This has been an interesting episode that really hits home. So many times I find myself carrying water for an album that isn't as good as I remember it and wondering why no one else shares those rose colored glasses. Great job guys!

I like when artists don't have a specific "favorite" or "best" album because it means their catalogs are so good that it's hard to choose what's the best! That's just my opinion.

My top bands with no clear-cut favorite: Rush, The Stones, Genesis, Sabbath, AC/DC, BOC, Beatles, Rainbow, Tom Petty, Van Halen, Porcupine Tree, Steely Dan, Paul McCartney. Bands with a clear #1: Pink Floyd (The Wall), The Who (Quadrophenia), Yes (The Yes Album), Led Zeppelin (debut), Hendrix (debut), Judas Priest (Screaming for Vengeance), Iron Maiden (Powerslave), Doors (debut), Springsteen (Born to Run).

You guys are my favorite music discussion duo.

April Wine's greatest album is Nature Of The Beast ...... Harder Faster = #2

Another great discussion.

“Perry-alysis” - Martin is so fast with that one! Too funny!

If we don’t start with how the weather is, is it really a Pete and Martin Friday show? Great vid as always with a fun topic. 😅

I would have a hard time to pick a favourite Fish era Marillion album. The first two I love, Misplaced Childhood has such personal meaning to me, I lived through that album. But Clutching at Straws is so good musically.

No mention at all of The Who? I would argue they have three to four tens. Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia, and Who Are You. Some might replace the latter with Who By Numbers. And then there's Live At Leeds, perhaps tied as best live rock album with Alman Brothers Fillmore East. Great show. Glad you got back to the metaphysics of the classic rock era.

A big one album monolith is the band Love (with Forever Changes). Their other albums are good to great but FC has been considered one of the best ever made

This is a great episode. You can really go down the rabbit hole with this topic

Per Martin's "first album I got" point, there are a few records that are my favourites because of this. Because that record (eg. Chinatown by Thin Lizzy), I listened to it over and over and fell in love with it as a whole that I was motivated to explore the rest of their discography. While sentimentality does play a role, my history is longest with that first purchase which I continued listening to along with the rest of the catalogue, so it holds a special place in my heart and remains my favorite record.

Peter and Martin, awesome show, as aways! To SOT fam, Happy Easter!

Martin/ PETE/ great job. To all my SOT classmates/ a happy/ HEALTHY holiday weekend 👍💯

It's funny but my experience is that most people talk about the Allman Brothers Band albums At Fillmore East and Eat A Peach more than the first two albums

I'd pick The Nature of the Beast over Harder Faster....I'd add in Heartbeat City with The Cars...and the band for me that I tend to rotate on "My favorite album by them" list is The Rolling Stones.

Happy Easter guys Great show as always 🎉.

Some bands where I have a hard time picking a favorite are: Uriah Heep, I lean towards Look At Yourself or Salisbury, but there are other Heep albums that I think are just as good. Queen, it's usually between Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera , however I can't deny the greatness of both Queen and Queen II. With ELO, it could be Face The Music, Eldorado, A New World Record or Out Of The Blue. ELP, Tarkus , Trilogy or Brain Salad Surgery. Mott The Hoople, their s/t debut, Brain Capers, All The Young Dudes or Mott. Cheap Trick, I have a hard time deciding between their debut, Heaven Tonight or Dream Police . Thanks to Pete and Martin for another great topic and another great show. I'd like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and safe Easter weekend.🐰

No brainier for me …… It’s “ Selling England by the pound “ by Genesis .

So hard to say what your ABSOLUTE favorite album is, but it's gotta be one of these: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock / Powerage Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding Pink Floyd - Animals Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

What a great topic! I love this show. Keep the content coming :)

For Aerosmith I always thought it was Toys in the Attic.

Good call on Journey. I love the first 3 albums from Journey (before Steve Perry). Some really great sound and guitar work on a lot of the tracks.

