6 Rock Albums You Need To Have On A Road Trip

Summertime is the best time for a road trip, and besides car snacks, the next most essential thing to have for your upcoming road trip is some good tunes.

Whether you have an end destination or are just seeing where the road takes you, these 6 rock albums need to accompany you on your road trip.

A stellar album to have riding shotgun, but try and be mindful of your acceleration.  It’s real easy to get a speeding ticket listening to the wonder of Rob Halford’s vocals and the dueling guitars of K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton.

“Heavy” doesn’t even begin to describe this brilliant AIC album.  (We’re not sure if the right word even exists.) If you’re perhaps on the road trying to escape some stuff, this is the album to play to try and help you work through your thoughts

A masterpiece, and nothing rattles a rearview mirror quite like Meg White’s kick drum.

Kings of Leon have come a long way since their southern rock-tinged garage rock debut, but even nearly 15 years after its release, the carnal feel of Youth & Young Manhood still resonate and will bring energy to any highway.

Few albums are equally smart and visceral, but Phair’s Exile In Guyville is one of the exceptions.  Its unapologetic defiance is the perfect companion for battling the open road.

Windows down, radio blaring is the only way to take in this iconic debut.

Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock blogger. The first man she ever loved was Jack Daniel.  (True story.)