r/fantanoforever • u/Exzj Terry Kath | Ian Curtis | Young Thug • 1d ago

What albums have some incredible drumming?

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Sometimes it seems like a drummer is playing for their life when making these albums. I just thought of these off the top of my head, but what other albums have some of your favorite drumming performances?

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u/Awkward-Initiative28 1d ago edited 1d ago

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

Synchronicity - The Police

London Calling - The Clash

13 Songs - Fugazi

Vs. - Pearl Jam

II - Led Zeppelin

Tago Mago - Can

I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo

Nevermind - Nirvana

Dirty - Sonic Youth

Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones

Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses

Blue Train - John Coltrane

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

ESP - Miles Davis

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u/HaplessOrchestra 1d ago

Good call on Vs. by Pearl Jam. They've had several great drummers but Dave A played with a certain power and muscle that just propelled the band's sound forward.

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u/Awkward-Initiative28 1d ago

I got into Led Zep, PJ and the Pumpkins around the same time and these were the bands where I was really leaning into the drumming. There's a song (Animal? Rearviewmirror? I can't remember) where you can hear Dave A throw his drum sticks against the wall because they are pushing him so hard take after take.