Best drumming album of all time?

[DogBreath]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?

[Joe Morris]

Chick Corea: Album name "Friends" Drummer Steve Gadd. This project through Gadd out there for drummers just to go what the hell is that!! Outstanding performance by Steve on this record.

[Joe Morris]

Michel Camilo. Album name "One more Once" Drummer Cliff Almond. Latin instrumental music at its best. Check it out.

[Colin]

Tool- Lateralus

Danny Carey's technical, emotional, and beautiful drumming really makes this album what it is. You must give it a listen.

[ameripino]

king crimson- discipline
the mars volta- de-loused in the comatorium
bill bruford's earthworks- the sound of suprise

and just to emphasize it: Lateralus

[Superlow]

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme with Elvin Jones on drums. That album will be played repeatedly at my funeral. Elvin rips it up so hard on this album and manages to comp the other players so well it makes me sick.

[tylernator]

hey dogbreath...does yyz mean for the transmitter code for torontos lester b????

[LDGuy]

Michel Camilo. Album name "One more Once" Drummer Cliff Almond. Latin instrumental music at its best. Check it out.

Cool, but not the best. Although I love Cliff/Smitty's playing on that album, a lot of it is really quite busy, when it shouldn't. Saying that, Caribe is a masterpiece.

...

It's so hard to choose cos no album is perfect IMO. I'll think about this....

[Paul Quin]

Aja - Steely Dan. Great playing from Rick Marotta, Bernard Purdie, Jeff Porcaro (I think) and of course Steve Gadd. Just great playing and great grooves. Truly inspirational.

[Superlow]

Aja is defintely a great album for Steely Dan. The solo that Gadd executes on the song Aja is probably the most well known drums solos. If you get a chance take a listen to Pretzel Logic. The drumming is off the hook. Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, and Jim Gordon. The quality of the recording in my opnion is sonicly better than Aja.

[Bozzio-v-portnoy]

Im a big fan of liquid tension experiment: volume 1. Portnoy mashing it up. its great!

[slingerlandradioking55]

I'd have to say Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The album just swings so well and it contains The Drum Thunder Suite. I'd also have to say A Love Supreme by The John Coltrane Quartet. Elvin Jones is just so good on that album.

[*red_baron*]

hey all, I'd reccomend any GHS (frank gambale, stu hamm and the man himself steve smith), "show me what you can do" is really good instrumentally but is damn good musically, all three flourish, listen to it, very inspireing.
Colin, Lateralus is beyond drumming pheonominally spiritual !!

[Bonham to the moon]

Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? Fire is one of the hardest songs i've heard
Led Zeppelin: Every album
Santana: 1st LP Soul Sacrifice is CRAZY, Michael Shrieve is sick, Rythym Section is one of a kind

[Rudy McRudster]

I like Dave Weckl's "Master Plan". He overplays, of course, but it's some really good stuff. "Pretzel Logic" is maybe my favorite Steely Dan album: the drumming is fantastic, and for one off the beaten path: "Lagoon" by a band called Clouseaux has some really nice vibes work and drumset. I don't remember the drummer's name but the percussionist is John McClanian Best.

[Anth]

Reign In Blood by Slayer. Superb no nonsense mayhem. But very precise!

[beatz]

king crimson- discipline
the mars volta- de-loused in the comatorium
bill bruford's earthworks- the sound of suprise

and just to emphasize it: Lateralus


Hey, I second, that I love Mars Volta, that album is so good. Its just so different and innovative. The drumming propels the entire band into a whole different realm.

[beatz]

This is cool you guys are saying some of my favorite albums I've ever heard. Santana's Soul Sacrifice is absolutely amazing. I have the live version of that cd and you can hear every ghost note and all the layers of cingas, bongos, and latin percussion.

The Art Blakey album with the jazz messangers is really good too. I Iisten to that album at twice a weak, sooo good!

[GPinney]

RUSH IS THE BEST!

[Colin]

Reign In Blood by Slayer. Superb no nonsense mayhem. But very precise!

Yes! Straight up, no-nonsense, in your face drumming.

[Imminent Film]

whelp...

Giant Steps - Coltrane (just to throw out another)

Presence - Zeppelin (his playing just got so solid by then)

Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke (convinced me that Tony Williams was God)

yeah.

[DR.WHOO]

I started playing drums after Billy Cobham "Spectrum" ..this album killed me..
I also agree with John ..."one more once " is fantastic..but there was smitty smith on some tracks..

T

[Anchein Vouivra]

King Crimson : In the Court of the Crimson King

Mahavishnu Orchestra : The lost Trident Sessions

Billy Cobham : Shabazz

Ernest Ranglin : Below the Bassline

Deep Purple : Made in Japan

Led Zeppelin : Presence

Jon Hiseman : About Time Too

Primus : Tales from the Punchbowl

Tool : Aenima

Nostromo : Ecce Lex

[superbatmat]

En route ( John Scofield ) with Bill Stewart on the drums

[Elemental Nausea]

in the heavy genre it is definitely "epitaph" or also "onset of putrefaction" by the german underground technical/progressive death metal band "necrophagist". really very insane, both albums. A really funky and direction-giving funk/rock album is blood sugar sex magik by the peppers i think. I have become more involved in jazz and latin music(for example santana or coltrane) but i cant tell which one the best album is

[CyclopseSlayer]

Hella - Hold Your Horse Is

Everything Zach Hill has played on is a huge influence to me but I think Hella's first record really shines as one of the most important (though overlooked) and greatest drumming albums of all time. He introduces a completely unique style and approach, and plays with the greatest intensity I've ever seen or heard. The fact that he was only 21 when they recorded it is pretty amazing as well.

[Stu_Strib]

YYZ is the airport code for Toronto's airport.

If you can find a copy, look for James Newton Howard and Friends, from the 1984. It was recorded with the finest recording equipment and technology and still sounds REALLY good. It was considered a good reference disk for stereophiles and high end stereo sales all through the 80s.

It has Jeff Porcaro on drums (obviously one of my faves, if you've read my threads). It doesn't have any mind boggling drum parts, but the sound is superb.

[RTDRUMS]

sweet im in!

I think yyz is awesome I believe it is mores code for something?

[DogBreath]

tylernator, Stu Strib, and RTDRUMS split the prize. "YYZ" is the airport code for Toronto, and when you play those three letters in Morse code it's the beginning rhythm of the song. And your prize is that you get to post in a thread that I started.


*ducks*


HEY! Stop throwing thoses tomatoes!


.

[Tyrnox]

I really love the drumming on the Lateralus album, it's truly one of my favorites.

[Stu_Strib]

tylernator and RTDRUMS split the prize. "YYZ" is the airport code for Toronto, and when you play those three letters in Morse code it's the beginning rhythm of the song. And your prize is that you get to post in a thread that I started.


*ducks*


HEY! Stop throwing thoses tomatoes!


.

Hey cool! So that's a double trivia. I never knew the morse code bit. Have you checked that for urban legend, though?

stu

[Stu_Strib]

Yes, its true. That is the morse code for YYZ.

I also learned that YYZ lost in the Grammy's for best rock instrumental tune to "Behind My Camel" by the Police. As a teen I was a huge police fan and Stewart Copeland fan, but 23 years later, I can unequivacally state that "Camel" is crap compared to YYZ ;-)

[DogBreath]

I never knew the morse code bit. Have you checked that for urban legend, though?

stu

No need, I was a Cub Scout thirty years ago when you actually had to work for the merit badges. The code for the letters is this:

Y = - . - -
Y = - . - -
Z = - - . .

Just say them out loud as "dash" and "dot" and you will hear the rhythm that is repeated over and over at the beginning of the song.

Tomorrow's lesson will be how to start a fire with a stick and a shoelace.

[jamsjr44]

I love that there are so many RUSH fans on here! RUSH has been my favorite band since junior highschool. I have seen them in concert 23 times and counting...There new album should be out also it is called: FEEDBACK.

Moving on:

RUSH - Exit Stage Left is an awesome drumming album

TOOL - Lateralus

QUEENSRYCHE - Operation Mind Crime - Scott Rockenfield is sick!

Any Dave Weckl album!

311 - 311

Animosity - Sevendust

There are just too many to name!

[Rasmus]

Michel Camilo. Album name "One more Once" Drummer Cliff Almond. Latin instrumental music at its best. Check it out.

I can only agree with that statement! Cliff Almond plays superbly on that record! Especially on the tune 'Caribe' - WOW! that drumsolo!

[CarterB_Junkie]

I could put a hundred but here we go, some of my faves :

Any Dennis Chambers

Dave Matthews Band The Mighty Carter Beauford
Live At Red Rocks
Crash
Before These Crowded Streets
The Central Park Concert
Busted Stuff
any Beauford is magical for me anyway !!!


CHick Corea Akoustic Band Live From Blue Note Tokyo : This cd is almost impossible to find but it features a 1992 Vinnie Colaiuta on fire !!!!

Sting Ten Summoner's Tale Vinnie C again !

Slayer Seasons in the Abyss Dave Lombardo (and Reign in Blood and South of Heaven)

Sepultura Arise & Chaos A.D Igor Cavalera

Dimmu Borgir Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia with Nicholas Barker

Death Symbolic Gene Hoglan

Death Human Sein Reinheart

Rush Rush in Rio, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures Neil "The Professor" Peart

Tool Aenima and Lateralus Danny Carey

Spocks Beard Snow Nick D Virgillio : he should be on Drummerworld !!! Highly Underrated

Billy Cobham Spectrum

Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of FIre Billy Cobham

Tony Williams Lifetime : The Collection

Dream Theater Scenes from a Memory,Awake Mike Pornoy

Joe Satriani Joe Satriani with Manu Katché

Peter Gabriel Secret Wordl Live Manu Katché


ACDC Back in Black,Highway To Hell Phill Rudd

Metallica Master Of puppets, And Justice for All, Black Album (the production of the drums on that album !!!) Larzzzzz

Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magic Chad Smith

Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Bonzo !!

Deep Purple Made in Japan Ian "The Mule " Paice

Rage Against Tha Machine Self Titled Brad Wilk

Nile In their Darkened Shrines Tony Laureano

Machine Head Burn My Eyes Chris Kontos

Pantera Far Beyond Driven, Vulgar Display of Power Vinnie Paul R I P Dime !!!

Bon Jovi Keep The Faith Tico Torres is badass on this one !

Judas Priest Painkiller Scott Travis

Cryptopsy None So Vile Flo Mounier

Chick Corea Friends Steve Gadd

Steely Dan Aja (Ouch !!!) so many great drummers on this one Gadd, Purdie etc

Any Buddy Rich Cd is good

Chick Corea Akoustick Live with Dave Weckl

The Live DVD From Amsterdam from Toto with the Mighty Simon Phillips on drums !

Living colour Vivid & Time's up Will Calhoun

Korn Korn David Silveria

Dave Brubeck Time Out Joe Morello

Toto Greatest Hits with the late Jeff Porcaro

Mudvayne The end of all things to come Matt McDonough

Slipknot Iowa Joey Jordison

Limp Bizkit Significant Other John Otto

Megadeth Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction Nick Menza

Porcupine Tree In Absentia Gavin Harrison

Fear Factory Demanufacture Raymond Herrera

Liquid tension experiment 1&2 Mike Portnoy

Motley Crue Dr Feelgood Tommy Lee

System of A Down Toxicity John Dolmayan

Black Sabbath Paranoid Bill Ward

I ll stop here but I could add a gazillion others !!!!

[Stu_Strib]

Nice post! Gave me an hours worth of music to sample on iTunes!

stu

[meshuggah1324]

Nice list Carter. I would have mentioned:

Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve - Tomas Haake

[CarterB_Junkie]

Yeah I could have mentionned Meshuggah, I like 'em but in small dose !

Thomas Haake is clearly not your average metal drummer !

[Breakbeat Milo]

I think that Lateralus of Tool is a great-so-f*cking-amazing-hard-to-believe-etc drum album!!! Danny do other planet things on that record.

And Jojo Mayer's Screaming Headless Torsos (album indentically named) is so great too. Funky beats por everyone.

Billy Cobham's Spectrum... well.... nothing to say about it...... It's just...... I mean.... You know....

