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Top 100 Hard rock albums


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    Top 100 Hard rock albums

    1 Black Sabbath
    Paranoid (1970)
    9.2
    2064
    2 Led Zeppelin
    9.12
    1252
    3 Rainbow
    Rising (1976)
    9.12
    901
    4 The Doors
    The Doors (1967)
    9.01
    239
    5 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    9.01
    165
    6 Black Sabbath
    9.01
    1370
    7 Black Sabbath
    8.99
    1716
    8 Deep Purple
    Machine Head (1972)
    8.99
    860
    9 Black Sabbath
    8.98
    1494
    10 The Who
    Who's Next (1971)
    8.91
    133
    11 AC/DC
    8.88
    1129
    12 Judas Priest
    8.83
    1406
    13 Judas Priest
    8.82
    1198
    14 Led Zeppelin
    8.81
    853
    15 Uriah Heep
    8.79
    179
    16 Black Sabbath
    8.77
    1260
    17 AC/DC
    8.76
    841
    18 Uriah Heep
    8.76
    266
    19 Guns N' Roses
    8.75
    1110
    20 Deep Purple
    In Rock (1970)
    8.75
    674
    21 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin (1969)
    8.75
    852
    22 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    8.73
    129
    23 Turbonegro
    8.71
    28
    24 Judas Priest
    8.7
    1053
    25 Van Halen
    Van Halen (1978)
    8.68
    478
    26 Rainbow
    8.66
    551
    27 Clutch
    Blast Tyrant (2004)
    8.65
    160
    28 Whitesnake
    Whitesnake (1987)
    8.65
    376
    29 Led Zeppelin
    8.64
    624
    30 Rainbow
    8.64
    618
    31 Riot
    ThunderSteel (1988)
    8.62
    236
    32 Joe Satriani
    8.62
    295
    33 The Doors
    Strange Days (1967)
    8.61
    155
    34 Paul Gilbert
    8.61
    41
    35 Thin Lizzy
    Jailbreak (1976)
    8.6
    244
    36 Scorpions
    Blackout (1982)
    8.6
    442
    37 Scorpions
    8.59
    416
    38 Alter Bridge
    Blackbird (2007)
    8.59
    188
    39 Tony MacAlpine
    8.57
    42
    40 Danzig
    8.55
    280
    41 Black Sabbath
    Mob Rules (1981)
    8.55
    882
    42 Graveyard
    8.54
    206
    43 Blue Öyster Cult
    8.54
    162
    44 Judas Priest
    8.54
    909
    45 Twisted Sister
    Stay Hungry (1984)
    8.53
    272
    46 Paul Gilbert
    8.53
    32
    47 Gotthard
    Lipservice (2005)
    8.52
    60
    48 Bad Company
    Bad Company (1974)
    8.51
    37
    49 Uriah Heep
    Salisbury (1971)
    8.51
    169
    50 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    8.5
    125
    51 John 5
    8.5
    24
    52 ZZ Top
    Eliminator (1983)
    8.49
    126
    53 Joe Satriani
    8.49
    200
    54 Skid Row
    8.48
    359
    55 Alice Cooper
    8.48
    256
    56 Mr. Big
    Lean Into It (1991)
    8.47
    43
    57 Black Sabbath
    8.47
    1087
    58 Led Zeppelin
    8.47
    679
    59 Scorpions
    Lovedrive (1979)
    8.46
    314
    60 Danzig
    Danzig (1988)
    8.46
    327
    61 Blue Öyster Cult
    8.46
    162
    62 Led Zeppelin
    8.45
    595
    63 D-A-D
    8.45
    31
    64 Scorpions
    8.45
    278
    65 The Who
    Quadrophenia (1973)
    8.45
    80
    66 The Devil's Blood
    8.44
    57
    67 Judas Priest
    8.43
    1255
    68 Riot
    8.43
    105
    69 Joe Satriani
    8.43
    136
    70 Europe
    8.43
    249
    71 Clutch
    Clutch (1995)
    8.42
    92
    72 Thin Lizzy
    8.42
    147
    73 Michael Angelo Batio
    8.4
    25
    74 The Doors
    L.A. Woman (1971)
    8.4
    146
    75 UFO
    Lights Out (1977)
    8.4
    112
    76 The Devil's Blood
    8.4
    77
    77 Alice Cooper
    8.4
    236
    78 Buckethead
    Colma (1998)
    8.39
    74
    79 Ghost
    Meliora (2015)
    8.39
    639
    80 Aerosmith
    Rocks (1976)
    8.39
    160
    81 Alter Bridge
    Fortress (2013)
    8.38
    255
    82 Michael Angelo Batio
    8.38
    34
    83 Gary Moore
    8.38
    93
    84 The Cult
    Sonic Temple (1989)
    8.38
    121
    85 ZZ Top
    Tres Hombres (1973)
    8.38
    90
    86 Freak Kitchen
    Move (2002)
    8.37
    41
    87 Alice Cooper
    Killer (1971)
    8.37
    220
    88 AC/DC
    8.37
    254
    89 AC/DC
    8.37
    370
    90 Barón Rojo
    8.36
    76
    91 Pink Cream 69
    8.36
    22
    92 Deep Purple
    Burn (1974)
    8.36
    384
    93 Tony MacAlpine
    8.35
    34
    94 Danzig
    8.35
    227
    95 UFO
    Phenomenon (1974)
    8.35
    127
    96 Clutch
    8.35
    133
    97 Vinnie Moore
    The Maze (1999)
    8.35
    26
    98 Scorpions
    8.35
    248
    99 Gotthard
    8.34
    58
    100 Ghost
    8.34
    688