixteen Stone
58. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
59. Aerosmith - Rocks
60. Discharge - Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing
61. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
62. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
63. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
64. Paradise Lost - Gothic
65. Def Leppard - Pyromania
66. Helmet - Meantime
67. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
68. Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt
69. Marilyn Manson - Portrait Of An American Family
70. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
71. Placebo - Placebo
72. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
73. Sugar - Copper Blue
74. Deftones - Adrenaline
75. Fear Factory - Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)
76. Mother Love Bone - Apple
77. Van Halen - Van Halen
78. Nirvana - Bleach
79. Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
80. Soundgarden - Superunknown
81. Fugazi - In On The Killtaker
82. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
83. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
84. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
85. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
86. Aerosmith - Pump
87. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
88. Brad - Shame
89. Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
90. Napalm Death - Scum
91. Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
92. Entombed - Wolverine Blues
93. Monster Magnet - Dopes To Infinity
94. Karma To Burn - Karma To Burn
95. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
96. Soul Asylum - Hang Time
97. Live - Throwing Copper
98. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
99. Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
100. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood

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The Kerrang! 200 Albums For The Year 2000
(in chronological order)

Essential Nu-Metal

• Korn - Life Is Peachy
• Will Haven - El Diablo
• Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
• Deftones - Around The Fur
• System Of A Down - System Of A Down
• Orgy - Candyass
• Slipknot - Slipknot
• Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
• Filter - Title Of Record
• Amen - Amen
• The Offspring's

Essential Punk

• The Stooges - Raw Power
• Ramones - Ramones
• Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Here's The Sex Pistols
• The Clash - The Clash
• Germs - GI
• Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
• Minor Threat - Minor Threat EP
• Black Flag - Damaged
• T.S.O.L. - T.S.O.L.
• Bad Brains - Rock For Light

Essential '90s Punk

• Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness
• New Bomb Turks - !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!
• Dwarves - Sugarfix
• NOFX - Punk In Drublic
• The Vandals - Live Fast Diarrhea
• Down By Law - Punkrockacademyfightsong
• Rancid - ... And Out Come The Wolves
• Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
• Sublime - Sublime
• The Queers - Punk Rock Confidential

Essential Heavy Metal

• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
• Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
• Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
• Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
• Venom - Welcome To Hell
• Accept - Restless And Wild
• Metallica - Ride The Lightning
• Slayer - Show No Mercy
• Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
• Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill

Essential '90s

• Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
• Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
• Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
• Green Day - Dookie
• The Offspring - Smash
• Therapy? - Troublegum
• Korn - Korn
• Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
• Fear Factory - Demanufacture
• Garbage - Garbage
• White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
• Deftones - Adrenaline
• Tool - Aenima
• Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
• Placebo - Placebo
• Sepultura - Roots
• The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land

Essential Glam

• T-Rex - Electric Warrior
• David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
• New York Dolls - New York Dolls
• Alice Cooper - Million Dollar Babies
• Kiss - Kiss
• Hollywood Brats - Hollywood Brats
• Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
• Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From The Move
• Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
• Backyard Babies - Total 13

Essential '80s

• AC/DC - Back In Black
• Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
• Killing Joke - Killing Joke
• Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
• Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
• Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
• Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
• The Cult - Love
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
• Metallica - Master Of Puppets
• Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
• Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
• Guns n'Roses -Appetite For Destruction
• The Pixies - Sub Rosa
• Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
• Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
• Faith No More - The Real Thing
• Aerosmith - Pump
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Mother's Milk
• Masters Of Reality - Masters Of Reality

Essential Black Metal

• Venom - Black Metal
• Mercyful Fate - Melissa
• Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
• Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
• Darkthrone - Under A Funeral Moon
• Burzum - Aske
• Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
• Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
• Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
• Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

Essential Death Metal

• Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
• Death - Scream Bloody Gore
• Carcass - Reek Of Putrefaction
• Repulsion - Horrified
• Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
• Obituary - Slowly We Rot
• Terrorizer - World Downfall
• Atheist - Piece Of Time
• Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
• Massacre - From Beyond

