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@jimekberg
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
1. November – 6:e November
2. Tank – Still at War
3. Spirit Caravan – Elusive Truth
4. Motörhead – Bad Magic
5. Orchid – The Mouths of Madness
6. Kyuss – …And the Circus Leaves Town
7. Trouble – The Distortion Field
8. Witchfinder General – Friends of Hell
9. The Graviators – Motherload
10. Mercyful Fate – 9
11. Ramones – ¡Adios Amigos!
12. Cream – Goodbye
13. Temple of Blood – Overlord
14. Heavy Metal Kids – Hit the Right Button
15. May Blitz – The 2nd of May
16. Mott – Shouting and Pointing
17. Raibow – Stranger in Us All
18. Magnum – Here Comes the Rain
19. Wild Horses – Stand Your Ground
20. Fist – Storm
21. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
22. Dust – Hard Attack
23. Neon Rose – Reload
24. Thin Lizzy – Thunder and Lightning
25. Early Man – Thank God You've Got the Answers for Us All
26. Piledriver – Stay Ugly
27. Megadeth – Megadeth
28. E.F. Band – One Night Stand
29. Mahogany Rush – Eye of the Storm
30. Killers – Menace to Society
Sheavy – Moons in Penumbra
Waysted – The Harsh Reality
Faces – Ooh La La
First band from outer space – The Guitar Is Mightier Than The Gun
Exciter – Death Machine
Ram Jam – Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
Chateaux – Highly Strung
Flied egg – Good Bye Flied Egg
Warhorse – Red Sea
Sorcery – Till Death Do We Part
Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth
Jeronimo – Time Ride
Savatage – Poets and Madmen
Rory Gallagher – Fresh Evidence
The Four Horsemen – Daylight Again
Sir lord baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw
@tomborgenkristiansen9581
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6 Janis Jopling- Pearl. She was a real powerhouse of a singer and this was her best album.Key songs:Move over, Cry Baby,Half Moon and Me and Bobby McGee. 4,5*
@danielfuentes3226
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Pick # 6.Favorite last albums."Road Island" by Ambrosia (1982).
@richardkarbowski5224
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Today is another band that I discovered because of NEARFest (and there are quite a few of those) and that is the German heavy symphonic band High Wheel with their last album Back From The Void from 2002. They did put out a live album in 2006 (but recorded years before), but radio silence since then. Definitely a band worth checking out if you are into bands like IQ.
@carl-johanfougstedt199
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
My pick for day 25 is The Smiths : Strangeways, Here We Come. 13 makes my list too.
@jalanhart
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
13 is a FANTASTIC album. I put it in the B tier for me. I don't like it as much as Paranoid or MoR, but I like it as much as SBS, Vol 4, Debut
@alexandercaviedes2559
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
6. Rush- Clockwork Angels – My last Rush album that I love unequivocally is Counterparts, but of the albums after that, I come back to Clockwork Angels the most. It is a full-album experience, meant to be listened to in its entirety, and that is easy since all the songs are so strong, from Caravan to the Garden. Got to see them on this tour, when they performed the full album, and it was a fitting good-bye. RIP, Neil!
30. ABBA – Voyage
29. Tragically Hip – Man Machine Poem
28. Lighting Seeds – See you in the Stars
27. The Who – WHO
26. ELO – From Out of Nowhere
25. Roxy Music – Avalon
24. Billy Joel – River of Dreams
23. Renaissance – Symphony of Light
22. Sisters of Mercy – Vision Thing
21. Big Country – The Journey
20. Asia – Gravitas
19. Cars – Move Like This
18. Queen – Made in Heaven
17. Men At Work – Two Hearts
16. Matthew Sweet – Catspaw
15. Jim Croce – I got a Name
14. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Family Style
13. George Harrison – Cloud Nine
12. John Lennon – Double Fantasy
11. Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door
10. Housemartins – The People who Grinned Themselves to Death
9. Dire Straits – On Every Street
8. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
7. Doors – LA Woman
6. Rush- Clockwork Angels
@joshcreasey
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
This was the last proper Experience album and it’s an adventurous double album. There have been many, many albums of leftovers over the years but this was the last one from The Jimi Hendrix Experience during his short life.
@thedarkwizardroom
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Day 6= Hi Friends. Today my have of vinyl CAPTAIN BEYOND=Dawn Explosion . Stay tuned
@mikeryanmikeryan4740
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Hi Pete. Great choice in Black Sabbath. Here is my pick for day 25.
