Best Hard Rock Albums
456 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Led Zeppelin IV (1971) | 95.2 | 94 | 7 | |
| 2 |  |
Machine Head (1972) | 95.6 | 83 | 2 | |
| 3 |  |
Paranoid (1970) | 94.1 | 82 | 7 | |
| 4 |  |
Moving Pictures (1981) | 95.5 | 52 | 1 | |
| 5 |  |
Appetite for Destruction (1987) | 92.3 | 94 | 6 | |
| 6 | ![Whitesnake - Whitesnake [aka 1987]](/thumb/album2/2018/02/6/345.jpg "Whitesnake - Whitesnake [aka 1987]") |
Whitesnake [aka 1987] (1987) | 94 | 60 | 6 | |
| 7 |  |
Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 92.7 | 80 | 5 | |
| 8 |  |
Back in Black (1980) | 92.1 | 79 | 6 | |
| 9 |  |
How the West Was Won (2003) [Live] | 95 | 39 | 4 | |
| 10 |  |
A Night at the Opera (1975) | 93.3 | 57 | 4 | |
| 11 |  |
Ace of Spades (1980) | 95.2 | 34 | 3 | |
| 12 |  |
Led Zeppelin (1969) | 93.6 | 45 | 3 | |
| 13 |  |
II : Remember (1987) | 93.6 | 40 | 4 | |
| 14 |  |
In Rock (1970) | 92.8 | 44 | 4 | |
| 15 |  |
94.4 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 16 |  |
Made in Japan (1972) [Live] | 92.4 | 43 | 2 | |
| 17 |  |
Master of Reality (1971) | 92.2 | 43 | 4 | |
| 18 |  |
Black Sabbath (1970) | 91.3 | 52 | 4 | |
| 19 |  |
Led Zeppelin II (1969) | 93.4 | 32 | 2 | |
| 20 |  |
2112 (1976) | 92.6 | 38 | 4 | |
| 21 |  |
Electric Ladyland (1968) | 93.8 | 28 | 1 | |
| 22 |  |
91.5 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 23 |  |
Still Got the Blues (1990) | 94.2 | 25 | 1 | |
| 24 |  |
Queen II (1974) | 93.4 | 30 | 1 | |
| 25 |  |
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) | 92.6 | 35 | 4 | |
| 26 |  |
Led Zeppelin III (1970) | 92.7 | 34 | 2 | |
| 27 |  |
II Pornograffitti (1990) | 91.1 | 49 | 5 | |
| 28 |  |
Are You Experienced? (1967) | 94.6 | 20 | 2 | |
| 29 |  |
Hysteria (1987) | 91.1 | 42 | 6 | |
| 30 |  |
Use Your Illusion II (1991) | 91.1 | 42 | 5 | |
| 31 |  |
Slippery When Wet (1986) | 90 | 51 | 6 | |
| 32 |  |
Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) | 90.8 | 42 | 5 | |
| 33 |  |
III Sides to Every Story (1992) | 93.6 | 22 | 3 | |
| 34 |  |
Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978) | 92.5 | 27 | 3 | |
| 35 |  |
Rising (1976) | 90.2 | 45 | 2 | |
| 36 |  |
Slave to the Grind (1991) | 89.4 | 53 | 7 | |
| 37 |  |
Dr. Feelgood (1989) | 90.6 | 40 | 4 | |
| 38 |  |
Houses of the Holy (1973) | 92.1 | 28 | 2 | |
| 39 |  |
91.1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 40 |  |
Made in Heaven (1995) | 93.2 | 21 | 1 | |
| 41 |  |
Skid Row (1989) | 88.4 | 63 | 5 | |
| 42 |  |
Love at First Sting (1984) | 92.7 | 23 | 2 | |
| 43 |  |
Sting in the Tail (2010) | 90.6 | 36 | 2 | |
| 44 |  |
Physical Graffiti (1975) | 92.8 | 21 | 2 | |
| 45 |  |
Vol 4 (1972) | 91.5 | 26 | 2 | |
| 46 |  |
Innuendo (1991) | 94.5 | 13 | 1 | |
| 47 |  |
Lovedrive (1979) | 92.4 | 21 | 1 | |
| 48 |  |
Hemispheres (1978) | 94.5 | 12 | 1 | |
