Your Favorite Band - Rank their albums - Rank their songs

[whiplash1972]

Okay, who's your favorite band of all time? Got it? Now rank their albums (you can include anything from their discography you like such as live albums and compilations... it's your favorite band and your list(s)!  )  Then, what are your favorite songs by them?  I'll start it off...

 

My favorite band of all time is...

Dokken

Studio Albums:
1. Back For the Attack  (my favorite album of all time  )
2. Tooth & Nail (A damn close second!)
3. Erase the Slate 
4. Under Lock and Key
5. Dysfunctional  
6. Lightning Strikes Again
7. Up From the Ashes  (Don may have gone solo, but what a band; I still consider it a Dokken album)
8. Hell to Pay 
9. Long Way Home
10. Broken Bones
11. Breaking the Chains (The debut is all the way down at #11, and it's a damn solid effort!)
12. Shadowlife
13. Solitary 

Live Albums:
1. One Live Night (Love the atmosphere on this one)
2. Beast From the East  (Classic!)
3. Live From the Sun
4. Return to The East Live 2016 
5. From Conception: Live 1981
6. Japan Live 95

Songs:
Haunted    (Two of their most underrated songs are my faves!)  
Lesser Of Two Evils
Kiss of Death  
Tooth & Nail
Heaven Sent 
It's Not Love 
Burning Like a Flame
Into the Fire
Night by Night 
Prisoner 
Maddest Hatter 
Too High Too Fly 
Only Heaven Knows (Japanese bonus track from Long Way Home; f'n excellent!)
Paris is Burning
Mirror Mirror
The Hunter  
Just Got Lucky
In My Dreams 
Sleepless Night
Cry of the Gypsy
Erase The Slate
Sunless Days 
Alone Again
Walk Away
Lost Behind a Wall
Standing in the Shadows
When Heaven Comes Down 
Empire 
Shadows Of Life
Breaking the Chains
Little Girl 
Sunset Superstar
Voice Of The Soul 
Escape  
Dream Warriors
Bullets To Spare 
Back for the Attack (Found on the Japanese "The Best of Dokken" release)
Point Of No Return
Turn On the Action 
Stop Fighting Love
Don't Bring Me Down 
Standing On The Outside
Prozac Nation 
Unchain the Night  
So Many Tears
Haunted Lullabye
Don't Close Your Eyes 
Almost Over  
Slippin' Away 
In Your Honor  
Broken Bones
It's Another Day
Don't Lie to Me
The Maze 
Heart To Stone  
Give Me A Reason      
Nothing Left To Say 
Mr. Scary
Stay
Crazy Mary Goes Round   
Better Off Before 
For the Last Time 
Blind
Live to Rock (Rock to Live)
Crash 'N Burn  
Will the Sun Rise
One Thousand Miles Away
Living a Lie
Change The World
You
One
Let It Be True
Victim of the Crime
Tonight
Heart Full of Soul 
I Feel   
Here I Stand
Disease      
Judgment Day
How I Miss Your Smile  
Care For You
Goodbye My Friend 
I've Found

*I don't by any means think their songs not listed above suck, these are just the ones that I immediately think of when scanning through their discography and looking at each release. :-) 

 

Feel free to comment on others lists, and post your faves too; I love seeing other people's favorite bands and how they look at said band's discography and songs!  

[Darkstone]

Great idea. I enjoyed your lists. If I contributed then I  would choose Lynch Mob, but fuck me, that's a lot of work.

[whiplash1972]

1 hour ago, Darkstone said:

Great idea. I enjoyed your lists. If I contributed then I  would choose Lynch Mob, but fuck me, that's a lot of work.

Thanks! 

Yeah, I'm on vacation this week!  

[CureTheSane]

Bad City.

1. Bad City - Welcome To The Wasteland

[Glen]

ok I'll do Journey -

1. Escape

2. Infinity

3. Evolution

4. Frontiers

5. Departure

6. Raised on Radio

7. Revelation

8. Arrival

9. Eclipse

10. Trial by Fire

11. Next

12. Look into the Future

13. s/t

14. Generations

The first 6 are all classics and you can add Captured and Live in Houston...2 of the best live albums ever imo. 

