This is a Ranking of my all*time favorite albums:

This is a Ranking of my favorite albums:
1 Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blood Sugar Sex Magic (1991)

Funk, Funk Metal, Alternative Rock 67.25
 

2  Faith No MoreAngel Dust (1992)Alternative Metal, Avant Garde Metal, Funk Metal   67

3 NIN Downward Spiral (1994) Industrial Metal/Rock, Alternative Rock 66.6

 4 Living Colour

Collide0scope (2003)

Genre: Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Funk Metal, Funk Rock 65.3

5 Mastodon Crack in the Skye (2009) Prog Metal, Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal 65 

6NIN Year Zero (2007) Industrial Rock, Digital Hardcore, Electro Industrial 65

7 Beastie Boys Check Your Head(1992) Rap, Hip Hop, Alternative Rock, Hardcore punk, funk rock: 64.6 



8 Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique (1989) Rap, Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Psychedelic Hip Hop 64.1

9 Soulfly Soulfly (1998)Alternative Metal,  Nu Metal 64.1

  10 Mastodon Once More Around the Sun (2014)

 Prog Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock 63.8

11 The Dillinger Escape Plan

Ire Works

Genre:  Mathcore, Experimental Metal, Electronic 63.5

12 311  Grassroots (1994) Alternative Rock/Metal, Rap Metal, Reggae Rock, Funk Rock/Metal 63.1

Stone Temple Pilots;Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Jangle Pop  63

13 Paul Simon

Graceland;World Music, Rock, Pop  63

14 NIN The Fragel (1999) Industrial Rock/Metal 63

 

15  Beastie Boys Ill Communication (1994)  Rap, Hip Hop, Alternative Rock, Hardcore punk, funk rock, jazz 62.6

16 Pearl Jam Ten (1991)Grunge, Hard Rock, Alternative  Rock 62.2

17 311 311 (Blue Album; 1995) Alternative Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock, Funk Rock, Reggae 62

18 Incubus, A Crow Left of the Murder… (2004); Alt Metal, Alt Rock, Alt Pop 62
19 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty (1998)  Rap, Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop 62

20  Team Sleep (2005),  Dream pop, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Trip Hop  62   

  Linkin Park Reanimation Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Hip Hop, Electronic 62

      

 Queens of the Stone Age

Songs for the Deaf; Stoner Metal, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock/Metal 61.8 
 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (1999) Alternative Rock/Pop, Funk Rock, Alternative Funk 61.6

 Pearl Jam Vs. (1993): Alternative Rock, Grunge, Hard Rock 61.5

Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill(1986) Rap, Rap Rock, Hip Hop 61.5

Deftones

White Pony (2000)Alternative Metal, Experimental Rock, Nu Metal, Rap Metal 61.5

Limp Bizkit, Three Dollar Bill Y'all (1997) Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal 61.5

Limp Bizkit Significant Other (1999)Nu Metal 61.5

 

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Miss Machine (2004) Option Paralysis (2010) and One of us is a Killer

Genre: Mathcore and Experimental Metal61.5

Sepultura/Les Tambours du Bronx

Metal Vein; Rock in Rio; Super Heavy Metal Tribal Industrial Chaos  61.5

Tool, Lateralus (2001); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Prog. Metal 61.3
Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute  (1995) Funk Metal, Funk Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock 61.1 
The Dillinger Escape PlanDissociation (2016)Mathcore, Metalcore  Experimental Metal, Alternative Metal 61.1

Audioslave Audioslave (2002) Hard Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal 61

Chancho en Piedra Chancho 6 Funk Metal Funk Rock 61

Bootsy Collins,Tha Funk Capital of the World (2011) P-Funk, Funk Metal, Hip Hop 61.3

Living Color Stain (1993) Funk Metal, Alternative Metal (with thrash metal, Industrial metal and jazz influences) 61.1

Oysterhead The Gran Pecking Order (2001)Alternative Rock, Funk, Alternative Fuck, Experimental Rock 61

Banyan ( Jane's Addiction-Porno For Pyros Side prject),Anytime at All (1999)Jazz Rock, Funk Jazz, Instrumental, Fusion 61
 Chancho en Piedra Rindance Terricolas (1998) Funk Rock, Funk Metal 60. 8