Incubus' Jose Pasillas' S.C.I.E.N.C.E. I believe this is the best band-album recorded on the 90's. Everysong is great... EVERY! And Jose do amazing things...

aaaaaaaaaaand................

[thinkintriplets]

This is for sure a toughy...

Death - Symbolic. I think this album further pushed the idea of extreme drumming. As a result, I'd say its up there with the best.

Marc.

p.s. - Gene Hoglan is a metal drumming God.

[G-money]

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Jimmy Chamberlin

Rich vs. Roach - Buddy Rich and Max Roach

Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse -Jeremiah Green



Seriously, these are all great!

[DrUmStIcKmUrDeReR]

i would have to go with boss tenor by gene ammons, drumming by arthur taylor, congas by ray barretto...everything is so perfect

also, its not on an album yet, but my dads band plays a song called blackjack in which the drumming is really great...actually the drumming in all the songs my dads band plays is great...wish i could invent such great stuff like the drummer from my dads band does..

[Neil_Peart_Rocks125]

I think the best drumming albums of all time are probably 2112: Rush and Moving Pictures.......unless you count there live albums then there clearly better drumming including the solos

[Henry II]

Chick Corea: Album name "Friends" Drummer Steve Gadd. This project through Gadd out there for drummers just to go what the hell is that!! Outstanding performance by Steve on this record.

Good call.

Is anyone familiar with Weather Report's album "Night Passage." Great music. Peter Erskine on drums, Robert Thomas, Jr. on hand percussion really work great together with Jaco P. What a (now) classic sound.

[Ashton Drum's]

For me it would have to be soundgarden superunknowen

[Fur drummer]

There was an album that Louie Bellson and Billy Cobham did together. I think it was called "Matterhorn". I don't even know if it was released as a CD, Man that was a cool album.

[toteman2]

I love that there are so many RUSH fans on here! RUSH has been my favorite band since junior highschool. I have seen them in concert 23 times and counting...There new album should be out also it is called: FEEDBACK.

Moving on:

RUSH - Exit Stage Left is an awesome drumming album

TOOL - Lateralus

QUEENSRYCHE - Operation Mind Crime - Scott Rockenfield is sick!

Any Dave Weckl album!

311 - 311

Animosity - Sevendust

There are just too many to name!



311!!!!!!!!!

A Sexton lover eh Jamsjr?

I have to admit..Chad Sexton and 311 were a gigantic influence for me growing up...I still remember the Summer of 94 when i first heard them...I was only 14 and sitting in a lawnchair with my buddies on the deck just listening to music while taking the random hit of grass...Ohhhh those were the days! Then my buddy breaks out a new C.D. his older brother had...It was called "Music" by 311...We were BLOWN AWAY!!!!!! You have to take in cosideration the year this C.D. came out in (93)...We had heard nothing like it back then...In my opinion (in all seriousness) this is one of the greatest C.D.'s ever made in Rock History...Every single song kicks ass and nobody even knew who they were...Chad Sexton really shows off some nice chops and killer groove...While I'm not into them as much as i used to be, that C.D. (along with grassroots and the self titled) will always hold a special place in my heart...I think their last good C.D. was Sound System...

Seriously anyone who has not heard 311's 1st C.D. called "Music" GO AND BUY IT!!!!!!! Soooooooooo Goooood!!!!!!!

[Henry II]

Note: No, don't list your favorite 10, 20, 100 albums. Butch up and make a choice. JUST ONE - your personal choice of the greatest drumming album ever.

There's a lot of great ones out there. It's a tough choice but if I have to pick one it's gotta be the debut album of:

Blood, Sweat & Tears with the great Bobby Columby on drums. An entire album of some of best chops, creativity and taste on drum kit ever recorded. JMHO.

[needforspeed182]

hmmm....Physical Graphiti or 2112.....id have to say Physical Graphiti

[Anchein Vouivra]

No hesitation about that, Tool's AENIMA

[needforspeed182]

or maybe the new transplants album...

[Ghosty]

Cinematic Orchestra: Man of Movie Camera - Luke Flowers

[Breakbeat Milo]

Lateralus?
Tool?

I don't know.

Do you know?

[radeq]

I haven't heard all of them, but I heard a lot, and there are two I really love - Dave Weckl band - very live and plugged in

and Karizma document - Vinnie Colaiuta :)

[Sound Chaser]

I'm very fond of the drumming on Steely Dan's Gaucho. This poll is too broad though, maybe we could somehow narrow down the albums by genre or decade. DECADE, YES, We should cut up the things by decade.

[Henry II]

I haven't heard all of them, but I heard a lot, and there are two I really love - Dave Weckl band - very live and plugged in

and Karizma document - Vinnie Colaiuta :)

Karizma Document! Good call doood!

[Noah]

Led Zeppelin - iv. it rocks.(_)_)

[finnhiggins]

Too hard to pick just one. So, a random one that seems appropriate here:

"Sol Niger Within" by Fredrik Thordendal, with Morgen Agren on drums. Music similar to Meshuggah (hey, it's their guitarist) but from the other side of the fence - Meshuggah around the era of DEI = extreme metal band plays Alan Holdsworth-esque fusion. Sol Niger Within = Alan Holdsworth plays extreme metal. I'd be surprised if most people can even transcribe this stuff, let alone play it. If you only get one track, get "Bouncing in a bottomless pit". The whole album is one song, but this is probably the ludicrous chops highlight.

Other options? Well, that's a bit of a chops fest and I'm not really a choppy guy at heart. So:

Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel (Matt Chamberlain), for taste, clever use of a studio, awsome tone and great chops.

Jeff Buckley - Grace (Matt Johnson). For similar reasons, but all live instead of using loops and drum machines.

DJ Shadow - In Tune and On Time. Decks! And he's still kicking our asses! Listen and learn.

Mr Bungle - California (William Winant & Danny Heifetz, IIRC). Really good creative use of a drummer and percussionist working together in a band, constantly turning on a dime and doing a great job of supporting some of the weirdest pop songs you'll ever hear.

Hank Mobley - Soul Station (Art Blakey), just to remind you what our job is and how much fun it can be just to do that and forget about showing off entirely!

Bar Kokhba - Bar Kokhba (Kenny Wollensen). Only has drums on one track IIRC, but that track has one of only maybe five good drum solos ever. Oh yeah, wait for the flames :)

[cvighals]

Symphony X - V-The Mythology Suite (Jason Rullo is an extremely underrated drummer)

Karmakanic - Wheel of Life (Zoltan Czörsz needs to be heard by every drummer interested in a mix of Dave Weckl and Nick D`Virgilio.
Truly amazing drumming on this album. A MUST HAVE)

[RTDRUMS]

I cant believe there isnt a Buddy Rich album.

Im going to say BR live at Ronni Scotts.

[Alesi]

i have five albums:

* The birthday concert Jaco Pastorius -Peter Erskine on drums
* Regatta de Blanc The Police-Stewart Copeland on drums
* Karizma Document-Vinnie Colaiuta on drums
* Gateway: Homecoming John Abercrombie- Jack de Johnette on drums
* Screaming Headless Torsos - Jojo Mayer

(i would have to add Jamiroquai´s "The return of the space cowboy", Steely Dan´s "Aja" Rush "moving pictures" and Miles Davis "Four and more, the complete concert)

[Little Wing]

Grace by Jeff Buckley. Nothing fast or technical, just a classic example of laying down cool grooves that complement and enhance the song.

[Superlow]

Matt Johnson is a beast. The guy has excellent independence. Grace is definitely one of the best albums to come out of the 1990's

[CarlitosBaterista]

Well for me these are IT:

1) Trio Music / Chick Corea (Roy Haynes...)

2) Emergency / The Tony Williams Lifetime (Tony...the sound's not that good, but the drumming with the music is just mounstruos)

3) The Leprechaun by Chic Corea (Gadd...)

4) Looka-Py-Py by The Meters (Zigaboo...)

5) Ry Cooder by Ry Cooder (Richie Hayward)

6)...And Justice For All (can't deny my roots...)

[finnhiggins]

Matt Johnson is a beast. The guy has excellent independence. Grace is definitely one of the best albums to come out of the 1990's

Dream Brother. What a bit of drumming!

[bob1]

Matt Johnson is a beast. The guy has excellent independence. Grace is definitely one of the best albums to come out of the 1990's What a coincidence. I have the same pic of Elvin Jones as my background desktop pic.

[fusssion]

This has always cracked me up......people who think Neil Peart is the greatest!!

Come on people.........he's a great drummer and was probably THE biggest key to Rush and their sound (aside from Geddy's voice) ....but one of the best drummers? I've always been a big fan.....but he's never on my 'greatest list'.......

as for album/s ...........way toooooo many to mention....too many categories, etc,etc.....

but.......I can't believe that Jeff Hamilton has not been mentioned!! Any jazzers out there ?!

Pick up "The Best Things Happen" by the Jeff Hamilton Trio .........azica records....you can find it in most record stores or on amazon..........I've seen him 2x and will see him a 3rd time in September.................absolutely A_M_A_Z_I_N_G !!!!!

[Ghosty]

Grace by Jeff Buckley. Nothing fast or technical, just a classic example of laying down cool grooves that complement and enhance the song.

good god yeah! i don't think it's the greatest drumming album, but it's definately one of the greatest ever albums. the drumming on Dream Brother is phenomenal!!!

[Elvin4ever]

BUDDY RICH-MERCY, MERCY

JOHN COLTRANE-A LOVE SUPREME, ELVIN JONES, DRUMS

[DrumNut]

I would have to agree with "Exit Stage Left" as being a top drumming album - awesome drumming and the sound is great.

Jeff Indyke who is one of the most prolific producers of drum materials is putting together instructional stuff for the "Best drumming albums" of all time. I know Cobham will be on there and also Miles Davis, Coltrane and Gabriel's albums.

Coolio, cool..........

[aahznightsky]

Now I know alot of people already said this one already I think cuz I've read through this thread before ... but I'm listening to it right now so i gotta mention it again

Steely Dan's Aja

and then I love albums like

Yes ... Roundabout, Close to the Edge, Talk

Poe ... Haunted

Any Peter Gabriel album

Any Omar Faruk Tekbilek album (Turkish music, this guys a virtuoso on like 5 instruments)

can't remember all the rest right now...

[jonescrusher]

For me, 'Hold Your Horse Is' by Hella. Maybe not the most accessible sound, but Zach Hill's drum performance has such unique talent it's staggering. His style and technique in complimenting the guitar part is almost supernatural. Untouchable stuff

[foursticks]

Mile Davis: kind of blue - the drumming fits in perfectly, the whole album is perfection
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are you experiened? Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland - Mitch's finest work on all those albums
Led Zeppelin: led zeppelin II-purely because moby dick is on that album
Dave Brubeck: Time Out - take five.....need i say more?

[CanadianBonzo]

I dunno, for me its gotta be Zeppelin, anything up to Physical Graffiti. Bonham totally introduced a whole new dynamic to rock drumming, and is one of my biggest influences to date.

And of course, YYZ is unparalleled.

Rush went to my school, by the way (junior high & highschool) I have a copy of Alex Lifeson's shop report card. He didnt do that well. Also, one of my good friends resides 3 houses down from Geddy Lee's old house. Sorry just felt the need to brag concidering this thread had so many rush references.

[HurdyGurdyMan]

Them Changes by Buddy Miles
and the Band of Gypsys album by Miles,Hendrix,and Cox

[finnhiggins]

Them Changes by Buddy Miles
and the Band of Gypsys album by Miles,Hendrix,and Cox

Good call. Buddy Miles is a great drummer. Not a shabby singer, either.

[andmoreagain]

HENRYII -"Blood, Sweat & Tears with the great Bobby Columby on drums. An entire album of some of best chops, creativity and taste on drum kit ever recorded. "

That's one of my favorite albums of all time, and it seems there are few people how know about it. Great stuff by the whole band.

[SusanCarter]

Can't forget Jim Gordon's solo work on Derek the Dominos' "Live in Concert" - "Let it Rain." Incredible work!

[jimmeh]

i'm gonna have to go for tool's lateralus.

[Fish]

Very hard to pick only one, probably have to go with Rush - "Exit - Stage Left..."