Pick # 6 – Frank Marino – From The Hip
@Paul_Progressive
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6 U.K.: Danger Money
I love U.K.’s self-titled debut album, which almost everyone considers the better of their two records. But Anthony Ferraro is absolutely right: “Danger Money” is their true masterpiece—and not just because of Eddie Jobson. The title track and, above all, “Carrying No Cross” are the last two great prog tracks of the 1970s, but I also love the more pop-oriented songs like the irresistible “Nothing to Lose” and the atmospheric “Rendezvous 6:02,” which already hint at what John Wetton would go on to achieve with Asia shortly thereafter. And the entire album showcases John’s best vocal performance.
#7 Fish: Weltschmerz
#8 Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
#9 The Doors: L.A. Woman
#10 Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around
#11 Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland
#12 Sonic Youth: The Eternal
#13 Black Sabbath: 13
#14 The Police: Synchronicity
#15 The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come
#16 Thin Lizzy: Thunder and Lightning
#17 Kraftwerk: Tour de France Soundtracks
#18 Richard Wright: Broken China
#19 Fleetwood Mac: Say You Will
#20 Roxy Music: Avalon
#21 Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights
#22 Death: The Sound of Perseverance
#23 Janis Joplin: Pearl
#24 Leonard Cohen: You Want it Darker
#25 The White Stripes: Icky Thump
#26 The Allman Brothers Band: Hittin’ the Note
#27 Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
#28 Warren Zevon: The Wind
#29 Gentle Giant: Civilian
#30 ZZ Top: La Futura
@inmyhouse11
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Letter To God- XYZ
@mgerometta
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Today's pick : Message From The Country by The Move
@andrewcarr5923
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal – November 2005
The eighth and final studio album from the British Death Metal outfit, sadly the band would call it a day after the death of drummer Martin Kearns in 2015, standout tracks include "The Killchain" "Anti – Tank (Dead Armour" "Last Stand of Humanity" and the title track.
@RichardBooth-u1i
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6. Faces – Ooh La La (1973)
From 1969, when Rod Stewart and Ron Wood left The Jeff Beck Group to replace Steve Marriott in The Small Faces, until 1973 when Ooh La La was released, it was a great run for those two on classic albums and performances.
Also Stewart and Wood, along with JBG drummer Micky Waller(great one you may have never heard of), performed on several Rod Stewart solo albums including “Every Picture Tells a Story” (1971) & “Never a Dull Moment” (1972).
Faces and Stewart solo albums occurred at the same time and space…making the achievement more incredible. Great Faces albums included “Long Player” and “A Nod is as Good as a Wink…to a Blind Horse” both in 1971. The main guy in Faces was Ronnie Lane on bass guitar and lead and backing vocals. This is sort of his album as he picked up the slack in the songwriting department. Also Ian McLagan is on keyboards & Kenny Jones played drums.
When we get to the album today, Rod Stewart’s solo career and burgeoning popularity, put a strain on the group. Still the band managed to produce a solid album as a finale helped greatly by producer, engineer Glyn Johns.
Side one is completely magnificent with great tunes like “Silicone Grown” and “Flags and Banners”.
“Cindy Incidentally”, a raucous “My Fault” and hard hitting “Borstal Boys” are Faces at their absolute best !!
Side two is a little uneven with Stewart only singing on two of the tracks. And it starts with the instrumental “Fly in the Ointment”…it’s good but nothing special.
“If I’m on the Late Side” is an ok ballad.
“Glad and Sorry” features a nice bridge guitar solo from Wood.
“Just Another Honky” should have been another instrumental because the lyrics are amateurish at best. Rod Stewart doesn’t sound like he caught the groove on this one.
“Ooh La La” has a very memorable melody with a very neat old-timey piano sound. It is sung by Ron Wood and it’s pleasant enough.
The album cover is very bizarre with a guy in top hat, white tie & tails and spooky eyes with a weird expression on his face. Could it be that they thought Rod Stewart was just too big for Faces anymore ?
I know this period in rock music is one of my favorites. I don’t know how Rod and Ron were able to sustain such excellence in a concentrated four years like this. If you are not fully familiar with this music period it can be a great joy of discovery. Every time I revisit it, it’s a happy place for me.
@gwts1171
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
My #6 is Nirvana – In Utero (1993).
Full List:
30) This Mortal Coil – Blood (1991)
29) George Michael – Patience (2004)
28) The Go-Go's – God Bless The Go-Go's (2001)
27) Racer X – Getting Heavier (2002)
26) Warren Zevon – The Wind (2003)
25) Slade – You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987)
24) Rush – Clockwork Angels (2012)
23) Whitesnake – Flesh & Blood (2019)
22) The Stone Roses – The Second Coming (1994)
21) Genesis – Calling All Stations (1997)
20) 13th Floor Elevators – Bull Of The Woods (1969)
19) Motorhead – Bad Magic (2015)
18) The Kinks – Phobia (1993)
17) Allman Brothers Band – Hittin' The Note (2003)
16) Sinead O'Connor – I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss (2014)
15) Steely Dan – Everything Must Go (2003)
14) R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (2011)
13) Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland (1968)
12) Ramones – Adios Amigos (1995)
11) Ween – La Cucaracha (2007)
10) Talk Talk – Laughing Stock (1991)
9) John Lennon – Double Fantasy (1980)
8) The Jam – The Gift (1982)
7) Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991)
6) Nirvana – In Utero (1993)
@kevinbrown1893
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
@independenceltd.
