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Album Review Index for Pounding Decibels - A Hard and Heavy History
What it says in the title. Anyone who spends even a little time in the journal section knows about Unknown Soldier's journal. For anyone who has missed it, or is new to this site, Pounding Decibels is a thread in the journal section of the site that chronicles the history of hard rock/metal with a series of reviews for each of what he sees as the top ten albums of that year, starting with 1969. It's still going strong around the year 1982 as of this writing, and is set to continue as long as Unknown Soldier's fingers hold out. It's a comprehensive resource that anyone looking into the history of metal and should be your first stop on this site.
Unfortunately it's never had an index with links to each of the album reviews though. Given how big the thread has gotten over the years, this makes it rather difficult and time-consuming to navigate, so this deficiency is now being rectified...
P.S. I might be posting this thread, but all work on his journal is done by Unknown Soldier. All of it.
10 Influential albums worth listening to (before moving onto the main list)
1969
10. Deep Purple - Deep Purple
9. Bloodrock - Bloodrock
8. Grand Funk Railroad - On Time
7. High Tide - Sea Shanties
6. Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk
5. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
4. Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday Is
3. Free - Tons of Sobs
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Also Check This Out... King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Albums that missed the cut... Humble Pie - Town and Country, Free - Free, Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola, Leslie West - Mountain, Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two
Hard, Heavy and a Classic... The Stooges - The Stooges
1970
10. May Blitz - May Blitz
9. Stray - Stray
8. Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend
7. Free - Fire and Water
6. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
5. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
4. Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock
3. Trapeze - Medusa
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Also Check This Out... Flower Travellin' Band - Anywhere
Albums that missed the cut... James Gang - Rides Again, Uriah Heep - ...Very 'eavy...Very 'umble, Mountain - Climbing!, Blue Cheer - The Original Human Being, Free - Highway, Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home, MC5 - Back in the USA, Warhorse - Warhorse, Bloodrock - Bloodrock 2, Cactus - Cactus
The Live Album Section... Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album
Hard, Heavy and a Classic... The Stooges - Funhouse
Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You
1971
10. Budgie - Budgie
9. Mountain Nantucket - Sleighride
8. Deep Purple - Fireball
7. Stray - Suicide
6. Alice Cooper - Killer
5. Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
4. Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
3. Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
2. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Also Check This Out... Hairy Chapter - Can’t Get Through
Albums that missed the cut... Humble Pie - Rock On, Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready, Uriah Heep - Salisbury, Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushroom, Dust - Dust, Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore
The Live Album Section... Free - Free Live!
Humble Pie - Performance Rockin’ the Fillmore
Blues, Psychedelic, Progressive, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal or Just Plain Eclectic 1969-1971 Part 1... Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash
Blues, Psychedelic, Progressive, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal or Just Plain Eclectic 1969-1971 Part 2... Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb, Live at Leeds, and Split
Blues, Psychedelic, Progressive, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal or Just Plain Eclectic 1969-1971 Part 3... Pink Fairies - Neverneverland
1972
10. Hard Stuff - Bulletproof
9. Flower Travellin’ Band - Made in Japan
8. Dust - Hard Attack
7. Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Trapeze - You Are the Music…We’re Just the Band
5. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards/Uriah Heep - The Magician’s Birthday
4. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes/Mott the Hoople - Brain Capers
3. Night Sun - Mournin’
2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol.4
1. Deep Purple - Machine Head
Also Check This Out... Bang - Bang
Albums that missed the cut... Budgie - Squawk, Alice Cooper - School’s Out, Ursa Major - Ursa Major, Jerusalem - Jerusalem, Stray - Saturday Morning Pictures, Buffalo - Dead Forever
The Live Album Section... Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Humble Pie - Smokin’
Hard, Heavy and a Classic... Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
In the Shadow of Sabbath Pt.1... Black Widow, Iron Claw, Lucifer Was, and The Navajos Blues Band
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