I just picked up a copy of "Burning for Buddy - A Tribute to the music of Buddy Rich". Very hard to find in Australia.

Totally blew me away. What a list of guest drummers all on the one album: Cobham, Gadd, Peart, Weckl, and Phillips to name a few. I would love to find this on Video or DVD.

[LiveGoat]

This thread's probably done but here goes anyway. I look at it as a introduction and a way for those who care to get to know my tastes. So here goes:

For me a great drumming album has to be a great album first. Therefore (in my opinion, anyway) a great album is by default a great drum album (provided it has a drummer). That being said:

Led Zeppelin: "How the West Was Won"--

Yeah, we know they're all great for drums in their individual ways but I'm currently listening to this one. A lot! Live Bonzo at his best. Some of the songs on these three discs rival the studio versions. One also learns that Zep were far from a band that just overplayed willy-nilly. Aside from longer solos they tend to stay pretty well within the structure of the songs as recorded, demolishing the idea that they were excessive as live performers. Also after a long hiatus from listening to them they seem downright fresh compared to the over-produced bland rock that's currently in favor. Also I've come to respect Plant a lot more as a singer than I did in highschool. At times he sounds like one part Elvis, one part Janis and sometimes even a hint of Nina Simone! I could go on and on but I've just started. Next!

The Who: "The Wo Sell Out" and "Live At Leeds"--

Moonie gets a lot of flack about his playing. One listen to songs like "Oderono" or "Mary Anne" says otherwise. The man was perfectly capable of tasteful drumming. Live At Leeds shows the tightness this group had and just why you had to see them to "get" them. The seeds for punk and lo-fi indie rock were sown by these guys IMO. Moonie could be sloppy but tight at the same time. Also Townsend as a guitarist proves he could hold his own against anyone. Just listen to "Young Man Blues" and the extended jam of "My Generation" on Leeds. There are times when he sounds scarily like Jimmy Page. Next!

The Jimmy Hendrix Experience: "Are You Experienced", "Axis Bold As Love"--

Mitch Mitchell was a self taught drummer but man, he was rock's Elvin Jones. Sloppy but tight like Moonie but less surfy and a little more coherent in skill. When I first heard him it was liberating. "Wow, you can fill over the vocals sometimes, cool!" "Manic Depression" and "If 6 was 9" are absolute gems." Onward!

John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things", "A Love Supreme"--

Elvin Jones. Nuff said.

Charlie Parker: "Complete Live Recordings on Savoy"--

Max Roach. Some of the recordings are primitive at best but man it's one of my faves.

The John Spencer Blues Explosion: "Extra Width"--

Russell Simins (the drummer not the music mogul; although they have worked together on a project or two) prove's that he's indie rock's John Bonham. Yeah, you can play what he's playing on this album but can you play it as fast and as hard and in the groove like him? Play along to this album with your headphones on and don't forget to drag out that cowbell for the song "Pant Leg". This is an album that'll make you move. Also Russell's a big boy behind a tiny kit. One kick, one snare, small floor tom, one crash/ride cymbal and hats. Less is definitely more on this one.

The Clash: "London Calling", "Sandinista"--

Topper Headon a terrific drummer and songwriter. Just learned he wrote and performed "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" and "Rock the Casbah" all by himself!

Al Green: "I'm Still In Love With You"--

Great grooves, great album.

Wilco: "Being There"--

There's some great rock drumming on this double album.

The Velvet Underground: "Loaded"--

Mo Tucker really shines on this one. You can tell she really developed her style from her minimal (yet still great) debut on the Bannana album.

The Stooges: "Funhouse"--

Simple but wonderful.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith: "The Artist Collection" (Capital)--

I think that's the right title. This is a double cd of they're best. Great swinging,sax,lounge,boogie,jazz,ballad, etc... Plus you get Sam Butera on sax. Anyone who can't get into Prima is a commie.

The Flaming Lips: "The Soft Bulletin", "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots"--

The Lips are to Alternative rock what the Floyd were to Rock. It's all rock though, isn't it?
Steve Drozd. Another multi-instrumentalist and great drummer. You gotta hear these albums. They'll be in the Rock History books someday. Speking of multi-instrumentalists...

The Band: "Music From Big Pink", "The Band"--

Every great album collection needs these discs. Levon Helm. Wow, where to start. He was a farmer then a rock musician, then back to farming after splitting from Dylan's backing band, then back to music in the Band (i.e. Dylan's backing band). Aside from being a great accompanist he plays many instruments. Plus he sang in The Band! Also check out the film, "The Last Waltz". It's great. Also was it just me or were the segments with Van Morrison and Dylan bizarre or what? Speaking of Dylan and his backing band...

Bob Dylan: "Blond on Blond"

Onward.

Joni Mitchell: "Blue" Then there's...

Tom Waits: "Small Change", "Bone Machine", "Mule Variations"--

Yeah I know, there's only one drum song on "Small Change" but it's "Pasties and a G-String" and it's Shelly Manne... The other two are just filled with great percussion and music. I'm not even sure if I know who all plays on them but I think they're great. Actually I think Less Claypool and Keith Richards appear on Bone Machine.

Elvis Costello: "This Year's Model", "Brutal Youth"--

There are more but "This Year's" was my first Costello album and "Brutal" was a great comeback to the old Costello sound. Both have some terrific drumming on them.

Johnny Cash: "Live At Folsem and San Quentin" They're one album to me--

W.S. Holland. Listen to him on Orange Blossom Special in particular. Awesome.

Cream: "Wheels Of Fire", "Disraeli Gears"--

It's Ginger, isn't it?

U2: "The Joshua Tree"--

Another one for the history books. "Bullet the Blue Sky", "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Where the Streets Have No Name" and what I consider one of the most perfectly crafted/performed/recorded love songs in history, "With Or Without You". This was the song that woke me up about music. I was a young metal head. I loved playing the drums but I didn't really "think" about music or how drums could be used "for" the song. I heard this song and it all made sense. The way it fades in, the atmosphere of the vocals, the soft beat in the begining, the snare beat, the quiet rumble of the floor toms at the end of the beat. Listening to this song one experiences an emotional event that happens at a distance, then slowly moves toward you, then envelopes you, then carries you along in an explosive catharsis. This song does what Aristotle said all great poetry, music, theatre (and in our time, film) should do: Make the spectator/listener go through a spirtual/primal emotional journey that cannot be described intellectually. But, by gum I just tried to, didn't I? Okay, moving right along...

The Melvins: "Ozma"--

Not for everyone but what great ssssllloooowwww drumming. Also the guitarist (King Buzzo) collaborated with Mike Patton and Terry Bozzio on that musical project thingy, the name of which escapes me but I'm very intrigued. Speaking of slow...

Soundgarden: "Louder Than Love"--

The first and best, in my opinion.

Rush: "Moving Pictures"--

I gotta say I was never a big Rush fan back in the day. I mean I always thought Peart was amazing and I even saw them on the "Presto" tour but they never grabbed me. But compared to the music today, they're like jazz. I think I have a new crush.

R.E.M.: "Life's Rich Pageant", "Document", "Green"

I love the drums on these albums. I love Bill Berry. I wish he'd drum for them again.

Okay, this got long winded a long time ago. Sorry. There are many others but whoever bothered to read this far, thanks for your time.

---LiveGoat

[lfdy]

Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater

[Jarek Witkowski]

Steps Ahead CD "Smokin' In The Pit" a 1979 live recording 2CD set recorded at the Pit Inn jazz club in Tokyo, Japan.

The line-up is marvellous:

Mike Mainieri - vibraphone
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Don Grolnick - piano
Kazumi Watanabe - guitar
Eddie Gomez - bass
Steve Gadd - drums

[NUTHA JASON]

if you had suggested anything else other than something with gadd in it, it would start rainging soup.
j

[nhzoso]

I would have to go with Physical Graffiti by Zep, The song " In my time of dying" is awesome and sounds like alot of fun to play..I hope to learn it someday. And I like every song on permanet waves by rush, although every album by rush has pretty incredible drumming. Honorable mention for me would be Fastway's 1st album self titled. I am new so I do not know for sure but I bet the songs are kinda easy to play but man they just hit at the right times and the fills are dead on.. plus the lead guitar is played by fast Eddie Clark formerly of motorhead so how can ya go wrong.Listen to it if you get the chance.

[JT1]

Well lets see erm...

Any Judas Priest album with Les Binks mainly- "Unleashed in the east". If you listen to 'Sinner' on the "Sin after Sin" album you will experience impossible open hi-hat work well i think!
Any Judas Priest album with Scott Travis in it mainly-"Painkiller" if no ones heard the title track they deserve to be shot as it is one of the most renowned drumming tracks of all time!
Racer X- Live at the whisky snowball of doom. An awesom album with some fantastic fills in it again Scott Travis.
Any album of Dream Theaters because Portnoy has to be seen or heard to be believed but mainly-"Scenes from a memory".
And of course "Beneath the Remains" by Sepultura should be on there too"

Peace...JT

[richyokes]

Personal favourite is Ghost In The Machine by The Police. The album wouldn't have been so cool without Copeland's style and intelligence.

White City by Pete Townsend, Simon Phillips on Give Blood and Secondhand Love, awesome.

Living My Life, Grace Jones with Sly and Robbie.

[Michal]

Matt Johnson - that guy has excellent independence. Grace is definitely one of the best, the sound´s just sooo cool, one of the best sound of drums I ever heard on CD.
Than Sting - Ten Summoners tales, I like ...all this time (Sting), Joe Satriani and Manu Katche.

[hateplow]

"Sailing the Seas of Cheese" Primus, 1991
Tim Alexander

"Symbolic" Death, 1994
Gene Hoglan

"The Only Law is Survival" Hateplow, 2000
Dave Culross

"Images and Words" Dream Theatre, 1992
Mike Portnoy

Good stuff, really good stuff...

[finnhiggins]

"Images and Words" Dream Theatre, 1992
Mike Portnoy


That one is disqualified for having the worst recorded drum sound of all time...

[PdoubleE]

Fredrik Thordendal Special Defects- Sol Niger Within Feat. Morgan Agren. This guy is simply amazing. Thomas Haake looks up to him.

[Stu_Strib]

I just picked up a copy of "Burning for Buddy - A Tribute to the music of Buddy Rich". Very hard to find in Australia.

Did you try iTunes? I guess they have different selections for different countries (stupid record labels).

I like the Steve Ferrone, Pick up the Pieces, but I'm not sure where Buddy fits. That was an Average White Band song played by Ferrone. The only thing I can think of is the BAND in the track is Buddy's big band?

[Rolli]

Ginger Baker - Middle Passage: Superb world-jazz drumming and excellent band
Dave Brubeck - At Carnegie Hall: Joe Morello at his best!
Art Blakey - Moanin': Needless to comment...

and many many more ......

[rendezvous_drummer]

Achtung Baby- U2
Larry's beats for the songs on this record are his best work and my favorites.

[averypoordrummer]

the crossing by big country. mark brzezicki is truly brilliant on it, cant explain how good, just get it

[DrSolo]

Mercy, Mercy - Buddy Rich
Soul Searching - Steve Ferrone
Just about any Tower of Power album w/ David Garibaldi

[Auger]

I don't think I could call one album "best," but I'll mention a particular one of my personal favorites because not many people seem to know of it:

Cure for Pain, by Morphine

A masterpiece of an album all in all, in my opinion.

Jerome Dupree plays on most of the album's tracks and his drumming is beautiful in its own right, but serves the songs completely. It's never flashy or distracting, complimenting the band's "less is best" approach, but the groove is overwhelming and his fills are perfectly constructed, yet sound totally effortless. That being said, the drumming's not simplistic or easy stuff -there is a lot of off-beat hihat pedal work and syncopated cymbal parts and his feel is just unbelievable. I highly reccomend this album to any drummer. I was really into the prog thing (rush/primus/tool ...etc) back in '94 when I first heard this album and it was completely unlike anything I'd ever listened to. I was floored and although I still loved guys like Peart, Alexander, and Carey, I thought "that's how I want to sound when I play"

The music's best called rock, I guess, but there's no guitar. These guys were right on the fringes of the international main-stream and their stuff is easily available, but surprisingly few people know them. They had a sad ending around 2000, but were one of the most original bands of the 90s. Morphine was a trio with vocals, bass (played with only 2 strings, a pick, and a bottle-neck slide -I know, but it sounds amazing), drums, and sax (mostly barritone). If anyone decides to check them out, I'd go for either Cure for Pain or The Night at first -both incredible albums, if you ask me. Their other albums (and one or two songs on Cure for Pain) feature Billy Conway on drums who I also liked very much, but he was a much different player -more of a charlie watts thing going on with him.

