Best....maybe? but not to one you go to?

[Born of Fire]

I forgot about Hell Awaits. It's the shit 

Fixed that there for ya!    And as for Morbid Angel, Covenant is where it's at

[Bürggermeister]

The Eternal Idol and Dehumanizer would usually be first picks when it comes to browsing the Sabbath CDs. I mean, I love them all but those two... just something about them which draws me in.

For Sepultura, listen, I saw them in the Top Hat touring BTR, I'm not a kid, but Dante, A-lex and Quadra are the ones I listen to most.

Is Somewhere In Time cool? That's where I go when it's Maiden time 

[Bürggermeister]

Also... While Mental Vortex might just be the very best album ever recorded... I fucking love Grin.

[Thorn]

Absolutely, never had a problem with Grin

[Mooncat]

So all bands have an album that is regarded as their "best", some rightly so, others I'm not so sure if it's valid

One of those is Monster Magnets "Powertrip", generally listed in a lot of polls as their best but for me its the one I hardly ever listen to. I'm not saying its bad, it's just not what best represents MM for me

When I want a dose of MM I reach for "Dopes To Infinity" each and every time

Anyone else in the same position regarding other bands "pinnacle" albums?

That's funny, I pretty much only ever hear Dopes to Infinity being listed as their best. Powertrip was the most commercial one, so prob most famous.

Is the topic which 'pinnacle' albums do you favour less over other bands' albums? If so then Number of the Beast, Master of Puppets, Heartwork, Leviathan, and Blizzard of Ozz would all be albums that wouldn't be the go-to for those particular bands for me (disclaimer: I do like all those albums). There could be plenty more but it's debatable what would count definitively as a band's pinnacle album (Join the Army is my favourite ST album for example, but which would count as their pinnacle? There's at least 3 contenders...)

[Ducky]

Yeah the good Greene-era Sepultura albums get a lot more play from me these days than the classics.

Grin is absolutely mint as well. First Coroner song I heard was "Paralyzed, Mesmerized", and I was hooked and in awe there and then.

[Carnage]

Re: Monster Magnet - Last Patrol is the only one I bother with, never took to any of the other ones as much.

Suicidal Tendencies, Join The Army would also be my go-to, while Lights Camera Revolution was probably their zenith I reckon.

And Grin is grand.