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

[The Heretic]

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?

[Maggot Colony]

Altars of Madness is generally regarded as Morbid Angel's best, but Blessed are the Sick is the daddy in my opinion.

Same for Legion by Deicide which is a savage album. I love the first album, but Legion is like a rabid death metal version of Reign in Blood.

[Anvil]

I would reach for ...And Justice for All it Kill 'em All before Masters of Puppets or Ride the Lightning.  I can appreciate why people love MOP and RTL but they do nothing for me.   

[Ducky]

Leprosy is by some margin my least-played Death album.

Lacks the bite of the debut, and Murphy's playing on SH... not to mention Bill Andrews on drums (ugh).

[The Heretic]

For me the QOTSA debut is the one I listen to again and again even though Rated R or Songs for the Deaf are nearly always listed as their best, but I hardly ever listen to em.

[Pentagrimes]

edit ah hang on, these threads are getting me confused. They basically seem like the same thing

[Carnage]

Maggot Colony and The Heretic are correct about MA and QOTSA respectively.

Reign In Blood is a great album but I rank South Of Heaven, Show No Mercy and Seasons In The Abyss above it and would go them first.

King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime is highly thought of but my least favourite of the classic Patton FNM albums so I rarely go near it.

I find Individual Thought Patterns unlistenable, and don't like Clandestine at all either.

[Ducky]

Forgot about Hell Awaits - the thin production makes it unlistenable for me.

[open face surgery]

Hell Awaits production is perfect.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I've never gotten the impression that MA, Slayer, Death or some of the others mentioned are bands that have a consensus pinnacle or best album. Not in the way, to take a particularly striking example, Mayhem have De Mysteriis, say.

[Carnage]

Ah no, the consensus is Reign In Blood and Altars of Madness for those two, definitely. With Death there'd be more ambiguity alright..

Turn Loose The Swans and The Silent Enigma seem to be regarded as MDB and Anathema's best, can't stand either.

I forgot about Hell Awaits. It's shit

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Ah no, the consensus is Reign In Blood and Altars of Madness for those two, definitely.

I'll put my impression down to over-exposure to underground contrarians then   

[The Heretic]

edit ah hang on, these threads are getting me confused. They basically seem like the same thing

One is an album that's classed as shit but you like it more than all their other outputs, think of St Anger/Lulu

This one is for a album that's not listed as their best, but not shit, and its the one you go to, think of And Justice For All

[Pentagrimes]

Oh Right. I stand by Soulside Journey then 

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