[ElvinBaRkerDennis13]

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme with Elvin Jones on drums. That album will be played repeatedly at my funeral. Elvin rips it up so hard on this album and manages to comp the other players so well it makes me sick.
although i havnt really ben into a lot of jazz lately, this is very possibly the greatest jazz akbum if all time; John Coltrane, insane, and Elvin Jones, there really isnt much yoou can say abut him, i read in DRUM! magazine that he truly fel;t that every time he played rums he was healing someone...his music is so powerful...its intoxicating

[Tony Rockyhorror]

hendrix experience- Are you Experienced

The Who- Quadraphinia

Led Zepplin- Zepplin II

[fanagel]

I've always been a fan of Tommy Aldridge's music with Pat Travers.

[Class A Drummer]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?
I agree moving pictures is the greatest drum album of all time. And the significance of the letters YYZ you want to know? The small 2 measure thing at the begining neil does on the ride cymbal means YYZ in morse code.

[Loge]

Marvin 'Smitty' Smith on Steve Coleman and 5 Element's 'Black Science'. Also Strata Institute's "Cypher-Syntax" also with Coleman. The concept and use of the 'drum chant' a true innovation IMO. All of Coleman's M-Base projects push the envelope hard.

Cobham's 'Spectrum' came to mind first and has been mentioned several times. Ditto on Elvin on any record with Coltrane.

Can't leave out Tony on any of the Miles Quintet recordings. Now that was innovative! "E.S.P"., and especially "Miles Smiles".

[Buzzo]

Best drumming album has to be whitepony with abe cunnigham behind the trape. Digital bath gives me chills

[jim314]

Steve Gadd on Chick Corea's Mad Hatter (especially Humpty/Dumpty) or the Friends Album! Gadd & Corea - landmark music!!

[rendezvous_drummer]

I really liked Iron Maiden's greatest hits cd, 666 number of the beast is an amazing song........and i have 666 posts....uh oh, UH OH!

[lilblakdak]

Back In Black.
Phils driving beats and no nonsense approach is amazing.
Zep II (Duh)
Hysteria
Rick Allen is inspirational. Come on the guy only has one arm!
Perfect Stangers
Ian is the man.

[max77]

Mudvayne - The End Of All Thing To Come
Augury - Concealed (Augury review , mp3's (http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7371)
Dream Theater - Awake
Porcupine tree - In Absentia

[TonKpilS_657]

Burning For Buddy

Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door (the bonham shuffle is my favorite drum groove ever)


Rush - Moving Pictures

[mlehnertz]

It's the airport location identifier (call letters) for the Toronto Airport.

I agree moving pictures is the greatest drum album of all time. And the significance of the letters YYZ you want to know? The small 2 measure thing at the begining neil does on the ride cymbal means YYZ in morse code.

[onemat]

Matt's Top 21
Here's a short list of albums that have been special and influential to me. I strive to be a drummer who can play a lot of styles, so there's quite a bit of different influences here.
These are in no particular order...

1. Let There Be Drums..Sandy Nelson
2. Something New, The White Album...Ringo Starr
3. Count Basie at Newport...Joe Jones (My Dad Turned Me On To Jazz with this album)
4. Wheels Of Fire...Ginger Baker
5. Electric Lady Land / Axis Bold As Love....Mitch Mitchell
6. Derek & The Dominos..Layla--Jim Gordon
Tied with Joe Cocker's Madogs and Englishmen...Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner
7. Johnny Cash At San Quentin or Folsom Prison...W.S. Holland Drums
8. Traffic...John Barley Corn... Jim Capaldi (and many other Traffic albums
9. The Doors Debut...John Densmore (and all other LPs)
10. Cannonball Adderley...Live In San Francisco..Louis Hayes
11. Miles..Something Else..Art Blakey
12. Led Zep-- 1, 2, 3, 4.and beyond.Bonzo
13. Who's Next and other Who Albums..Keith Moon
14. Deep Purple... In Rock and others...Ian Paice
15. Merle Haggard I'm a Lonesome Fugitive...Biff Adams (And Other Merle and Buck Owens Albums).
16. Mercy Mercy...Buddy Rich
17. Jazz At The Philharmonic..Gene Krupa
18. Shelly Manne and His Men Live At the Black Hawk Volumes 1-4
19. The Band (Brown LP) Levon Helm..(and many other Band albums)
20. Blood Sweat & Tears ..Bobby Columby "Child Is Father To The Man" and BS&T (second album)
21. The Ventures Onstage...Mel Taylor (Contains my favorite version of Wipeout)

[Sonorholic]

I don't think I could call one album "best," but I'll mention a particular one of my personal favorites because not many people seem to know of it:

Cure for Pain, by Morphine

A masterpiece of an album all in all, in my opinion.

Jerome Dupree plays on most of the album's tracks and his drumming is beautiful in its own right, but serves the songs completely. It's never flashy or distracting, complimenting the band's "less is best" approach, but the groove is overwhelming and his fills are perfectly constructed, yet sound totally effortless. That being said, the drumming's not simplistic or easy stuff -there is a lot of off-beat hihat pedal work and syncopated cymbal parts and his feel is just unbelievable. I highly reccomend this album to any drummer. I was really into the prog thing (rush/primus/tool ...etc) back in '94 when I first heard this album and it was completely unlike anything I'd ever listened to. I was floored and although I still loved guys like Peart, Alexander, and Carey, I thought "that's how I want to sound when I play"

The music's best called rock, I guess, but there's no guitar. These guys were right on the fringes of the international main-stream and their stuff is easily available, but surprisingly few people know them. They had a sad ending around 2000, but were one of the most original bands of the 90s. Morphine was a trio with vocals, bass (played with only 2 strings, a pick, and a bottle-neck slide -I know, but it sounds amazing), drums, and sax (mostly barritone). If anyone decides to check them out, I'd go for either Cure for Pain or The Night at first -both incredible albums, if you ask me. Their other albums (and one or two songs on Cure for Pain) feature Billy Conway on drums who I also liked very much, but he was a much different player -more of a charlie watts thing going on with him.

Wow, Having just signed on here, it's a honor to be in such great company. I'm really glad you liked this enough to list it. It's something I'll always feel both proud of and lucky to have just been on it. It's still amazing to me that something I did has been heard by folks around the world. In any case thanks again for all the kind words. It's an honor!

Oh, and not to be too picky about it.. the last name is D E U P R E E .. most folks think that first e is a mistake..Thanks again....

[FishyMonkey]

Sol Niger Within by Fredrik Thorendal's Special Defects. Drummer is Morgan Agran or somehting like that. This guy is like Tomas Haake on steroid and he plays brilliantly, while meanwhile Haake is stuck doing these weird vocals. I think that says something about who's better, heh.

Tool's Lateralus and Aenima, take your pick. Both are equally impressive...Danny Carey is definitely on of my favorite drummers out there.

Steely Dan's Aja, of course.

Porcupine Tree's In Absentia...Gavin Harrison doesn't get enough credit, but I can't even follow what he does, and when I saw him live he was even more impressive.

Death's Symbolic, go Gene Hoglan.

[drumfury]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?
You took the words out of my mouth i love rush and yyz is my fav song i just love the drums but i dont know what yyz stands for.

[ajurassicshaddow]

Cinematic Orchestra: Man of Movie Camera - Luke Flowers


Damn, I never thought anyone would mention that. What a GREAT album!

[gmrakich]

Moon ..... Live at Leeds

[balboa]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?


it code for the toronto intnl airport!!
i agree with Moving Pictures. i was gonna say any Rush album, but mostly MP, FTK,RTB,TFE

[Highway_St*r]

Moving Pictures gets my vote but 2112 could also be up there!

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

Hmm. In terms of the drumming which I most mimic and enjoy in regards to albums, it's probably either 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' by King Crimson (Bill Bruford) or 'In The Court of the Crimson King' again, by King Crimson. This time though, the drummer is Michael Giles.

Both demonstrate phenomenally good musicality and phrasing. On both the title tracks of the former, Bill Bruford demonstrates his best talents, phrasing and grooving odd time signatures (particularly on Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II - A deceptively simple 5/4 groove that is easily learnt and mimiced, but never mastered) and Bill Bruford's continuity and meshing with percussionist Jamie Muir is exceptional. Just a great album.

On ITCOTCK, Giles demonstrates his jazz credentials, particularly on the first track, 21st Century Schizoid Man. In the 'mirrors' section, the band play as a tight unit, with almost no time reference between the entire band. In itself, that passage is phenomenal. The song as a whole is frenetic and eclectic but multi-layered tonally and rhythmically diverse. Not to mention heavy. The rest of the album demonstrates tasteful, clean and precise support for the rest of the virtuoistic ensemble and is a pleasure to listen to throughout. The recent reissue in HDCD is definately one to check out, and the sound quality is superior to the vinyl in most respects.

[Pocketman]

My personal faves in no particluar order

"Headhunters" - Herbie Hancok with Mike Clark
"Back To Oakland" - Tower of Power with David Garibaldi
"Exit Stage Left" - Rush with Neil
"Spectrum" - Billy Cobham
"10,000 Days" - Tool with Danny Carey
"Star Time" - James Brown (Compliation with many great drummers)
"Prescence" -Zeppelin
"Tony Williams Quintet Live In Japan"
"Katy Lied" - Steely Dan with Jeff Porcaro and Hal Blaine
"Karizma" - All Star Fusion Qunitet with Vinnie Colaiuta

[Tony Rockyhorror]

1.Are you Experienced
2. Tommy
3. Moving Pictures
4. Zepplin III
5.{and I'll take all the flack I need to}- Boxcar Racer

And.......................kill

[crdn]

Exit Stage Left is my all time favorite.

[LinearDrummer]

Heres my three

Moving Pictures - The album that got me into the drums!
Aja - The ultimate groove Cd to play-along....
Chick Corea Electric Band - once I heard Got a Match? the bar was raised for drumming....

[sir_willy]

Fragile - Yes
Aja - Steely Dan
Exit Stage Left - Rush
Quadrophenia - The Who
Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zep' (introduced the famous MOBY DICK)

[The_Chaotic_One]

my favs would be...

Gene Hoglan - Death 'Symbolic'
Bobby Jarzombek - Spastic Ink (both albums)
Sean Reinert - Death 'Human'
Scott Travis - Judas Priest 'Painkiller'
John Tempesta - Testament 'Low'

[JayDVee009]

One of the most energetic & impressive pieces of drumming would be Santana at Woodstock performing "Soul Sacrifice". The studio version from Santana 1 is great but the live version from Woodstock is just incredible! For a complete contrast of the same song listen to the live version of Soul Sacrifice released on the live album "Moonflower" which was about 8 yrs later in 1977.

Definitely "The Mule" by Deep Purple from "Made In Japan" & also "You Fool No One" from live album "Made In Europe" (not the studio version - no comparison) featuring awesome bass drumming back in 1974.

Led Zeppelin live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, John Bonham is absolutely awesome and it's so early on in their career and he's a madman performing a huge drum solo!

Buddy Rich at the Montreal Jazz Festival in back in the early 80's, what that man does on the drums is intimidatingly amazing!

Emerson Lake & Palmer's "Food For Your Soul", if you don't know it, you need to hear Carl Palmer assaulting that Premier kit... very very cool.

But there's so many other awesome albums...

[timebandit]

HEMISPHERES................................BAR NUN......................THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vic_Rattledeth]

My personal Favorites
Megadeths "Rust In Peace"- Nick Menza
Dream Theaters "Awake"- Mike Portnoy
Judas Priests "Pain Killer"- Scott Travis
Rushes "Moving Pictures"- Neil Peart
Nevermores "This Godless Endeavour"- Van Williams

[paul c]

Iv gotta say John Dolmayans performance on System of a downs latest album "Hypnotise", the entire album is like one massive drum solo!

