Must Have Guitar Albums - Metallica - Metallica

released on August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records to critical acclaim. Metallica produced six hit singles that are considered today among the band's best-known songs: "Enter Sandman", "Don't Tread on Me", "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters", "Wherever I May Roam", and "Sad but True

It is believed that it was after the release of this album that made the band become the 'biggest metal band' in the world gaining the name from predecessor,Iron Maiden.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Enter Sandman" (Hetfield, Ulrich and Kirk Hammett)	5:29
2.	"Sad but True"	5:24
3.	"Holier Than Thou"	3:47
4.	"The Unforgiven" (Hetfield, Ulrich and Hammett)	6:26
5.	"Wherever I May Roam"	6:44
6.	"Don't Tread on Me"	3:59
7.	"Through the Never" (Hetfield, Ulrich and Hammett)	4:05
8.	"Nothing Else Matters"	6:29
9.	"Of Wolf and Man" (Hetfield, Ulrich and Hammett)	4:16
10.	"The God That Failed"	5:08
11.	"My Friend of Misery" (Hetfield, Ulrich and Jason Newsted)	6:49
12.	"The Struggle Within"	3:52
Total length:		62:33

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Cream - Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears is the second album by British supergroup, Cream. It was released in November 1967 and went on to reach #5 on the UK Albums Chart. It was also their American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller there in 1968, reaching #4 on the American charts. The album features the two singles "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love". The title of the album was taken from an inside joke. Eric Clapton had been thinking of buying a racing bicycle and was discussing it with Ginger Baker, when a roadie named Mick Turner commented, "it's got them Disraeli Gears", meaning to say "derailleur gears," but instead alluding to 19th Century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. The band thought this was hilarious, and decided that it should be the title of their next album. In 2003 the album was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. VH1 also named it their 87th greatest album of all time in 2001.
01 - Strange Brew02 - Sunshine Of Your Love
03 - World Of Pain
04 - Dance The Night Away
05 - Blue Condition
06 - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
07 - Swlabr
08 - We're Going Wrong
09 - Outside Woman Blues
10 - Take It Back
11 - Mother's Lament

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Kiss - Alive

Alive! is Kiss' fourth album and is considered their breakthrough, as well as a landmark for live albums. Released on September 10, 1975, the double-disc set contains live versions of selected tracks from their first three studio albums, Kiss, Hotter Than Hell, and Dressed to Kill. The record was recorded from concerts in Detroit, Michigan; Wildwood, New Jersey; Cleveland, Ohio; and Davenport, Iowa.

Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Deuce
2. Strutter
3. Got To Choose
4. Hotter Than Hell
5. Firehouse
6. Nothin' To Lose
7. C'mon And Love Me
8. Parasite
9. She

Disc 2
1. Watchin' You
2. 100,000 Years
3. Black Diamond
4. Rock Bottom
5. Cold Gin
6. Rock And Roll All Nite
7. Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

The debut studio album from Guns N' Roses. This is the best-selling debut album of all-time worldwide, beatingBoston's debut album Boston, which has gone 17x platinum.

"Appetite For Destruction" reached #1 in the Billboard Top 200 twice (in 1988 and 1989). The album produced three of their biggest hits: 
"Welcome to the Jungle" 
"Sweet Child O' Mine" 
"Paradise City

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Appetite for Destruction Track Listing

Track#

Title

time

1

Welcome to the Jungle

4:32

2

It's So Easy

3:21

3

Nightrain

4:26

4

Out Ta Get Me

4:20

5

Mr. Brownstone

3:46

6

Paradise City

6:45

7

My Michelle

3:38

8

Think About You

3:49

9

Sweet Child O' Mine

5:54

10

You're Crazy

3:16

11

Anything Goes

3:25

12

Rocket Queen

6:14

 

 