Revelation is a surprisingly great album.

Trial by Fire is pretty boring imo and despite Perry sounding great the album is pretty bland.

Eclipse a lot hated but I think it's got some really cool tracks. A bit more experimental and Schon rocks throughout 

Early Journey does little for me...some great playing on those albums for sure but really not my thing if I'm honest.

[Geoff]

I'll try to do mine soon, but also the ones people post too, because I love fun. Can't do Cauterize, or Kane Roberts due to small discographies and/or lack of interest (in Cauterize, lol) but I will do the next best, which is Harem Scarem. But with a discography their size I'll leave that for another night. 

So, first up, I'll do Dokken too. Mike; 'Dysfunctional' and 'LSA' over the solo Don Dokken album is a massive call - one I disagree with strongly, but interesting.

Here's my version;

1. Up From The Ashes
2. Under Lock & Key
3. Back For The Attack
3. Tooth & Nail
5. Erase The Slate
6. Breaking The Chains
7. Lightning Strikes Again
8. Dysfunctional
9. Hell To Pay
10. Long Way Home
11. Broken Bones
12. Shadowlife

 

And the top songs;

1. It's Not Love 

2. Unchain the Night 

3. Just Got Lucky  

4. Down In Flames

5. Change The World 

6. In My Dreams 

7. When Love Finds A Fool

8. Into The Fire  

9. Alone Again  

10. Crash 'N Burn

 

11. So Many Tears 

12. Dream Warriors 

13. Give It Up

14. Voice Of The Soul 

15. Slippin' Away 

16. Lightnin' Strikes Again 

17. Mirror Mirror

18. Heaven Sent 

19. Prisoner 

20. Don't Lie to Me 

[Stefan]

5 hours ago, CureTheSane said:

Bad City.

1. Bad City - Welcome To The Wasteland

[Geoff]

And with a second I'll post my version of Journey too. 

Albums;

1. Revelation (Disc 1)

2. Revelation (Disc 2)

3. Raised On Radio

4. Arrival

5. Escape

6. Trial By Fire

7. Frontiers

8. Generations

9. Eclipse

10. Red 13 EP

11. Evolution

12. Infinity

13. Departure

 

Songs;

1. If He Should Break Your Heart  

2. Remember Me

3. Never Walk Away  

4. Higher Place  

5. Signs of Life  

6. Send Her My Love

7. Faithfully

8. Girl Can't Help It  

9. Suzanne  

10. Faith in The Heartland  

 

11. After All These Years  

12. Turn Down The World Tonight  

13. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)  

14. Be Good to Yourself  

15. Open Arms  

16. Wildest Dream  

17. Nothin' Comes Close

18. Don't Stop Believin'

19. Where Did I Lose Your Love

20. To Be Alive Again

  

[Glen]

agree with Up from the Ashes...that would be my fav Dokken too. so good.

Your Journey list is pretty predictable (I totally get 70s Journey not being your bag) but Trial by Fire over Frontiers is a wowser moment for me.

Trial by Fire is so bland imo but Frontiers is amazing and whilst there are a couple of fillers on side 2 there are at least 5 absolute killers imho of course. 

[All Nights Reserved]

As for me it's Van Halen. Just for the studio albums my ranks would be:

1. 1984

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen II

4. Women And Children First

5. Van Halen

6. Diver Down

7. A Different Kind Of Truth

8. FUCK

9. Balance

10. 5150

11. OU812

12. Van Halen III

[whiplash1972]

9 hours ago, Geoff said:

 

So, first up, I'll do Dokken too. Mike; 'Dysfunctional' and 'LSA' over the solo Don Dokken album is a massive call - one I disagree with strongly, but interesting.

 

Hey man, it's all Dokken, so it's cool. I totally understand why some people prefer the slightly lighter, more "pop metal" sound of UFTA and ULAK over the others... both are GREAT albums as well. Other than Shadowlife and Don's second solo effort, Solitary, I look at all the Dokken releases pretty favorably.   