[Ashton Drum's]

The Band - Music From Big Pink

[NaturalRaZ]

No need for a drawn out expanation. I like it simple... Spacehog's "The Chinese Album"

[rendezvous_drummer]

Crash by Dave Matthews Band is another one of my favorites.

[pdp 9091]

Led zeppelin - physical graffiti - 1976 (My fav. album ever recorded by any band...totaly brilliantly made)

In my time of dying
Sick Again
Night Flight (probably one of my favorite zeppelin songs)
Kashmir
To name a few songs

[dib da drummer]

Without a doubt, Moving Pictures is #1. Followed VERY closely by Exit Stage Left. Neil
Peart inspired so many drummers after these two albums were released. Hemispheres
ain't bad, either.

[sgt.pepper1986]

There are some great ones. I like

Beatles- Rubber Soul- Ringo Starr. This was one of the earlier albums that added to the evolution of pop/ rock drumming. Ringo plays some cool bits, like in "The Word" or "Wait".

Beatles- Abbey Road- Ringo Starr. The drumming in this album is so cool and so on time. "Here comes the Sun" is a good example.

Led Zeppelin- John Bohnham- Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin- Zozo (IV)

Jimi Hendrix Experience- Mitch Mitchell- Are You Experienced?

The Who- Keith Moon- Live At Leeds

Rush- Neil Peart- 2112 and Moving Pictures.

I think these are some great ones!

[justJon]

Well, my $.02....

Every album by Frank Zappa, from Aynsley Dunbar and the mothers of Invention, to Bozzio, Humphries, Colaiuta, Wackerman, etc...
And Every Led Zep album w/Bonzo... Contained something that the first time I listened to it made me sit up, lift the needle on the turntable, and replay it over and over again mumbling to myself..."WTF!?! How'd he do that?"

[JasonCruz]

In No Order Of Preference:

1) All The albums by Cream, Blind Faith and Ginger Baker and the DJQ2O: Drummer: Ginger Baker(!!!!!)

2) The Organ Grinder's Swing - Band: The Jimmy Smith Trio, Drummer: Grady Tate

3) All The Tower of Power albums with David Garibaldi on it

4) Ecology, Willie Remembers, Ma & Rare Earth In Concert - Band: Rare Earth,
Drummer: Pete Riviera

5) E Pluribus Funk - Band: Grand Funk Railroad, Drummer: Don Brewer

6) A Farewell To Kings - Band: Rush, Drummer: Neil Peart

7) A Love Supreme - Band: The John Coltrane Quartet, Drummer: Elvin Jones

8) Bread's first album - Band: Bread, Drummer: Jim Gordon

9 ) The Royal Scam, Aja - Band: Steely Dan, Drummers: Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Purdie, Paul Humphrey, Jim Keltner, Rick Marotta, Ed Greene

10) Emergency, Believe It - Tony Williams' Lifetime, Drummer: Tony Williams

11) Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland - Band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Drummer: Mitch Mitchell

12) Band of Gypsies - Band: Band of Gypsies (Hendrix), Drummer: Buddy Miles

13) Machine Head, Made In Japan - Band: Deep Purple, Drummer: Ian Paice

14) Who's Next - Band: The Who, Drummer: Keith Moon

15) All the albums Tony Williams did with the Miles Davis Quintet

16) The Soul Cages - Artiste: Sting, Drummer: Manu Katche

17) Led Zeppelin 2, Physical Graffitti and BBC Sessions (Disc 2 - the live concert): Band: Led Zeppelin, Drummer John Bonham

18) Ghost In The Machine - Band: The Police, Drummer: Stewart Copeland

19) Inner Mounting Flame - Band: The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Drummer: Billy Cobham

20) Third & Noisette - Band: The Soft Machine, Drummer: Robert Wyatt

21) Those Who Are About To Die Salute You - Band: Colosseum, Drummer: Jon Hiseman

[cjl71178]

Exit Stage Left is my all time favorite.

WORD

I absolutely love "xanadu" off ESL; I like it better than the original off A Farewell
to Kings.

There's too many drumming albums for me to list...

[michael drums]

Rush's "Moving Pictures" was named as the best rock drum album ever recorded, back in the early 90's, by Modern Drummer, and I have to concur that it still is. As far as over-all best drumming album of all time, well, there will be ALOT of different opinions on that. I'm guessin' something by Williams, Rich, Colaiuta, Gadd, Bonham, Jones(Elvin), or any of the other greats of drumming. Play On! ;-)

[murphinelli]

Here's my top 5 in order of influence to me:

====================================
Steely Dan - Aja
Rush - Moving Pictures
Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Discipline
Tool - Lateralus
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These are all albums that I've listened to over and over and over again and still find something new each time with both the drumming and the music. And....I can still listen to them over and over and over. Love them all.

[michael drums]

Here's my top 5 in order of influence to me:

====================================
Steely Dan - Aja
Rush - Moving Pictures
Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Discipline
Tool - Lateralus
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These are all albums that I've listened to over and over and over again and still find something new each time with both the drumming and the music. And....I can still listen to them over and over and over. Love them all.

Hey murph. I love this list. Every one listed is "top notch" And I agree that you can listen to them over and over. And that pick of Tools' "Lateralus" is certainly worth mentioning. That Danny Carey guy is the modern day odd-time master. And he pounds, too! Take Care...Play On! ;-)

[ledzeppelins666]

I find that my opinions for topics like these don't come from skill, but from style and emotion. Like these,

B.B. King- Lonely Nights [It's a greatest hits album, so lots of drummers]
Jimi Hendrix Experience- self titled debut [Mitch has such a fiery feel on Fire]
The Who- Who's Next [Enough's been said about Keith]


These are some. If I went into detail, I could make a novel. A looong novel.

[Ozzy Biz]

I bought the Led Zeppelin live CD "How the West Was Won" yesterday and put it on in the car (Had a four hour drive). Not only does it now get my vote for this thread, but also confirms my belief that Led Zeppelin is/was the best band to have existed, and that Bonham is the pinnacle of drumming (again, from my perspective).

Biz

[MilfordCubicle]

My list
(In no order)

1. Black Sabbath - Paraniod - Bill Ward
2. Blind Melon - Every track I've heard - Don't know
3. The Doors - Every Album - John Densmore
4. Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills - Vinnie Coliauta? (Maybe other drummer/s)
5. Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits - Mitch Mitchell
6. Led Zeppelin - All Albums - John Bonham (Favorite Track - Fool in the Rain)
7. Pink Floyd - All Albums - Nick Mason
8. Sublime - Santeria (Song) - Don't know
9. The Who - The Kids Are Alright
10. Steely Dan - Aja - Steve Gadd

[ellenvannin105]

Best Drumming album of All Time? There are so many that I couldn't even begin to guess: everything from Led Zeppelin to Buddy Rich. Since I have no real favourite,I'll just list some favoured Artists or Tracks that I like to practice with....

1.Emerson Lake And Palmer: Tarkus. Great ensemble playing from Carl Palmer and I love the rather crabby time signatures...
2.Yes: Close To The Edge. One of Bill Bruford's finest performances in Yes,"Siberian Khatru" is his other greatest one...
3.Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 1. John Bonham's drumming defines the word Chutzpah...
4.Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath. Bill Ward's methodical approach to drumming is refreshing and still stings 37 years later...
5.The Lyrics: Wake Up To My Voice. Great Psych number with killer drums from Jack Flannery...
6.Bubble Puppy: Hot Smoke And Sassafras. David Fore does a great job handling all of those switchbacks..
7.The Beatles: Revolver. In "She Said She Said" Ringo maps out the road that Bruford would follow, "Silly Fills" and all....
8.Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? Can't ever go wrong with Mitch Mitchell...
9. Deep Purple: The Book Of Taliesyn. Ian Paice sounds young,hungry and ferocious..
10.The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday. Great in-the-pocket playing from Michael Clarke...or Jim Gordon....or whomever ghosted on this LP...
11.King Crimson: In Wake Of Poseidon. Amazing drums from Michael Giles.If you ever wondered where Neil Peart got part of his muse...look no further...
12.Rush: Power Windows. And speaking of Neil Peart....If I have to pick only one Rush LP,this one is as good as any...

[JPDrum]

Well lets see erm...

Any Judas Priest album with Les Binks mainly- "Unleashed in the east". If you listen to 'Sinner' on the "Sin after Sin" album you will experience impossible open hi-hat work well i think!
Peace...JT

For what it is worth, on Judas Priest's "Sin After Sin", Simon Phillips played drums on that entire recording.

Cheers

J P Lapp

[fixmejesus]

Presence - Zep (achillies last stand does it for me)
Ghost in the Machine - Police (style, not substance)
Steeltown - Big Country (way underrated)
Test for Echo - Rush (this is when he became a real drummer, no longer a robot)

[vadrum]

1. zappa - joes garage......all time favourite drum album
2. TOP - live and in living color (david g baby!)
3. P-Funk All Stars - Live At the Beverly Theatre In Hollywood (killin' chambers)
4. Aretha Franklin - Live at the Philmore West (pretty purdie)
5. miles davis - milestones (what else needs to be said about philly joe)
6. John Coltrane - A love supreme (the irrepressible elvin jones)
7. miles - 4 and more (a very angry second quintet and a very angry tony williams)
8. suicidal tendencies - join the army (loved it since i was a kid)
9. chick corea - now he sings, now he sobs (HAYNES!!)

[timebandit]

RUSH-----------------------------HEMISPHERES!

[meandhimcallitus]

Karizma- d0cument
Vinnie C.

[bonzo49]

I really like Led Zep II.

[DWfan20005]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Ho Chili Peppers is probably my favorite album drum wise. Theres just so much groove and attitude in the drums. Long live Chad Smith.

[aydee]

My personal faves in no particluar order

"Headhunters" - Herbie Hancok with Mike Clark
"Back To Oakland" - Tower of Power with David Garibaldi
"Exit Stage Left" - Rush with Neil
"Spectrum" - Billy Cobham
"10,000 Days" - Tool with Danny Carey
"Star Time" - James Brown (Compliation with many great drummers)
"Prescence" -Zeppelin
"Tony Williams Quintet Live In Japan"
"Katy Lied" - Steely Dan with Jeff Porcaro and Hal Blaine
"Karizma" - All Star Fusion Qunitet with Vinnie Colaiuta

great selection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rockingfreakapotamus]

Grand Unification - Fightstar (With one of the most under-rated drummers of recent times, Omar Abidi)

[jmontroy]

Dave Matthews Band - Before Those Crowded Streets with Carter Beauford.
Rush - Moving Pictures with Neil Peart.
Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales with Vinnie Colaiuta.
Karizma - Document with Vinnie Colaiuta.
Tool - Aenima with Danny Carey.
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia with Gavin Harrison.
Fredrik Thorendal - Sol Niger Within with Morgan Agren.
Opeth - Damnation with Martin Lopez.
Cynic - Focus with Seni Reinert.
Death - Symbolic with Gene Hoglan.
Yes - Close to the Edge with Bill Bruford.
King Crimson - Red with Bill Bruford again.
Paatos - Kallocain with Ricard Nettermalm. This is an obscure one but goody. Soft rock for the most part, besides the first track. Beautiful quiet palying all through out and a great sound. I like this guy.

That's all I got, plenty of great stuff in there.

[slingerland755]

[QUOTE=DogBreath;2046]No need, I was a Cub Scout thirty years ago when you actually had to work for the merit badges. The code for the letters is this:

Y = - . - -
Y = - . - -
Z = - - . .

Just say them out loud as "dash" and "dot" and you will hear the rhythm that is repeated over and over at the beginning of the song.

I have been a Rush fan for 25 years and "Moving Pictures" was one of my the "drumming" albums that really influenced me. Thanks for the trivia DogBreath. I had always heard about YYZ but that confirmed it.

Around the same time Spring Session M by Missing Persons (Terry Bozzio of course) came out. Thatalbum really blew me away as well.

Jeff Becks Guitar Shop with TB and Blow by Blow with Richard Baily....Smokin'!

[GW Drums]

The Yellowjackets- "Politics"
The Police -"Ghost in the machine"
Led Zep- "all"

There are many I like and these are my current "most listened to". I am sure it will be different next month.

