Best 5-10 Rock Recordings?

- rage against the machine - 1st lp
- Any NIN's LP except the 1st one. Closer is probably the best to buy first.
- Neil Young - Greendale
- Led Zep 1, 11 or 4
- Jesus & Marychain - automatic
- Deep Purple - machine head
- Sisters of mercy - Vision thing

Here are some of my favorite best sounding readily available Rock lp's:

Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera

Neil Young - Zuma (German Import)and Greatest Hits (Classic Records)

Ryan Adams - Gold

ColdPlay - Parachutes

Lucinda Williams - West

Radiohead - In Rainbows

REM - Fables of the Reconstruction

There are several obvious Pink Floyd,Beatles and Steely Dan choices, which are almost always reference quality recordings. I will try to recommend a few that are less obvious, but which keep me coming back repeatedly.

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions and/or Talking Book

John Mellencamp - Whenever We wanted. As someone who has played in rock bands 25+ years, this recording does an amazing job of replicating the live sound of individual instruments with lots of definition in space. It also happens to have his best songs.

Soundgarden - Superunknown

The Charlatans - Between 10th and 11th

Wilco - A Ghost is Born

Del Amitri - Twisted

Queens of the Stone Age - R (their first - very dry recording, lots of space, and VERY psychedelic. Not of for everyone, but if you like it, you'll probably love it. My favorite song is sung by Mark Lannegan of Screaming Trees).

Any Supergrass album except "Coco" sounds great on my system. I especially like "In It for the Money" and "Road to Rouen."

The original issue of Late for the Sky by Jackson Brown. The later (struggling for correct terminology here folks) vinyl did not sound anywhere as good.

I also like Pure Prairie League (the one with Amy) Bustin out was the name of the album I think.

Richard Bischoff

I'll suggest a sleeper that you can probably find at your local thrift store for $2. Warren Zevon-Excitable Boy.
This was his best material and the record itself sounds as good as it gets, lots of PRAT(favourite audiophile term)LOL.
In fact if you own a humble Rega TT, this LP will show you just how good a low mass turntable can sound.
Don't forget about "Who's Next" either.