Hey, everyone!
For today's blog entry I want to list my top favorite Chevelle albums in order of what I regularly listen to everyday. All ten albums from “Point #1” to “Bright As Blasphemy” are epic masterpieces, but these are just my preferences. You can agree or disagree with me if you'd like that's not a problem. If you want to like something different, that's fine because every album is sensational. Let's get started!
1.Hats Off To The Bull: This is hands down my most favorite Chevelle album of their entire discography. My favorite track will always be “Prima Donna”, however, my other favorites are “Envy”, “Clones” and “The Meddler”. “Face To The Floor” reminds me of how easy it is to lose everything you've worked hard for in the lowest point in your life but ultimately regain with “Arise” and the title track “Hats Off”.
2.Bright As Blasphemy: Here's my next favorite post-Dean album. Although short, it's still packed with top tracks instead of fillers. It's short and sweet and you can get through it in one listen. Kemble Walters does a wonderful job as a replacement and let's hope for many more.
3.Vena Sera: Here's the beginning of Dean's stint with the band before he dropped off in 2019. It reminds me of spring break and summers by the pool, and not only that, but you can also hear the ambience of Vegas through tracks like “Antisaint”, “The Fad”, “Humanoid”, and “I Get It”. I personally think this is their ultimate party album.
4.This Type Of Thinking: This record actually came out the year I graduated high school in 2004. I think this is a very important effort for the band, not only because it's Joe's last album, but also because it captures the dreary melancholy of post-fame in “Get Some”, “Panic Prone”, “Tug-O-War”, “Bend The Bracket” as the closer and others.
5.Point #1: The band's debut is a fun one I could jam out to during spring or summer break alongside “Vena Sera”. It's sometimes fun reliving the tail end of the 90s since it dropped when I was still thirteen before my next birthday in June. It's so reminiscent of the grunge and hard rock scene from my early childhood before pop-punk took over in 1994.
6.Niratias: This is Sam and Pete's solo project. I really think it's a cool effort with lots of interludes and atmospheric sounds laced throughout the trackslist. Who can forget “Lost In The Digital Woods”?
7.Sci-Fi Crimes: Here's one album without much, if any, screaming at all, yet it really showcases Pete's flawless vocal delivery in “Roswell's Spell” and a random acoustic ballad “Highland’s Apparition” makes me believe in aliens!
8.The North Corridor: So 2017 was a very interesting year for me after fourteen years away from the band. “Joyride(Omen)” was our reunion when, of course, the only rock station in Orlando returned to its usual antics of overplaying songs as if it were going out of style. Since my car broke down four years ago I haven't been near a radio in quite some time so I'm not even sure what they're doing with newer singles these days, but I digress, and say this album melted my icy heart and finally made me a fan after so long.
9.Wonder What's Next: Here's a nostalgic record from my adolescence when “The Red” and “Send The Pain Below” were aggressively overplayed during their heyday in the early 2000s. I'd just ended sophomore year and weeks away from beginning junior year. Those were fun times!
10. La Gargola: This is Chevelle's most successful album to date since charting at number three on the Billboard 200 in 2014. My favorite tracks are “An Island”, “One Ocean” and “Twinge”. “The Damned” reminds me of a peculiar encounter I had in the wee hours of the morning one Saturday night but that's another story for another day. April 1st, 2026 marks the twelfth year anniversary of "La Gargola"!
11.12 Bloody Spies: B-Sides and Rarities: I love all the extra tracks compiled onto one disc since it saves money and time chasing down expanded albums typically more expensive and harder to find online. I love to listen to this when the weather begins to cool in the Southeast with a cup of hot coffee.
That's all! I hope you enjoyed it.