Slipknot, Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses (2004); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal; Maggot Metal.60.6

Slipknot.5 The Grey Chapter (2014);  Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Maggot Metal 60.5
311 Mosaic (2017) Alternative Rock/Metal, Rap Rock/Metal, Rock Steady 60.5

KornLive and Rare (2006);Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 60.5
Deftones Diamond Eyes (2010) Alternative Metal60.4

Tool, Aenima (1996); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Prog. Metal 60.3

Marilyn Manson, Holly Wood (In the Shadow of the Vally) (2000) Alt Metal, Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal. 60.25 

The Roots,The Roots Come Alive (1999) Hip Hop 60.2

Incubus, Morning View (2001); Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Alternative Pop, Funk 60.1
Illya Kuriaki and the Valderramas Leche (1999)Funk, Funk Rock, Hip Hop60.1
Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Commit Part Two (2011) Rap, Hip Hop 60

Korn, Follow the Leader (1998)Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Rap Metal 60

Korn, Untitled/Korn II (2007); Alternative Metal, Nu Metal 60  
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Chaco;  Hip Hop, Alternative Rock, Rap Rock 60
311 Music (1993) Alternative Rock/Metal, Rap Metal, Reggae Rock, Funk Rock/Metal 59.8

Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Get Away (2016) Alternative Rock, Funk Rock 59.8

Mastodon Leviathan (2004)Sludge Metal, Prog Metal 59.6

Staind Break the Cycle (2001) Nu Metal, Post Grunge, Alternative Metal 59.6

Army of Anyone ( Filter/Stone Temple Pilots), Army of Anyone (2006);  Hard Rock, Alternative Rock/Metal 59,5

Pearl Jam Binaural (2000) Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock 59.5

 

SilverchairYoung Modern (2007)Alternative Rock, Alternative Pop, Neo Progressive 59.5 
Trent Reznor Atticus Ross / NIN  The Social Network 59.5

Incubus, Make Your Self (1999); Alt Metal, Nu Metal, Alt Rock, Funk 59.3  
Chancho en Piedra El Tinto Elemento Funk Rock Funk Metal 59.3
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Horno Para Calentar Los Mares; Alternative Rock, Rap Rock, Funk Rock 59.3
 

Bad Brains, Bad Brains (1982); Hardcore Punk, Reggae 59.1

Sepultura Roots (1996); Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal59.1

Incubus, Light Grenades (2006);  Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Alternative Pop 59.1

Korn Untouchables (2002) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 59.1

Dave Navarro Trust No One (2001) Alternative Rock 59.1

Faith No MoreKing For A Day...Fool for a Lifetime (1995) Alternative Metal 59

Pearl Jam Vitalogy (1994) Grunge, Alternative Rock  59

Silverchair; Diorama (2002);Alternative Rock, Alternative Pop, Neo Progressive, Alternative Metal 59

Slipknot, Slipknot (1999); Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Heavy Metal; Maggot Metal59

Faith No More The Real Thing (1989)Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Rap Metal 59
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (HT) (2000)
Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal 59
 

Staind Live from the Mohegan Sun (2012)Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Post Grunge 59

Carajo Frente a Frente (2013);Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal, Punk 58.6

BushSixteen Stone (1994) Post Grunge, Grunge, Hard Rock 59

Pearl Jam Yield (1998) Alternative Rock, Hard Rock 58.5

 

Marilyn Manson, Antichrist Superstar (1996)  Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal 58.5  

Mastodon Blood Mountain (2006) Sludge Metal, Prog Metal, Stoner Metal 58.3 
 Chancho en Piedra La Marca del Chancho

Funk Rock, Punk, alternative rock 58.3

 

Marilyn Manson, Mechanical Animals (1998) Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock 58.25

Jack White, Lazaretto (2014) Alt Pop/Rock, Blues Rock, Country Rock, Folk Rock, Funk Rock 58.2

Banyan ( Jane's Addiction-Porno For Pyros Side prject) Anytime at All (1999)Jazz Rock, Funk Jazz, Instrumental, Fusion 58
Illya Kuriaki and the Valderramas Vs (1997) Rap, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul   58

Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992): Rap Metal, Funk Metal 58

