Any Artist's Discography Ranked

[Slammed]

Jim Croce

1. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (1972)
2. I’ve Got A Name (1973)
3. Life And Times (1973)
4. Jim And Ingrid Croce (1969)
5. Facets (1966)


Bruce Dickinson (Solo)

1. Tattooed Millionaire (1990)
2. The Chemical Wedding (1998)
3. Accident of Birth (1997)
4. Balls to Picasso (1994)
5. Tyranny of Souls (2005)
6. Skunkworks (1996)

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Bruce Dickinson (Solo)

1. Tattooed Millionaire (1990)
2. The Chemical Wedding (1998)
3. Accident of Birth (1997)
4. Balls to Picasso (1994)
5. Tyranny of Souls (2005)
6. Skunkworks (1996)

Wow, you put two of his most epic and Maiden-like albums at the bottom.

1. Tyranny of Souls
2. Skunkworks
3. Accident of Birth
4. The Chemical Wedding
5. Tattooed Millionaire
6. Balls to Picasso

 

[Slammed]

Wow, you put two of his most epic and Maiden-like albums at the bottom.

Yeah, but I have shitty taste

 

[CiG]

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Speaking of shitty taste, it's time to honor my Cradle of Filth fanboyhood:

1. Midian
2. Bitter Suites to Succubi
3. Nymphetamine
4. Dusk... and Her Embrace
5. Cruelty and the Beast
6. The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
7. Hammer of the Witches
8. Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
9. V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
10. Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
11. Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
12. From the Cradle to Enslave
13. The Manticore and Other Horrors
14. Damnation and a Day
15. Thornography

Funny to think back on forum posts I read 10+ years ago calling them a gateway band. I rediscovered them 3-4 years ago, and have played the shit out of them since getting over their over-the-topness. In many ways they epitomize "gothic extreme metal", and they're one of few metal bands whose lyrics are worth a read. I only really dislike the bottom 3 albums on the list. Top 4 are masterpieces.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Speaking of shitty taste, it's time to honor my Cradle of Filth fanboyhood:

1. Midian
2. Bitter Suites to Succubi
3. Nymphetamine
4. Dusk... and Her Embrace
5. Cruelty and the Beast
6. The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
7. Hammer of the Witches
8. Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
9. V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
10. Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
11. Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa
12. From the Cradle to Enslave
13. The Manticore and Other Horrors
14. Damnation and a Day
15. Thornography

Funny to think back on forum posts I read 10+ years ago calling them a gateway band. I rediscovered them 3-4 years ago, and have played the shit out of them since getting over their over-the-topness. In many ways they epitomize "gothic extreme metal", and they're one of few metal bands whose lyrics are worth a read. I only really dislike the bottom 3 albums on the list. Top 4 are masterpieces.

I love how Bitter Suits is your number 2. I really liked that EP. "All Hope in Eclipse" is a great song. Most of their later discography I haven't heard, Hammer being the odd exception.

Cruelty and the Beast
Dusk... and Her Embrace
Midian
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein
Damnation and a Day
Godspeed on the Devils Thunder
Bitter Suites to Succubi
Nymphetamine
Thornography

 

[zerostatic]

AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Highway to Hell
Back in Black
Let There Be Rock
High Voltage
The Razors Edge
Ballbreaker
Power Up
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
Stiff Upper Lip
Blow Up Your Video
Fly On the Wall
Flick of the Switch
Rock or Bust
Black Ice

Still listen to the top 4 on this list on a regular basis.

 

[Slammed]

Mine would be more like

Highway to Hell
Back in Black
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
Let There Be Rock
High Voltage
Ballbreaker
The Razors Edge
Blow Up Your Video
Flick of the Switch
Fly On the Wall
Power Up
Stiff Upper Lip
Black Ice
Rock or Bust

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

waiting for @Master_Yoda77 to do this for ICP

 

[no country for old wainds]

Wow, you put two of his most epic and Maiden-like albums at the bottom.

1. Tyranny of Souls
2. Skunkworks
3. Accident of Birth
4. The Chemical Wedding
5. Tattooed Millionaire
6. Balls to Picasso

only just saw this but.... are you saying skunkworks is maidenesque?! i'm actually in the minority that likes and defends skunkworks, but it's barely a metal album and isn't remotely like maiden lol

this is why we need to do bruce discog rankings. i'm sure the consensus would be a chemical, accident and tyranny top 3 which i'd probably agree with tbh. TCW is definitely the best.

