The best hard rock albums

Ranked by every score on sleeves, critics' and listeners'. An album with few scores is pulled toward the average until more come in, so one perfect score cannot top the list.

  1. 1Appetite for DestructionGuns N’ Roses · 5 from 1 score
  2. 2The BeatlesThe Beatles · 5 from 1 score
  3. 3Tenacious DTenacious D · 4.5 from 1 score
  1. 4ImperaGhost4.5 from 1 score
  2. 5Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessThe Smashing Pumpkins4.5 from 1 score
  3. 6Ten Thousand FistsDisturbed4 from 1 score
  4. 7Out of ExileAudioslave3.8 from 2 scores
  5. 8Year ZeroNine Inch Nails3.7 from 3 scores
  6. 9Elect the DeadSerj Tankian3.5 from 2 scores
  7. 10Them Crooked VulturesThem Crooked Vultures3.3 from 3 scores
  8. 11Hail to the KingAvenged Sevenfold3.3 from 2 scores
  9. 12NightmareAvenged Sevenfold3 from 1 score
  10. 13Break the CycleStaind2.5 from 1 score
  11. 14LateralusTool1 from 1 score
  12. 15AudioslaveAudioslave2 from 2 scores