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Jon Oliva's Pain – Festival (2010) [Heavy/Power Metal]
"Welcome to the festival,
Full of decadence and sins.
I tell you all, it's incredible,
You're all invited in…"
@nightdrive89
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Today's pick: Power Quest – Sixth Dimension (2017)
Sort of both a comeback and final one. That said, the classic lineup is back to play a few shows (they were awesome at Warriors Of Steel last month!) so who knows?
Day 24: Pathfinder – Fifth Element (2012)
Day 23: Otyg – Sagovindars Boning (1999)
Day 22: Mithotyn – Gathered Around The Oaken Table (1999)
Day 21: Menhir – Hildebrandslied (2007)
Day 20: Magnum – Here Comes The Rain (2024)
Day 19: Lost Horizon – A Flame To The Ground Beneath (2003)
Day 18: Kalidia – The Frozen Throne (2018)
Day 17: Judas Iscariot – To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding (2002)
Day 16: Heavenly – Carpe Diem (2009)
Day 15: Giuffria – Silk + Steel (1986)
Day 14: Falkenbach – Asa (2013)
Day 13: Falconer – From A Dying Ember (2020)
Day 12: Dissection – Reinkaos (2006)
Day 11: Death – The Sound Of Perseverance (1998)
Day 10: Dawn – Slaughtersun (Crown Of The Triarchy) (1998)
Day 9: The Dark Element – Songs The Night Sings (2019)
Day 8: Children Of Bodom – Hexed (2019)
Day 7: Celesty – Vendetta (2009)
Day 6: Cain's Offering – Stormcrow (2015)
Day 5: Bergtatt – Lagnadsoger (2013)
Day 4: Bathory – Nordland II (2003)
Day 3: Bal-Sagoth – The Chthonic Chronicles (2006)
Day 2: Bad English – Backlash (1991)
Day 1: At The Gates – The Ghost Of A Future Dead (2026)
(No ranking – Alphabetical order)
@sabinoabdala5685
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
No one expected the French duo to split up after the release of their fourth album. It was an instant success. To me, it is one of the best albums of this century—a tribute to the dance music of the late 70s and early 80s. It features stellar guest artists such as Julian Casablancas, Noah Lennox, Pharrell Williams, and Nile Rodgers.
There are dance hits like "Lose Yourself to Dance" and "Get Lucky," along with gems such as "Touch," "Fragments of Time," and "Instant Crush," as well as a tribute to the legendary Italian producer and genius Giorgio Moroder, who narrates parts of his life and career over an instrumental track that progressively evolves in "Giorgio by Moroder"
My Favorite Final Albums
#6 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
#7 Beatles – Let It Be
#8 Nirvana – In Ultero
#9 Roxy Music – Avalon
#10 Joy Division – Closer
#11 White Zombie – Astro-Creep: 2000, songs of love, destruction and other synthetic delusions of the electric head
#12 Nick Drake – Pink Moon
#13 Black Sabbath – 13
#14 The White Stripes – Icky Thump
#15 Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door
#16 Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
#17 John Lennon/Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy
#18 Queen – Innuendo
#19 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
#20 Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
#21 Mano Negra – Casa Babylon
#22 Bob Marley – Confrontation
#23 Cream – Goodbye
#24 Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part II
#25 Motorhead – Bad Magic
#26 The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
#27 George Harrison – Brainwashed
#28 Ozzy Osbourne – Patient Number 9
#29 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
#30 Ramones – Adiós Amigos
@razorboyXVII
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Pick# 6: Led Zeppelin – "In Through the Out Door."
@kennbrown4638
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6: Cream: Goodbye
@MorryB
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
My pick for today: Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Step. Stevie's final studio album released while he was alive and with the Double Trouble band. Tracks like the opener "The House is Rockin" and "Crossfire" are a couple favorites, but the closing instrumental "Riviera Paradise" takes me away every time. Still missed, there will never be another like him.
