The good people over at Q Magazine have come up with another one of their lists and have been nice enough to decide what the top “20 Loudest Albums of All Time” should be and because percussion and drums form such an integral part of each of these album’s depth of sound we’ve decided to list those all important drummers too.
The Top 20:
20. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (Maureen Tucker)
19. AC/DC - Back In Black (Phil Rudd)
18. Sunn0))) - White (Greg Anderson)
17. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (Mitch Mitchell)
16. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do (Richard D. James)
15. Black Flag - Damaged (ROBO)
14. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire (Nick Cave & Phil Calvert)
13. Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith (Phil Taylor)
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (John Bonham)
11. Neil Young – Arc Weld (Raph Molina)
10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks (Paul Cook)
09. Atari Teenage Riot – The Future Of War (Alec Empire)
08. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything (Colm O’Ciosoig)
07. Napalm Death - Scum (Mick Harris)
06. The Who - Live At Leeds (Keith Moon)
05. Big Black - Songs About Fucking (Roland TR-606)
04. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy (Bobby Gillespie)
03. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Johnny Juice Rosado)
02. Slayer - Reign In Blood (Dave Lombardo)
01. The Stooges - Funhouse (Scott Asheton)