# Greatest Classic Rock Albums of All Time???

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**Created:** [June 28, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-classic-rock-albums-of-all-time/587106 "2011-06-28T05:12:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-classic-rock-albums-of-all-time/587106/101 "2011-07-01T02:46:59Z")

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To the many fine albums already mentioned, I’d like to add

Procol Harum: A Salty Dog  
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-classic-rock-albums-of-all-time/587106/102 "2011-07-01T03:30:13Z")

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> [@spark240](#):
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> That _is_ Classic Rock, to a large extent–“an essentially blues-based and psychedelically-inflected tradition.” The jamming element isn’t required, but fits easily.

See, I call that blues-rock. Bands like Wolfmother would fit into that, too, but to me “classic rock” is tied to a time period. Which is _excatly_ why I don’t consider it a genre any more than I consider “Oldies” a genre. Obviously, your mileage varies. For me, Wolfmother and Lenny Kravitz are no more “classic rock” than, say, the Pipettes or Amy Winehouse or another 60s sounding band is “Oldies.”

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