[aydee]

Album' S.......

Elvin Jones Quintet - Elvin Jones

Landscape / Art Pepper - Billy Higgins

Politics / Yellowjackets - Will Kennedy

Spectrum - Billy Cobham

Weather Report ( 1982) - Peter Erskine

RTF / Romantic Warrior - Lenny White

Chick Corea / Leprechaun - Steve Gadd

Karizma / Document - Vinnie Colauita

Deep Purple / Made in Japan - Ian Paice

[Deltadrummer]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?

Well, now I know . . . Did it also inspire Fly By Night? :) What is it in 11/8? Well now that the mystery has been decoded, even I can write a song.

My favorite Rush song is La Villa Strangiato. I love that syncopated 7/8 groove in the middle. (You could make a "list your favorite Peart 7/8 groove" thread.)

I dated two girls in the late 70s who were both big Rush fans. They don't make chicks like that any more.


Hemispheres . . . loved that album . . think I'll put it on. But not my favorite.

It would have to be Aja with the Purdie 'Shuffle' on Home at Last, Jim Keltner on Josie, Rick Marotta and Gadd . . . Gotta be the best drum album for me. Great album if your not a big Jeff Porcaro fan. I guess he was busy with Toto. Now if he were also on it, that would have really been the deal. Unless he were on "I Got the News."

Purdie will be in my hometown at a clinic. I can't believe that the guy who played on all the Beatles tracks would need to do clinics. I'll have to ask him what happened to the money.

"Learn to play the saxophone, I'll play just what I feel. Drink Scotch Whiskey all night long, and die behind the wheel . They got a name for the winners in the world, I want a name when I lose,.they call Alabama the 'Crimson Tide' . . .

. . . Call me Deacon Blues."

thank you, Pretty.

. . . nuff said.

[Geoff Tipps]

Well I don't know if this is the best drumming album of all time, but the first Bob Marley And The Wailers album I bought was "Burnin" and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums blew my mind.Check out the rhythm section on I Shot The Sherriff , it's sooo slinky!

[Derek]

My personal faves in no particluar order

"Headhunters" - Herbie Hancok with Mike Clark
"Back To Oakland" - Tower of Power with David Garibaldi
"Exit Stage Left" - Rush with Neil
"Spectrum" - Billy Cobham
"10,000 Days" - Tool with Danny Carey
"Star Time" - James Brown (Compliation with many great drummers)
"Prescence" -Zeppelin
"Tony Williams Quintet Live In Japan"
"Katy Lied" - Steely Dan with Jeff Porcaro and Hal Blaine
"Karizma" - All Star Fusion Qunitet with Vinnie Colaiuta

That is a great list, however that's Harvey Mason on " Headhunters " with Herbie Hancock.

[nebula821]

I don't know how many time Lateralus has been mentioned, but this album could win just for "The Grudge" alone, much less the rest of this great album.

[aydee]

That is a great list, however that's Harvey Mason on " Headhunters " with Herbie Hancock.

and the drums are YAMAHA......................... : )

[Derek]

and the drums are YAMAHA......................... : )

Really? Wow . Don't get me wrong , Aydee, I love Yamaha drums ( very fortunate that our church kit is Birch Absolutes ). I'm only suprised Harvey was on Yamahas on that album because in the mid to late 70s he was a Rogers endorser.( By the way , Rogers was my first professional quality kit ).

[aydee]

Really? Wow . Don't get me wrong , Aydee, I love Yamaha drums ( very fortunate that our church kit is Birch Absolutes ). I'm only suprised Harvey was on Yamahas on that album because in the mid to late 70s he was a Rogers endorser.( By the way , Rogers was my first professional quality kit ).

The credits on the album list it as: HARVEY MASON - yamaha drums.


Rogers were great.I grew up playing my friends blue sparkle, with the Dynasonic snare and all that gleaming memriloc hardware. great memories!

[slingerland755]

Well, now I know . . . Did it also inspire Fly By Night? :) What is it in 11/8? Well now that the mystery has been decoded, even I can write a song.

My favorite Rush song is La Villa Strangiato. I love that syncopated 7/8 groove in the middle. (You could make a "list your favorite Peart 7/8 groove" thread.)

I dated two girls in the late 70s who were both big Rush fans. They don't make chicks like that any more.


Hemispheres . . . loved that album . . think I'll put it on. But not my favorite.

It would have to be Aja with the Purdie 'Shuffle' on Home at Last, Jim Keltner on Josie, Rick Marotta and Gadd . . . Gotta be the best drum album for me. Great album if your not a big Jeff Porcaro fan. I guess he was busy with Toto. Now if he were also on it, that would have really been the deal. Unless he were on "I Got the News."

Purdie will be in my hometown at a clinic. I can't believe that the guy who played on all the Beatles tracks would need to do clinics. I'll have to ask him what happened to the money.

"Learn to play the saxophone, I'll play just what I feel. Drink Scotch Whiskey all night long, and die behind the wheel . They got a name for the winners in the world, I want a name when I lose,.they call Alabama the 'Crimson Tide' . . .

. . . Call me Deacon Blue."

thank you, Pretty.

. . . nuff said.

Nicely done........!

[Derek]

The credits on the album list it as: HARVEY MASON - yamaha drums.


Rogers were great.I grew up playing my friends blue sparkle, with the Dynasonic snare and all that gleaming memriloc hardware. great memories!

Right you are on the album credit listing ! Yes , great memories and how I miss my Dynasonic snare. Rogers were great drums.

[Gilded]

I really really enjoyed 'End Of All Things To Come' by Mudvayne. The drums in Mudvayne are very unique and I can't get over them. You seriously have to check out this band.

The All-Star Sessions by RoadRunner United are great aswell if you haven't heard it already.

[Doom]

I'm gonna choose Layers Of Lies by Darkane, with Peter Wildoer on drums.
This is for metal fans, IMO every bit as good as Lombardo, Cavalera, Carey and Ulrich.

[thiscocks]

.....interesting reading, gives mw a couple of albums to look out for..
Anyway, some of the albums I love and would reccomend to anyone playing drums(in no particular order)...



Toto-The Seventh One. Jeff Porcaro at his best. Particularly like 'a thousand years', and 'these chains'

Red Hot Chilli Peppers-Aeroplaine. Nice stuff from Chad

Dave Weckl-Masterplan. What made me want to play drums...

Don Grusin-Banana Fish. Some of the best playing from Carlos Vega, and Harvey Mason.

Bob James-Three. Amazing drumming from Harvey Mason, and Andy Newmark. 'One minute Julep' has to be one of my fave drumming songs.

Sting-Ten Summoners Tales. Vinnie at his tastefull best

Sting-Nothing like the sun. Ditto, but for Manu Katche

Dick Morrisey-Souliloquy. Still prob my fave jazz/pop drumming from Steve Ferronne

Alan Parsons-Ammonia Avenu. drums by Stuart Elliot. Admitedly V '80s sounding, but still quality tastefull drumming.

Spyro Gyra-Love and other obsessions. Joel Rosenblatt, lovely stuff.

David Sanborn-As We Speak. Some of my fave jazz/pop from Omar Hakim. Quality.

Tower of Power-Souled Out. Herman Matthews laying down some signature sweet groves.

Ray Obeido-Iguana. Amazing drum sound and quality stuff from David Garibaldi, Will Kennedy, and Paul Van Wannigen in particular who does some sweet salsa style beats

Ill stop there...

Tim

[Erik Lund]

I'm gonna throw one track:

Art Blakey's "Free For All" on the album "Free For All"

It was his "Don't forget about me!" track in '64 when Elvin and Tony were getting all the praise.

[babliku]

[QUOTE=DogBreath;2046]No need, I was a Cub Scout thirty years ago when you actually had to work for the merit badges. The code for the letters is this:

Y = - . - -
Y = - . - -
Z = - - . .

Just say them out loud as "dash" and "dot" and you will hear the rhythm that is repeated over and over at the beginning of the song.

To be honest I couldn't really catch it even I knew morse code because in actual code, there should be a brief pause between letters to indicate the separation.

And reading this thread made me realise that I don't listen to music for the drums. Drums are important yes, but it doesn't have to be outstanding for the music to kick ass. It's just icing on the cake for me if I enjoy the drumming as well. In my opinion.

[bonzolead]

whelp...

Giant Steps - Coltrane (just to throw out another)

Presence - Zeppelin (his playing just got so solid by then)

Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke (convinced me that Tony Williams was God)

yeah.Presence is the most under-rated Zep album of all time

Bonzolead

[bonzolead]

"Krupa vs. Rich" there is a tune on that album called "the Monster" and they don't. call it the monster for nothing recorded in 1955 the way drums sounded and the recordings back then totally cool,the tune starts off like gangbusters and doesn't. let up not to mention Oscar Peterson on Piano and Dizzy on trumpet.too all you young drummers out there after you listen to Travis B. take a listen to that CD and realize who the forefathers of drumming really are.just try to imitate those drums I dare you.

Bonzolead

[bonzolead]

[QUOTE=DogBreath;2046]No need, I was a Cub Scout thirty years ago when you actually had to work for the merit badges. The code for the letters is this:

Y = - . - -
Y = - . - -
Z = - - . .

Just say them out loud as "dash" and "dot" and you will hear the rhythm that is repeated over and over at the beginning of the song.

I have been a Rush fan for 25 years and "Moving Pictures" was one of my the "drumming" albums that really influenced me. Thanks for the trivia DogBreath. I had always heard about YYZ but that confirmed it.

Around the same time Spring Session M by Missing Persons (Terry Bozzio of course) came out. Thatalbum really blew me away as well.

Jeff Becks Guitar Shop with TB and Blow by Blow with Richard Baily....Smokin'!
The groove from "Freeway jam" still put chills up my spine

Bonzolead

[bonzolead]

I really like Led Zep II.
That's when Bonham took over the world.

Bonzolead

[bonzolead]

Matt's Top 21
Here's a short list of albums that have been special and influential to me. I strive to be a drummer who can play a lot of styles, so there's quite a bit of different influences here.
These are in no particular order...

1. Let There Be Drums..Sandy Nelson
2. Something New, The White Album...Ringo Starr
3. Count Basie at Newport...Joe Jones (My Dad Turned Me On To Jazz with this album)
4. Wheels Of Fire...Ginger Baker
5. Electric Lady Land / Axis Bold As Love....Mitch Mitchell
6. Derek & The Dominos..Layla--Jim Gordon
Tied with Joe Cocker's Madogs and Englishmen...Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner
7. Johnny Cash At San Quentin or Folsom Prison...W.S. Holland Drums
8. Traffic...John Barley Corn... Jim Capaldi (and many other Traffic albums
9. The Doors Debut...John Densmore (and all other LPs)
10. Cannonball Adderley...Live In San Francisco..Louis Hayes
11. Miles..Something Else..Art Blakey
12. Led Zep-- 1, 2, 3, 4.and beyond.Bonzo
13. Who's Next and other Who Albums..Keith Moon
14. Deep Purple... In Rock and others...Ian Paice
15. Merle Haggard I'm a Lonesome Fugitive...Biff Adams (And Other Merle and Buck Owens Albums).
16. Mercy Mercy...Buddy Rich
17. Jazz At The Philharmonic..Gene Krupa
18. Shelly Manne and His Men Live At the Black Hawk Volumes 1-4
19. The Band (Brown LP) Levon Helm..(and many other Band albums)
20. Blood Sweat & Tears ..Bobby Columby "Child Is Father To The Man" and BS&T (second album)
21. The Ventures Onstage...Mel Taylor (Contains my favorite version of Wipeout)

Great all-around list I always liked the Ventures "wipe-out" better then the original probably would've put Zappa on that list though he had great drummers always.

Bonzolead

[The Timekeeper]

Too many favorites to list but here's a few.

Jimi Hendrix- Are you Experienced ( Mitchell at his best )
Led Zep - Presence my favorite but anything by them ( Bonham, need I say more? )
Steely Dan - Aja ( Steve Gadds work is flawless)
Rush- anything with Peart playing
Pat Travers - Go for what you know ( My favorite Aldridge stuff, some say it's sloppy but I think it's great, try imitating it ! )
Bad Company - Bad Co. The tune Movin On in particular ( Simon Kirke , not flashy but solid as a rock ).


