Curious to hear what people say about this one. The way that I picked isn't all about solos. It's also about the music and to what effect the guitar is used.

It's a four way tie for me... (in no particular order)
LZ II (LZ)
Electric Ladyland (Jimi Hendrix Expierence)
Vulgar Display of Power (PanterA)
Master of Puppets (Metallica)

Honorable Mentions
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying (Megadeth)
Physical Graffiti (LZ)
Highway to Hell (AC/DC)
Animals (Pink Floyd)

I would add AJFA, Rust In Peace (Megadeth), Cowboys From Hell (Pantera), and The New Order (Testament),.

for an instumental album i would say Joe Satriani - Surfing with the alien, Steve Vai - Passion and warfare

JOe Satriani - Surfing with the alien

TEstament - Live at Fillmore 1995

Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder

Metallica - AJFA

Iron Maiden - 7th son of a 7th son

add appetite for destruction- gn'r and blizzard of ozz- ozzy

Metallica - AJFA

Pantrea - Cowboy's from Hell

Megadeth - Rust In peace

Arise - The Beautiful New World
Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason
Ensiferum - Ensiferum
Ensiferum - Iron
Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Norther - Death Unlimited
Sepultura - Chaos AD
Vaginal Jesus - Affirmitive Appartheid
Wintersun - Wintersun

I would highly recommend any of these. My PC is full of to many albums and shit, but these are the ones i mainly listen to.

Death - Sound of perseverance
Sepultura - Beneath the remains
Sepultura - Roots
Metallica - AJFA
KoRn - KoRn (no solos, but still good riffs)
Machine head- Burn my eyes
Machine head - through the ashes of empires
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Fear Factury - Archetype
Dying fetus - Stop at nothing
:bang:

as much as i love FF dude, there is no solos on any FF albums

i would choose Ozzy - Blizzard and Diary

Use Your Illusion I&II amazing harmonies just listen to Estranged

*Warning* If you're closed minded about music and don't enjoy a wide range of music like I do, then it's best if you just ignore my list. ;):P


Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
John Lee Hooker - Endless Boogie
B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Vaughan Brothers - Family Style
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Pat Metheny - One Quiet Night
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss

it's not only about the solos man...their riffs are just killers!

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Good call w/ the Albert King dude, I almost forgot about that shit. I don't enjoy Texas Flood as much as I used too... still a good album tho.

Exactly! In a way, it's harder to write a good riff than a good solo.

Zakk Wylde - Book of Shadows?

hole shit...got to edit that :unsure:

First and Foremost-
Rage Against the Machine:
-Self Title
-Evil Empire
-Battle Of LA (Toms Riffs and solos on every album, fucking creative, riff(which for some songs are simple), and effect wise own...)

Tool- Lateralus (Same like RATM, creativity and riffs own)

Metallica- Load and Reload for creativity and effects wise, Master Of Puppets and AJFO riff and solo wise...

Iron MAiden - Dance Of death
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
James Labrie - Elements Of Persuation

Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Metallica - And Justice For All
Extreme - Pornografitti
Cocophony - Go Off
Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Hendrix - Greatest Hits
Marty Friedman - Dragon Kiss

Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
Van Halen - Van Halen II

Iron Maiden-
Killers
Number of the Beast
Powerslave
Live After Death

Black Sabbath-
Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabotage
Mob Rules
Born Again

Judas Priest-
Sad Wings
Stained Glass
Unleashed in the East

Metallica-
Master of Puppets
AJFO

Megadeth-
Killing is my Business...
Peace Sells...
Rust in Peace
The System has Failed

Ozzy-
Blizzard of Ozz
Diary of a Madman
No Rest for the Wicked
No More Tears

The Who-
Tommy
Live at Leeds
Whos Next

The Beatles-
Sargent Peppers
The White Album

The Rolling Stones-
cant remember the albums right now

Cream-
Disraeli Gears
Wheels of Fire

Eric Clapton-
Slowhand
24 Nights

Lynyrd Skynyrd-
Another One From the Road

its a little excesive, but they have fuckin great guitar work on them

how about just about anything from the great kat :)
its not all great but some of it is pretty cool :)

well, about anything from dreamtheater, some older U2 stuff, i also like toto and django reinhardt to add a little bit more to this great lists.

the two Cacophony Albums are really really amazing guitar work by the shredders Marty Friedman and Jason Becker

damn right....i don't have either though, just heard them....any chance you could send speed metal symphony (pm?) :D

amen to that :bang:

Any Jimi Hendrix Experience album.

this site i'm on which has a fuckload of lists (well the whole point of the site is lists :P) has a greatest guitar albums list: here's the top 20:

1. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
2. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
3. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Van Halen - Van Halen
5. Layla - Derek And The Dominos
6. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
7. Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck
8. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
9. Berry Is On Top - Chuck Berry
10. Disraeli Gears - Cream
11. Machine Head - Deep Purple
12. Passion And Warfare - Steve Vai
13. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
14. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
15. Fresh Cream - Cream
16. Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix
17. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
18. Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
19. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
20. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

(master of puppets is at number 22).