[whiplash1972]

2 hours ago, All Nights Reserved said:

As for me it's Van Halen. Just for the studio albums my ranks would be:

1. 1984

2. Fair Warning

3. Van Halen II

4. Women And Children First

5. Van Halen

6. Diver Down

7. A Different Kind Of Truth

8. FUCK

9. Balance

10. 5150

11. OU812

12. Van Halen III

Hmm, safe to say you're a bigger fan of the Roth era then...

Van Halen are my second favorite band, so I'll throw out just my album rankings...

1. 5150
2. 1984
3. OU812
4. Van Halen I
5. FUCK
6. Fair Warning
7. Van Halen II
8. Balance
9. A Different Kind of Truth
10. Women & Children First
11. Diver Down
12. Van Halen III

5150, 1984, and OU812 were a HUGE part of the soundtrack of my youth!  

 

[Geoff]

7 hours ago, Glen said:

agree with Up from the Ashes...that would be my fav Dokken too. so good.

Your Journey list is pretty predictable (I totally get 70s Journey not being your bag) but Trial by Fire over Frontiers is a wowser moment for me.

Trial by Fire is so bland imo but Frontiers is amazing and whilst there are a couple of fillers on side 2 there are at least 5 absolute killers imho of course. 

Haha, didn't intentionally mean to cause a wowser moment - purely just a numbers thing for me because as you might imagine, I'm not really strongly connected to any of the Journey albums in particular. Let's just say I far prefer the Dokken discography. 

Looking at my scores, the first 6 songs on 'Frontiers' all score quite well, but it takes a massive nosedive for the last 3 songs. 'Trial By Fire' scores pretty lamely across the board but it's quite consistent. In fact, me rating 'If he should break your heart' so high is probably the single element that gets 'Trial by fire' across the line.

But if I thought about it deeper, I would prefer to listen to the 'Frontiers' album. So... let's just call those two a swap around.

[Glen]

2 hours ago, whiplash1972 said:

Hmm, safe to say you're a bigger fan of the Roth era then...

Van Halen are my second favorite band, so I'll throw out just my album rankings...

1. 5150
2. 1984
3. OU812
4. Van Halen I
5. FUCK
6. Fair Warning
7. Van Halen II
8. Balance
9. A Different Kind of Truth
10. Women & Children First
11. Diver Down
12. Van Halen III

5150, 1984, and OU812 were a HUGE part of the soundtrack of my youth!  

 

yeah I thought 5150 looked low. That has some of my fav VH songs 

[Glen]

2 hours ago, Geoff said:

Haha, didn't intentionally mean to cause a wowser moment - purely just a numbers thing for me because as you might imagine, I'm not really strongly connected to any of the Journey albums in particular. Let's just say I far prefer the Dokken discography. 

Looking at my scores, the first 6 songs on 'Frontiers' all score quite well, but it takes a massive nosedive for the last 3 songs. 'Trial By Fire' scores pretty lamely across the board but it's quite consistent. In fact, me rating 'If he should break your heart' so high is probably the single element that gets 'Trial by fire' across the line.

But if I thought about it deeper, I would prefer to listen to the 'Frontiers' album. So... let's just call those two a swap around.

I've never actually rated any journey albums. I just went on which I would grab first to listen

Frontiers is definitely an album of 2 halves. imo the first 6 tracks are virtually flawless.

I think it is widely accepted that they should have ditched Frontiers and Back Talk and included Ask The Lonely and only the young.

With those swaps it would be no 2 on my list 

[Darkstone]

Lynch Mob for me. I'll just rank the studio albums. No live albums or EPs. Funnily enough my list is in order of release except for "Smoke This" which is an abomination. As big a fan as I am, I can acknowledge that they've never really matched the first two albums. As for songs, that's too hard for me to decide an order so I'll just mention my favourite,  "Hell Child".

