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The Ten Greatest “Fourth” Classic Rock Albums

The first historical albums are usually made with little means and they somehow grab our attention and change our path. Sometimes they even stop us in our tracks. The excellent sophomore albums prove that the first was no lucky accident and the third hints that this band could hang around for a while. The iconic fourth albums reveal the confidence the band members have in their own muse and their ability to stay focused on that even when the pitfalls and pitfalls of success present themselves.

Here is a list of the top 10 classic rock “Fourth” albums. I bet you have already guessed #1.

ten. Stranger 4 – Foreigner This was released in 1981 and sold on par with the band’s second album. Double vision, which sold 7 million copies. Founder MickJones reduced the composition (not without grumbling and indignation of the deceased) to four members. The group focused on songwriting and it resulted in five hit singles, including “Urgent”, “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, and “Juke Box Hero”.

9. Killer -Alice Cooper Alice’s first two albums were purely underground efforts on Frank Zappa’s label. Then came the breakthrough third album of love him to death and the hit “18”. On the years 1971 Killer, Cooper thrust himself and the band into a perfect marriage of the commercial and the macabre. The album introduced the guillotine via the title track, Little Betty ate that pound of aspirin in “Dead Babies,” and the horror sequel in “Halo of Flies” might have been the greatest music it had. never invented.

8. Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen Long before that album was released in 1978, Springsteen had been rushing to release new music following the huge success of born to run three years earlier. But a lingering lawsuit with his former manager forced things to stay on hold, and the music Bruce had recorded for a new release just didn’t seem relevant at the time. Hanging out in New York listening to the raw energy of the explosive punk scene has resulted in a much more aggressive and determined new album.

seven. One by one – Foo Fighters Around 2000 Dave Grohl was five years into his (first) solo mission, then leading his wildly successful band. Discarded recordings littered the studio floor as burnout mounted and personal matters distracted the muse. But, engaged as they were in a meaningful fourth statement, the band members put down the instruments and took a long pause before starting over. The result won him a Grammy for “Best Rock Album” of the year in 2004.

6. out of our heads – Rolling Stones This one dates back to 1965, ancient history really, but it testifies to the power of the band’s 60s production. The album collected the first major American breakthroughs: “Play With Fire”, “The Last Time” and their first American hit “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.

5. Hysteria –Def Leppard There’s a reason this album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. During a difficult three-year recording process, in which drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident, the band slowly pieced together their fourth album with an ultra-demanding producer/taskmaster Mutt Lange. No one thought Leppard would even stay together, let alone record one of the best-selling albums of the ’80s, but all the challenges he faced actually made the band stronger and laser-focused. It was the world against the band, and Def Leppard won.

4. tommy – WHO If you count the American release of magic bus, an inconsequential collection of singles and random tracks, then this is album #5. But we’re not gonna do it, ’cause magic bus was purely a record label creation that took even the band by surprise. tommythe first rock opera, written on acoustic guitar and expanded into a sprawling double album of The Who’s powerful rock mixed with brass courtesy of the bassist John Entwistle, opened up the future for The Who. The story of the deaf, dumb and blind boy made Pete Townshend one of the world’s most respected songwriters and the Who one of the most musically courageous bands.

3. Rocks – Aerosmith It was the last album before the fall. After this 1976 release, as Joe Perry In other words, Aerosmith went from drug-addicted musicians to music-addicted addicts. Rocks said it all – amazing composition, heroic riffs, five musicians instinctively reading each other. Aerosmith went big and laid out a hard rock blueprint for the 80s heavy metal and 90s grunge movements to follow.

2. A night at the opera – Queen Queen’s fourth appeared in November 1975 as a dramatic leap forward from the previous year pure heart attack. With all four members now writing quality songs, Queen was spoiled for choice and managed to secure an ideal and comfortable recording situation to produce these works. “You’re My Best Friend” and the eternal “Bohemian Rhapsody” highlighted an album with multiple atmospheres. It was the sound of a band feeling good about themselves, using their considerable brains and musicality, then bringing their power to bear.

1. (IV) – Led Zeppelin You must have known it would be number 1. The album, which was never titled but is known as the unofficial IV, says everything Zeppelin was about – classic hard rock riffs, mystical acoustics, gothic images of Middle-earth, magic times and dirty blues. They put it all together on this album which obviously includes the most played song on Classic Rock radio as well as “Black Dog”, “Rock and Roll” and “Misty Mountain Hop”. 23 million sold in the United States and 37 million worldwide. Surprisingly, critics around the world who hate Zeppelin really loved it.