@iainhead9898
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Morning/Afternoon/Evening everybody, hope you're all well. My pick today sees a return to Canadian AOR and another band who never really broke out of their home country, but who, nevertheless, made a big enough impact to affect the genre further afield…
PICK #25: STREETHEART Dancing With Danger (Capitol, 1983)
The band, originally from Saskatchewan before relocating to Winnipeg, featured Paul Dean and Matt Freneete on their 1978 debut, the wonderfully titled "Meanwhile, Back in Paris…" before Dean left to form Loverboy, where Frenette would join him after the 2nd Streetheart album, "Under Heaven, Over Hell".
The band switched labels a few times, always seeming to get major label backing without any international success. By the time this album came out the line up was formed around the long term core members, Kenny Shields (vocals), Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve (bass) and Daryl Guthell (keyboards). Also present are Jeff Neil on guitars and Billy "Yes my brother's in Heart" Carmassi on drums. The album was produced by Spencer Proffer, the man who produced Quiet Riot's "Metal Hea6
The Loverboy connection basically hints quite significantly at what you're going to get from these guys: quality slabs of melodic pop rock with catchy hooks, stabbing guitars and swirling keys; highlights include the opening title track, You're Not The Only One, Midnight Love Underground and Night Writer.
Shields' vocal delivery is perhaps a little different from the genre norm, bordering on the aggressive in places, but he can handle the smooth stuff too. Despite all the major label backing and numerous tours with the likes of fellow Canadians Max Webster, April Wine, Aldo Nova and, of course, Rush as well as Kansas, Styx and so on, the band ultimately faded out of public sight.
A mooted reunion in 2017 was put on hold when Shields required an emergency operation to hopefully sort out a hereditary heart problem, but he sadly passed away just a few weeks before the planned farewell gig…
@awesomeviper13
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
📼 Day 25: Electric Ladyland — The Final Studio Album From The Jimi Hendrix Experience 💿 The Final Transmission Dossier
The Record: Electric Ladyland
The Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Band Snapshot:
The psychedelic power trio that forever changed rock guitar, blending blues, hard rock, soul, funk, and studio experimentation into one of the greatest musical statements ever recorded.
Type: Studio Album
Release Date: October 16, 1968
Sonic Lab: Record Plant Studios (New York) & Olympic Studios (London)
The Vibe: Psychedelic Rock • Blues Rock • Acid Rock • Hard Rock • Funk
Run Time: 73:56
The Pressing: Reprise • Track • Polydor
The Captain: Jimi Hendrix
Final Status
🔥 Final Studio Album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
🔥 Hendrix's Only Self-Produced Experience Album
🔥 Only Experience Album to Reach #1 in America
💔 The Experience Ended in 1969
💔 Jimi Hendrix Passed Away in 1970
🎨 The Visuals: Pure Psychedelia
The artwork behind Electric Ladyland is almost as legendary as the music itself.
Depending on where you bought the album, you received completely different cover art. Hendrix originally wanted a peaceful photograph of the band sitting around the Alice in Wonderland statue in New York's Central Park, but the record companies chose different artwork instead.
The American release featured a colorful psychedelic portrait of Hendrix while the British version used the infamous nude cover—something Hendrix never approved of.
Like the music itself, the artwork became mysterious, controversial, and unforgettable.
📜 The Origin Story
By 1968, Jimi Hendrix wasn't just the greatest guitarist in rock.
He was becoming one of its greatest studio visionaries.
After the success of Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love, Hendrix wanted complete creative control. He produced Electric Ladyland himself, filling it with backwards guitars, tape effects, feedback, wah-wah, layered overdubs and sonic experiments that still sound futuristic today.
The recording sessions became famously chaotic. Friends, musicians and guests constantly wandered into the studio while producer Chas Chandler eventually walked away because Hendrix refused to rush perfection.
Out of that chaos came a masterpiece.
It would become the final studio album released by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
🎧 The Audio Blueprint
🎵 …And the Gods Made Love – A psychedelic doorway into another universe.
🎵 Crosstown Traffic 🚀 – One of Hendrix's catchiest riffs.
🎵 Voodoo Chile – A blues jam featuring Steve Winwood and Jack Casady.
🎵 Long Hot Summer Night ❤ – Warm, soulful and incredibly underrated.
🎵 Burning of the Midnight Lamp – Beautiful, lonely and psychedelic.
🎵 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) – A cinematic underwater dream.
🎵 All Along the Watchtower 🚀 – Hendrix completely reinvents Bob Dylan's classic.
🎵 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 🚀 – One of the greatest guitar performances ever recorded.
🎵 The Hit Parade
Singles Released
🎵 Burning of the Midnight Lamp
🎵 All Along the Watchtower
🎵 Crosstown Traffic
The biggest of them all remains All Along the Watchtower, a cover so iconic that many listeners now associate the song more with Hendrix than its original writer, Bob Dylan.
