Best Rock Drum Albums

[Sherick]

Criteria: Influence/Impact, Originality, Technicality

1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
2. Moving Pictures – Rush (Neil Peart)
3. Lateralus - Tool (Danny Carey)
4. Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer)
5. Machine Head – Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
6. Fresh Cream - Cream (Ginger Baker)
7. Who's Next - The Who (Keith Moon)
8. Awake - Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy)
9. Fragile – Yes (Bill Bruford)
10. Frizzle Fry – Primus (Tim Alexander)

11. Red – King Crimson (Bill Bruford)
12. Hemispheres – 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, Bernard Purdie, Paul Humphrey, Ed Greene, Jim Keltner & Rick Marotta)
22. Rust In Peace – Megadeth (Nick Menza)
23. De-Loused In The Comatorium – The Mars Volta (Jon Theodore)
24. Fly By Night - Rush (Neil Peart)
25. In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson (Michael Giles)
26. Season Of The Abyss – Slayer (Dave Lombardo)
27. Deliverance – 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. Aenima – Tool (Danny Carey)
33. Unquestionable Presence - Steve Flynn (Atheist)
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. 2112 - 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. Ghost Reveries – 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. Strange New Flesh – Colosseum II (John Hiseman)
53. Santana – Santana (Mike Shrieve)
54. Third – The Soft Machine (Robert Wyatt)
55. Liquid Tension Experiment 2 – Liquid Tension Experiment (Mike Portnoy)
56. Life Begins Again – Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (Jimmy Chamberlin)
57. Don Caballero 2 - Don Caballero (Damon Che)
58. Mastodon – Blood Mountain (Brann Dailor)
59. The Grand Pecking Order – Oysterhead (Stewart Copeland)
60. Superunknown – Soundgarden (Matt Cameron)
61. Awaken The Guardian – Fates Warning (Steve Zimmerman)
62. Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck (Richard Bailey)
63. Discipline – King Crimson (Bill Bruford)
64. Fireball – Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
65. Struttin’ – The Meters (Zigaboo Modeliste)
66. You – Gong (Pierre Moerlen)
67. Beck, Bogert & Appice – Beck, Bogert Appice & (Carmine Appice)
68. The System Has Failed – Megadeth (Vinnie Colaiuta)
69. Sailing The Seas Of Cheese – Primus (Tim Alexander)
70. Joe’s Garage – Frank Zappa (Vinnie Colaiuta)
71. Ghost In The Machine – The Police (Stewart Copeland)
72. Combat Rock – The Clash (Topper Headon)
73. The Bedlam In Goliath – The Mars Volta (Thomas Pridgen)
74. Fear Of A Blank Planet – Porcupine Tree (Gavin Harrison)
75. Far Beyond Driven – Pantera (Vinnie Paul)
76. Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer)
77. Yesterday And Tomorrow – Y&T (Leonard Haze)
78. Revolver – The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
79. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (Bill Ward)
80. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness – Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Camberlin)
81. The Number Of The Beast – Iron Maiden (Clive Burr)
82. Presence – Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
83. … And Justice For All – Metallica (Lars Ulrich)
84. Mastodon – Leviathan (Brann Dailor)
85. Battles – Mirrored (John Stanier)
86. Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell)
87. Reinventing The Steel – Pantera (Vinnie Paul)
88. A Farewell To Kings – Rush (Neil Peart)
89. Let It Bleed – Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts)
90. Black Light Syndrome - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Terry Bozzio)
91. The Big Eyeball In The Sky - Colonel Claypool’s Bucket Of Bernie Brains (Bryan Mantia)
92. World Class Listening Problem - Don Caballero (Damon Che)
93. The Sound of Perseverance – Death (Richard Christy)
94. The Power To Believe – King Crimson (Pat Mastelotto)
95. One-Trick Pony – Paul Simon (Steve Gadd)
96. Gish – Smashing Pumpkins (Jimmy Chamberlin)
97. Blackwater Park – Opeth (Martin Lopez)
98. Trilogy - Emerson Lake & Palmer (Carl Palmer)
99. Songs For The Terestrially Challenged - The Speaking Canaries (Noah Leger)
100. Contradictions Collapse – Meshuggah (Tomas Haake)

101. Songs For The Deaf – Queens Of The Stone Age (Dave Grohl)
102. Burn - Deep Purple (Ian Paice)
103. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull (Barriemore Barlow)
104. Toto IV - Toto (Jeff Porcaro)
105. Powerslave - Iron Maiden (Nicko McBrain)
106. Call Of The Mastodon - Mastodon (Brann Dailor)
107. The Idiot King - Attention Deficit (Tim Alexander)
108. Punkgasm - Don Caballero (Damon Che)
109. The Red Album - Baroness (Allen Blickle)
110. Grace - Jeff Buckley (Matt Johnson)
111. Amputecture - The Mars Volta (Jon Theodore)
112. Lark's Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson (Bill Mruford & Jaime Muir)
113. Rock And Roll - Vanilla Fudge (Carmine Appice)
114. Gaucho - Steely Dan (Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd & Jeff Porcaro)
115. Chicago II - Chicago (Danny Seraphine)
116. Caress Of Steel - Rush (Neil Peart)
117. Song For America - Kansas (Phil Ehart)
118. Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy (Brian Downey)
119. THRAK - King Crimson (Bill Bruford & Pat Mastelotto)
120. Mary Star Of The Ocean - Zwan (Jimmy Chamberlin)
121. Close To The Edge - Yes (Bill Bruford)
122. I - Meshuggah (Tomas Haake)
123. Toto - Toto (Jeff Porcaro)
124. A Quick One – Keith Moon (The Who)
125. Individual Thought Patterns - Death (Gene Hoglan)
126. The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera (Vinnie Paul)
127. The Director's Cut - Fantômas (Dave Lombardo)
128. Helmet – Monochrome (John Stanier)
129. Screaming Headless Torsos – Screaming Headless Torsos (Skoota Warner, Daniel Sadownick)
130. Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade (Grant Hart)
131. The Sword – Age Of Winters (Trivett Wingo)
132. Nowhere - Ride (Mark Gardener)
133. Ars Longa Vita Brevis – Brian Davison (The Nice)
134. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
135. The Gathering – Testament (Dave Lombardo)
136. Restrictions – Cactus (Carmine Appice)
137. Ege Bamyasi – CAN (Jaki Liebezeit)
138. Fire On The Bayou – The Meters (Zigaboo Modeliste)
139. Master Of Puppets – Metallica (Lars Ulrich)
140. Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell)
141. Ink Complete – Spastic Ink (Bobby Jarzombek)
142. Permanent Waves – Rush (Neil Peart)
143. Pawn Hearts – Van Der Graaf Generator (Guy Timpani)
144. Wired – Jeff Beck (Richard Bailey)
145. Blind Faith – Blind Faith (Ginger Baker)
146. 10,000 Days – Tool (Danny Carey)
147. For Respect – Don Caballero (Damon Che)
148. In Absentia – Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)
149. The Clash – The Clash (Topper Headon)
150. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden (Clive Burr)

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Terry Chimes played on The Clash's debut album.