Until next time..............................................

[ajgdrums7814]

Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales (Vinnie Colaiuta)

[Bruce M. Thomson]

Keith Moon
Quadrophenia

[Rich]

For me...

Dream Theater - Awake

BTW, just noticed - this thread was started in July 2005 !

[zidjan]

Yellowjackets - Blue Hats
song: Capetown.

I dare you guys figure out how to play the groove. It sound simple but dang it is hard.

[nickg]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kdAHusoqL._AA280_.jpg

[ProgDrummer]

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Gavin Harrison
Steely Dan - Aja Steve Gadd
Planet X - Moonbabies Virgil Donati
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Billy Cobham

Honestly, there are too many different genres to really name one all time, but my absolute favorite is In Absentia. Harrison just knows what works with the song.

[Steamer]

Just a few picks that have stayed with me leaving a lasting impression:

"Live at the Lighthouse" Elvin Jones

First heard this when I was 18 and changed my life forever and the way I thought about the drums and how they could be played as a ensemble instrument AND as a solo instrument. Every dynamic stroke in Elvin's playing is captured very well on this impressive live recording featuring two saxaphones and acoustic bass.

Between Rudy Van Gelder's amazing {as always} recorded drum sound and Elvin Jones exciting,dynamic ensemble playing and KILLER melodic/polyrhythmic extended solo on Sambra this is one recording that will always set the bar for pure Elvin live in a club at his best.

"Free For All" Art Blakey

Totally killer Art Blakey at the drum chair leading/driving the band and every track is a masterpiece in regards to both writing and jazz ensemble playing. Another milestone recording and a musically drum featured masterpiece.

"Tokyo" Tony Williams

Tony Williams best 90's quintet group recorded live. Enough amazing Tony playing featuring his own compositions complimented by a great recording and group playing and several excellent musical drum solos on double CD's to keep any late TW period listener pretty happy.


Just a mere samplier with MANY others I could mention. Don't even know if these are even in print or available anymore which if true would be a real shame since each in it's own way is a crowning achievement in modern drumming and jazz performance and ensemble playing with a heavy degree of masterful musical drumming that every serious lover of the drums should check out or have a copy of IMO.

[stoopid]

i would have to go with "Deloused in the Comatorium" by the Mars Volta...
some really good drumming goin on there; which continues on to other albums of theirs

but also, Zeppelin IV i think is an obviously good album for drumming too, along with all the older zeppelin albums showing off Bonzo's power

(Anyways, this topic could be argued forever)

[michael drums]

i would have to go with "Deloused in the Comatorium" by the Mars Volta...
some really good drumming goin on there; which continues on to other albums of theirs

but also, Zeppelin IV i think is an obviously good album for drumming too, along with all the older zeppelin albums showing off Bonzo's power

(Anyways, this topic could be argued forever)

Nah...


DB had it right in the very first post of this thread...


Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)

Argument over after post 1.

Play On! ;-)

[Deltadrummer]

I don't think this was ever an argument.

[slingerland755]

[QUOTE=The Timekeeper;375937]Too many favorites to list but here's a few.

Pat Travers - Go for what you know ( My favorite Aldridge stuff, some say it's sloppy but I think it's great, try imitating it ! )


Good one. I haven't heard that one in years. Excellent album. I liked Tommy best when he was with Pat T. I don't know about FAVORITE album, but very good.

[michael drums]

I don't think this was ever an argument.

Agreed. Can't argue with that, Delta! Hee...hee...


;-)

[Erik Lund]

""Free For All" Art Blakey

Totally killer Art Blakey at the drum chair leading/driving the band and every track is a masterpiece in regards to both writing and jazz ensemble playing. Another milestone recording and a musically drum featured masterpiece."




Yeah! I'll bring up my post again:

"I'm gonna throw one track:

Art Blakey's "Free For All" on the album "Free For All"

It was his "Don't forget about me!" track in '64 when Elvin and Tony were getting all the praise."





The reason I say "one track" is because he doesn't drum like that on the rest of the album....He *almost* gets there on that Freddie Hubbard tune (name escapes me right now but it's an acronym...track 4, I think)





And before seeing that, I was coming in here to say either "Mars Volta - Deloused..." and agreeing with Stoopid, or "Mars Volta - Frances the Mute" I think I go with Frances. Great drumming throughout. Maybe Deloused gets the nod just because when it came out I remember EVERYONE going "Holy crap! This band is awesome!"

[driver]

Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra

And any Primus album I really can't pick one!

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

Right now I'm just digging ANYTHING with Joey Baron on it. That man is an absolute monster, severely underrated. His playing with Masada is exquisite and the other side of his coin, Naked City is something that everyone has to listen to once. Just high-energy intensity like I haven't heard since Tony Williams. I'll also add to the Mars Volta advocates, although I've only got 'Deloused in the Comatorium' that is something special.

[jonescrusher]

Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra

And any Primus album I really can't pick one!



Yes! Sailing the Seas of Cheese! Herb Alexander is a monster.

[Erik Lund]

I'm taking back my initial recommendations and instead going with

Milford Graves - Grand Unification.


Pretty ridiculous for one guy. That man is working on another level.

[Steamer]

""Free For All" Art Blakey

Totally killer Art Blakey at the drum chair leading/driving the band and every track is a masterpiece in regards to both writing and jazz ensemble playing. Another milestone recording and a musically drum featured masterpiece."




Yeah! I'll bring up my post again:

"I'm gonna throw one track:

Art Blakey's "Free For All" on the album "Free For All"

It was his "Don't forget about me!" track in '64 when Elvin and Tony were getting all the praise."



The reason I say "one track" is because he doesn't drum like that on the rest of the album....He *almost* gets there on that Freddie Hubbard tune (name escapes me right now but it's an acronym...track 4, I think)





Yes that first track on the record "Free For All" is a intense/musical display of Art really pushing the parameters of what many would have expected from him back then. Amazing Art and group performance.

The other track you are thinking about Erik is was the Freddie opener of side 2 of the original LP "The Core". Yes a little different from the album title track but another fine Art vehicle featuring yet more great group playing all around. First time I heard this at 18 I flipped with trying to take in the depth of what was taking place in the studio during this amazing group performance.

A milestone and important recording and must have for a serious drum and music collection and certainly on my short list for a desert island pic.

[tomsmithkinross]

It's nothing really special but i love it... It's the new John Butler trio album; Grand National is alot of fun to drum along to, i've been along too it for about two or three months on and off... i know all the parts by now but it's really diverse and there's so much you can do with it. Michael Barker has inspired me too be really creative with parts even with a straight ahead beat there's always something you can do to it a extended fill, chop the beat up a little bit its good to get inventive.
Also the album helps me with my soloing (There is a lot of rolls and it can get quite technical underneath the seemingly easy-going beat)

[imispgh]

Rockenfield and Speer

Hell's Canyon

[Nineball]

I'm a little younger, so I gotta go with Carter Beauford on Dave Matthew's album Crash- like the band or not, he is amazing.

[Kirsh]

i know maybe its not the best but i like time out of dave brubeck quartet, improvising with all those odd time signatures is really entertaining

[Deltadrummer]

i know maybe its not the best but i like time out of dave brubeck quartet, improvising with all those odd time signatures is really entertaining


I enjoy Time Further Out even more. Not as many 'hits;' but on Far More Drums Morello does a lot of work betweens his feets and hands; but don't tell Carmine Appice, it was Morello who invented those Bonham triplets. (unless there's an earlier example)

[Steamer]

I enjoy Time Further Out even more. Not as many 'hits;' but on Far More Drums Morello does a lot of work betweens his feets and hands; but don't tell Carmine Appice, it was Morello who invented those Bonham triplets. (unless there's an earlier example)

Also don't remind him that it was Elvin Jones in the early 60's who perfected the triplet subdivisions around the kit commonly heard today that the later generations and most notably certain late 60's early 70's well known rock drummers totally embraced the use of.

[rendezvous_drummer]

Few more to add to my list:

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers- Moanin' (Art Blakey

Radiohead- The Bends (Phil Selway)

Try!- John Mayer Trio (Steve Jordan)

[JWM]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Zappa_Joe%27s_Garage.jpg

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[Jeremy Bender]

Budy Rich: "Big Swing Face"

[no1funkydrummer]

Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
Jon Theodore is the drummer.
Amazing!

[lewisn27]

the poision by bullet for my valentine, moose is awesome IMO, not exactly a master technician but his double bass is good and it has a great feel. plus the band is awesome.

[Citizen Insane]

The most inspiring drumming albums for me were;

The Police- Zenyatta Mondatta, Regatta de Blanc
Tool- Lateralus, Aeminia
Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet
Dave Brubeck- Time out
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti, How the West was Won
Rush- Moving Pictures, 2112, Permanent Waves
Metallica- And Justice for All ( The reason why I started drumming.)

So thats my list.

[Tom Sawyer]

Lots of good albums here. I'd like to point out "Blue Matter", John Scofield with Dennis on the drums. Incredible.

[Big Chris]

Today is the Day - In the eyes of God

Brann Dailor's drumming on this album is awesome. IMO he's yet to surpass his work on this album with anything he's done with Mastodon. (Not knocking Mastodon, as they're also f***ing amazing)

[darknessdude16]

Grand Unification - Fightstar (With one of the most under-rated drummers of recent times, Omar Abidi)

I dont really think thats its one of the best drumming albums of all time HOWEVER it is a great album and Omar is a fantasticly solid drummer with some great grooves

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[The Keith Moon]

Peace of Mind--- Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain doesnt seem to sit still at least for the first 5 songs, I try to play along but I cant, so I go the Keith Moon way!!

Steely Dan's drumming by Steve Gadd, Bernad Purdie etcc.. are so perfect that it bores me!.

[figure_02]

Aja?

20 characchacyers bla bla.

[Der Februar]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet's Time Out.

[flamchops]

I'm new here to Drummerworld. Looking forward to interacting with you all and learning from each other. Just wanted to introduce myself ... and add a couple to this already stellar list: I'm probably repeating a few of your choices but here goes:

Shawn Lane, Jeff Sipe and Jonas Hellborg - Temporal Analogues of Paradise
Tool - Aenima (Danny Carey)
Tony Williams Lifetime - Million Dollar Legs
John Coltrane ( w Elvin) - Love Supreme
Allan Holdsworth - Secrets (w Vinnie)
Pat Metheny Group - Debut (Danny Gottleib)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Sly & Family Stone - Fresh (Andy Newmark)
Herbie Hancock - Flood (Mike Clark)
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters (Harvey Mason)
Steely Dan - Aja (Gadd, Purdie)
John Scofield - Pick Hits Live - Dennis Chambers
Bill Stewart - Live @ Modern Drummer Festival (VHS)
Brian Blade Fellowship - Red River Revel
Mahavishnu - Inner Mountin Flame (Cobham)
Chick Corea - Eye of the Beholder (Weckl)
Weckl - Master Plan

That's a good start for now ... :)

[Hercules]

Hi All,

Aren't there a lot of great drummers ! A lifetime worth of listening.

But when it comes to choosing 1 only, there is 1 only:

"Gong" is the band
"You" is the album

Please have a listen to (the late) Pierre Moerlen on this album !!
- pulsing rythms, exploding fills and weaving melodies of mallet percussion
- entrancing but note it takes a few mins to build into the real drum bits

Hercules@Studi01

[Ian Williams]

Hello, All.

Ian Paice, Deep Purple: In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head.
Keith Moon, The Who: Live at the isle of Wight, Live at Leeds, Tommy, Quadrophenia, Who Are You.
Ivan de Prume, White Zombie: La Sexorcisto, Soulcrusher, Make them die slowly.
Phil Rudd, AC/DC: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, Highway to hell.
Bill Ward, Black Sabbath: Sabbath bloody sabbath, master of reality.
Vinnie Appice, Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell.
Roger Taylor, Queen: Sheer heart attack, Queen II, Jazz.
Jon Bonham, Led Zeppelin: LZ III, Presence, Houses of the holy.
Alex Van Halen, Van Halen: Women and Children first.
Les Binks, Judas Priest: Stained Class, Hell bent for leather.
Simon Phillips, Judas Priest: Sin after Sin.
Clive Burr, Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden, Killers, The Number of the Beast.