Korn, Korn (1994); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal 58

Korn, Issues (1999)Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 58

Red Hot Chili Peppers, By The Way (2002)Alternative Pop/Rock, Funk Rock 58

Mastodon Remission 2002 ,Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal. 58

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel III/Melt (1980) Experimental Rock and Prog-Rock 57.8

311, 311 (Blue Album, 1995);Alt Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock, Reggae. 57.8

Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990) Alt Rock, Alt Metal, Funk Metal 57.75 

Mastodn The Hunter (2011) 
Prog Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock 57.6

311,Stereolithic (2014); Alt Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock, Reggae. 57.6 

Gone is Gone Ecolocation  (2017)Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Rock 57.3

Les Claypool and Sean Lennon Monolith of Phobos  2016 Psychedelic Rock, Experimental Rock 57.3

 KornTake a Look in the Mirror (2003)Nu Metal 57.3

Crosses (2014)Genre: Electronic Rock, Dream Pop 57.2

Staind Dysfunction (1999) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 57.1

FishboneThe Reality of my Surrounds(1991); Funk Metal, Ska Punk, Hardcore Punk, Alt Rock 57.1

Rage Agianst the Machine Battle for Los Angeles (1999)Rap Metal, Alternative Metal, Funk Metal 57.1

 Stone Temple Pilots, Purple (1994);Grunge, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal 57

Flea; Helen Burns (2012)  Jazz Fusion, Experimental Rock57

Les Claypool/The Duo de Twang, Four Foot Shack (2014); Country, Blue Grass, Alternative Rock 57

Mudvayne, L.D. 50 (2000); Alt Metal, Nu Metal, Heavy Metal 57

Les Claypool Frog Brigade, Purple (1999); Alternative Rock/Pop, Alternative Funk57
Glenn Hughes Music for the Devine (2006) Hard Rock, Funk Rock, Soul 57
 

MudvayneThe End of all Things to Come (2002)Alt Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Nu Metal 56.8

Silverchair Neon Ballroom (1999)  Alternative Metal, Post Grunge, Alternative Rock 56.5

P.O.D, Murdered Love (2012);Alt Metal, Heavy Metal, Rap Metal, Alt Rock, Funk Pop/Rock 56.5

P.O.D, So-cal Session (2014);  Acoustic Rock, Alternative Rock, Rap Rock, Reggae 56.5 

Black Light Burns The Moment you Realize You're Going to Fall (2012)Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Experimental Rock, Industrial Roc  56.5

MC5, Kick Out the Jams (1969) Detroit Rock, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock 56.3

Deftones, Koi No Yokan (2012) alternative Metal 56.3

Faith No More Album of the Year (1997) Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock 56.1
NIN With Teeth (2005) Industrial Rock/Metal

Mastodon Emperor of Sand  (2017) Alternative Rock/Metal, Prog Rock 56.1

Zakk Wylde, Book of Shadows Hard Rock (1996);Southern Rock, Heavy Metal 56.1

Scott Weiland, 12 bar Blues (1997);Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedel 56.1 

P.O.D, Satellite (2001): Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Rap Metal, Nu Metal 56.1

Funkadelic,  One Nation Under a Groove (1978); Funk, Funk Rock, Black Rock 56
How to Destroy Angel / NIN  Welcome to Oblivion, Industrial Rock, Electronic Rock 56

Bombastic Meatbats, Meet the Meatbats (2009)Jazz Rock, Funk Rock 56

P.O.D, Testify; Alt Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Heavy Metal 56

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Incubus

Family Values 1998 Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Rap 56

Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist (2006)  Alternative Metal 56

Rage Against the Machine Live and Rare (1998) Rap Metal, Alternative Metal 56

Bush The Science of Things (1999) Grunge, Post-Grunge 56

Linkin Park Meteora  (2003)Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal 56

Slipknot, 9.0: Live (2005); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Maggot Metal 55.8

Taproot Blue-Sky Research (2005) Alt Metal, Al Rock 55.6

Korn, Life is Peachy (1996); Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Meal 55.5

Black light BurnsCruel Melody (2007) Industrial Metal, Alternative  Metal55.5

Limp Bizkit Gold Cobra (2011) Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal 55.5

