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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
cutting down our picks for the top ten
rock albums to listen to on vinyl and
gas before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we chose an albums
that sound the best achieving the
fullest richest quality when they are
played the old-fashioned way this isn’t
to say that they are the best albums of
all time some albums just deserve to be
listened to on vinyl
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number ten highway 61 revisited Bob
Dylan the diamond hill crash in the
early 1960s folk music truly was the
music of the people and their king was
Bob Dylan a beard pioneer in the genre
when highway 61 revisited was released
in 1955 track-by-track fans were stunned
this was a more geared up electric
villain than fans were used to and many
believe that their folk hero had sold
out but today the album is considered a
classic for many of the same reasons it
was once shun on Burgundy the soon hit
the hardest
incorporating electric guitar organ and
drums along with acoustic instrument
what resulted was an energetic weird
rollicking album with so much happening
digital is not enough and the only way
to take it all in is in its original
vinyl format
[Music]
number nine tapestry Carole King really
I know no see one of the best-selling
and most highly awarded albums of all
time
tapestry deserves proper listening
attention the reason people praise vinyl
is for the rich warm sound of analog
recording unlike digital formats
the sound is uncompressed treating your
ears to the full aural experience now
ain’t it good to know that you saddle
friends with tapestry a musical
masterpiece that is basically the
auditory equivalent of a warm Sunday
morning in spring the last thing you
want is cold harsh and thin digital
sound
the album’s lively sound and exceptional
mix helped win it Grammys for best album
and song of the year and cemented King
as a seminal songwriter and vocalist
tapestry may not be an earth-shaking
album but we can still feel it moving
mountains
number eight rumors Fleetwood Mac it’s
the result of one of the most famous
rock’n’roll dramas and it says passion
filled and rage fuels as any opera
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liquid Mac in the midst of multiple
romantic breakups wrote the album at the
height of the turmoil with highly
personal songs from the argumentative
second-hand news to the reassuring don’t
stop to the bitter heated and utterly
brokenhearted go your own way it’s like
listening to a bomb explode in real time
and then there’s the chain with couple
on the rocks Lindsey Buckingham and
Stevie Nicks battling it out with
emotionally-charged vocals and Christine
McVie doing her best with Norah Jones
low-end Rumble overall the album was
praised for its production quality and
use of harmony offering a rich listening
experience number seven London Calling
The Clash one of the greatest punk rock
albums of all time
London Calling was recorded at a time
when Britain was facing economic
depression a drug crisis racial tensions
and a slew of other bleak scenarios that
come with the fall of an empire
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channeling these feelings of societal
angst and frustration the boys of the
class produced an absolute classic
recorded at Wessex studios in London it
was the first post-punk album to
incorporate such a huge range of genres
from ska to rockabilly to pop and Lounge
jazz add in the unconventional
production methods of guy Stephens and
you’ve got a punk-rock masterpiece that
truly deserves to be enjoyed on wack
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[Applause]
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number 6 the rise and fall of Ziggy
Stardust and the spiders from Mars David
Bowie see you play guitar Johnny good
with weird
while the thin white Dukes final album
Blackstar had plenty to offer some vinyl
listeners we decided to go with a more
classic pick perhaps the most iconic of
Bowie’s many personas Ziggy Stardust was
a rock star that received the messages
from extraterrestrial life-form
maybe the former David Jones really did
get musical tips from alien because
there is something otherworldly here
[Music]
perhaps the greatest concept album ever
but we’ve fully committed to the sound
and identity layered complex and
groundbreaking in its day the whole
album should be appreciated as a
textured masterpiece it is no one could
confine Bowie and neither should you
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number 5 Exile on Main Street the
rolling stone by some magnitude of their
gears no one could quite touch the
rolling stone while the band’s tenth
studio album Exile on Main Street was
met with mixed reviews when it was first
released it has since been lauded as a
classic
[Music]
[Applause]
recorded in the basement of a villa
Keith Richards rented near nice friends
with band members frequently absent
often due to drug use the making of the
album came in fit spurts and with odd
lineups all of which only adds to its
mystique was a good set of headphones
and this spinning on the turntable it
can close your eyes and almost see
yourself in the middle of all the mayhem
while this was being recorded
[Applause]
[Music]
before the Dark Side of the Moon Pink
Floyd psychedelic as they come and a
must-have for any collection employed
continue to push the envelope with this
prog rock classic darkside is far more