I dig this content, and truly appreciate both guys. That said, Martin is wrong. I've used the 'gateway' album A TON in my rankings. Several times the album that introduced me to a band goes on to be my favorite because of the sentimental connection I have with it. I'm grateful for discovering bands, so it's tough not to give extra weight to the album that opened the door.

You know you're getting old, when you talk more and more about the weather, just waiting for you two to make a video about your top ten days of weather or songs about the weather. lol

Always find it interesting when people come into a band at a completely different time to me and their choice is completely different

There are only a handful of bands that my absolute favorite pops right in my head immediately. There are many that there are a few albums I go back and forth on....Great show and topic!

UFO are the kings of the fourth category for me. I like every album from Phenomenon to Making Contact, I wouldn’t give any of their albums a 10/10. Yet, Strangers in the Night is a masterpiece.

"Whats filler to you and I could be the greatest song ever to someone else" P. Pardo Absolutely. All Art is subjective and based on our own unique backgrounds and mindset at the time.

A couple of bands that I love, but struggle to find a 10/10: The Smiths The Stranglers The Clash

Rainbow - Rising was a 10 . Do You Close Your Eyes was my favorite song for years. Guess a lot of people have had problems with the song, I definitely don't. The lyrics were actually pretty clever

Heart passionworks is a great album I would choose as well

bands with a deep catalog to check out; Bride, Rez Band, The Choir, and It's A Beautiful Day

Some random takes on the topic Beatles: Debut (US) and Abby Road Stones: Out of Our Heads and Let it Bleed Byrds: debut and Turn, Turn, Turn Ac-Dc: Highway to Hell and Back in Black Sabbath: Masters of Reality and Heaven and Hell Priest: British Steel and Screaming Metallic: Puppets and Black Album Slayer: Reign and Seasons King Diamond: Fatal Portrait and Abigail

Cheap Trick: In Color / Heaven Tonight

A band not mentioned that definitely has a consensus #1 choice: At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

This was a fun episode. I would push back on “Never Before” and “Lazy” as great songs on Machine Head. That and “In Rock” are clearly the best 2 Deep purple albums. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow” Santana…The first 3 1969-1971 are all 10 out of 10 classics The Jimi Hendrix Experience…all three are drop dead classics. The James Gang - Yer Album & Rides Again Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road For lots of good albums…but no 10’s How about Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, The Marshall Tucker Band, Bad Company, Humble Pie & Grand Funk Railroad. Again this was such a cool topic !!!

Funnily enough, MIke Rutherford once said that in his opinion Genesis didn't have one universally revered album as the Floyd had Dark Side and Yes had Close to the Edge. I still hear quite a few Genesis fans saying they prefer Selling England to The Lamb.

For Uriah Heep I have a really tough time picking a favorite from ‘…Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble’ through ‘Sweet Freedom’ as they are all so good and not one is played more then the others. They have good music after but those first 6 albums I have on equal level to each other.

i really would't put Bowie and Porcupine Tree in the no-argument section

Favorite studio albums, live is a separate list for me 1. Deep Purple In Rock 2. The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach 3. Rainbow Rainbow Rising 4. Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die 5. Roy Buchanan You're Not Alone

I would add Kansas to the one of two albums category - Leftoverture or Point of Know Return. Asia's debut for the obvious choice.

Please do an episode on filler songs. There’s lots to choose from. Example: every Rush album from Hold Your Fire to Clockwork Angels has at least one sometimes two filler songs. Once the cd age began it seems like bands just went crazy with extra tracks thinking a 60 min album would be better than a 40 minute album.

Most of my favorite albums are the first albums I've ever heard growing up with almost every band I like. Dressed to kill, Come taste the band, VH1, Head games ,Zeppelin 4, Come and get It, Abbey Road and Down to Earth are still my favorite albums from these bands.

So true about "Draw the Line". I love the title track but I ignored the huge flaws.

It’s hard to choose my favorite album by all the artists listen to

Triumph for me would be Rock and Roll Machine. IMO they became very commercial after but that may be the appeal for others.