👥 The Crew
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
🎤 Jimi Hendrix — Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Production
🎸 Noel Redding — Bass, Vocals
🥁 Mitch Mitchell — Drums
Guests
Steve Winwood • Jack Casady • Dave Mason • Buddy Miles • Brian Jones • The Sweet Inspirations
📈 The Box Office
🏆 #1 Billboard 200
🏆 Hendrix's only U.S. #1 album
🏆 Platinum Certification
🏆 Frequently ranked among the greatest albums ever recorded
💔 The Legacy
Electric Ladyland became the final studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience before the group dissolved in 1969.
Hendrix continued experimenting with new musicians, but his life was tragically cut short when he died on September 18, 1970, at just 27 years old.
That makes Electric Ladyland feel even more extraordinary.
It wasn't intended to be a farewell.
Yet it became one of rock's greatest final statements.
🎸 My Favorite Songs
🎵 Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
🎵 All Along the Watchtower
🎵 Crosstown Traffic
🎵 Long Hot Summer Night
🎵 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Why These Songs?
, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is simply untouchable. That opening wah pedal is one of the greatest moments in rock history.
As a wrestling fan, I also love that Hollywood Hulk Hogan used the song as his entrance theme during his legendary WCW run and later during his WWE return. Hearing that riff instantly makes me think of one of wrestling's greatest entrances.
🖤 My Girlfriend's Favorite Songs
🎵 All Along the Watchtower
🎵 Burning of the Midnight Lamp
🎵 Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
🎵 Voodoo Chile
🎵 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Why These Songs?
My girlfriend loves the dreamlike side of Hendrix.
All Along the Watchtower has become one of the most recognizable songs in pop culture, appearing in films like Forrest Gump, Watchmen, and A Bronx Tale, television series including Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer, and Sons of Anarchy, and even greeting players on the main menu of Mafia III. Its haunting atmosphere makes it timeless.
❤ Our Song
Long Hot Summer Night
Out of all the psychedelic adventures on Electric Ladyland, this one feels the most personal.
It's warm.
Relaxed.
Soulful.
It perfectly captures the feeling of spending a quiet summer evening together.
🎙 The Pipebomb Syndicate Vibe Check
🖤 Psychedelic colors
🖤 Wah-wah guitar magic
🖤 Blues from another planet
🖤 Studio experimentation
🖤 Summer nights
🖤 Hendrix changing music forever
🖤 A masterpiece that still sounds futuristic
💬 Final Thoughts
The critics had their opinions.
The charts had their opinions.
Now here's ours.
Electric Ladyland isn't just the greatest Jimi Hendrix Experience album.
It's one of the greatest albums ever created.
Every listen reveals another incredible guitar part, another hidden sound, another brilliant idea.
As the Experience's final album, it doesn't feel like an ending.
It feels like Hendrix standing on the edge of an even bigger future we sadly never got to hear.
That's what makes this record both inspiring and heartbreaking.
📼 Final Verdict
My Favorite Song: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
My Girlfriend's Favorite Song: All Along the Watchtower
Our Song: Long Hot Summer Night
Most Underrated Song: 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Best Guitar Moment: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Best Studio Moment: 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Works As A Final Album? Absolutely
Would We Recommend It? Essential Listening
Would We Keep It In Our Collection? Forever 🎸⚡
@CAMPBELLOBK97
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
6. Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix was at the peak if his game when this album came out and arguably the best guitar playing can be heard on this album.
7. Whitesnake-Flesh & Blood
8. Roxy Music-Avalon
9. Dire Straits-On Every Street
10. 2Pac-All Eyez On Me
11. David Bowie-Black Star
12. Oasis-Dig Out Your Soul
13. The Notorious B.I.G-Life After Death
14. Rush-Clockwork Angels
15. The Police-Synchronicity
16. Gentle Giant-Civilian
17. System Of A Down- Hypnotize
18. Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will
19. Thin Lizzy-Thunder & Lightning
20. Van Halen-A Different Kind Of Truth
21. Marvin Gaye-Midnight Love
22. Queen-Made In Heaven
23. Joy Division-Closer
24. N.W.A.-Efil4zaggin
25. Stevie Ray Vaughan-The Sky Is Crying
26. Talk Talk-Laughing Stock
27. Luther Vandross-Dance With My Father
28. Linkin Park-One More Light
29. INXS-Elegantly Wasted
30. Nirvana-In Ultero
@monte.olson58
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Great pick Pete. The last one by Sabbath is indeed a strong effort.
@titusgeorge9280
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
If you would have told me forty years ago, no, ten years ago, that this album would be in my top 10 for “final albums” and would be in the running for my favorite album of the year, I would have said you were crazy. My number 6 pick is the self-titled album from this year, yes, this year, it’s Megadeth’s “Megadeth”. In the midst of all of these AOR, pop rock, melodic rock, “hair metal” albums and we have the thrash metal giant. I’m just as surprised as you are.