focused on the music and the few select
themes and dramatic and operatic
storytelling swamped with echoes delays
modulation effects Leslie speakers
double-tracking and the emotive guest
vocals of Clare Torry the album has a
huge sound without being artificially
enhanced engineered by Alli Parsons who
previously worked on the Beatles Abbey
Road and Floyd’s own atom heart mother
Darkseid has an offworld yet timeless
sound making full use of the stereo
spectrum and originally mixed per quod
it’s like a live concert in your living
room
[Music]
number three Led Zeppelin for Led
Zeppelin who didn’t go out and buy a
Zeppelin poster after hearing Led
Zeppelin 4 for the first time from
stairway to Black Dog to rock and roll
4 is a full-on heavy-metal experience
it’s hard to tell what is more memorable
Robert Plant soaring vocals Jimmy Page’s
absolute mastery on lead guitar or John
Bonham’s furious drumming it’s not worth
picking side they work perfectly as one
the only thing a vinyl present can’t
provide you with are those glistening
bare chests and flowing locks but some
sacrifices must be made for the sake of
sound quality number two Pet Sounds the
Beach Boys produced arranged and almost
entirely written by Beach Boys frontman
and leading force Brian Wilson this
truly is a masterpiece
[Music]
opening with a lifting harp hook the
kick drum knocks the beat in place and
instantly you are transported back in
time the arrangements throughout Pet
Sounds are as complex as any classical
piece but the album is never overlaid
[Music]
textures and odd instrument choices
exists for more than just self-indulgent
interlude and the sound is impossibly
fun that sounds is often cited as one of
the most influential albums of all time
and with good reason let this sprawling
trip back in time sing with the analogue
sound it deserves
[Music]
before we sound off on our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
[Music]
[Applause]
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[Applause]
[Music]
you were only waiting for this moment to
arrive number one the Beatles aka The
White Album the Beatles
Blackfoot singing in the dead of night
the Beatles is ninth studio album was
mostly written in the spring of 1968
while the group attended a
transcendental meditation retreat in
Rishikesh India a far cry baby cry from
their early work songs like helter
skelter Julia and while my guitar gently
weeps showcased the band at the peak of
their prowess meanwhile tracks like your
blues why don’t we do it in the road and
happiness is a warm gun to say nothing
of revolution 9 so they were as willing
as ever to explore new grass
[Music]
the White Album is an important piece of
art and final copies are surprisingly
easy to find so there’s no excuse for it
to be missing from your collection for
long do you agree with our pics check
out these other great clips from watch
mojo and subscribe for new videos every
day
[Music]
a music just shouldn’t be compressed
[Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
cutting down our picks for the top ten
rock albums to listen to on vinyl and
gas before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we chose an albums
that sound the best achieving the
fullest richest quality when they are
played the old-fashioned way this isn’t
to say that they are the best albums of
all time some albums just deserve to be
listened to on vinyl
[Music]
number ten highway 61 revisited Bob
Dylan the diamond hill crash in the
early 1960s folk music truly was the
music of the people and their king was
Bob Dylan a beard pioneer in the genre
when highway 61 revisited was released
in 1955 track-by-track fans were stunned
this was a more geared up electric
villain than fans were used to and many
believe that their folk hero had sold
out but today the album is considered a
classic for many of the same reasons it
was once shun on Burgundy the soon hit
the hardest
incorporating electric guitar organ and
drums along with acoustic instrument
what resulted was an energetic weird
rollicking album with so much happening
digital is not enough and the only way
to take it all in is in its original
vinyl format
[Music]
number nine tapestry Carole King really
I know no see one of the best-selling
and most highly awarded albums of all
time
tapestry deserves proper listening
attention the reason people praise vinyl
is for the rich warm sound of analog
recording unlike digital formats
the sound is uncompressed treating your
ears to the full aural experience now
ain’t it good to know that you saddle
friends with tapestry a musical
masterpiece that is basically the
auditory equivalent of a warm Sunday
morning in spring the last thing you
want is cold harsh and thin digital
sound
the album’s lively sound and exceptional
mix helped win it Grammys for best album
and song of the year and cemented King
as a seminal songwriter and vocalist
tapestry may not be an earth-shaking
album but we can still feel it moving
mountains
number eight rumors Fleetwood Mac it’s
the result of one of the most famous
rock’n’roll dramas and it says passion
filled and rage fuels as any opera
[Music]
liquid Mac in the midst of multiple
romantic breakups wrote the album at the
height of the turmoil with highly
personal songs from the argumentative
second-hand news to the reassuring don’t
stop to the bitter heated and utterly
brokenhearted go your own way it’s like
listening to a bomb explode in real time
and then there’s the chain with couple
on the rocks Lindsey Buckingham and
Stevie Nicks battling it out with