Deftones B-Sides and Rarities (2005) Alternative Metal 55.3

 Glenn Hughes Soul Mover (2005)Hard Rock, Funk Rock, Soul 55.3

BushRazor Blade Suitcase (1996)Alternative Rock, Post Grunge, Grunge 55.3

Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire (1996) Rap Metal, Alternative 55

Killer by Killed, Killer by Killed (2014); Sludge Metal, Groove Metal 55

Porno for Pyros, Good God’s Urge (1996) Alt Rock, Acoustic Rock 55

Giraffe Tongue OrchestraBroken Lines (2016)Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock 55

 

Bad Brains I against I (1986) Hardcore Punk, Alternative Metal, New Wave 55

Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies for the Paralyze (2005) Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock 55

Korn The Serenity of Suffering (2016) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal

Deftones, Deftones (2003),Alternative Metal 55

Rage Against the Machine Renegades (2000) Rap Metal, Alternative Metal, Hardcore Punk 55

Staind Staind (2011) Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Post Grunge, Heavy Metal 55

Silverchair Freakshow (1997)Alternative Metal, Post Grunge 55

 

 

P.O.D.The Awakening (2015)Rap Metal, Alternative Metal, Christian Metal, Nu Metal, Hardcore Punk 54.3

P.O.D, When Angels and Serpents Dance (2008)Alt Metal, Rap Metal, Alt Rock, Reggae 54.3

Serj Tankian, Elect the Dead (2007);  Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock 54.25

Jane’s Addiction, Nothing Shocking (1988); Alt Rock, Alt Metal, Funk Metal 54.1

A.N.I.M.A.L.Poder Latino (1998); Alt Metal, Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Rap Metal, Hardcore Punk 54.1

Chancho en Piedra Peor es Mascar Lauchas 1995 Funk Rock

 

Stone Temple Pilots, Core (1992): Grunge, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal 54

Limp Bizkit Results May Vary (2003) Nu Metal, Rap Metal/Rock 54

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984); Funk, Funk Rock, Punk Funk, Rap Rock 54

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel II (1978)Alternative Rock, Prog-Rock, Experimental Rock 53.7
NIN Broken/ Fixed (1992) Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways (2014) Hard Rock, Post Grunge, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock  53.5

Incubus, S.c.i.e.n.c.e. Sailing Catamarans is Every Nautical Captains Ecstasy (1997)Alt Metal, Nu Metal, Funk Metal, Rap Metal 53.6
12 Deftones Gore (2016) Alternative Metal, Experimental Metal/Rock 53.3

Les Claypool

Of Whales of Woe (2006) Experimental Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Funk 53.1

Deftones,  Adrenaline (1995) Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 53

Muse Drones ( 2015); Alternative Rock/Metal, Prog Rock, Stadium Rock 53

Sepultura, The Mediator between the Head and the Hand Must be The Heart (2013); Alt Metal, Death Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal 52.8

Soulfly Conquer (2008)Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal 52.6

Bad Brains, Into the Future (2012); Alternative Rock/Metal, Hardcore Punk, Reggae  52.5 
NIN The Slip (2008) Industrial Rock/Metal

Staind 14 Shades of Grey (2003) Alternative Metal/Rock, Post-Grunge, Hard Rock 52.5

Deftones, Around the Fur (1997); Nu Metal, Alternative Metal 52.5

Slipknot, Iowa (2001): Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Maggot Metal. 52.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers, I’m With You (2011); Alternative Pop/Rock, Funk Rock 52

Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs (2004) Rap, Hip Hop 62

 

Porno for Pyros, Porno for Pyros (1993) Alt Rock, Alt Pop, Alt Metal, Funk Metal 51.8 

Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains or I call them Praxis + 1, Great Big Eyeball in the Sky (2004) Funk Metal, Funk Rock, Experimental Rock 51.6

Scars on Broadway, Scars on Broadway (2008)Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock 51.25

Red Hot Chili Peppers; I’m Besides You (IBY) 2013 Genre: Alternative Pop/Rock, Funk Rock 51

Audioslave Out of Exile (2005) Hard Rock, Alternative Rock 51.6

Big Dumb Face Duke Lion Fights the Terror!! (2001) Comedy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal 51.6
NIN  Pretty Hate Machine (1989) Industrial Synth Pop/Rock