Must Have Guitar Albums - Extreme - Pornograffitti

The album was also the band's first stab at writing a concept album--it dealt with the media's subtle yet constant use of sex in advertising and it's effect on the public. If you're in the mood for rock with a progressive edge and loaded with six-string wizardry (courtesy of Nuno Bettencourt), just check out "Decadence Dance," "When I'm President," "Get the Funk Out," It('s A Monster)," "He Man Woman Hater," and the title track.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gary Cherone & Nuno Bettencourt. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Decadence Dance"	6:49
2.	"Li'l Jack Horny"	4:51
3.	"When I'm President"	4:21
4.	"Get the Funk Out"	4:24
5.	"More Than Words"	5:34
6.	"Money (In God We Trust)"	4:11
7.	"It ('s a Monster)"	4:24
8.	"Pornograffitti"	6:15
9.	"When I First Kissed You"	4:00
10.	"Suzi (Wants Her All Day What?)"	3:38
11.	"He-Man Woman Hater"	6:20
12.	"Song For Love"	5:55
13.	"Hole Hearted" (not on vinyl LP)	3:39
Total length:		64:25

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare

The one and only Satriani-taught and Zappa-tested virtuoso, Steve Vai, returns with his self-produced 1990 release, PASSION AND WARFARE. The album was inspired by sequential dream patterns Vai experienced earlier in his life, and results in one technically electrifying ride filled with vivid mysticism and groovy instrumental imagery. The album was recorded in his home studio, the Mothership, and released on Relativity/Epic Records. Vai says it best when he characterizes this album as "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur threw for Mel Blanc."

Tracklist:
1. Liberty
2. Erotic Nightmares
3. The Animal
4. Answers
5. The Riddle
6. Ballerina
7. For The love Of God
8. The Audience Is Listening 
9. I Would Love Toc 
10. Blue Powder
11. Greasy Kid\'s Stuff 
12. Alien Water Kiss 
13. Sisters 
14. Love Secrets

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

Surfing with the Alien is the second album by instrumental rock guitarist Joe Satriani, released in 1987. Surfing with the Alien contributed greatly to establishing Satriani's reputation as a respected rock guitarist.^[1]

Surfing with the Alien is one of Satriani's most successful albums to date. The album produced three hit singles for him: "Surfing with the Alien", Satch Boogie", and the radio-only single "Always with Me, Always with You". Although released in late 1987, it did not enter the Billboard 200 until April 1988. As of 2010, Surfing with the Alien is Satriani's only studio album to go platinum in America.

This album from a guitarists point of view showcases every major technique for the modern guitarist including 'harmonics' 'whammy bar tricks' 'tapping' 'two handed tapping'

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Satriani.

1. "Surfing with the Alien" – 4:20
2. "Ice 9" – 4:08
3. "Crushing Day" – 5:16
4. "Always with Me, Always with You" – 3:20
5. "Satch Boogie" – 3:10
6. "Hill of the Skull" – 1:46
7. "Circles" – 3:27
8. "Lords of Karma" – 4:46
9. "Midnight" – 1:42
10. "Echo" – 5:38

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Must Have Guitar Albums - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

This album sold over 15 million copies worldwide and was the Red Hot Chili Peppers' introduction into worldwide popularity and critical acclaim. Blood Sugar Sex Magik produced an array of hit singles including the hugely successful "Under the Bridge", "Give It Away", "Suck My Kiss", "Breaking the Girl" and "If You Have to Ask". Guitarist John Frusciante quit the band mid-tour in 1992 (until returning in 1998) due to his inability to cope with the album's popularity. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is recognized as an influential and seminal component of the alternative rock explosion in the early 1990s.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by All songs written and composed by Red Hot Chili Peppers except where noted.. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Power of Equality"	4:03
2.	"If You Have to Ask"	3:37
3.	"Breaking the Girl"	4:55
4.	"Funky Monks"	5:23
5.	"Suck My Kiss"	3:37
6.	"I Could Have Lied"	4:04
7.	"Mellowship Slinky in B Major"	4:00
8.	"The Righteous & The Wicked"	4:08
9.	"Give It Away"	4:43
10.	"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"	4:31
11.	"Under the Bridge"	4:24
12.	"Naked in the Rain"	4:26
13.	"Apache Rose Peacock"	4:42
14.	"The Greeting Song"	3:13
15.	"My Lovely Man"	4:39
16.	"Sir Psycho Sexy"	8:17
17.	"They're Red Hot" (originally performed by Robert Johnson)	1:12

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