Essential Thrash Metal

• Metallica - Kill 'Em All
• Exodus - Bonded By Blood
• Possessed - Seven Churches
• Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
• Slayer - Reign In Blood
• Megadeth - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?
• Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
• Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
• Destruction - Eternal Devastation
• Anthrax - Among The Living

Essential Stoner & Doom

• Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
• The Obsessed - Lunar Womb
• Trouble - Manic Frustration
• Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
• Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
• Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
• Fu Manchu - In Search Of ...
• Acrimony - Tumuli Shroomaroom
• Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
• Monster Magnet - Powertrip

Essential Hardcore

• Black Flag - Damaged
• Agnostic Front - Victim In Pain
• Corrosion Of Conformity - Animosity
• D.R.I. - Dealing With It
• Cro-Mags - Age Of Quarrel
• Napalm Death - Scum
• Fugazi - 13 Songs
• Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
• Quicksand - Slip
• Civ - Set Your Goals

Essential Industrial

• Swans - Cop
• Front 242 - Official Version
• Prong - Force Fed
• Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
• Godflesh - Streetcleaner
• Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers & Queers
• Ministry - Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs
• The Young Gods - TV Sky
• Atari Teenage Riot - Delete Yourself
• Rammstein - Sehnsucht

Essential Alt-Rock

• Flipper - Generic
• Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
• Sonic Youth - Sister
• Big Black - Atomizer
• Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
• Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs In E Minor
• Sugar - Copper Blue
• Melvins - Houdini
• The Afghan Whigs - 1965
• Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Acme

Essential Grunge

• Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
• Tad - God's Balls
• Mother Love Bone - Apple
• Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
• Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
• Pearl Jam - Ten
• Alice In Chains - Dirt
• Nirvana - In Utero
• Hole - Live Through This
• Screaming Trees - Dust

Essential '70s

• Deep Purple - In Rock
• Free - Fire And Water
• MC5 - Back In The USA
• The Stooges - Funhouse
• Black Sabbath - Vol 4
• Hawkwind - Space Ritual
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Le-Nerd Skin-Nerd
• Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
• Queen - A Night At The Opera
• Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
• Boston - Boston
• Rush - 2112
• Blue Öyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
• Kiss - Destroyer
• The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
• Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
• Van Halen - Van Halen
• Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
• AC/DC - Highway To Hell
• Motörhead - Overkill

Essential Britrock

• Wildhearts - Earth Vs The Wildhearts
• Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
• Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
• Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt
• Bush - Sixteen Stone
• Ash - 1977
• Reef - Glow
• Feeder - Polythene
• 3 Colours Red - Revolt
• Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails

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The Kerrang! 50 Greatest Punk Albums Ever

As voted for by readers and published in punk special Noise Pollution

1. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
2. Green Day - Dookie
3. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. The Offspring - Smash
6. Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves
7. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
8. The Clash - The Clash
9. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
10. Ramones - Ramones
11. NOFX - Punk In Drublic
12. Fugazi - Repeater
13. The Clash - London Calling
14. Blink 182 - Enema Of The State
15. The Stooges - Funhouse
16. Black Flag - Damaged
17. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
18. Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
19. The Undertones - The Undertones
20. The Offspring - Americana
21. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
22. Buzzcocks - Love Bites
23. NOFX - Sol Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
24. Crass - The Feeding Of The 5000
25. The Ruts - The Crack
26. The Vandals - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
27. Operation Ivy - Energy
28. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
29. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
30. The Exploited - Punk's Not Dead
31. Cro-Mags - The Age Of Quarrel
32. Quicksand - Manic Compression
33. Descendents - Milo Goes To College
34. Sublime - Sublime
35. The Misfits - Static Age
36. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It
37. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
38. Bad Religion - Suffer
39. The Dwarves - The Dwarves Are Young And Good Looking
40. Supersuckers - The Evil Powers Of Rock n'Roll
41. Social Distortion - White Light White Heat White Trash
42. The Get Up Kids - Something To Write Home About
43. Green Day - Nimrod
44. Will Haven - El Diablo
45. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
46. Napalm Death - Scum
47. AFI - Black Sails In The Sunset
48. Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness
49. GBH - Leather Bristles, Studs And Acne
50. Killing Joke - Killing Joke