| 49 |  |
Metallica (1991) | 84 | 135 | 5 | |
| 50 |  |
1984 (1984) | 91.1 | 26 | 3 | |
| 51 |  |
Overkill (1979) | 92 | 21 | 2 | |
| 52 |  |
Firehouse (1990) | 89.2 | 36 | 5 | |
| 53 |  |
Slip of the Tongue (1989) | 91 | 23 | 2 | |
| 54 |  |
Use Your Illusion I (1991) | 88.3 | 42 | 4 | |
| 55 |  |
Boston (1976) | 92.2 | 17 | 2 | |
| 56 |  |
Prince of Paupers (2011) | 93.9 | 11 | 0 | |
| 57 |  |
Passion and Warfare (1990) | 91.5 | 19 | 2 | |
| 58 |  |
Wild Frontier (1987) | 92.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| 59 |  |
Leftoverture (1976) | 94 | 10 | 1 | |
| 60 |  |
Headless Cross (1989) | 90.9 | 20 | 3 | |
| 61 |  |
Counterparts (1993) | 95.4 | 7 | 1 | |
| 62 |  |
Blackout (1982) | 90.6 | 21 | 2 | |
| 63 |  |
The Magnificent (2011) | 93.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 64 |  |
Lean Into It (1991) | 88.3 | 34 | 6 | |
| 65 |  |
III (1986) | 96.6 | 5 | 1 | |
| 66 |  |
Queen (1973) | 92.1 | 14 | 2 | |
| 67 |  |
Who's Next (1971) | 92.7 | 12 | 2 | |
| 68 |  |
Demons and Wizards (1972) | 93.9 | 9 | 0 | |
| 69 |  |
Blues Alive (1993) [Live] | 93.8 | 9 | 0 | |
| 70 |  |
Deep Purple (1969) | 89.2 | 26 | 2 | |
| 71 |  |
New Jersey (1988) | 89.9 | 22 | 3 | |
| 72 |  |
Performocracy (2011) | 91.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| 73 |  |
Burn (1974) | 89 | 26 | 2 | |
| 74 |  |
Long Cold Winter (1988) | 90.1 | 20 | 2 | |
| 75 |  |
Clockwork Angels (2012) | 93.1 | 10 | 0 | |
| 76 |  |
Tell No Tales (1987) | 92.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| 77 |  |
Diary of a Madman (1981) | 88.3 | 30 | 2 | |
| 78 |  |
Hell Bent for Leather (1978) | 87.6 | 35 | 3 | |
| 79 |  |
Escape (1981) | 90.7 | 17 | 2 | |
| 80 |  |
Highway to Hell (1979) | 88.4 | 28 | 3 | |
| 81 |  |
91.1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 82 |  |
Stained Class (1978) | 87.3 | 36 | 3 | |
| 83 |  |
Exit...Stage Left (1981) [Live] | 95 | 6 | 0 | |
| 84 |  |
Cryptic Writings (1997) | 85.8 | 50 | 4 | |
| 85 |  |
Go! (1997) | 88.3 | 28 | 2 | |
| 86 |  |
Presence (1976) | 89.5 | 21 | 2 | |
| 87 |  |
Steelheart (1990) | 86.8 | 39 | 4 | |
| 88 |  |
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) | 89.4 | 21 | 4 | |
| 89 |  |
Pyromania (1983) | 88.6 | 25 | 5 | |
| 90 |  |
Van Halen (1978) | 90.1 | 17 | 2 | |
| 91 |  |
Point of Know Return (1977) | 92.4 | 10 | 0 | |
| 92 |  |
Fireball (1971) | 90.5 | 15 | 2 | |
| 93 |  |
Flesh and Blood (1990) | 90.1 | 16 | 1 | |
| 94 |  |
Permanent Waves (1980) | 92.1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 95 |  |
What If… (2011) | 89.8 | 17 | 0 | |
| 96 |  |
Toys in the Attic (1975) | 91.1 | 12 | 2 | |
| 97 |  |
00:00:1998 (1998) | 87.7 | 26 | 2 | |
| 98 |  |
5150 (1986) | 90.3 | 14 | 1 | |
| 99 |  |
Prisoners in Paradise (1991) | 90.3 | 14 | 2 | |
| 100 |  |
Victims of the Future (1983) | 93.3 | 7 | 0 |