Pearl Jam No Code (1996)Alternative Rock, Grunge50.9

Fishbone, Give a monkey a Brain and he’ll swear He’s the Center of the Universe (1993);Alt. Metal, Ska, Ska-punk, Funk Metal 50.75 
311, Voyager (2019) Rap Metal, Alternative Metal

Staind Chapter V  (2005)Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Post Grunge, Hard Rock50.1
NIN Ghost I-IV (2007) Dark Ambient, Industrail Rock 50.1

De la Tierra, De la Tierra (2014)Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal 50.4

Faith No More, Sol Invictus (2015)Alternative Metal 50.3

Black Light Burns Lotus Island (2013) Industrial Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative Metal 50

Bush Golden State Post Grunge 50

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KXM; KXM (2014)Hard Rock, Alternative hard Rock, Alternative Metal.49.89

Resorte, Republica de Ciegos  (1997); Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Latin Rock, Mexican Metal 49.5

Deftones Covers (2011)Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop 49.5
 Faith No More Introduce Yourself (1987)Funk Metal, Alternative Metal   49.5

Marilyn Manson; Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)  Hard Rock, Goth Rock. Alt Rock 49

Royal Blood, Royal Blood (2014); Hard Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock, Post Grunge  49

Palms (2013)Genre: Dream pop, Alternative Rock 49

Praxis, Profanation: Preparation for the Coming Darkness (2011); Alt. Metal, Exp Rock, Alt Hip Hop 48.9

Bootsy Collins, Ahh…The Name is Bootsy, Baby! (1979); Fuck, Deep Funk 48.5

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mothers Milk (1989);Funk Metal, Funk Rock, Punk Funk, Alternative Rock 48.5

Chancho en Piedra La Dieta del Lagarto (1997) Funk Rock, Alternative Rock 48.3

 
Silverchair  Frogstomp (1994) Grunge, Alternative Metal 48

Taproot Welcome (2002)Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Post Grunge47.8

Coal Chamber, Coal Chamber (1997); Nu-Metal, Alternative Metal47.1

Atoms for Peace, Amok (2013);Alternative Rock, Experimental Rock, Electronica 47
NIN Bad Witch  (2018) Industrail Rock 47

Aaron Lewis The Road (2012) Country 47

Gaven RossdaleWANDERlust (2008)  Alternative Rock, Post Grunge 46.5

Taproot, Gift (2000); Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alt Metal 46.3
Staind The Illusion of Progress (2008)  Alternative Rock/Metal, Post Grunge 46.2

Bush Sea of Memories (2011)Alternative Rock, Post Grunge, Grunge 46

 

Audioslave Revelations  (2006) Hard Rock, Alternative Rock, Funk Rock 46

 

Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks (2014);Industrial Rock, Electronic, Alternative Rock 45.95

Rocket Juice and the Moon. Rocket Juice and the Moon (2012) Funk, Afrofunk, Neo soul, Alternative Hip Hop 45.5

Soulfly Primitive (2000) Nu Meta 44.6

 

Jason NewstedHeavy Metal Music (2013) Heavy Metal 44.5

Fishbone;Live At the Temple Bar and More (2002); Funk Metal, Alternative Metal, Ska 44.5 

Limp Bizkit The Unquestionable Truth (Part I) (2005)Rap Metal, Alternative Meta 44.5

 

Peter Gabriel/Big Blue Ball, Big Blue Ball (2008); World Music 43.5

Talk Show (Stone Temple Pilots side project)Talk Show (1997)Alternative Rock, Post Grunge, Hard Rock 43.3

 Korn, The Paradigm Shift (The World Tour Edition; 2014); Alternative Metal; Nu Metal. 43.1

Linkin Park; Little Things (2012); Alternative Rock/Pop, Pop Metal, Alt Hip Hop 42.5

Sausage, Riddles are Abound Tonight (1994); Alternative Rock/Metal, Funk Rock/Metal 42

Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water  (2000)Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Rap 42
NIN Further Down the Spiral (1995) Industrial Metal 42

Praxis,Warszawa (1996); Alt. Metal, Exp. Metal, Avant-Garde, Alt Hip Hop 41.1

 Les Claypool Of Fungi and Foe/FF (2009)Experimental Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative Funk 40.8

