More pop-punk covers from the "supergroup" featuring members of the Foo Fighters, NOFX and Lagwagon.
Best Song: Have You Never Been Mellow
323) The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (1974)
I imagine that after the five albums that came before this one, 'It's Only Rock 'N' Roll' must have been considered a disappointment upon release. Still, it brought one of the band's most enduring songs into the world, as well as a lot of other underrated tracks.
Best Songs: Ain't Too Proud To Beg/It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)
322) Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul (1993)
The follow-up to the highly political 'Generation Terrorists' focused a lot more on the inner turmoil of lyricist Richey Edwards.
Best Songs: From Despair To Where; Life Becoming A Landslide
321) Orianthi - Fire (2011)
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A Dave Stewart-produced EP from the rising guitarist. This is a lot more rock focused than her previous major label release, and gives a glimpse of what to expect from her next full length album, due for release next month.
Best Song: Fire
320) Mad Season - Above (1995)
The Seattle side-project that went big. Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin, Walkabouts bass player John Baker Saunders, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, and Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley released a far more subdued blues rock album than most people would have been expecting at the time. Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan tags along for half the album, too, and the end result is often heartbreaking. Especially when in hindsight, you know where Staley's life was at at this point.
Best Songs: River Of Deceit; I'm Above
319) Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player (1973)
Elton John's sixth album expands upon what became his trademark sound. 'Daniel' and 'Crocodile Rock' are amongst his best loved songs.
Best Songs: Daniel; Crocodile Rock
318) Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky (2012)
J. Mascis and co's latest album.
Best Songs: Don't Pretend You Didn't Know; Recognition
317) Dropkick Murphys - Sing Loud, Sing Proud (2001)
The Celtic punk band's third album, which as is tradition combines original tracks with their versions of Irish folk classics. This one also kicks off with a rendition of 'For Boston', a song written by a student of Boston College in 1885 to sing whilst getting into fights with other colleges. A pretty troubling tradition in American colleges.
Best Songs: The Gauntlet; The Wild Rover
316) Die So Fluid - The World Is Too Big For One LIfetime (2010)
Gothic/Punk/Metal group from London's third and so far latest album.
Best Songs: The World Is Too Big For One Lifetime; How Vampires Kiss
315) Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell (1992)
Social Distortion's follow-up to their 1990 breakthrough album, continuing their unique brand of "country punk".
Best Songs: Born To Lose; 99 To Life
314) Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Radiohead begin to branch out their sound in a far more successful way than their later albums, as they had yet to completely disappear up their own arses. This isn't as easily accessible as the excellent 'The Bends', but if you have patience with it, there's a lot to get out of 'OK Computer'. Though despite several true classics in the tracklist, I don't see how it's so regularly voted the best record ever released.
Best Songs: Exit Music (For A Film); Electioneering
313) Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Pantera's penultimate album was recorded during a time where relations were so strained within the band that it was actually recorded in separate studios. The music was recorded in Texas by Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul, while the vocals were recorded in Trent Reznor's Nothing Studios in New Orleans. Still, some of my favourite music has been the result of a band being pissed off with each other... as we'll see later. This isn't the best Pantera record, but it's very good nonetheless.
Best Songs: War Nerve; Floods
312) The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
The third album from The Damned is an undisputed classic of the punk rock genre, in which they actually managed to improve upon their debut album by incorporating elements of psychedelic rock and pop into their sound.
Best Songs: I Just Can't Be Happy Today; Smash It Up (Part 2)
311) Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet (2000)
Alice Cooper's 21st studio album! This record is a lot darker and heavier than his previous albums, actually managing to sound a lot more like his younger, more aggressive contemporary, Marilyn Manson.
Best Songs: Brutal Planet; Take It Like A Woman
310) The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia... (2008)
A collection of tracks left off of the Dolls' previous album, 'Yes, Virginia...' as well as a couple of B-sides and demos. The songs were collected here as they didn't consider anything to be wrong with the songs, but they couldn't find a place on the album for them without disrupting its flow. Indeed, a couple of the songs have ended up becoming fan favourites.
Best Songs: Night Reconnaissance; Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner
309) Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris (2007)
QOTSA's fifth album was a return to form after 'Lullabies To Paralyze' (which I liked, but didn't think was as good as 'Songs For The Deaf'. This album was mainly recorded by Josh Homme, guitarist Troy van Leeuwen (formerly of A Perfect Circle), and drummer Joey Castillo. It would be Joey's final album with the band, as Dave Grohl will be returning on the album that they're working on now, with Dean Fertita of The Dead Weather and Michael Shuman also now full-time members.
Best Songs: Make It Wit Chu; 3's & 7's
308) Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010)
When performing his first solo album 'Elect The Dead' live with a full orchestra, System Of A Down's Serj Tankian was inspired to write an album that combined rock, jazz, electronica and orchestral music himself. 'Imperfect Harmonies' is an impressive (but imperfect) album. Meanwhile, Tankian has taken this direction a step further, with 'Orca', his first classical symphony due for release this June.
Best Songs: Borders Are...; Yes, It's Genocide
307) David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
'Hunky Dory' is one of those albums where I struggled to choose the best songs, as there are so many great tracks on there. So other than the two below, 'Changes', 'Oh! You Pretty Things', 'Kooks', and 'The Bewlay Brothers' are worthy of a mention. Bowie was really starting to come into his own by the time of this album. The stage was set for him to accomplish something truly great... that came just six months later.
Best Songs: Life On Mars?; Queen Bitch
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