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KERRANG! 100 Greatest Singles Of All Time
December 14, 2002

1. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Korn – Freak On A Leash
3. System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
4. Metallica – Enter Sandman
5. Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
7. Green Day – Basket Case
8. Blink 182 – All The Small Things
9. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
10. Korn - Blind
11. Slipknot – Wait And Bleed
12. Metallica - One
13. Guns ‘N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
15. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
16. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
17. Linkin Park – In The End
18. Green Day – Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
19. Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
20. Papa Roach – Last Resort
21. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
22. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
23. Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
24. Deftones – Drive (Far Away)
25. Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry
26. Foo Fighters - Monkeywrench
27. Muse – Plug-in Baby
28. Nirvana – Come As You Are
29. Bowling For Soup – Girl All The Bad Guys Want
30. Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
31. Korn – Got The Life
32. Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
33. Sum 41 – Fat Lip
34. Staind - Outside
35. Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
36. The Offspring – Self Esteem
37. Feeder – Buck Rogers
38. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
39. Foo Fighters - Everlong
40. Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love
41. System Of A Down - Toxicity
42. Nirvana - Lithium
43. Linkin Park - Crawling
44. Drowning Pool - Bodies
45. Nickelback – How You Remind Me
46. Slipknot – My Plague
47. Faith No More - Epic
48. Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City
49. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
50. Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again?
51. Pearl Jam - Alive
52. Weezer – Buddy Holly
53. Muse – New Born
54. Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast
55. Prodigy - Firestarter
56. AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie
57. Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It)
58. Nine Inch Nails – Perfect Drug
59. The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight Tonight
60. Rammstein - Sonne
61. Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
62. Amen – The Price Of Reality
63. System Of A Down - Sugar
64. Green Day - Minority
65. Pantera - Walk
66. The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
67. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away
68. Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots
69. Aerosmith/ Run DMC – Walk This Way
70. Hole – Celebrity Skin
71. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
72. The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
73. Marilyn Manson – Disposable Teens
74. Lostprophets – ShinobiVsDragonNinja
75. Limp Bizkit – Rollin’
76. Queens Of The Stone Age – The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
77. Marilyn Manson – Fight Song
78. AC/DC – Highway To Hell
79. Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
80. Therapy? – ShortSharpShock EP
81. Rage Against The Machine – Bullet In The Head
82. New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
83. Garbage – Stupid Girl
84. Deftones – Back To School (Mini Maggit)
85. Pearl Jam - Jeremy
86. Placebo – Nancy Boy
87. Korn – Here To Stay
88. The Offspring – All I Want
89. Staind – It’s Been Awhile
90. Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
91. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like A Hole
92. The Damned – Smash It Up
93. InMe – Firefly
94. Wildhearts – Suckerpunch
95. Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose
96. Iron Maiden – The Trooper
97. Alice Cooper – School’s Out
98. Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
99. AFI – The Days Of The Phoenix
100. Lit – My Own Worst Enemy

The Best AOR Albums Of All Time
(as per the readers of Kerrang! magazine back on October 29, 1988)