Great show guys

I always find it hard to rank the Voivod catalogue, but thinking of Pentagram, of the studio albums I prefer 'Sub-Basement' but 'First Daze Here' is just sooo good, everything on it is a 10/10 classic in my opinion!

My favourite album, song, band changes on a daily basis

Favorite Album? It's Complicated! (w/ Martin Popoff) 1ª Category: Band with a Hit Album --------------------- Martin Popoff ------------------------- April Wine - Harder... Faster (1979) Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990) Alcatrazz - No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll Álbum (1983) Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) Montrose - Montrose Boston - Boston Guns ´n´ Roses - Appetite for Destruction Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983) Aerosmith - Rocks Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil Yes- Close to the Edge Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980) Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack (1982) Clash - London Calling (1979) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) The Who - Who's Next (1971) David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile (1986) Triumph Allied - Forces (1981) Slayer - Raining Blood (1986) Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980) Whitesnake - 1987 Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001) Cream Disraeli Gears (1967) The Doors - The Doors David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Venom - Black Metal Metal Church - Metal Church --------------- Pete Pardo ------------------ wishbone ash - argus - 1972 The Doobie Brothers -- The Captain and Me 73 Exodus - Bonded by Blood 85

Keep Deep Purple out of the last category. They have several 9+/10 albums. In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan, Burn.

For me Alice Cooper and Queen are such examples. There isn't one Cooper album I have no complaints about. I might pick my favorite almost randomly when asked about it. With Queen it's a bit easier. I almost reached a consensus that The Miracle is my favorite Queen album (here you go, Martin, I'm picking something after Jazz). But I'm not happy about picking The Miracle either. I can pick Jazz or Sheer Heart Attack (these two I consider closest to The Miracle for me), but I would be dissatisfied in a similar manner.

I've had hard time choosing a best albums by Iron Maiden and Motorhead which are my two favourite bands. When doing rankings of Maiden albums, on number one spot there's been the self titled, Powerslave, Piece of Mind, Seventh son, The X Factor and Brave New World. And with Motorhead i've ranked Overkill, Bomber, Another Perfect Day, Orgasmatron, Bastards and Sacrifice as the best. Impossible job.

Another example of where the live album far surpasses the studio albums is J. Geils Band Blow Your Face Out.

I think Queen - The Game might be taken under consideration Martin, for me it has one large foot in the classic 70's era but you can certainly get a sense of that 80's sound that would eventually lead to the most contentious album in their catalogue Hot Space.

I truly don't care what the 'consensus' pick for any band is. I like what I like, and I find it ridiculous to feel you're wrong (or be told you're wrong) just because you prefer one album over another. No amount of consensus will ever make me think, for example, that Ozzy isn't the worst singer to ever become successful.

The definitive album for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band is the Live album. It embraces the quirky, eclectic power of the band. Every SAHB fan will tell you Alex was amazing standing and challenging the audience on stage. The studio albums are all great but for some reason they really did not break through.

1969 April Wine? And I never found a full good Doobies album like The Captain & Me.

And what I find intriguing is a ton of these bands Martin and Pete listed--the general consensus favorites, usually fall at the beginning, end, or in the midst of a strong string of really good albums, any of which could have been their best (i.e. Yes, Metal Church, Dio, MSG, April Wine, etc.)