Fishbone,Chim Chim’s Badass Revenge (1996); Funk Metal, Hardcore Punk, Ska-Punk, Punk Funk 40.5   
Illya Kuriaki and the Valderramas Fabrico Cuero (1991) Rap, Hip Hop, Rap Rock 40
Soulfly, Soulfly III (2002) Alternative Metal, Groove Metal 38 

Fiend Without a Face Brent Hinds Presents: Fiend With Out a Face  (2011) 37.5

Slipknot, All Hope is Gone (2008); Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Maggot Metal.37.35

InstituteDistort Yourself (2005)  Alternative Rock, Rock 37

Marilyn Manson, Born Villain (2012) Alt Metal, Alt Rock, Industrial Rock 36

(hed) p.e., Evolution; Rap Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal 35.5

Marilyn MansonThe High end of Low (2009); Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Industrial Metal 35.5

Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) Pop, Hip Hop, Dance, Electronic 35.5

Bush Deconstructed (1997) Post Grunge, electronic 35.5

Linkin Park One More Light (2017)  Pop, Electronic Pop, ¿Alternative Pop Rock? 29

Limp Bizkit New Old Songs ( 2001) Crap

Stone Temple Pilots and Side Projects Complete Discography Review

Stone Temple Pilots

Core (C) /Purple (P)  (1992/1994)

Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal

Two fundamental albums from the grunge era of music, both albums are pretty similar; one is the natural progression of the other and they are jammed packed with killer songs. These guys took a lot s$!) because they were accused of copy other contemporary bands like  Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains, but these guys are their own beast, especial with the DeLeo brothers formula, which really separated this band from the rest of the grunge pack.    

   

Vocals and Lyrics: Scott Weiland, is the lyrical and vocal daddy to a couple of mega classics from the 90’s, singers are willing to kill to be able to pen the hits like this guy wrote back then.  C 10 P 10

 

Instrumentation:

Guitar:  Dean DeLeo is a killer guitar player with a style of his own, that really progresses over these two albums.

Bass:  Robert DeLeo, is one of my all time favorite rock bass players.

Drums: Eric Kretz is a solid hard rock drummer C 6.9 P 7.6

Melody and/or Structure: The structures of the songs are pretty basic, what these to album bring to the table is some good old fashion rock song writing, with a good use of melody.  C 10 P 10

Sound, Production and Feeling: Core sound and production are good, but you can tell that they had more money for Purple; it has more production to it. C 8 P 8.5

Songs: Both Albums are good from start to finish. C 10 P 11

Originality: Look these guys didn’t invent anything new, but are able to write two fantastic albums in a row. C 9 P 10

Overall: C 53.9 / P 57.1

Stone Temple Pilots

Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)

Genre: Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Jangle Pop

This album brings back memories, a friend of mine lent it to me when it came out, and I basically liked it so much that I never gave it back to him ( I know I'm a real asshole). Now it's incredible to listen to it, to hear how good it is, the band has taken a quantum leap in their capacity of musical composition, but the thing was they were in all kinds of turmoil, Scott had some major drug issues, started a solo project while the rest of the band started to work on another project called Talk Show. So here we go with my review of my favorite STP album.  

   

Vocals and Lyrics: Scott keeps on writing colossally goods songs, he shows new aspects, vocally and lyrically.  10

Instrumentation:

Guitar:  Dean also has evolved as guitar player, this new direction in composition really accommodates his style and makes him stand out.

Bass:  Robert’s bass playing is awesome.

Drums: Eric’s playing is more laid back and relaxed on this album, serving better the new direction in their songs. 8

Melody and/or Structure: The songs have a classic pop structure, and there are some tracks that have some killer riffs like “Seven Caged Tigers”.  The melodies that they work on are fresh and memorable, where Scott works as the bands ring master. This album was recorded in a mansion like Red Hot Chili Pepper's Blood Sugar Sex Magic, which gives the production a real organic feel. 10

Sound, Production and Feeling: The sound to this album is stunning, hats off to Brendan O’Brian, and he puts the band in a new context leaving their more muscular grunge sound behind for this album. What I like the most is the textures of the different types of guitar distortions that Dean uses. 12

Songs:  It’s so good, that it actual sounds too short even though it has 11 track, but it keeps you wanting more. 11

Originality: Hey man the band captured lighting in a jar on this album, this production is probably their creative zenith.12

Overall:63

Talk Show (Stone Temple Pilots)

Talk Show (1997)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Post Grunge, Hard Rock

Scott Weiland and the rest of STP part ways after Tiny Music, so they get a new lead singer; Dave Coutts, from Ten Inch Men, and take up the name of Talk Show, and put out this album. Let’s face it, the magic just isn’t there, this production  is mediocre at best.  