Wicked Sensation

Lynch Mob

REvolution

Smoke and Mirrors

Sun Red Sun

Rebel

The Brotherhood

Smoke This

 

[CureTheSane]

Ill throw in my VH for shits & giggles.
Safe to say I'm more a Van Hagar fan

1. 5150
2. FUCK
3. Balance
4. OU812
5. 1984
6. A Different Kind of Truth
7. Van Halen I
8. Fair Warning
9. Van Halen II
10. Women & Children First
11. Diver Down
12. Van Halen III

 

[Darkstone]

1 hour ago, CureTheSane said:

Ill throw in my VH for shits & giggles.
Safe to say I'm more a Van Hagar fan

1. 5150
2. FUCK
3. Balance
4. OU812
5. 1984
6. A Different Kind of Truth
7. Van Halen I
8. Fair Warning
9. Van Halen II
10. Women & Children First
11. Diver Down
12. Van Halen 

 I agree.

[KarpetRydOFunk]

I'll do my VH, too. 

Van Halen III

 

Yeah, I'm just a Gary Cherone fanboy. ;}

[CureTheSane]

A Different Kind Of Truth just because Stay Frosty. I love that song.

[Geoff]

I'll do Van Halen too because that's a nice, quick and easy one.

 

Albums;

1. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

2. Balance

3. 5150

4. 1984

5. U0812

6. A Different Kind Of Truth

 

Songs;

1. The Dream Is Over 

2. Love Walks In 

3. Dreams 

4. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

5. Jump 

6. Judgement Day 

7. Can't Stop Loving You 

8. Top Of The World  

9. Panama 

10. Why Can't This be Love 

[Geoff]

So my favourite band (with a decent sized discography) would be the mighty Harem Scarem. 

Albums; 

  
1. Harem Scarem

2. Mood Swings

3. The Early Years

4. Believe

5. Higher

6. Weight Of The World

7. Thirteen

8. B-Side Collection

9. Human Nature

10. Big Bang Theory

11. Hope

12. United

13. Overload

14. Voice Of Reason

 

Songs (now this is hard!!!);

1. Stranger Than Love  

2. Staying Away  

3. Distant Memory 

4. Honestly 

5. Die Off Hard

6. Hard to Love 

7. With a Little Love 

8. Sentimental Boulevard  

9. Looking Back 

10. If There Was a Time  

 

11. Saviors Never Cry  

12. End Of Time

13. I Won't Be There  

14. Out Of Love 

15. I Can Hear Them Now 

16. Slowly Slipping Away 

17. New Religion  

18. Don't Give Your Heart Away 

19. How Long 

20. Something to Say 

 

[lettard]

Def Leppard for me,I know they haven't been a force release wise for quite a while but when they were in my early/late teens they just grabbed hold of me and took their place as my favourite band.

01.Hysteria
02.Pyromania
03.High 'n Dry
04.Adrenalize
05.RetroActive
06.On Through The Night
07.Def Leppard
08.Slang
09.Euphroia
10.X (funnily enough)
11.Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
12.Yeah

Edited February 16, 2019 by lettard

[Glen]

Harem Scarem top songs. This is so hard....I could only get it down to 25.

no order (that would be impossible)

 

All over again

Hard to Love

Distant memory

With a little love

Slowly slipping away

how long

saviours never cry

stranger than love

sentimental Blvd

weight of the world

killing me

outside your window

waited

lucky ones

lies

bite the bullet

stardust

tomorrow maybe gone

lost

die off hard

whatever I want

staying away

out of love

one of the wounded 

[All Nights Reserved]

21 hours ago, whiplash1972 said:

Hmm, safe to say you're a bigger fan of the Roth era then...

Van Halen are my second favorite band, so I'll throw out just my album rankings...

1. 5150
2. 1984
3. OU812
4. Van Halen I
5. FUCK
6. Fair Warning
7. Van Halen II
8. Balance
9. A Different Kind of Truth
10. Women & Children First
11. Diver Down
12. Van Halen III

5150, 1984, and OU812 were a HUGE part of the soundtrack of my youth!  

 

Yeah, I'm absolutely an old school fan. Van Halen is basically their first six records for me. The golden era. The Roth era. A Different Kind Of Truth was a good album though. Suprised me a lot back then.