One of Rubin's first efforts, his merging of rock and rap with Run DMC's cover of "Walk This Way" set musical history for years to come.  Also, who can forget "My Adidas"? 

This just narrowly edged out the first Beastie Boys album, BTW (only because the Beasties' better work was on subsequent albums that Rubin wasn't involved in). 

"Expendible Youth", "Dead Skin Mask", and the chilling "Hollow Point" are all examples of classic Slayer.  While Metallica was winding down and working with poncey Canadian producers, Rubin kept Slayer at their most aggressive and pure.

There's something chilling about Johnny Cash telling you he shot someone, whether it be in Reno, or as a hilltop sniper.  There's also something harrowing about a 70-year-old singing Nine Inch Nails songs.  Rubin's latest piece of work with Johnny Cash is no less powerful than anything he ever recorded for Sun Records and no less pure.

Rick's first foray into working with former Misfit Glenn Danzig would lead to a brilliant collaborative career, and pave the way for even Johnny Cash to record Glenn's songs.  "Mother" remains a brilliant but creepy gem.

This LA-based band fuses hardocre punk a la Dead Kennedys with Slayer-esqe speed and Eastern rhythms, even dabbling in 3/4 waltz time.  Purely revolutionary, "System" are the first band that have completely blown me away with their work since I first heard Metallica's first album.  Go figure, I wasn't surprised to find out that Rick Rubin was behind it.

The last great Red Hot Chili Peppers album.  Although this one was heavy on quantity and not exactly trimmed down to the best few songs, it DID produce classic tunes like "Give It Away" and "Suck My Kiss".

The debate over this album may possibly lead to my divorce, and it would surprise no one who knows me.  The Mrs. thinks "LOVE" is the best Cult album.  Fat chance...it's "ELECTRIC" (the ALL MUSIC GUIDE backs me up on this one, as do many people I know). 

One can only imagine what "She Sells Sanctuary" could have been like if Rubin was behind THAT.  THEN, perhaps, there would be a debate.

Short and sweet.

"Enter to the realm of Satan..."

Ride cymbals and devil rock abound.  Words cannot describe the sheer brilliance of this metal masterpiece, as Tom Araya's opening scream on "Angel of Death", a lovely ballad about Adolf Hitler, says it all.

There's something incredible about Johnny Cash singing "Rusty Cage".  Lines like, "It's raining ice picks on your steel shore" suddenly make sense.

No wonder Beck wrote him a tune...

"Dog food on the floor, and I've been like this before..."

Never before has a senior citizen rocked so hard!

This album has been driving my co-workers crazy since I first heard it, inspiring one to ask, "Do you listen to music like this in real life or just to bug us?".   Like I said before, this band blew me away like no one has since I first heard Metallica in grade 8.