Acquiring the Taste is my favorite Gentle Giant album

My personal favorites: Painkiller/Unleashed in the East, Powerslave/Live After Death, Sabotage, Deep Purple in Rock, Saints an Sinners, Long Live R n R, Virgin Killer, Led Zep II, Live at Leeds, Revolver, First Rays of a New Rising Sun, Strange Days, Highway to Hell, Farewell to Kings, The Dreaming (Kate Bush), Jazz, Black Rose, Lick it Up, Orgasmatron, Plastic Surgery Accidents (Dead Kennedys), Melissa, Killing is my Business, Reign in Blood, Master of Puppets, Look at Yourself, Trespass (Genesis), Thick as a Brick, Brain Salad Surgery, Last in Line, Diary of a Madman, Breaker, Nothingface, Train of Thought, Jupiter (Atheist), Formulas Fatal (Morbid Angel), Spheres (Pestilence), Symbolic, Different Kind of Truth, Chemical Wedding (Dickinson), Crucible (Halford), Maze of Recycled Creeds (Gorod), Cosmogenesis (Obscura), In Becoming a Ghost (Faceless), Outer Isolation (Vektor), Ironbound (Overkill), Brotherhood of the Snake (Testament). But mostly, even the bands where I have another favorite, I agree the ones mentioned by Pete and Martin I would usually agree to be near the top one.

YES Martin! Sammy Hagar Ten 13 is really good start to finish. I thought Marching to Mars start to finish was really good also. I reach for those more than I do Standing Hampton or VOA nowadays. Red Voodoo and Not 4 Sale completes a really strong 4 album series from Sammy and the Waboritas. Maybe at 53, I'm bored with music like you guys talked about a few weeks ago as I have started to like Cosmic Universal Fashion a lot more than when it came out in 2008. Any of These 5 before Chickenfoot I think could be considered a favorite Sammy album.

I guess I'm a black sheep when it comes to led zeppelin cause presence is my favorite album

Exodus: Bonded... Motörhead: No sleep til Hammersmith ELP: Pictures... King Crimson: In the court... Voivod: Killing... Priest: British Steel Maiden: The number... Metal Church: Debut Beatles: Blue Album Jethro Tull: Stand Up Bob Marley: Survival Saxon: Wheels.... Krokus: Metal Rendezvous These are some of the bands I have a clear favorite album. The decision is harder for Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Metallica, Black Sabbath....

In the 4th category, I'd put: Slade, Bad Company, Gary Moore, Golden Earring, Status Quo, Black Oak Arkansas, Toto, Megadeth, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Elp, Free, S.A.H.B., Grand Funk, Can, Amon Duul II, Reo Speedwagon, Bonamassa, ... For all those artists, I find it difficult to pick a fav album. Cool show (although a bit on the short side...) Cheers.

Melvins are a good one for this. A lot of people site Bullhead as their favorite (the band Boris got their name from a song on this record). For me, Houdini is my favorite although Stoner Witch is a close second. They have a lot of weird experimental albums. There's Nude With Boots which is a lot more accessible. Then they had a fantastic "comeback" to form with (a) Senile Animal and Bride Screamed Murder where they added a second drummer and Jared Warren-both from the band Big Business. Those records went over extremely well. I saw them on both tours and I talked to people that said they like the newest albums the best but didn't really know their first couple of albums (most songs off of those-Ozma and Gluey Porch Treatments are slow, heavy and like 2 minutes long). Etc. etc. on it goes....

I'd definitely make a case for Overkill ahead of Ace Of Spades. And 1987 may be Whitesnake's most commercially successful album, but it's a million miles from being their best. Maybe that's the view in North America? And yes, I'm a Brit ;)

It's strange how similar your weather is Pete, to ours here in Nebraska... Weather is weird! 😆

Black Sabbath ( First 6 Albums), Ufo (Schenker 70's Era), Cheap Trick (First 4 Albums) And Rush (76-81) is so hard to pick and I feel Guilty for not include another. 1) Black Sabbath: Sabotage 2) Ufo: Force It 3) Cheap Trick: In Color 4) Rush: Hemispheres

It's easier for me to answer when being asked my favorite album instead of my favorite song.

I might pick Whitesnake as a band I love but not having😅 one "10 out of 10" album, except for their 1st live album.

Gentle Giant, many will pick Octopus though you could probably pick any one of them since they were never a 'hit band' to begin with.