   

Vocals and Lyrics: Dave Coutts in my opinion doesn’t bring anything to original to the table, his lyrics are ok and he’s an ok singer, that’s it. 7

Instrumentation: The band plays at their excellent level and are the only good thing on this album. 7.3

Melody and/or Structure: There are some good riff here and there. 8

Sound, Production and Feeling: It sounds pretty good, it closer to Purple than Tiny Music. 8

Songs: Hello Hello is the only really good track, and it's to bad the rest of the album isn’t as good. 6

The Bad: The album lags and sags.

Originality: The material isn’t very original in general, but the main issue is that Dave just doesn’t gel with the band. 7 

Overall: 43.3

Scott Weiland

12 bar Blues (1998)

Genre: Alternative Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

Scott’s musical ambition can’t be contained to the structure of a traditional hard rock band; so he sets out to make his magnum opus on his own and lets everything fly on this album, with some pretty interesting results.  

   

Vocals and Lyrics: Vocally and Lyrically, Scott does a good job, but to be honest there isn’t anything to memorable or ground breaking, in this department. 8

Instrumentation/Production: The instrumentation sort of melds in with the production, there are tons of loops, samples, use of midi, guitars and Bass with all kinds of effects. There's is a lot going on in the background of each song. The only two musical guests that stand out are Sheryl Crow who plays the accordion on a track and Peter DiStefano (Porno for Pyros) who plays the guitar and bass on a few tracks. Since the production has a heavy hand in the composition Daniel Lanois (Peter Gabriel, U2, Bob Dylan…), the producer, probably pumped his two cents in the project too.

7.1

Melody and/or Structure: It’s great to see an album that is so production dependent but actually has songs, the machines don’t take over and hijack the song, like they tend to do, and there are some really solid songs with great melodies. And most of the songs are pretty unpredictable Scott experiments a lot. 10

Sound, Production and Feeling: 10

Songs: It a wild ride from front to back. 11 

The Bad: Almost none of the stuff on this album can be played live. 

Originality: It’s an experimental album that really pushes the boundaries, in musical creativity and self indulgence for Weiland. 10

Overall: 56.1 

Stone Temple Pilots

No. 4  (1999)

Genre:  Grunge, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock 

This is probably STP's heaviest album, it's like a steamroller of hard rock.  It's very direct to the point, this production wants to rock and it has great material to do it, Scott and the band have great chemistry and they pump out some fantastic tracks the first 4 tracks are hard rockers with Down being one of their best openers to an album, it mellows briefly on track 5 with Sour girl but you immediately  have No Way out and Sex & Violence having the band back in heavy mode, sadly the album does lose a little steam at the end of this production.  

Overall: 53.4 

Stone Temple Pilots

 Shangri-La Di DA (2001)

Genre: Post Grunge, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock

This album starts off pretty strong but here we have a band that isn't as inspired as they were on No. 4, llack focus and even reuse musical ideas from previous albums. Now this isn't a bad album but you just expect more from STP, but I got to say that Coma is the best track off this album with a freaking monster riff and a kick-ass guitar solo too bad the rest of this production was not as good as this song, Day of the Week is also fantastic.