emotionally-charged vocals and Christine
McVie doing her best with Norah Jones
low-end Rumble overall the album was
praised for its production quality and
use of harmony offering a rich listening
experience number seven London Calling
The Clash one of the greatest punk rock
albums of all time
London Calling was recorded at a time
when Britain was facing economic
depression a drug crisis racial tensions
and a slew of other bleak scenarios that
come with the fall of an empire
[Music]
channeling these feelings of societal
angst and frustration the boys of the
class produced an absolute classic
recorded at Wessex studios in London it
was the first post-punk album to
incorporate such a huge range of genres
from ska to rockabilly to pop and Lounge
jazz add in the unconventional
production methods of guy Stephens and
you’ve got a punk-rock masterpiece that
truly deserves to be enjoyed on wack
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
number 6 the rise and fall of Ziggy
Stardust and the spiders from Mars David
Bowie see you play guitar Johnny good
with weird
while the thin white Dukes final album
Blackstar had plenty to offer some vinyl
listeners we decided to go with a more
classic pick perhaps the most iconic of
Bowie’s many personas Ziggy Stardust was
a rock star that received the messages
from extraterrestrial life-form
maybe the former David Jones really did
get musical tips from alien because
there is something otherworldly here
[Music]
perhaps the greatest concept album ever
but we’ve fully committed to the sound
and identity layered complex and
groundbreaking in its day the whole
album should be appreciated as a
textured masterpiece it is no one could
confine Bowie and neither should you
[Music]
number 5 Exile on Main Street the
rolling stone by some magnitude of their
gears no one could quite touch the
rolling stone while the band’s tenth
studio album Exile on Main Street was
met with mixed reviews when it was first
released it has since been lauded as a
classic
[Music]
[Applause]
recorded in the basement of a villa
Keith Richards rented near nice friends
with band members frequently absent
often due to drug use the making of the
album came in fit spurts and with odd
lineups all of which only adds to its
mystique was a good set of headphones
and this spinning on the turntable it
can close your eyes and almost see
yourself in the middle of all the mayhem
while this was being recorded
[Applause]
[Music]
before the Dark Side of the Moon Pink
Floyd psychedelic as they come and a
must-have for any collection employed
continue to push the envelope with this
prog rock classic darkside is far more
focused on the music and the few select
themes and dramatic and operatic
storytelling swamped with echoes delays
modulation effects Leslie speakers
double-tracking and the emotive guest
vocals of Clare Torry the album has a
huge sound without being artificially
enhanced engineered by Alli Parsons who
previously worked on the Beatles Abbey
Road and Floyd’s own atom heart mother
Darkseid has an offworld yet timeless
sound making full use of the stereo
spectrum and originally mixed per quod
it’s like a live concert in your living
room
[Music]
number three Led Zeppelin for Led
Zeppelin who didn’t go out and buy a
Zeppelin poster after hearing Led
Zeppelin 4 for the first time from
stairway to Black Dog to rock and roll
4 is a full-on heavy-metal experience
it’s hard to tell what is more memorable
Robert Plant soaring vocals Jimmy Page’s
absolute mastery on lead guitar or John
Bonham’s furious drumming it’s not worth
picking side they work perfectly as one
the only thing a vinyl present can’t
provide you with are those glistening
bare chests and flowing locks but some
sacrifices must be made for the sake of
sound quality number two Pet Sounds the
Beach Boys produced arranged and almost
entirely written by Beach Boys frontman
and leading force Brian Wilson this
truly is a masterpiece
[Music]
opening with a lifting harp hook the
kick drum knocks the beat in place and
instantly you are transported back in
time the arrangements throughout Pet
Sounds are as complex as any classical
piece but the album is never overlaid
[Music]
textures and odd instrument choices
exists for more than just self-indulgent
interlude and the sound is impossibly
fun that sounds is often cited as one of
the most influential albums of all time
and with good reason let this sprawling
trip back in time sing with the analogue
sound it deserves
[Music]
before we sound off on our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
you were only waiting for this moment to
arrive number one the Beatles aka The
White Album the Beatles
Blackfoot singing in the dead of night
the Beatles is ninth studio album was
mostly written in the spring of 1968
while the group attended a
transcendental meditation retreat in
Rishikesh India a far cry baby cry from
their early work songs like helter
skelter Julia and while my guitar gently
weeps showcased the band at the peak of
their prowess meanwhile tracks like your
blues why don’t we do it in the road and
happiness is a warm gun to say nothing
of revolution 9 so they were as willing
as ever to explore new grass
[Music]
the White Album is an important piece of
art and final copies are surprisingly
easy to find so there’s no excuse for it
to be missing from your collection for
long do you agree with our pics check
out these other great clips from watch
mojo and subscribe for new videos every
day
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