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Led Zeppelin dominate new drum poll
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The MusicRadar Team, Fri 22 Feb 2008, 1:15 pm UTC
A new poll of the Top 50 Greatest Drum Albums is dominated by Led Zeppelin, who have an impressive five albums in the Top 50. The list, published by Rhythm magazine, takes into account the votes of the mag’s writers as well as many of the star drummers the magazine has interviewed over the last five years, including Dave Grohl, Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) and Steve White (Paul Weller).
Top honours go to Led Zeppelin’s fourth album (featuring the drum double-whammy of Stairway To Heaven and When The Levee Breaks), with The Beatles’ Abbey Road coming in second.
There are some notable omissions in this list, though. There are no albums by Cream featuring Ginger Baker, and the only albums in the Top 10 made in the last 30 years both feature Dave Grohl.
MusicRadar wonders; are they not making truly great drummers any more?
Here’s the Top 50 albums countdown…
#50 The Who - Live At Leeds (1970)
Drummer: Keith Moon
#49 Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire (1973)
Drummer: Billy Cobham
#48 James Brown – Live At The Apollo (1962)
Drummers: John ‘Jabo’ Starks and Clyde Stubblefield
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#47 Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast (1982)
Drummer: Clive Burr
#46 Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973)
Drummer: Harvey Mason
#45 David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust (1972)
Drummer: Woody Woodmansey
#44 Pantera – Vulgar Display (1992)
Drummer: Vinnie Paul
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#43 Van Halen – Van Halen (1978)
Drummer: Alex Van Halen
#42 Radiohead – Ok Computer (1997)
Drummer: Phil Selway
#41 Tool – Aenima (1996)
Drummer: Danny Carey
#40 Metallica - …And Justice For All (1988)
Drummer: Lars Ulrich
#39 Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
Drummer: Mitch Mitchell
#38 Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
Drummer: Mick Fleetwood
#37 Mastodon – Leviathan (2004)
Drummer: Brann Dailor
#36 Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
Drummer: Matt Johnson
#35 The Beatles – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Drummer: Ringo Starr
User comments (14)
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Where is Phil Collins on this list , one of the greatest drummers ever ?
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No Matt Sorum ??
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travis barker on blink 182's self titled album has sum excellent drum sounds and beats as well as speed. all round gr8!!
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No Lateralus by Tool (and on that note, how the hell is Aenima so low in the list?!?) Danny Carey is spectacular...
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Where's Taylor Hawkins? And Chad Smith? Blood Sugar is a fantastic drumming album. Agree about Neil Peart too. And Tony Thompson.
I'm glad Keith Moon's only 50 - he's overrated, in my view. People who can't play the drums usually go on about how good he is - just because they notice him on his records. -
right, any self respecting list would have Neil Peart in the top 5. and Ringo Starr?!?!
Reporter: "Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world?"
John Lennon: "He's not even the best drummer in The Beatles"
That says it all.
The Rev from Avenged Sevenfold is up there with the best too. He is totally inventive and technically stunning.
The new Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen is worth checking out too. Mind blowing. watch the new track played on David Letterman to see him rip. -
Wheres Bill Bruford? There was some truly amazing drumming on the King Crimson albums..
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Zep 4 the ultimate drum album??!!! must be more 16 year olds on this forum than I thought.
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Jaki Leibezeit? Tony Thompson? COME ON!
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where is carter, or deloused in the comatorium? or france the mute? or don caballero?
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