Saturday 24 December 2011

Must Have Guitar Albums - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Lehnerd Skinnerd


(Pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) is the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 1973. Featured songs include "I Ain't the One", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone" and "Free Bird", the rock anthem that first brought the band national attention.

Track listing

[edit]Side one

  1. "I Ain't the One" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53
  2. "Tuesday's Gone" (Allen Collins, Rossington, Van Zant) – 7:32
  3. "Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:30
  4. "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:57

[edit]Side two

  1. "Things Goin' On" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:00
  2. "Mississippi Kid" (Al Kooper, Van Zant, Bob Burns) – 3:56
  3. "Poison Whiskey" (Ed King, Van Zant) – 3:13
  4. "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 9:18

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak


Tracklist1. Jailbreak 4:02
2. Angel From The Coast 3:04
3. Running Back 3:14
4. Romeo And The Lonely Girl 3:57
5. Warriors 4:10
6. The Boys Are Back In Town 4:28
7. Fight Or Fall 3:47
8. Cowboy Song 5:17
9. Emerald 4:04

Jailbreak is the sixth studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1976. This album proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the US. The singles include "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", the latter being Thin Lizzy's biggest hit


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Must Have Guitar Albums - Rainbow - Down To Earth


1. All Night Long
2. Eyes Of The World
3. No Time To Lose
4. Makin’ Love
5. Since You Been Gone
6. Love’s No Friend
7. Danger Zone
8. Lost In Hollywood
9. Bad Girl (seven inch single B-side)
10. Weiss Heim (seven inch single B-side)

A Top 10 album in the UK, with two hit singles (Since You Been Gone and All Night Long), it was the only record to feature vocalist Graham Bonnet, who took over from Ronnie James Dio.






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Must Have Guitar Albums - Marty Friedman - Dragons Kiss


1. Saturation PointListen
2. Dragon MistressListen
3. Evil ThrillListen
4. Namida (Tears)Listen
5. AnvilsListen
6. JewelListen
7. Forbidden CityListen
8. Thunder MarchListen

Cacophony guitarist Marty Friedman unleashes his virtuosic six-string fury on the excellent Dragon's Kiss, which may be the most definitive sampling of Friedman's talents available. Spiking his supersaturated heavy metal sensibilities with texture, imagination, and a flair for the exotic, Friedman proves to be a distinctive modern metal soloist. This all-instrumental offering marks the end of Friedman's more indulgent, progressive solo artist phase, as he was recruited to join Megadeth's ranks shortly after its release.


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Must Have Guitar Albums - Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn

  Track  DurationListeners
1Altitudes5:4012,090
2Perpetual Burn3:269,951
3Mabel's Fatal Fable4:528,009
4Air2:489,719
5Temple Of The Absurd4:437,186
6Eleven Blue Egyptians5:447,302
7Dweller In The Cellar6:146,510
8Opus Pocus5:387,435

Perpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records. 
The album’s best moment, “Air,” features some traditional classical fingerpicking that gives way to multi-tracked arpeggio orchestrations and Bach-style counterpoint. The piece, which consists almost solely of clean, unprocessed electric guitar and no further accompaniment (with the exception of some keyboard textures in the beginning and end), is a wonderful respite from the rest of the album’s more metallic style and supersaturated guitar tones. There are also some quirky, humorous touches sprinkled liberally around Perpetual Burn, which add to its charm.


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Must Have Guitar Albums - ZZ Top - Eliminator


1. Gimme All Your Lovin' 
2. Got Me Under Pressure 
3. Sharp Dressed Man 
4. I Need You Tonight 
5. I Got The Six 
6. Legs – Original Album Version 
7. Thug 
8. TV Dinners 
9. Dirty Dog 
10. If I Could Only Flag Her Down 
11. Bad Girl 

Probably  ZZ Top's most popular album featuring Gimme All You Lovin, Sharp Dressed Man and Legs


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Must Have Guitar Albums - David Lee Roth - Eat Em N Smile


This was David Lee Roths forst venture as a solo artist after leaving Van Halen. It's thought to be the album that launched guitarist Steve Vai into the spotlight with some of his best ever work. As well as bass played Billy Sheehan

Track listing

  1. "Yankee Rose" (David Lee Roth, Steve Vai) – 3:47
  2. "Shy Boy" (Billy Sheehan) – 3:23
  3. "I'm Easy" (Billy Field, Tom Price) – 2:11
  4. "Ladies' Nite In Buffalo?" (Roth, Vai) – 4:08
  5. "Goin' Crazy!" (Roth, Vai) – 3:11
  6. "Tobacco Road" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:27
  7. "Elephant Gun" (Roth, Vai) – 2:23
  8. "Big Trouble" (Roth, Vai) – 3:56
  9. "Bump And Grind" (Roth, Vai) – 2:32
  10. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon) – 2:29



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