 

[challenge_everything]

Ulver

1. Perdition City
2. Bergtatt
3. Svidd Neger
4. Messe IX - VIX
5. A Quick Fix of Melancholy (EP)
6. Shadows of the Sun
7. Kveldssanger
8. Nattens Madrigal
9. The Assassination of Julius Caesar
10. Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
11. Lykantropen Themes
12. Blood Inside
13. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (EP)
14. Wars of the Roses
15. ATGCLVLSSCAP
16. Metamorphosis
17. Flowers of Evil
18. Terrestrials (with Sunn O)))
19. Drone Activity
20. Riverhead

 

[Bloopy]

Danzig
1. II: Lucifuge
2. III: How the Gods Kill
3. Danzig
4. 777: I Luciferi
5. 6:66: Satan's Child
6. Danzig 4
7. Black Laden Crown
8. Circle of Snakes
9. Deth Red Sabaoth
10. 5: Blackacidevil

Even Deth Red Sabaoth is still 7/10 for me, fuckin' quality discography. edit: Moved 777 above 6:66.

Anti-Nowhere League
1. The Perfect Crime
2. The Road to Rampton
3. We Are... The League
4. Scum
5. Kings & Queens
6. Pig Iron EP
7. The Cage

Bloodhound Gang
1. One Fierce Beer Coaster
2. Hefty Fine
3. Use Your Fingers
4. Hooray for Boobies
5. Hard-Off

Hefty Fine is mostly meh but it also has 3 of my top 4 BHG songs.

 

[zerostatic]

Havok
1. Time is Up
2. Point of No Return
3. Unnatural Selection
4. V
5. Burn
6. Conformicide

Macabre
1. Dahmer
2. Sinister Slaughter
3. Gloom
4. Grim Scary Tales
5. Murder Metal
6. Carnival of Killers

 

[Bloopy]

Led Zeppelin
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Physical Graffiti
3. In Through the Out Door
4. Led Zeppelin II
5. Led Zeppelin III
6. IV
7. Presence
8. Houses of the Holy
9. Coda

The Runaways
1. The Runaways
2. Queens of Noise
3. Waitin' for the Night
4. Live in Japan
5. And Now... The Runaways
6. Flaming School Girls

...chronological other than the live album. RYM counts Young and Fast as being by the same band, but hearing that thing offends every organ in my body.

Plasmatics / Wendy O. Williams
1. Coup d'état
2. Metal Priestess
3. New Hope for the Wretched
4. Beyond the Valley of 1984
5. WOW
6. Maggots: The Record
7. Kommander of Kaos
8. Deffest! And Baddest!

 

[Bloopy]

Headless Chickens
1. Body Blow (the 1993 version)
2. Greedy
3. Stunt Clown
4. Headless Chickens
5. Body Blow (the 1991 version)

Doesn't get weirder than a band replacing 2 songs on an album with 4 new ones and changing it from a 3/5 to a 5/5 for me. They could've just started the next album 'n' shit...

Eg. here's my ranking of Budgie:

1. Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
2. Budgie
3. In for the Kill!
4. Bandolier
5. Squawk
6. If Swallowed, Do Not Induce Vomiting
7. Power Supply
8. Impeckable
9. Nightflight
10. If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
11. Deliver Us From Evil
12. You're All Living in Cuckooland

Moved Squawk up a spot here and acknowledged Power Supply & the If Swallowed... EP tracks as originally being separate releases.

 

[SonOfNun]

Jim Croce

1. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (1972)
2. I’ve Got A Name (1973)
3. Life And Times (1973)
4. Jim And Ingrid Croce (1969)
5. Facets (1966)

I need to listen to Jim Croce's actual albums and not just the greatest hits.

 

[Slammed]

He's got more Greatest Hits albums than he has actual albums I think!

 

[SonOfNun]

I wouldn't doubt it. I grew up listening to the Photographs and Memories greatest hits collection.

 

[Slammed]

He's a great story teller which comes from days of playing and talking to the audience between each song.

 

[Bloopy]

Vader
1. Litany
2. Revelations
3. Tibi et Igni
4. The Ultimate Incantation
5. Dark Age
6. Necropolis
7. De Profundis
8. Solitude in Madness
9. The Empire
10. Welcome to the Morbid Reich
11. Impressions in Blood
12. The Beast
13. Black to the Blind

A band that doesn't have quite enough variety/atmosphere for me, so not reaching the highs of Ulcerate or doomy shit. So, consistent as fuck in other words.