Top Lists, Part 1
As promised, here’s some fun top five lists. I diverged a bit off the criteria; these aren’t ones I think are perfect, but I might get back to that soon, (like at the end of the post). Now, for some lists:
Top Five Albums I’ve bought in the past Six Months:
- Siouxsie and the Banshees, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
- Renaud Garcia Fons, Arcoluz
- SMV, Thunder,
- Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Raising Sand
- Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer
Top Five Current Power Metal Favorites
- Nightwish, Dark Pasion Play
- Kamelot, Ghost Opera
- Epica, The Divine Conspiracy
- Symphony X, Paradise Lost
- Dragonforce, Valley of the Damned.
The last list gets into the tricky discussion of genre definition. I have a pretty subjective definition of power metal; anything that makes me want to grab my sword and go forth and conquer, all while throwing Dio hands basically fits.
Five Essential Albums I’d expect any well-thought collection to include:
- The Beatles, Revolver
- The Untitled Fourth Album, Led Zeppelin
- Appetite for Destruction, Guns N’ Roses
- Any of the first four Metallica albums, but preference given to Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets.
- King Crimson, Red or Starless and Bible Black or Lark’s Tongues in Aspic.
Yeah, weigh on in….
