When it comes to albums that changed my life, I would have to say, the main ones happened before the 90s, because I'm 61! First and foremost, All The World's A Stage by Rush. This was my first exposure to a lifelong love of this band. Powerful, with riffs I'd never heard. Everything about this band is great, especially the musicianship. This album was from the 2112 tour, so there's a lot of great songs.Next, Unleashed In The East by Judas Priest. Another live album, but this is another story.
Just excellent riffs, classic versions of many great songs (Running Wild, Sinner, Victim of Changes, Genocide), all sung by the prototype and standard of metal vocalists, the Metal God, Rob Halford. Never heard anyone before or since that was this good. Made me want to sing metal, though my voice was never this good. Finally, one of the Top-3 rock albums of all time, for me, Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. Ozzy is the classic, but Dio helped change their sound to a modern metal Sabbath that just blew me away. Neon Knights will forever be one of my favorite songs.