1. Escape - Journey
2. Everybodys Crazy - Michael Bolton
3. Night Of The Crime - Icon
4. Native Sons - Strangeways
5. Raised On Radio - Journey
6. White Sister - White Sister
7. Heart - Heart
8. Fashion By Passion - White Sister
9. Vital Signs - Survivor
10. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
11. Michael Bolton - Michael Bolton
12. In For The Count - Balance
13. Pride - White Lion
14. Dawn Patrol - Night Ranger
=. 4 - Foreigner
15. The Hunger - Michael Bolton
16. Reckless - Bryan Adams
17. Indiscreet - FM
18. Bad Animals - Heart
19. Boston - Boston
20. Frontiers - Journey
21. Seven Wishes - Night Ranger
=   Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
22. Only Child - Only Child
=   Freight Train Heart - Jimmy Barnes
=   A Matter Of Attitude - Fate
23. Spys - Spys
24. Heartbreak - Sabu
25. Crimes In Mind - Streets
26. Hughes Thrall - Hughes Thrall
27. The Big Prize - Honeymoon Suite
=   Excess All Areas - Shy
28. Touch - Touch
29. Hysteria - Def Leppard
30. Sinful - Angel
=   Aviator - Aviator
31. Under Lock And Key - Dokken
32. Silk+Steel - Giuffria
=   When Seconds Count - Survivor
33. IV - Toto
34. The Grand Illusion - Styx
=   A Diamond Is A Hard Rock - Legs Diamond
=   So Fired Up - LeRoux
=   Midnight Madness - Night Ranger
=   Wired Up - Jeff Paris
35. Dreamboat Annie - Heart
=. On A Storyteller's Night - Magnum
36. Fireworks - Bonfire
=   Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
37. Subject - Aldo Nova
=   Ignition - John Waite
=   Giuffria - Giuffria
38. Friction - Coney Hatch
=   Pieces Of Eight - Styx
=   Isolation - Toto
39. The Final Countdown - Europe
40. Welcome To The Real World - Mr. Mister
=   Alpha - Asia
=   Shaft Of Light - Airraces :-)

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The Kerrang! 50 Most Influential Albums Of All Time
(Published May 2003)

1. Faith No More - Angel Dust
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
5. Green Day - Dookie
6. Tool - Aenima
7. Fugazi - Repeater
8. Alice In Chains - Dirt
9. Slayer - Reign In Blood
10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
11. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
12. AC/DC - Back In Black
13. Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
14. Operation Ivy - Energy
15. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
16. Hole - Live Through This
17. Deftones - Around The Fur
18. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
19. Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
20. Korn - Korn
21. Weezer - Weezer
22. Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
23. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
24. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
25. Sublime - Sublime
26. Black Flag - Damaged
27. Pearl Jam - Ten
28. Descendents - Milo Goes To College
29. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick
30. The Clash - London Calling
31. Venom - Welcome To Hell
32. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
33. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
34. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
35. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
36. Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
37. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
38. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
39. Far - Water And Solutions
40. Ramones - Ramones
41. Sepultura - Roots
42. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
43. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
44. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
45. Helmet - Meantime
46. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
47. Ministry - The Land Of Rape And Honey
48. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
49. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
50. Quicksand - Manic Compression

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Kerrang! The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever!

See Also:

›› 100 Greatest British Rock Albums
›› NME 100 Greatest British Albums
›› Observer Music Monthly British Albums