All the Best!

[drummer_of_system_32]

well i dunno bout the greatest of all time but paper walls by yellowcard is pretty good.

L.P is a champ.

[Moon_Type_Drummer]

The Who's Live at Leeds album definatly shows Keith Moon in his drumming prime.

give it a listen sometimes. you'll be impressed.

[aaajn]

I have to admit, proud to admit. I agree. Physical Graffiti is my favorite drum museum



Led zeppelin - physical graffiti - 1976 (My fav. album ever recorded by any band...totaly brilliantly made)

In my time of dying
Sick Again
Night Flight (probably one of my favorite zeppelin songs)
Kashmir
To name a few songs

[OldStampK]

Hi All,

Aren't there a lot of great drummers ! A lifetime worth of listening.

But when it comes to choosing 1 only, there is 1 only:

"Gong" is the band
"You" is the album

Please have a listen to (the late) Pierre Moerlen on this album !!
- pulsing rythms, exploding fills and weaving melodies of mallet percussion
- entrancing but note it takes a few mins to build into the real drum bits

Hercules@Studi01

Nice to hear Pierre getting his due. I've been a fan of his for years. You is a great album for drumming. So is Angel's Egg.

[OldStampK]

Well, the album represented by my avatar is a good'n.

[Snook]

LP from yellowcard?

I like the band, and hes a very good punk drummer but PLEASE do not throw him into the mix with this thread! Seriously, lol.

:)

My pics are Dream Theater - Various - Portnoy doesn't play anything amazingly complicated but wow hes tight and puts down groove into metal thats awesome
Dave Matthews Live Trax - Various - Carter = awesome groove and feel

[sanzo2112]

I know opinions are acceptable nowaday but the title did say "best drumming album" so I think Neil peart and Rush should feature in every page, they are the greatest..ever

[mfp1016]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet's Time Out.

I second that!!!

a few more characters...

[HoosierRobert]

The criteria is "the most technically and musically excellent drumming"

Great suggestions so far, but I'm interpreting "musically excellent" as furthering the song with a unique and individual sound, style and drive. That said, my suggestions may polarize this discussion:

Phil Collins (as a drummer not a singer) - Peter Gabriel - third album or "Melt", Genesis - "Seconds Out", or Brand X - "Unorthodox Behaviour" - come on, the guy reinvented drum sounds twice with his melodic use of concert toms and then his gated snare work with Steve Lillywhite.

Kenny Aronoff - John Mellencamp - "Scarecrow" - the rebirth of live sounds (no more towels) and energetic, passionate drumming supporting the song context.

Terry Bozzio - Missing Persons - "Spring Session M" - all the songs were written around the drum groove and its melodic approach. His work wrote the definitive chapter on the syn-drum sound so much so that electronic drums were relegated to cliched' hip-hop sounds or local circuit or praise bands with sound problems.

Let the salvos fly...

[lordwampus]

Hands down, no competition: The Green Mindbomb by Marco Minneman.

Not only are all the drum parts tremendously technical, he plays most of the other instrumental parts as well. Cross-cut grooves, phasing, polyrythms and more abound in a powerhouse of raw drumming talent.

I've been working on a few tracks - mainly the opening track "streets" and track five "hair off" - for a couple years now and am still trying to iron out the kinks. Just working out how he's counting his beat in relation to the rest of the music is hard enough. When you add his dauntingly fast chops and rolls into the mix - it doesn't get any better.

Marco Minneman truly is (as he is known) a "Super-Drummer" and well deserved is that title.

[ccsimms]

Mongrel by The Number Twelve Looks Like You (Jon Karel)

So many displays of different genres and techniques, excellent album.

[Dreaded Skull]

For me it's anything by-

Buddy Rich
John bonham - Led Zeppelin
Bill Ward - Black Sabbath
Neil Peart - Rush
Igor Cavalera - Sepultura / Cavalera Conspiracy
Abe Cunningham - Deftones
Roy Mayorga - Soulfly / Stone Sour
Dave McClain - Machine Head
Dave Weckl - The Dave Weckl Band
Matthew McDonough - Mudvayne
Danny Carey - Tool
Chris Adler - Lamb of God

Ya I like all types.
But all are KILLER drummers.

[RollingStone000]

Zach Hill's Astrological Straits, it's a very weird album and you'd have to be into noise/math rock stuff (which I'm not big on myself). Although every time I listen to it, which isn't often, my jaw hits the floor.

[Bradastronaut]

Omg im so glad "hold your horse is" has been mentioned, Zach hill compliments the guitars so well on this album, the more you listen to it the clearer it is that hes not just playing as fast as he can, the mans a genius whos brought something completely new to drumming. But lets not forget spencer! His guitar work gives that album such a layered sound, its hard to believe its just a guitar and drum behind the mayhem.

I dunno if anyone will agree, but since the best drumming albums i could have thought of have already been mentioned i have no other choice. As a fan of punk rock and punk drumming i gotta mention my favourite drumming album from that genre..."hoss" by lagwagon, Derrick Plourde's last lag album and his best, its just so full of amazing parts that are NEVER found in punk. Rifle and move the car have gotta be the best on that album for me. Also the album "death and taxes: volume 1" by Jaws, another one of Derricks albums, though not punk, still awesome and full of great parts (the fills in polarity and the final minute of small games is amazing)..if anyones interested check that out!

Oh and bedlam in goliath by the mars volta is great, despite me not being a fan of the album, i love the drumming on it. Although im a bigger fan of theyre previous albums with jon theodore, thomas is just beyond amazing.

Im also a fan of simpler drumming, i like playing along to bad religions "suffer" to try and add my own fills where they arent.

[Bradastronaut]

Zach Hill's Astrological Straits, it's a very weird album and you'd have to be into noise/math rock stuff (which I'm not big on myself). Although every time I listen to it, which isn't often, my jaw hits the floor.

Yes! Full of amazing songs, a great mish mash of genres. Ive been listening to that album quite a bit the last few weeks. Its hard to describe how brilliant the drumming on it is.

[shrink]

Well a late comer to this thread.. but here are a few of my choices:

Dave Brubeck's - Time out and Time further out albums (Jo Morello in superb form)
Led Zeppelin - 1 though 4, bonham at his boogiest best, with subtle yet powerful playing.
Steely Dan - the royal scam, great funky beats
Queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf

[Michael McDanial]

"Krupa and Rich" - Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
"Moanin'" - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
"Tambó" - Tito Puente (I love Latin percussion!)

[Pollyanna]

Too hard! Not the best, I'm sure, but some albums where I really enjoyed the drumming (amongst hundreds of others):

Bill Bruford on Discipline
Pierre Moerlen on Gong's Downwind and Shamal
Ian Paice on Machine Head
Keith at Leeds
Steely Dan's Aja
Herbie Hancock's Headhunters
Sgt Pepper

[Random Name 123]

The Clash - London Calling

Flawless, tasteful and diverse: included in the album is a bluesy jazz shuffle, played to perfection. Rocky sextuplets. Reggae cross sticking, funk grooves, plenty of very sharp hi-hat work. Punk and rock beats, straight and swung.

Nobody would ever nominate Topper Headon's playing for the most difficult of all time by actual notation (although there are some tricky bits in there for even great drummers), but it's his professional touch, restraint and timing that makes it hard to replicate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz1Zjaqhu3s

[bpumpkin]

I'm probably going to get laughed at for this but Take Off Your Pants And Jacket by Blink 182 has some exceptional drumming on it by Travis Barker. I'm not one of those people that think Travis is the greatest drummer in the world nor is Blink 182 anywhere close to being one of my favorite bands, but I do own that album mainly because of the Travis's drumming on it. You can't listen to that album start to finish and deny that he has some serious talent.

[vegassuper]

"Drums Around the Corner": Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones and Roy Haynes on the same album, throw in Lee Morgan on trumpet, Bobby Timmons on piano and Jymie Merritt on bass...swingin'.

[Derek]

Too hard! Not the best, I'm sure, but some albums where I really enjoyed the drumming (amongst hundreds of others):

Bill Bruford on Discipline
Pierre Moerlen on Gong's Downwind and Shamal
Ian Paice on Machine Head
Keith at Leeds
Steely Dan's Aja
Herbie Hancock's Headhunters
Sgt Pepper

Hi Polly!

It always brings a smile to me to find another fan of "Headhunters" (I know there are many).
Harvey Mason is one of my favorites of all time.

[Pollyanna]

Hi Polly!

It always brings a smile to me to find another fan of "Headhunters" (I know there are many).
Harvey Mason is one of my favorites of all time.

Yup Derek - so funky, tasty and subtle.

Not many people know of Pierre Moerlen (RIP) for some reason but he had it all - enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFOtLdD7vU

[Toza]

John Coltrane - a love supreme (Elvin Jones)

[Derek]

Yup Derek - so funky, tasty and subtle.

Not many people know of Pierre Moerlen (RIP) for some reason but he had it all - enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFOtLdD7vU

That was some great stuff - enjoy it I did. Thanks Polly.

[DrummerBoy95]

my fav' is Gojira's "The Way Of All Flesh" with the amazing Mario Duplantier on drums.

[andSometimesY]

There have already been so many great albums posted, so I'll just try to think of some that haven't been said:

-Vinnie Colaiuta- Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta)
-Jeff Beck- Live at Ronnie Scott's (drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta)
-Atomship- The Crash of '47 (drummer: Chad Kent)
-Karnivool- Sound Awake (drummer: Steve Judd)
-Between the Buried and Me- The Great Misdirect, Colors (drummer: Blake Richardson)
-Pat Metheny Trio- Tokyo Day Trip (drummer: Antonio Sanchez)

[Drums101]

John Coltrane - a love supreme (Elvin Jones)

Must agree but I personally love the album My favorite Things. Head Hunters-Harvey mason, All of the Stanton Moore albums are pretty great. Dave Brubeck Time Out

[toddbishop]

Vinnie Colaiuta's playing on Joe's Garage has to be one of the more insane performances ever. Highlight is the blowing in 19/16 on Keep It Greasy.

[con struct]

I won't say that it's the best, but for some of the most inspired and ultimate drumming I've ever heard I always turn to Elvin Jones on "A Love Supreme," just for the drumming. I still get chills when I listen to that man play on that record. The way he plays, it's almost beyond description. Genius. Flat out intuitive genius. "Pursuance" is just blindingly great jazz drumming.

[Jeff Gordon #24]

What single album had the most technically and musically excellent drumming that tied the music together while advancing style and still rocking your socks off?

I suggest Rush - Moving Pictures. Neil Peart took drumming to new heights with this album. If you can listen to "YYZ" without tapping your feet, beating your hands on your legs, and nodding your head, you have no pulse.

Bonus Trivia Question: Do you know what the significance of the letters "YYZ" is in reference to the song?

I have to agree here. I remember the first time I heard "Moving Pictures." I remember how floored I was at how dominant and prominant the drums were on this album. Just an amazing recording of the drums. And, I believe this was the beginning of my "air drumming" addiction.

I, personally, enjoy "Limelight" from Moving Pictures. I never get tired of listening to that song.

[Funky Crêpe]

I have to agree here. I remember the first time I heard "Moving Pictures." I remember how floored I was at how dominant and prominant the drums were on this album. Just an amazing recording of the drums. And, I believe this was the beginning of my "air drumming" addiction.

I, personally, enjoy "Limelight" from Moving Pictures. I never get tired of listening to that song.

"momentum" bu Joshua redman. Don't know if it's the best given the amount of real jazz records out there, but it is quite a drumming album! heres two links to songs on that youtube.

Shut your mouth- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQR-YOW_6mQ
Sweet nasty- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYs2NmRQmjQ&feature=related

[Jeff Gordon #24]

"momentum" bu Joshua redman. Don't know if it's the best given the amount of real jazz records out there, but it is quite a drumming album! heres two links to songs on that youtube.

Shut your mouth- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQR-YOW_6mQ
Sweet nasty- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYs2NmRQmjQ&feature=related

Oh, ok. Thanks Bosphorus. Will do.