Best n worst band tribute albums!

I've been enjoying the new stryper tribute cd titled the covering. what are some of the best and worst cover cds by bands? (I don't mean those tribute compilation albums)

Best: Garage Days Re-revisited

Good ones:

Stryper - The Covering
Metallica - Garage, Inc
Iron Maiden - Best of the B Sides
Ultimatum - Lex Metalis

Worst:
Ozzy's covers album

Temple of Blood wrote:

Best: Garage Days Re-revisited

Good one!

Worst:
Ozzy - Under Cover
Queensryche - Take Cover

Some that I enjoy:
Tesla - Reel to Reel
Overkill - Coverkill
Powergod - Bleed for the Gods-That's Metal Lesson I
Powergod - Long Live The Loud-That's Metal Lesson II
Rush - Feedback
Yngwie Malmsteen - Inspiration
Stryper - The Covering
Great White - Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
Guardian - Yellow & Black Attack is Back
Aerosmith - Honkin' on Bobo
Treasure Seeker - A Tribute to the Past
Steel Prophet - Genesis (though not strictly a tribute CD)
Ultimatum - Lex Metalis (obviously!)

Some of my favorites:

Aerosmith - Honkin' on Bobo
Tesla - Real to Reel 1 & 2
Metallica - Garage Inc. & Re-Revisited
Def Leppard - Yeah!
Joe Elliot's Down n' Outz - My ReGeneration
Guns n' Roses - Spaghetti Incident and Covering 'em (unofficial bootleg)
Helloween - Metal Jukebox
Overkill - Coverkill
Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods
LA Guns - Cuts and Rip the Covers Off
Rush - Feedback
Yngwie - Inspiration
Warrant - Under the Influence
Great White - Great Zeppelin and ReCovered
Yellow Matter Custard - Live in NYC: Tribute to the Beatles
Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire and Under the Influence
MSG - Heavy Hitters
Queensryche - Take Cover
Ultimatium - Lex Metalis
The Ramones - Acid Eaters
Kevin DuBrow - In For The Kill

Worst:
Ozzy's
Poison - Poison'd

Both of those are bland and passion-less. LA Guns also recently released another covers album that received horrible reviews. Haven't heard it myself though.

some good ones...

Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics I & III
Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers I & II
Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

bad one...

Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics II

mc666 wrote:

some good ones...

Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics I

Good one. Forgot about it. Haven't heard III yet.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Metallica - Garage Inc. & Re-Revisited
Overkill - Coverkill
The Ramones - Acid Eaters
Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods

These'll do it for me too.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods

Another good one I forgot about.

Some that I like:

Metallica-Garage Days
Guardian-The Yellow and Black Attack is Back
Stryper-The Covering

Most of my favorites have already been mentioned. But here is two unmentioned ones:

Jorn - Unlocking The Past (this one absolutely annihilates!)
Jorn - Dio

thanks for all the suggestions.

Mike, I'll bring in the Six Feet Under "Graveyard Classics" for you to check out.

You didn't care for Queensryche's Take Cover, Ult?

While it didn't blow me away, I liked their selection of songs they chose to cover. Took some lesser known tracks and made 'em their own.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

You didn't care for Queensryche's Take Cover, Ult?

While it didn't blow me away, I liked their selection of songs they chose to cover. Took some lesser known tracks and made 'em their own.

Nah, thought is was sort of dull. The Pink Floyd cover was good, and I liked their cover of Neon Knights alright, but for the most part, it didn't really do much for me.

Fair enough.

Jorn ` Dio ( perfect Tribute to the King )

Jorn` Unlocking The Past ( covers of Rainbow, Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, MSG, KISS, City Boy, Whitesnake, Bad Company , all done right ).

can't believe more people are'nt aware of him. hope he does another one soon.

Holy Tribute ( to Dio ) is great as well.

Wish KISS would do a covers record too.

The ABSOLUTE worst is L.A. Guns "Covered In Guns" from 2010. It is awful. They do really flat covers of Def Leppard, Buckcherry and a bizarre attempt at a Kevin Rudolf club song. It's completely unlistenable.

Axel Rudi Pells "Diamonds Unlocked" is pretty hit and mis too.

mc666 wrote:

some good ones...
Napalm Death - Leaders Not Followers I & II
Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

Three of my favorites

two that come to mind:

Holy Dio: A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal~Ronnie James Dio
Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal

Dream Theatre has done some pretty good covers albums...


I really dig the Fozzy records! Great song choices and The Duke is an amazing shredder.

romeolimagolf wrote:

two that come to mind:

Holy Dio: A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal~Ronnie James Dio
Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal

Actually, I think he was only looking for individual band tributes, not these tribute compilations.

biddle wrote:

I've been enjoying the new stryper tribute cd titled the covering. what are some of the best and worst cover cds by bands? (I don't mean those tribute compilation albums)

ultmetal wrote:

romeolimagolf wrote:

two that come to mind:

Holy Dio: A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal~Ronnie James Dio
Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal

Actually, I think he was only looking for individual band tributes, not these tribute compilations.

biddle wrote:

I've been enjoying the new stryper tribute cd titled the covering. what are some of the best and worst cover cds by bands? (I don't mean those tribute compilation albums)

Sorry, I missed that part. I'm an idiot.