I’ve probably mentioned this already that I’m a newbie fan of Megadeth, another result of Pete and everyone’s ranking the albums videos, and that I agreed to listen to all of Megadeth’s albums because they are my college buddy’s favorite, if he would agree to do the same for Toto. And that while I owned “Countdown To Extinction” and “The World Needs A Hero” (the former because I met them at a release party in Chicago and the latter because of “1000 Times Goodbye”), I hadn’t listened to much else so was surprised to find how many songs I really enjoyed. So, listened to their fifteen albums (“The Sick, The Dying…” hadn’t come out yet), bought almost all on CD so far, and put together a ranking. My friend, on the other hand, said he couldn’t get through Toto, that the songs kept sounding the same to him. Oh well, at least I found some new music to enjoy.
And then just a few years later hear that this will be Megadeth’s last album. I finally become a fan and they stop?!? Figures. All the extra versions is a little frustrating, though—bought the CD, but then bought the “exclusive digital version” that was only available for a limited time because of the extra song (and cool alternate artwork). There’s also a different edition at Target, and several different vinyl editions. Two of which, the zoetrope version (where the image moves as the record spins) and the one filled with a red liquid, were both limited time and I missed out.
This could very well be my favorite Megadeth album, too, as this encapsulates all the best parts of the songs I enjoy from previous albums, and doesn’t feel dragged or repetitive, which is usually what hurts those albums and so I don’t listen to them as much, rather pull the favorites into a playlist. This one I just put it on and listen straight through—well, except for sometimes skipping the “bonus track”, the cover of Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning”. I appreciate why it’s here, I just prefer all of the newer songs and want to get back to the beginning track again, or on the exclusive digital version I skip ahead to the other extra track, “Nobody’s Hero”. The latter is actually one of my favorites from the album and don’t know why it wasn’t just included in the first place.
I love both versions of the artwork. The main one is so striking, bright and white, Vic Rattlehead in a suit and tie, and half of his body on fire. The exclusive version is the photo negative, every white is black, and anything dark is like a radioactive glowing green. Would like to have both on vinyl just for the artwork alone.
As for the music, the opener “Tipping Point” is fast, aggressive, in your face and full of “I’m not going to put up with the nonsense” attitude. The next song “I Don’t Care” is a fun rant against, well, everything. Followed by “Hey God!”, which is probably the most personal contemplation on why he feels the way he feels about his life.
Then we jump into the guitar frenzy of “Let There Be Shred”, an “ode” to why he does what he does, how he got here. It’s a lot of fun. Which is followed by probably my favorite riffing, soloing, catchy “Puppet Parade”, that reminds me a little of what I liked most about the “Risk” album — I know many didn’t like that album, but it was the most accessible to me and has my favorite song by them, “Breadline”.
The next few songs cover war, life, conformity, what you’d expect from Dave, but then it ends with “The Last Note”, what I think is Dave’s sign off, and while I know they won’t do this, think the concerts should close with this song. Heavy riffs, frantic drums, a fitting goodbye to decades of music.
No filler all killer as they say, at least to me, and right now would say it’s my favorite album overall by them. Enough variety in the songs, concise and in your face, and going to need some ibuprofen for the headbanging.
6. Megadeth — Megadeth (2026)
7. Survivor — Reach (2006)
8. Journey — Freedom (2022)
9. Michael Morales — That’s The Way (1999)
10. Damn Yankees — Don’t Tread (1992)
11. Bad English — Backlash (1991)
12. Cutting Crew — Add To Favourites (2015)
13. Steve Perry — Traces (2016)
14. Boston — Life, Love & Hope (2013)
15. The Calling — Two (2004) / Danger Danger — Revolve (2009)
16. Trans Siberian Orchestra — Letters From the Labyrinth (2015)
17. Meat Loaf — Braver Than We Are (2016)
18. Foreigner — Can’t Slow Down (2009)
19. Eagles — Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
20. The Outfield — Replay (2011)
21. The Origin — Bend (1992)
22. Frozen Ghost — Shake Your Spirit (1991)
23. Alias — Never Say Never (2009)
24. Genesis — Calling All Stations (1997)
25. This Picture — City of Sin (1994)
26. Rhythm Corps — “The Future’s Not What It Used To Be” (1991)
27. REO Speedwagon — “Find Your Own Way Home” (2007)
28. Dog’s Eye View — “Tomorrow Always Comes” (2005)
29. White Lion — “Return of the Pride” (2008)
30. Peter Cetera — “Another Perfect World” (2001)
@gaiaeternal5131
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Hi Pete & everyone. Dave from London. My pick today is PINK MOON by NICK DRAKE (1972). Not an easy listen for me, as Nick was a rather downbeat singer songwriter, but some of his material is hauntingly beautiful. This is his third album, and is very sparsely recorded, with just Nick and his acoustic guitar (my favourite song of his is River Man from his debut album, with added strings). Favourite song here is Things Behind The Sun, where his guitar playing is wonderful. It's quite sad to recall that the first I heard of him was in 1974 when the UK music press reported his death by overdose of pills (I won't say suicide as that was disputed by his friends and family). His music has since grown in popularity, but in his lifetime he received no recognition at all.