Nazareth definitely love all their albums up to the 80s.Tull for me have about 10 albums that I would consider 10s.Queen love all their stuff to Jazz.Can't really say there is one that stands out they're all very good on any given day

My favorite show on KZfaq by far

My favorite album from any band is never their best. Stones: Goat's Head Soup is my favorite. Wishbone Ash: New England is my favorite. Deep Purple: Stormbringer is my favorite.

Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic

As a bass player - my favorite album is easy - the father of all bass albums - Oscar Pettiford’s “Another One” from 1955.

Close number one albums: Led Zeppelin: lV and Physical Graffity, Judas Priest: Sad Wings,British Steel and Killing Machine, Motörhead: Overkill and Ace of Spades, Uriah Heep: Demons and Wizards, Look at Yourself and Sweet Freedom, Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind and Number of the Beast.

My two favourite albums have been the same for nearly 50 years. Genesis Nursery Cryme and Queen Sheer Heart Attack.

Man, picking a favourite album in hard to do with 14,000 plus in my collection. I thought about it for quite awhile and cane up with Deep Purples Fireball album from 1971. Tough decision.

I have a favorite Sammy Hagar album. Three Lock Box.

The Clash !!!!!!

I don't understand why live albums can't be the best album. Some bands are better live than studio even if their studio version is good too. UFO-Strangers In The Night, Deep Purple-Made In Japan, Judas Priest-Unleashed In The East, Robin Trower-Live Rush-All the World's A Stage are just a few live albums that are like this.

Great point on G N R (they have 5 albums of material). I choose different favs for Venom, Exodus and Megadeth

The bands that had greatest hits albums early on.. . Tend to be the ones with no 10 out 10 classics. Kiss Double Platinum, Eagles greatest hits vol 1 & 2, Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Foreigner, Bad Company, The Guess Who, The Hollies, Steppenwolf, Zztop...

I think alot of death metal bands fall into category 4, usually all their albums are 8s but all their albums have a few "ok well that was a song" all the pieces are there but it's not a classic song

I think the problem with the transition from vinyl to CD as a medium is that the amount of filler material increased significantly. This is so even from bands I love.

Great show. Respect to Pete for Argus - Wishbone ash. An album that influenced many subgernes of metal

For Crue, hands down Too Fast is their best in my book.

I guess I’m in the very small minority that likes Montrose’s Paper Money over their debut.

Has anyone else noticed that the shorter Pete's hair gets the shaggier Martin's hair is. Imagine a Hippy Martin and a skinhead Pete, Talk about role reversals!! As usual a great conversation between two smart music loving dudes! My disagreement is with The Doors. Yes that first is indeed great and one of the top firsts ever but so is their last LP a best ever send off. 'LA Woman' is my favorite with their 1st being my 2nd! Like Pete my favorite Dead LP is 'Blues for Allah' and Floyd's 'D.S.O.T.M'. 'Remain in Light' is peak Talking Heads, the 80's DSOTM for me. Slayer's 3rd to 5th, a peak trio IMHO! Thanks for another great video!

Got a show idea for the Funhouse that came from the Prog Seat discussion the other night about wanting new studio material from King Crimson: Legacy Bands Where We Do (or Don't) Want New Albums. For example, me personally, I'm not even a big Billy Joel fan, but I think it's pretty cool that he hasn't released an album since 1993!

LOL I feel like such a Music Dork as now I'm looking forward to the "Filler" Debate. ;-)

I love Alcatrazz' "Disturbing the Peace" -Vai and Bonnet making modern thinking man's hard rock that holds up - and would take "Live Sentence" as Yngwie's finest moment. Both Vai and Yngwie were never the same after that for me. Just one person's view! Love the show.

The best bands are the ones where you have multiple albums that contend for your top spot. You know the bands where your top 3 to 5 could be a tie.

I worship Rust In Peace, easily the greatest album of the 90s, arguably the greatest metal album ever made. But with Megadeth there's a fair chunk of people whom Peace Sells is their favorite.

I like Little Dreamer

As far as Michael Schenker albums go, for me it's the 2nd release MSG. It's always been the clear cut winner for me.