100 Greatest Rock Drumming Albums

album covers Lateralus and 2112
Criteria: These Drummer Albums were chosen for their innovation, originality, influence, skill, and technical ability of the drummer.

Last Updated: 2008-11-20
Rock Drumming Albums
  1. Lateralus - Tool (Danny Carey)
  2. 2112 - Rush (Neil Peart)
  3. Awake - Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy)
  4. Machine Head - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
  5. Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer)
  6. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
  7. Fresh Cream - Cream (Ginger Baker)
  8. Who's Next - The Who (Keith Moon)
  9. Fragile - Yes (Bill Bruford)
10. Frizzle Fry - Primus (Tim Alexander)
11. Red - King Crimson (Bill Bruford)
12. Moving Pictures - Rush (Neil Peart)
13. Crash - Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford)
14. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell)
15. Regatta De Blanc - The Police (Stewart Copeland)
16. Vanilla Fudge - Near The Beginning (Carmine Appice)
17. Situation Dangerous - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Terry Bozzio)
18. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
19. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlin)
20. Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden (Matt Cameron)
21. Aja - Steely Dan (Steve Gadd)
22. Rust In Peace - Megadeth (Nick Menza)
23. De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta (Jon Theodore)
24. Strange New Flesh - Colosseum II (John Hiseman)
25. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson (Michael Giles)
26. Season Of The Abyss - Slayer (Dave Lombardo)
27. Blackwater Park - Opeth (Martin Lopez)
28. Killers - Iron Maiden (Clive Burr)
29. Tommy - The Who (Keith Moon)
30. Spring Session M - Missing Persons (Terry Bozzio)
31. Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy)
32. Ænima - Tool (Danny Carey)
33. Reinventing The Steel - Pantera (Vinnie Paul)
34. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Bill Ward)
35. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
36. Outlandos D'Amour - The Police (Stewart Copeland)
37. Over-Nite Sensation - Frank Zappa (Ralph Humphrey)
38. Hemispheres - Rush (Neil Peart)
39. What If - Dixie Dregs (Rod Morgenstein)
40. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer)
41. In Rock - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
42. Deliverance - Opeth (Martin Lopez)
43. Reign In Blood - Slayer (Dave Lombardo)
44. Disraeli Gears - Cream (Ginger Baker)
45. Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden (Nicko McBrain)
46. Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy)
47. Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford)
48. Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
49. Quadrophenia - The Who (Keith Moon)
50. Tago Mago - CAN (Jaki Liebezeit)
51. Rising - Rainbow (Cozy Powell)
52. Fly By Night - Rush (Neil Peart)
53. Third - The Soft Machine (Robert Wyatt)
54. Liquid Tension Experiment 2 - Liquid Tension Experiment (Mike Portnoy)
55. Life Begins Again - Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (Jimmy Chamberlin)
56. Don Caballero 2 - Don Caballero (Damon Che)
57. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Brann Dailor)
58. The Grand Pecking Order - Oysterhead (Stewart Copeland)
59. Superunknown - Soundgarden (Matt Cameron)
60. Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford)
61. Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck (Richard Bailey)
62. Discipline - King Crimson (Bill Bruford)
63. Fireball - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
64. Struttin' - The Meters (Zigaboo Modeliste)
65. You - Gong (Pierre Moerlen)
66. Beck, Bogert & Appice - Beck, Bogert Appice & (Carmine Appice)
67. The System Has Failed - Megadeth (Vinnie Colaiuta)
68. Sailing The Seas Of Cheese - Primus (Tim Alexander)
69. Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa (Vinnie Colaiuta)
70. Ghost In The Machine - The Police (Stewart Copeland)
71. Combat Rock - The Clash (Topper Headon)
72. The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta (Thomas Pridgen)
73. Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree (Gavin Harrison)
74. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Chad Smith)
75. Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer)
76. Yesterday And Tomorrow - Y&T (Leonard Haze)
77. Revolver - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
78. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Bill Ward)
79. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Camberlin)
80. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (Clive Burr)
81. Presence - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
82. ...& And Justice For All - Metallica (Lars Ulrich)
83. Mastodon - Leviathan (Brann Dailor)
84. Battles - Mirrored (John Stanier)
85. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell)
86. Far Beyond Driven - Pantera (Vinnie Paul)
87. A Farewell To Kings - Rush (Neil Peart)
88. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts)
89. Black Light Syndrome - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Terry Bozzio)
90. The Big Eyeball In The Sky - Colonel Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains (Bryan Mantia)
91. World Class Listening Problem - Don Caballero (Damon Che)
92. The Sound of Perseverance - Death (Richard Christy)
93. The Power To Believe - King Crimson (Pat Mastelotto)
94. One-Trick Pony - Paul Simon (Steve Gadd)
95. Gish - Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlin)
96. Ghost Reveries - Opeth (Martin Lopez)
97. Trilogy - Emerson Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer)
98. Songs For The Terestrially Challenged - The Speaking Canaries (Noah Leger)
99. Contradictions Collapse - Meshuggah (Tomas Haake)
100. Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age (Dave Grohl)



Lateralus by Tool album cover
2112 by Rush album cover
Awake by Dream Theater album cover
Machine Head by Deep Purple album cover
Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake and Palmer album cover
Led Zeppelin 1 album cover





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