@captainbeyond7469
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Allman Brothers Band – Hittin’ the Note
@EliphasDesni
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Colosseum II – Wardance
@rafaelcruz4176
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
My pick for Day 25 (#6 in my countdown)
Thin Lizzy – Thunder And Lightning
@JerryAttwooll
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Still sweltering here in sunny UK ☀️ or at least some of us here are, hi Iain. This is an album released 1995, a full 12 years after the previous release under this band's name. One already picked, not surprisingly, by a number of you here, STRANGER IN US ALL by RAINBOW. 12 years in which Ritchie had made four albums with Deep Purple, but by this time all the tensions that pulled the band apart back in the 70s resurfaced and after The Battle Rages On album (prophetic title or what?) Ritchie walked. Rainbow of course was always totally Ritchie's baby and individual musicians came and went with great frequency. It was therefore no real surprise that this Rainbow bore no relation membership wise to the one that recorded previous album Bent Out Of Shape, apart from Mr Blackmore himself. Scottish singer Doogie White was brought in to front the band and acquits himself well on the material here. Rainbow was an entity that dabbled in various strands of hard rock throughout their previous run from some of the most epic proto power and prog metal to the smooth commercial radio friendly hard rock of AOR notably Foreigner. This album seemed to weave all those styles into a mostly convincing whole. From the mystical Ariel to the menacing Hunting Humans (Insatiable) and the jaunty Too Late For Tears there's some fine songs here. Ritchie also indulging his love of classical music with a vocal fronted heavy rocking version of Greig's masterpiece The Hall Of The Mountain King. I could have perhaps done without another version of The Yardbirds' Still I'm Sad, great song though it is, but surely another original would have been a preferable way to conclude the album? Unfortunately the rock world with grunge, nu metal and all the other so called 'alternative' musical forms wasn't really calling for a new Rainbow album at this stage and it seemed to receive little promotion of press or push from the record company upon its release. Whilst not being in my personal upper echelons of Rainbow albums, I do still enjoy hearing this and it's far from an embarrassment. However I'm not sure Ritchie was too bothered as it's relative commercial failure allowed him to go off and enjoy his real musical passion for the time, renaissance music with his Blackmore's Night line up.
@arnaudb.7669
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
6- Hatfield and the North : The Rotters Club
@beetlebum7760
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6. JOHNNY CASH – The Man Comes Around
7. NICK DRAKE – Pink Moon
8. SANDY DENNY – Rendezvous
9. AALIYAH – Aaliyah
10. JOHN FAHEY – Red Cross
11. LANIE LANE – Night Shade
12. KAREN DALTON – In My Own Time
13. WARREN ZEVON – The Wind
14. GUY CLARK – My Favorite Picture of You
15. GREEN ON RED – Too Much Fun
16. THOSE DARLINS – Blur the Line
17. BOB NEUWIRTH – Havana Midnight
18. THE ETTES – Wicked Will
19. VERONICA FALLS – Waiting for Something to Happen
20. POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS – Swan Songs
21. JOY DIVISION – Closer
22. SLINT – Spiderland
23. STEELY DAN – Everything Must Go
24. DAVID BOWIE – Blackstar
25. LIZ GREEN – Haul Away!
26. JOHN PRINE – The Tree of Forgiveness
27. OASIS – Dig Out Your Soul
28. RAMONES – Adios Amigos
29. AMY WINEHOUSE – Back To Black
30. DIE TOTEN HOSEN – Trink aus, wir müssen gehen!
@29adnilrummut05
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
pick # 6: alloy – paper thin front
@milesdorst
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
0:44 pick #6
@JoeDibiase386
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Picked this yesterday. My pick today, Riverside I.D. Entity. Sadly
@threeofakindbygeneraldean3007
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Fourteenth with geezer butler and surprised how poor sales were in america despite reaching #1. Taylor Swift knows the feeling!
@gregoryg3256
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
⭐🌠⭐ U Rock ..Saint Peter …Sabbath is Always a good pick
@mikewestfall827
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Thunder and Lightning – Thin Lizzy
@davidholmes6119
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
I could never figure out the 13 album title in any chronological way. It would be 9 if just counting Ozzy-fronted albums. Are we sure they didn't just dig the number for its ominous or unlucky associations?
