My Top 666 Albums Ever Part 21

306) Pearl - Little Immaculate White Fox (2010)

Pearl Aday spent years as a backing vocalist on tour with bands like Motley Crue, as well and contributing to her adoptive father Meat Loaf's records. This is the debut album from her own band which she founded along with her husband, Scott Ian (from Anthrax). Unlike the band's the both of them have worked with before, this album is straight-up bluesy hard rock, and boy does Pearl have some lungs on her. They first impressed me when they supported Velvet Revolver on their final UK tour.
Best Songs: Broken White; Whore

305) Deftones - Koi No Yokan (2012)

Nick Raskulinecz produced latest album from the California alt. metal band.
Best Songs: Leathers; Tempest

304) Walking Papers - Walking Papers (2012)

Walking Papers is a project by former Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin, and Seattle blues-rock musician Jeff Angell. This album is mostly performed by just those two, but also brought in to make contributions are Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, as well as the two other people that make up the band's touring line-up, bassist Duff McKagan, and Jeff's Missionary Position bandmate and keyboardist Benjamin Anderson. The end result is one of the most impressive, and least heard albums of recent years. They will be performing at the Download Festival this year, and if last year's show at London's 100 Club is anything to go by, they should be winning themselves some new fans.
Best Songs: Two Tickets; A Place Like This

303) Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 (1999)

After a brief detour that resulted in the fired Scott Weiland releasing a solo album, and the rest of the band forming the ill-fated Talk Show, Stone Temple Pilots reformed and recorded an album that combines the grunge-influenced sound of their debut album with the more psychedelic sound that had increasingly become the focus on their second and third albums. Tracks such as 'Down', 'Sour Girl', 'Sex & Violence' and 'Atlanta' showcase a band back at the top of the game, with their most impressive record since 'Core' so far.
Best Songs: Down; Atlanta

302) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967)

The debut album from the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience, showcasing the skills of one of the greatest rock guitarists the world has ever seen.
Best Songs: Foxy Lady; Fire

301) Alex Chilton - Loose Shoes And Tight Pussy (1999)

The final album from what is often considered by the band's he influenced (including The Replacements, who named a song after him) as one of the most underrated musicians of his time.
Best Songs: Lipstick Traces; Shiny Stockings

300) Pink - Funhouse (2008)

The fifth album from the pop-rock superstar.
Best Songs: So What; Funhouse

299) Puscifer - "C" Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) (2009)

Tool's Maynard James Keenan's all-encompassing sideproject released this iTunes only EP as a follow-up to the hugely disappointing debut album, 'V Is For Vagina'. Two of the tracks here are live versions of tracks from that debut album, but the arrangements are so astonishingly different that they basically count as new songs, and they're huge improvements on what made it to the album. 'Polar Bear' and 'The Mission' (featuring Milla Jovovich) both come close to being the standout tracks, but it's the hauntingly beautiful 'The Humbling River' that takes that prize.
Best Song: The Humbling River

298) Garbage - Garbage (1995)

The album that introduced the world to the red-headed Scottish vixen, Shirley Manson. 'Stupid Girl' is one of the anthems of the mid-90's.
Best Songs: Supervixen; Stupid Girl

297) Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune (2010)

A posthumous release getting higher than any of the albums Hendrix made in his lifetime? I was surprised, too. But some of these previously unreleased recordings - especially the title track - make me wonder why it had never been released before.
Best Songs: Valleys Of Neptune; Sunshine Of Your Love

296) Jay-Z/Kanye West - Watch The Throne (2011)

After years of collaboration which essentially started Kanye's career, the two biggest rappers of the moment finally released a fully collaborative album. It combines the pair's two distinct styles which can be jarring hearing someone who wrote a song about how much he hates autotune in a song that makes heavy use of autotune, but all in all it's a hugely successful record.
Best Songs: Niggas In Paris; Who Gon Stop Me

295) Halestorm - The Strange Case Of... (2012)

Second album from the Pennsylvania hard rockers who are going places fast. It's heavier than their last album, and features a lot more of the energy you'd get from them in a live setting.
Best Songs: Love Bites (So Do I); You Call Me A Bitch Like It's A Bad Thing

294) Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008)

The fourth Slipknot album (and after the tragic death of bass player Paul Gray, it's unlikely they'll ever make a fifth) shows the masked band fully embracing the melodic side of them that had mostly been hinted at before. As a result this is the Slipknot album that sounds the most like Stone Sour. As far as I'm concerned, that can only be a good thing.
Best Songs: Psychosocial; Snuff

293) SuperHeavy - SuperHeavy (2011)

This album really shouldn't work. Masterminded by Dave Stewart of the Euryphmics, he brought together Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, reggae star Damian "Son Of Bob" Marley, soul singer Joss Stone, and Indian pop musician/soundtrack man A.R. Rahman to create a blending of all of their respective styles in one package. But shockingly, it does work. One of the most musically unique albums of recent years.
Best Songs: Miracle Worker; Energy

292) Green Day - !Uno! (2012)

Green Day return to their punky routes for the first part of their trilogy.
Best Songs: Nuclear Family; Sweet 16

291) Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)

Pearl Jam's fifth album, and their last before their turn of the century (temporary) slump in quality. The last album to feature former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons before he left to be replaced by Soundgarden's Matt Cameron.
Best Songs: Brain Of J.; Do The Evolution

290) Placebo - Battle For The Sun (2009)

Something must've happened to Brian Molko and co. in between the release of 'Meds' and the writing sessions for this album, because somewhere along the way they started to seriously rock out. The heaviest, and most surprising album in Placebo's entire catalogue.
Best Songs: Kitty Litter; Come Undone

289) Social Distortion - Hard Times And Nursery Rhumes (2011)

The latest album from the country-punks, this time featuring Josh Freese on drums (only for the album as David Hidalgo, Jr. is still a member of the band).
Best Songs: Gimme The Sweet And Low Down; Machine Gun Blues