以下是由美國重金屬雜誌HIT PARADER在97年8月選出的史上最棒的100張 重搖滾/重金屬唱片，極具參考價值。
1.LED ZEPPELIN -- "IV"
2.METALLICA -- "METALLICA"
3.KISS -- "ALIVE"
4.OZZY OSBOURNE -- "BLIZZARD OF OZZ"
5.MARILYN MANSON -- "ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR"
6.BLACK SABBATH -- "PARANOID"
7.AEROSMITH -- "ROCKS"
8.GUNS N' ROSES -- "APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION"
9.AC/DC -- "BACK IN BLACK"
10.VAN HALEN -- "VAN HALEN"
11.MOTLEY CRUE -- "TOO FAST TO LOVE"
12.LED ZEPPELIN -- "LED ZEPPELIN"
13.JUDAS PRIEST -- "SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE"
14.SOUNDGARDEN -- "SUPERUNKNOWN"
15 DEEP PURPLE -- "MACHINE HEAD"
16.QUEENSRYCHE -- "OPERATION:MINDCRIME"
17.LED ZEPPELIN -- "II"
18.METALLICA -- "MASTER OF PUPPETS"
19.ALICE IN CHAINS -- "DIRT"
20.NIRVANA -- "NEVERMIND"
21.DEF LEPPARD -- "PYROMANIA"
22.BLACK SABBATH -- "MASTER OF REALITY"
23.BON JOVI -- "SLIPPERY WHEN WET"
24.SMASHING PUMPKINGS -- "MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS"
25.PEARL JAM -- "TEN"
26.AEROSMITH -- "PERMANENT VACATION"
27.GUNS N' ROSES --"USE YOUR ILLUSION I & II"
28.STONE TEMPLE PILOTS -- "CORE"
29.IRON MAIDEN -- "POWERSLAVE"
30.METALLICA -- "KILL'EM ALL"
31.AC/DC - "HIGHWAY TO HELL"
32.OZZY OSBOURNE -- "NO MORE TEARS"
33.KISS -- "LOVE GUN"
34.JUDAS PRIEST -- "BRITISH STEEL"
35.DEF LEPPARD -- "HYSTERIA"
36.MARILYN MANSON -- "SMELLS LIKE CHILDREN"
37.SLAYER --"HELL AWAITS"
38.KISS -- "DESTROYER"
39.PEARL JAM -- "VS"
40.AEROSMITH -- "PUMP"
41.QUEENSRYCHE -- "EMPIRE"
42.PANTERA -- "FAR BEYOND DRIVEN"
43.VAN HALEN -- "OU812"
44.NIRVANA -- "IN UTERO"
45.311 -- "311"
46.MEGADETH -- "COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION"
47.MOTORHEAD -- "ACE OF SPADES"
48.SOUNDGARDEN -- "BADMOTORFINGER"
49.ANTHRAX -- "STATE OF EUPHORIA"
50.METALLICA -- "LOAD"
51.RUSH -- "2112"
52.ALICE IN CHAINS -- "FACELIFT"
53.SEPULTURA -- "BENEATH THE REMAINS"
54.DEEP PURPLE -- "IN ROCK"
55.BUSH -- "RAZORBLADE SUITCASE"
56.CORROSION OF CONFORMITY -- "DELIVERANCE"
57.BON JOVI -- "NEW JERSEY"
58.IRON MAIDEN -- "NUMBER OF THE BEAST"
59. CREAM -- "DISRAELI GEARS"
60.NINE INCH NAILS -- "THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL"
61.RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS -- "BLOOD,SEX,MAGIK"
62.JIMI HENDRIX -- "ARE YOU EXPERIENCED"
63.MEGADETH -- "KILLING IS MY BUSINESS ... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD"
64.SCORPIONS -- "BLACKOUT"
65.STONE TEMPLE PILOTS -- "PURPLE"
66.PANTERA -- "VULGAR DISPLY OF POWER"
67.MONTROSE -- "MONTROSE"
68.DOKKEN -- "TOOTH & NAIL"
69.QUIET RIOT -- "METAL HEALTH"
70.ALICE COPPER -- "LOVE IT TO DEATH"
71.HELMET -- "MEAN TIME"
72.RATT -- "RATT"
73.MOUNTAIN -- "MOUNTAIN"
74.QUEEN -- "QUEEN"
75.XAXON -- "WHEELS OF STELL"
76.ACCEPT -- "BALLS TO THE WALL"
77.FREE -- "FIRE AND WATER"
78.TOOL -- "UNDERTOW"
79.KING'S X -- "GRETCHEN GOES TO NEBRASKA"
80.LIVE -- "THROWING COPPER"
81.DIO -- "THE LAST IN LINE"
82.FAITH NO MORE -- "EPIC"
83. LITA FORD -- "LITA"
84.THIN LIZZY -- "JAILBREAK"
85.WHITE ZOMBIE -- "LA SEXORCISTO DEVIL MUSIC VOL.1"
86.THE CULT -- "ELECTRIC"
87.BLUE CHEER -- "VINCEBUS ERUPTUM"
88.GREEN DAY -- "DOOKIE"
89.GRAND FUNK -- "WE'RE AMERICAN BAND"
90.FOO FIGHTERS -- "FOO FIGHTERS"
91.UFO -- "LIGHTS OUT"
92.TYPE O NEGATIVE -- "OCTOBER RUST"
93.SILVERCHAIR -- "FROGSTOMP"
94.TED NUGENT -- "CAT SCRATCH FEVER"
95.COLLECTIVE SOUL -- "COLLECT SOUL"
96.LENNY KRAVITZ -- "ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY"
97.TESLA -- "PSYCHOTIC SUPPER"
98.THE OFFSPRING -- "SMASH"
99.RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE -- "EVIL EMPIRE"
100.KORN -- "KORN"
