Best Hard Rock Albums
317 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Machine Head (1972) | 95.5 | 86 | 3 | |
| 2 |  |
Led Zeppelin IV (1971) | 95 | 96 | 7 | |
| 3 |  |
Appetite for Destruction (1987) | 92.5 | 101 | 7 | |
| 4 | ![Whitesnake - Whitesnake [aka 1987]](/thumb/album2/2018/02/6/345.jpg "Whitesnake - Whitesnake [aka 1987]") |
Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) | 93.4 | 63 | 6 | |
| 5 |  |
Back in Black (1980) | 92.1 | 82 | 6 | |
| 6 |  |
How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] | 95 | 39 | 4 | |
| 7 |  |
A Night at the Opera (1975) | 93.1 | 57 | 4 | |
| 8 |  |
Led Zeppelin (1969) | 93.3 | 46 | 3 | |
| 9 |  |
II : Remember (1987) | 93.2 | 42 | 4 | |
| 10 |  |
In Rock (1970) | 92.6 | 45 | 4 | |
| 11 |  |
Led Zeppelin II (1969) | 93.2 | 35 | 3 | |
| 12 |  |
Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 92.1 | 44 | 2 | |
| 13 |  |
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) | 92.5 | 40 | 4 | |
| 14 |  |
II Pornograffitti (1990) | 91.4 | 50 | 5 | |
| 15 |  |
Hysteria (1987) | 91.4 | 44 | 6 | |
| 16 |  |
Use Your Illusion II (1991) | 91.4 | 44 | 5 | |
| 17 |  |
Queen II (1974) | 92.8 | 31 | 1 | |
| 18 |  |
Led Zeppelin III (1970) | 91.7 | 35 | 2 | |
| 19 |  |
Rising (1976) | 90.1 | 50 | 2 | |
| 20 |  |
Slippery When Wet (1986) | 89.8 | 53 | 6 | |
| 21 |  |
III Sides to Every Story (1992) | 93.4 | 23 | 3 | |
| 22 |  |
Blue Murder (1989) | 90.7 | 39 | 5 | |
| 23 |  |
Made in Heaven (1995) | 92.9 | 23 | 1 | |
| 24 |  |
Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978) | 91.5 | 31 | 4 | |
| 25 |  |
Houses of the Holy (1973) | 91.6 | 29 | 2 | |
| 26 |  |
Love at First Sting (1984) | 92.2 | 25 | 2 | |
| 27 |  |
Physical Graffiti (1975) | 92.3 | 22 | 2 | |
| 28 |  |
Lovedrive (1979) | 92.1 | 22 | 1 | |
| 29 |  |
1984 (1984) | 91.1 | 26 | 3 | |
| 30 |  |
Innuendo (1991) | 94 | 13 | 1 | |
| 31 |  |
Firehouse (1990) | 89.2 | 37 | 5 | |
| 32 |  |
Use Your Illusion I (1991) | 88.2 | 43 | 4 | |
| 33 |  |
Passion and Warfare (1990) | 91.2 | 21 | 2 | |
| 34 |  |
Boston (1976) | 91.6 | 19 | 2 | |
| 35 |  |
Slip of the Tongue (1989) | 90.5 | 24 | 2 | |
| 36 |  |
Wild Frontier (1987) | 92.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| 37 |  |
Lean Into It (1991) | 88.3 | 35 | 6 | |
| 38 |  |
The Magnificent (2011) | 93.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 39 |  |
New Jersey (1988) | 89.3 | 27 | 4 | |
| 40 |  |
III (1986) | 96.6 | 5 | 1 |
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