Overall: 51.3  





Velvet Revolver

Contraband (2004)


Genre: Hard Rock
Pretty straightforward hard rocking fun, they don't try to push any musical boundaries. Basically, we have Scott Weiland teaming up with the boys from Guns and Roses: Slash, Duff, and Matt Sorum, plus Dave Kushner. This album is pretty heavy very guitar driven with Slash being one of the best parts of this project landing some sweet solos and sick guitar riffs. Matt Sorum's drums are pretty straightforward hard rock drums, but you can tell that dude really hits those skins hard and injects an impressive amount of energy into each song. Duffs bass playing is pretty basic and Dave Kushner's playing is ok. Scott does recycle some ideas from his work with STP, but the good thing is you can hear him being more aggressive than on previous projects. And the band is able to make a couple of memorable rock hits like Slither and Sucker Train Blues. But to be honest I never really liked this particular Weiland side project.
Overall: 52.1

Army of Anyone (Filter/Stone Temple Pilots; Side Project)

Army of Anyone (2006)

Genre: Hard Rock, Alternative Rock/Metal

If you are a hard rock or alternative metal fan, or you just enjoy music in general, you most listen to this album, it will blow your mind, you got Richard Patrick (Filter, ex Nine Inch Nails) on vocals, the DeLeo Brothers (Stone Temple Pilots) guitar and bass and Ray Luzier (Korn, KXM, Billy Sheehan, David Lee Roth…) on the drummes, nuff said; don’t waste your time reading this review go listen this album.

   

Vocals and Lyrics: Richard Patrick does his best work ever on this album, he really shows that he has an impressive vocal range, and he pens down a couple great lyrics on this production. 10

Instrumentation:

Guitar/Bass:  The DeLeo brothers kill it on this album, and there are a couple of fantastic guitar solos on this album.

Drums: I like Ray’s drumming more in the context of a hard rock band than in the context of Korn, his playing is obscenely good and he pulls off a colossal solo on “Goodbye”.  8.5

Melody and/or Structure: The song have a basic pop structure, with some really good riffs, but  the impeccable use of melody and well placed passages and breaks elevates this album from other hard rock projects out there.10

Sound, Production and Feeling: This album sounds greet, with some cool production details here and there. 9 

Songs: These guys gel incredibly well and this level of this good of song writing for this type of super group is unheard off, they are no fillers, it’s a solid full album, no bullshit. 12

Originality: This album is a breath of fresh air in the stagnant world of alternative music in general, please make another album. 10

Overall: 59.5

Libertad (2007)

Genre: Hard Rock

Round two for this rock extravaganza, the band is more of a unite with more chemistry between them, Scott seems to have found his place in the band, but this ablums track list even though  it's pretty solid, it does not have any big rock hits.

Overall: 49.6

Happy in Galoshis  (2008)

Genre:   Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock

This is a double disc album where  Scott should have crunched the track list down to 15 tracks instead of  21,  and it could have been super classic ( note I discovered there is a leaner version of the album with 13 tracks). This album has many fantastic songs but you realize when you listen to it is that the songs have a strong STP vibe and it would have been better to have recorded it with his old bandmates. Scott plays it safe on most of the album but there is some residual experimentation of musical ideas from 12 Bar Blues.

Overall: 55 

Art of Anarchy

Art of Anarchy  (2015)

Genre:   Hard Rock, Alternative Metal

A pretty heavy side project for Scott teaming up with Guns and  Roses's  guitar  player Bumblefoot and Disturbed's bass player John Moyer. Their self-titled album is ok, I get thefeeling  that Scott phoned in his performance, he just didn't give a F about this project and if he had put in more effort into each song it would have become an epic. The big highlight of the album is Bumblefoot's guitar playing.

Overall: 44

 Blaster (2015)

Genre:  Rock, Alternative Rock

This album out of all Scott's solo projects is the one that sounds the most organic and more like a product of a band, a really good batch of songs, and Weiland is back for business he sounds reinvigorated and pumped, but again you get the feeling these songs would have been better played with STP. Now I must say the Wildabouts did have much potential and it is very sad that this is Scott Weiland's last album before dieing what a shame.
Overall: 56.3

Stone Temple Pilots 2010

A pile of Crap

Overall: 25

Stone Temple Pilots  (2018)

Genre: Hard Rock, Alternative Rock

A fantastic come back album the Pilots killing it on this production, and to my surprise, the new Singing Jeff Gutt is great, even though it's a little creepy how he sounds a lot like Scott. Jeff doe does not have Scott's charisma but maybe on the next album he'll find his own style and voice the accommodates best to the needs of the band. The band sounds reinvigorated and inspired putting out a really good tracklist for this album.

Overall: 52