@ykmgeedee
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Synchronicity -Police. A very distinctive band bows out gracefully.
@christophercoles4401
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
#6 Janis Joplin – Pearl (1971)
Released posthumously in 1971, Janis Joplin's final studio album, Pearl, stands as her masterpiece.
Showcasing Janis's raw powerhouse vocals with the tight backing of the Full Tilt Boogie Band, the album brilliantly balances bluesy rockers and tender ballads.
"Move Over" is an electrifying opener, driven by sharp guitar lines and driving rhythm that shows Janis and her band perfectly in sync.
"Cry Baby" is a masterclass in vocal dynamics. Janis effortlessly shifts from a soulful, aching whisper to a roaring shriek, all while remaining firmly in control.
"Me and Bobby McGee", written by Kris Kristofferson, features a definitive vocal delivery that radiates soulful warmth with emotional storytelling.
Other standout tracks include, "A Woman Left Lonely", that features Janis delivering more nuanced, lower-register vocals, and "Mercedes Benz", a poignant acapella social commentary, recordéd in a single take just days before her untimely death.
More than half later, Pearl still resonates with audiences. The album cemented Janis's status as one of rock's iconic figures.
Pearl delivers a magnificent display of her immense talent.
7) John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy
8) MC5 – High Time
9) Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
10) Allman Brothers Band – Hittin' The Note
1 1) Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
12) Gregg Allman – Southern Blood
13) Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising
14) Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights
15) David Bowie – Blackstar
16) The Jam – The Gift
17) Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door
18) Mott The Hoople – The Hoople
19) Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs and Stories
20) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
2 1) The Band – Northern Lights Southern Cross
22) George Jones – Cold Hard Truth
23) Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love
24) Elvis Presley – Moody Blue
25) ZZ Top – La Futura
26) Ramones – Adios Amigos
27) New York Dolls – Too Much Too Soon
28) Slade – You Boyz Make Big Noize
29) Buffalo Springfield – Last Time Around
30) 2Pac – All Eyez On Me
@DennisStrattion
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Day 6 pick is Street Rats by Humble Pie it was released on A and M Records in 1975 it was the 8th studio album and the last one with Steve Marriott. Members were Steve Marriott vocals guitar. Clem Clempson lead guitar. Greg Ridley bass vocals and Jerry Shirley drums percussion. Best songs are Street Rat. Rock N Roll Music. We Can Work It Out. Rain. There Tis and Countryman Stomp.
@sdrandazzo
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
My pick #6 favorite final album is King Crimson – The Power To Believe.
1. Rush – Clockwork Angels
2. Joy Division – Closer
3. Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
4. Warren Zevon – The Wind
5. Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door
6. The Beatles – Let It Be
7. David Bowie – Blackstar
8. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
9. Robert Wyatt – Different Every Time
10. Caravan – It’s None of Your Business
11. Frank Zappa – Dance Me This
12. Miles Davis – Rubberband
13. Spirogyra – 5
14. Henry Cow – Western Culture
15. Popul Duh – Messa Di Orfeo
16. Ramones – Adios Amigos!
17. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Ice Cream for Crow
18. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
19. Syd Barrett – Barrett
20. The Jam – The Gift
21. Porcupine Tree – The Incident
22. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
23. Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
24. Roxy Music – Avalon
25. King Crimson – The Power To Believe
@davidholmes6119
June 25, 2026 at 5:37 pm
In contemplating this month's theme, there are a few bands who have, as strange as this sounds, a terrific final album…it just isn't officially their final album, lol. For example:
INXS
Elegantly Wasted (1997): The band's final album with brilliant original frontman Michael Hutchence, who died later the same year. It is, I would argue, widely regarded as INXS's true swan song with its classic lineup and sound.
Switch (2005): Released with new vocalist J. D. Fortune, chosen in a rather mercenary way (by winning reality-TV contest Rock Star: INXS). They never achieved an AC/DC- or Van Hagar-style second act. Anything post-Hutchence almost registers as musical fan fiction.
The Velvet Underground
Loaded (1970): Rightly and widely considered the last proper Velvet Underground album, with Lou Reed leaving the band shortly after its release. It was also the group's most commercially accessible record, arguably predicting Reed's commercial good fortune later in the '70s.
Squeeze (1973): Alas, this curio is forever officially the band's final studio album, though it is only nominally a Velvet Underground release. With Reed and all other original members gone, late addition Doug Yule led a lineup composed of largely uncredited session musicians, including Ian Paice of Deep Purple. Though not unpleasant as pop rock, it feels almot impossible to regard it as a true Velvet Underground album despite its release under the band's name.
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