Songs with great drums

[the record spot]

Rush - One Little Victory

Rush - Distant Early Warning

Rush - La Villa Strangiato

Genesis - The Cinema Show (off Seconds Out ideally)

...and many many more!

 

[Anonymous]

All these albums are full of great drumming....

Red - King Crimson (Bill Bruford)

Selling England By The Pound - Genesis (Phil Collins)

Dream Theater albums always have great drumming - take your pick (Mike Portnoy and Mike Mangini on their latest).

Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting (Vinnie Colaiuta).

In Absentia - Pocupine Tree (Gavin Harrison)

Anything by Rush - late 70's best IMO (Neil Peart)

ooops, it's songs, not albums you wanted wasn't it. Ah well, you'll find no end of great songs in this lot.

 

[drichardb]

A few of my favourites...

Queens of the Stone Age - Song for the Dead (Dave Grohl)

Foo Fighters - Floaty (Dave Grohl again)

Pantera - Becomming, 5 Minutes Alone (Vinnie Paul)

Mastodon - Blood & Thunder, Sleeping Giant, Curl of the Burl (Brann Dailor)

How can anyone not have mentioned the almighty MESHUGGAH, the more I listen to Tomas Haake's work, especially on the last two albums Obzen and Koloss the further up my list of favourite drummers he creeps. Beautifully crafted, initially very challenging but suprisingly subtle and above all - incredibly powerful.

Tesseract - April & Concealing Fate part 2 Deception (Jamie Postones)

Tool - Danny Carey doesnt put a foot (or hand) wrong in this band

Van Halen - Hot For Teacher (Alex Van Halen) the intro needs to be played LOUD

Lamb of God - Laid to Rest, Now You've Got Something to Die For (Chris Adler)

Opeth - The Grand Conjuration (Martin Axenrot) The Drapery Falls (Martin Lopez)

 

[Big Chris]

Anything by Designs Of Chaos.

🙂

 

[Big Chris]

Opeth - The Grand Conjuration (Martin Axenrot) The Drapery Falls (Martin Lopez)

:shame:

Actually, The Grand Conjuration from 'Ghost Reveries' was still Martin Lopez. Axe didn't come along until soon after the album was recorded and the first studio album he plays on is Watershed.

It is Axe drumming on 'The Roundhouse Tapes' live album though (I was there).🙂

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Can - Vitamin C

Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Ruts - Savage Circle

 

[shafesk]

So shafesk, heard anything you like?

Hey shooter, certainly loads to like here....I'm going serially, the weekend is near and then I'll get to hear all of it. Great recommendations, will make a top chart of my recommendations once I get to hear all of them :cheers:

 

[shafesk]

Probably gone a bit off topic from the OP, but isn't the drumming on any track you love pretty much the best drumming ever at point of listening?

Sure, Bonham and Moon were great drummers, but really was Dave Lovering any less exciting when belting out the relatively simple beats to the great Pixies tracks? I know through experience that many apparently technically deficient drummers have belted out fantastic rhythms to some of my favourite music ever, while some technically excellent drummers leave me totally cold.

Interesting question there omnibeard. I suppose you are right, but some of my favourite songs for eg. James Morisson's Self Portrait has great drumming but its rather poorly recorded so I can't hear the drums to their full potential. I'm lucky to own a pair of speakers which have received praise for their drum reproduction and on good recordings they really shine with drums.

 

[camcroft]

Santana - Soul Sacrifice Woodstock 69 drum solo by Michael Shrieve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mDM0A70Fc only 19 years old at the time

Live at Tost 2009- Michael Shrieve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuGQLTcK1A

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Album version of Pump it up by Elvis Costello.

 

[afterworks]

Tool - Everything they've done. Been suggested already I know but seriously, it's serious.

Oceansize - if you like Toolesque stuff check these guys out, great drummer.

 

[afterworks]

 

[kev g]

some albums....

Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju

Blondie - Parallel Lines

Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom

The Police - Reggetta De Blanc

blimey....I could probably list my whole cd collection....& many more songs

 

[Andy Madden]

Foo Fighters - My Hero

Green Day - Basket Case

Faith No More - Epic

 

[omnibeard]

+1 on Meshuggah - try "The Demon's name is Surveillance" off Koloss, the guy is half machine half maniac!

 

[6th.replicant]

Queens Of The Stone Age (Dave Grohl) - No One Knows [live version, Glasto' 2002 ]

The Who (Keith Moon) - Won't Get Fooled Again

Jacques Loussier Trio (André Arpino) - Fugue No.5 in D major

 

[CnoEvil]

Jacques Loussier Trio (André Arpino) - Fugue No.5 in D major

Good to see this in the mix......great stuff!

 

[spockfish]

Small correction: not just the first song, but the complete album. I think Neil Peart really outdone himself with this one.

 

[Macspur]

An Englishman in New York, Sting.

 

[Anonymous]

There are many amazing suggestions here worthy of greatness.

A few of my personal favourites I'd like to get a mention as much for groove as well as technical excellence:

Iron Maiden -Run to the Hills (love around the kit drum rolls)

Safri Duo - Played a Live the Bongo Song

Ac/Dc - Thunderstruck/ Heatseeker (make that everything by Ac/Dc )

ZZ Top - Gimme all your loving

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

Faith no more - Stripsearch

Fear Factory - Demanufacture

Korn - Freak on a leash (Boom na da mmm dum na ema 
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Life of Agony- Through and Through

Machine Head - Davidian

Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger

Strapping Young Lad - Detox

Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Judas Priest - Painkiller

Pantera - Primal Concrete Sledge

Sepultura - Refuse/Resist/Territory

Slayer South of Heaven

System of a Down - Sugar

Carcass - Heartwork

Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness

Fleshgod Apocalypse -The Egoism/ The violation (Just incredible)

Sorry my list could go on and on, sometimes wish I hadn't decided to hang up my stix. Actually this would make a good demo disc for searching for new equipment, at least you would have the shop to yourself.

 

[iceman16]

Eva Cassidy - The Letter

Gary Boyle - Grumble

 

[Electro]

Cassandra Wilson - Dance to the drum again .

Amazingly powerful deep drum that sounds and feels like thunder rolling in the distance :exmark: