Bands with real singers and real arrangements
Ranked list by Samira Haddad · 19 items · 0 likes
I judge a band by vocals and by how the parts fit together. That puts harmony groups and blues-rooted bands high.
- The Beatles
Nobody else got three-part harmony to feel this casual.
- Queen
Four lead voices and an operatic range.
- Led Zeppelin
Plant and Page matter, but Bonham is the engine.
- Pink Floyd
The best arranged band for a full album listen.
- The Rolling Stones
Sloppy in the best possible way.
- The Who
- Fleetwood Mac
Three songwriters and three kinds of vocal harmony.
- The Doors
- Black Sabbath
Invented heavy music and made it sound easy.
- Radiohead
- Eagles
- U2
- Nirvana
- Talking Heads
Rhythm section that could play anywhere in the world.
- R.E.M.
- The Kinks
- AC/DC
- Metallica
- Deep Purple