God Tier

Trollheart · 05-11-2021, 11:18 AM

What albums do you consider god tier, and why? What makes them stand out from other albums by the artist?

Holy Diver - Dio

Dio appeared like a comet in the sky, blazing brightly across the metal firmament for really two years. Between this and the follow-up The Last in Line, they crafted a pair of superb metal masterpieces that are hard to beat, albums with even some airplay potential. Then they just seemed to fizzle out. Sacred Heart was full of filler tracks, and after Dream Evil I just gave up on them. Checking them out later for a major article in one of my journals I found I had not missed much, with really only Killing the Dragon standing out among their later albums as anything approaching this kind of class. Too little, too late, and then Ronnie left us.

But Holy Diver has, apart from the title, songs like "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Gypsy", "Straight Through the Heart" and "Rainbow in the Dark", and there's just not a bad track on it. The coming of age of Vivian Campbell, only 21 at the time melding with the hard-nosed experience of Rainbow's Jimmy Bain and the thundering drums of Carmine Appice's brother Vinny, all overlaid with the unmistakable vox of RJD made this less an album and more almost a religious experience. An album I never tire of playing, and never skip songs on.

The Batlord · 05-11-2021, 03:10 PM

The only thing wrong with Holy Diver is that I don't want to listen to that full minute intro of air blowing before the title track every single time.

Oriphiel · 05-12-2021, 06:16 PM

Trollheart · 05-12-2021, 08:00 PM

ORI!!!

goldendoodle · 05-12-2021, 08:43 PM

The Batlord · 05-12-2021, 08:47 PM

Trollheart · 05-12-2021, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

What albums do you consider god tier, and why? What makes them stand out from other albums by the artist?

FFS you lazy ****s! Put a bit of effort into it, why don't you? Anyone can post a ****ing picture of an album cover!

The Batlord · 05-12-2021, 09:44 PM

Trollheart · 05-13-2021, 06:06 AM

Norg · 05-13-2021, 09:49 AM

The Black Queen-Fever daydream

Dark love 80's pop nuff said......... members of NIN & DIllinger escape plan come together to make a great album this is a great concept album every song on here is a banger. Takes me back to the elctro club scene in 1982

Deadsy-Commencement

Dark love 80s pop nuff said ....... From chers Baby boy Elijah

also ...KORN Cuz well KORN!

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05-11-2021, 11:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	God Tier What albums do you consider god tier, and why? What makes them stand out from other albums by the artist? Holy Diver - Dio Dio appeared like a comet in the sky, blazing brightly across the metal firmament for really two years. Between this and the follow-up The Last in Line, they crafted a pair of superb metal masterpieces that are hard to beat, albums with even some airplay potential. Then they just seemed to fizzle out. Sacred Heart was full of filler tracks, and after Dream Evil I just gave up on them. Checking them out later for a major article in one of my journals I found I had not missed much, with really only Killing the Dragon standing out among their later albums as anything approaching this kind of class. Too little, too late, and then Ronnie left us. But Holy Diver has, apart from the title, songs like "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Gypsy", "Straight Through the Heart" and "Rainbow in the Dark", and there's just not a bad track on it. The coming of age of Vivian Campbell, only 21 at the time melding with the hard-nosed experience of Rainbow's Jimmy Bain and the thundering drums of Carmine Appice's brother Vinny, all overlaid with the unmistakable vox of RJD made this less an album and more almost a religious experience. An album I never tire of playing, and never skip songs on. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	ORI!!! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	The Black Queen-Fever daydream Dark love 80's pop nuff said......... members of NIN & DIllinger escape plan come together to make a great album this is a great concept album every song on here is a banger. Takes me back to the elctro club scene in 1982 Deadsy-Commencement Dark love 80s pop nuff said ....... From chers Baby boy Elijah also ...KORN Cuz well KORN! +