As Voted By The Readers – 1ssue #1044 - Feb 19 2005

Black Sabbath

1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath - 1970
2. Iron Maide – Number Of The Beast – 1982
3. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks… - 1977
4. Led Zeppelin – IV – 1971
5. Black Sabbath – Paranoid – 1970
6. Muse – Absolution – 2003
7. The Clash – London Calling – 1979
8. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack – 1974
9. Iron Maiden – 1980
10. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible – 1994
11. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti – 1975
12. Judas Priest – British Steel – 1980
13. Def Leppard – Hysteria – 1987
14. Black Sabbath – Vol IV – 1972
15. The Darkness – Permission To Land – 2003
16. Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Oz – 1980
17. The Wildhearts – Earth Vs The Wildhearts – 1993
18. Lostprophets – Start Something – 2004
19. Queen – A Night At The Opera – 1975
20. Muse – Origin Of Symmetry – 2001
21. Ash – Free All Angels – 2001
22. Motorhead – Ace Of Spades – 1980
23. Stereophonics – Performance And Cocktails – 1999
24. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go – 1996
25. Feeder – Echo Park – 2001
26. Led Zeppelin – II – 1969
27. Cradle Of Filth – Cruelty And The Beast – 1998
28. Iron Maden – Brave New World – 2000
29. The Clash – The Clash – 1977
30. Funeral For A Friend – Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation – 2003
31. Therapy? – Troublegum – 1994
32. Feeder – Comfort In Sound – 2003
33. Ozzy Osbourne – Diary Of A Madman – 1981
34. Deep Purple – Machine Head – 1972
35. The Dammed – Machine Gun Etiquette – 1979
36. Def Leppard – Pyromania – 1983
37. Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station - 2002
38. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon – 1973
39. The Prodigy – Fat Of The Land – 1997
40. Muse – Showbiz – 1999
41. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin – 1969
42. Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists – 1992
43. Ash – 1977 – 1996
44. Iron Maiden –Killers – 1981
45. Pitchshifter – Www.Pitchifter.Com – 1998
46. Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance – 1982
47. Idlewild – Hope Is Important – 1998
48. Biffy Clyro – Infinity Land – 2004
49. Reef – Glow – 1997
50. Napalm Death – Scum – 1987
51. Lost Prophets – The Fake Sound Of Progress – 2001
52. Saxon – Wheels Of Steel – 1980
53. The Cult – Electric – 1987
54. Skunk Anansie – Paranoid And Sunburnt – 1995
55. Bush – Sixteen Stone – 1994
56. Deep Purple – Deep Purple In Rock – 1970
57. ‘A’ – Hi Fi Serious – 2002
58. Hell Is For Heroes – The Neon Handshake – 2003
59. Whitesnake – 1987 – 1987
60. Terrorvision – How To Make Friend And Influence People – 1994
61. Free – Fire And Water – 1970
62. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy – 1973
63. Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality – 1971
64. Judas Priest – Stained Class – 1978
65. Idlewild – 100 Broken Windows – 2000
66. Skunk Anansie – Stoosh – 1996
67. Killing Joke – Killing Joke - 1980
68. Venom – Black Metal – 1982
69. Iron Monkey – Iron Monkey – 1997
70. The Wildhearts – P.H.U.Q. – 1995
71. Motorhead – Overkill – 1979
72. Queen – Queen II – 1974
73. Feeder – Yesterday Went Too Soon – 1999
74. Rainbow – Rising – 1976
75. Sisters Of Mercy – Floodland – 1987
76. Therapy? – Nurse – 1992
77. Biffy Clyro – Blackened Sky – 2002
78. Godflesh – Streetcleaner – 1990
79. Earthone9 – Arc’tan’gent – 2000
80. Bush – Razorblade Suitcase – 1997
81. Stereophonics – Word Gets Around – 1997
82. 3 Colours Red – Pure – 1997
83. Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror – 1993
84. Thunder – Backstreet Symphony – 1990
85. Raging Speedhorn – Raging Speedhorn – 2000
86. Paradise Lost – Draconian Times – 1995
87. Feeder – Polythene – 1997
88. Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material – 1979
89. ‘A’ – ‘A’ Vs Monkey Kong – 1999
90. Discharge – Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing – 1982
91. The Ruts – The Crack – 1979
92. Fudge Tunnel – Hate Songs In E Minor – 1991
93. Baby Chaos – Love Your Self Abuse – 1996
94. Carcass – Symphonies Of Sickness – 1989
95. Gang Of Four – Entertainment – 1979
96. Orange Goblin – Time Travelling Blues – 1998
97. The Exploited – Troops Of Tomorrow – 1982
98. Cradle Of Filth – Dusk And Her Embrace – 1996
99. Anathema – A Fine Day To Exit – 2001
100. Therapy? – Infernal Love – 1995