Our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list looks at a great rock and roll band form the New York New Jersey Metropolitan Area, Big time music acts Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi weren’t the only great rock and roll bands to come out of the Northern New Jersey area. The Dillinger Escape Plan band arrived on the music scene at the end of the 2oth century and gave hard rock fans a very cool almost twenty year run. At times sounding like Judas Priest meets Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, the group was defined by brilliant musicianship that knew no boundaries within the genre of metal and all its sub genres. They are easily one of the most interesting and entertaining bands of the 21st Century. They were a product of their times but also were students of the past as you can hear so many different influences in their music.
The Dillinger Escape Plan released their first album in 1999 entitled Calculating Infinity with Dimitri Minakakis as their lead vocalist. It would be the only album the band released with Dimitri Minakakis as their front man. It would also be another five years before the band released their second album entitled Miss Machine. That album released in 2004 was the first album to feature Greg Puciato as their lead singer. Three years later the Dillinger Escape Plan released their third album entitled Ire Works.
At this point in time the group would get into a release schedule of issuing new albums every three years. In 2010 , the band released the record Option Paralysis. Three years after the release of Option Paralysis, the band released their fifth album entitled One of Us Is the Killer. In 2016, the group issued their final album called Dissociation.
Our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums list takes a closer look at the band’s six albums and puts them in ranked order as to which one were our favorites.
# 6 –Ire Works
We open up our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list with the group’s third album entitled Ire Works. The album was released in 2007. Ire Works broke into the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot Rock albums charts. It did not do as well on the mainstream charts as the Ire Works album hit number one hundred and forty two on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Charts. The Dillinger Escape Plan band at the time consisted of Greg Puciato on lead vocals, Ben Weinman on guitars, piano and backing vocals,Liam Wilson bass and Gil Sharone on drums.
Complete Album Track Listing
Fix Your Face
Lurch
Black Bubblegum
Sick on Sunday
When Acting as a Particle
Nong Eye Gong
When Acting as a Wave
82588
Milk Lizard
Party Smasher
Dead as History
Horse Hunter
Mouth of Ghosts
# 5 – Calculating Infinity
At the halfway point on our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list is the album entitled Calculating Infinity. The album was released in 1999.Calculating Infinity stands as the bands debut album. It is the only Dillinger Escape Plan Album to feature vocalist Dimitri Minakakis. This album blew metal fans away with the furious playing that was presented on the record and virtuous musicianship that fueled so many of the album’s killer tracks. The album featured Dimitri Minakakis on vocals, Ben Weinman on guitar and bass, Brian Benoit on guitar and Chris Pennie on drums.
Complete Album Track Listing
Sugar Coated Sour
43% Burnt
Jim Fear
*#..
Destro’s Secret
The Running Board
Clip the Apex… Accept Instruction
Calculating Infinity
4th Grade Dropout
Weekend Sex Change
Variations on a Cocktail Dress
# 4 –Miss Machine
At the number four spot on our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list we present the album entitled Miss Machine. The Miss Machine album was released in 2004. The Miss Machine album stands as the first album to feature vocalist Greg Puciato. The album also featured musicians Ben Weinman on lead guitar, Brian Benoit on rhythm guitar, Chris Pennie on drums and Liam Wilson on bass. The album hit number two on the US Billboard Top Heatseekers Charts.
Complete Album Track Listing
Panasonic Youth
Sunshine the Werewolf
Highway Robbery
Van Damsel
Phone Home
We Are the Storm
Crutch Field Tongs
Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants
Baby’s First
Unretrofied
The Perfect Design
# 3 – Dissociation
Moving along on our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list we present the exhilarating album entitled Dissociation. The album was released in 2017. Dissociation stands as the final album the band released unless they reform and stage a comeback. The album hit number thirty one on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Charts. The Dissociation album also appeared on the United Kingdom Albums Charts reaching the number forty seven position. It was a top 20 album in Austria. The album featured Greg Puciato on lead vocals,Ben Weinman on guitars, Kevin Antreassian on rhythm guitar, Liam Wilson on bass and Billy Rymer on drums. Standout tracks included “Limerent Death and “Symptom of a Terminal Illness.”
Complete Album Track Listing
Limerent Death
Symptom of Terminal Illness
Wanting Not So Much to as To
FUGUE
Low Feels Blvd
Surrogate
Honeysuckle
Manufacturing Discontent
Apologies Not Included
Nothing to Forget
Dissociation
# 2 – Option Paralysis
Just of the top spot on our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list we showcase the album entitled Option Paralysis. This one was a killer hard rock record.The album was released in 2010. The album hit number seventy eight on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Charts. On the US Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums Charts, the Option Paralysis album reached number five. The album also did well on the United Kingdom Rock & Metal Albums Charts reaching the number six position. The album featured Greg Puciato on lead vocals,Ben Weinman on guitars, Jeff Tuttle on rhythm guitar, Liam Wilson on bass and Billy Rymer on drums. Standout tracks included “Farewell, Mona Lisa” and “Endless Endings.”
Complete Album Track Listing
Farewell, Mona Lisa
Good Neighbor
Gold Teeth on a Bum
Crystal Morning
Endless Endings
Widower
Room Full of Eyes
Chinese Whispers
I Wouldn’t If You Didn’t
Parasitic Twins
# 1 – One of Us Is the Killer
We wrap up our Dillinger Escape Plan Albums Ranked list with the furious album entitled One of Us Is the Killer. The raging album was released in 2013. The One of Us Is the Killer album would become their highest charting album of their career on the US Album charts as it hit number twenty five on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Charts. However One of Us Is the Killer did way better on the US Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums Charts reaching the number one spot. One of Us Is the Killer also appeared on the United Kingdom Rock & Metal Albums Charts reaching the number six position. The One of Us Is the Killer album featured Greg Puciato on lead vocals,Ben Weinman on guitars, Liam Wilson on bass and Billy Rymer on drums. Standout tracks included “When I Lost My Bet,” and “The Threat Posed by Nuclear Weapons.”
Complete Album Song Listing
Prance
When I Lost My Bet
One of Us Is the Killer
Hero of the Soviet Union
Nothing’s Funny
Understanding Decay
Paranoia Shields
CH 375 268 277 ARS
Magic That I Held You Prisoner
Crossburne
The Threat Posed by Nuclear Weapons
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