the 'must have' album list

i dont know why but i still use the term album but you get the idea
here are some that i can think of off the top of my head that i think should be in everyones collection

miles davis- kind of blue. bitches brew. sketches of spain
frank zappa/mothers of invention- freak out. hot rats. joes garage. apsotrophe. overnite sensation
the beatles-rubber soul. revolver. the white album
the fugees-the score
alanis morisette-jagged little pill
carole king-tapestry
stevie wonder-music of my mind. songs in the key of life
the beach boys-pet sounds
jackson browne-the pretender

just a few off the top of my head.....feel free to add

a reply to: TinySickTears

Metallica - ...And Justice for All / Ride the Lightening
Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
White Zombie - White Zombie
Black Sabbath - First 4 albums
Led Zeppelin - All

a reply to: TinySickTears

The Specials - The Specials
Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches
Radiohead - The Best Of
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
The Clash - London Calling
Prince - Sign o' the Times
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
Moby - The 'B' Sides
Moloko - Things To Make and Do

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (you know, the one that birthed heavy metal)
Van Halen - Van Halen
Joe Bonamassa - Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Queensryche - Rage for Order
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Deep Purple - Made in Japan

...could add many, many more. Been collecting music since the 60's and there are, literally, hundreds of albums that I've had on vinyl, then 8 track, then cassette, then CD, now digital. Well, not a lot of 8 tracks, players ate them too easily. I consider them all essential or I wouldn't have bought them in the first place, let alone replaced them over and over...

a reply to: TinySickTears

As a musician? Thats an almost IMPOSSIBLE task for me...but as far as trend setting and a huge influence of me...including the ones you mentioned...

Days of Future Passed-The Moody Blues with the London Festival Orchestra
Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, Revolver-The Beatles
Tommy and Quadrophenia-The Who
Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention-Freak out
The Planets-Holst
Peter and the Wolf-Prokoviev
Live at the Fillmore East-Allman Bros.
Bitches Brew-Miles Davis

CTA-Chicago (First album-Chicago Transit Authority)
Procal Harum-Live with the Edmundton Symphony Orchestra
Hair-The Original Cast album
Steely Dan-Greatest Hits

And more...and more...and now my head hurts!

Well, I can Write a list today.. twil be different tomorrow..

Tool-lateralus
Beatles sgt peps
Floyd animals
Radiohead in rainbows
Queen night at the opera
Opeth pale communion
Mastodon crack the skye
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo Vol 1
Homebrew - Homebrew
Ween- live at Stubbs!
Zeppelin - houses of the holy ?
NIN- fragile
Badbadnotgood- IV



This is silly... lol.

I agree with pretty much all the previous albums as well.

At this point there's far too much good stuff out there, really just depends on mood.. I pray I'll never have to actually narrow it down and make a "desert island " choice ... perks of digital media!

As a side note if you guys like modern jazz with hip hop roots, Badbadnotgood is where it's at! Couple young fellows from Toronto..

Of those not mentioned so far:

Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Chicago - X
Boston - Boston
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO's Greatest Hits
Steely Dan - Aja
Beach Boys - Endless Summer
Barry Manilow - Ultimate Manilow
Andreas Vollenweider - Dancing with the Lion
John Williams - Star Wars Soundtrack

So far, I'm going with the heavy metal stuff.

Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (multichannel mix)
Pink Floyd - DSotM (headphones)
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Danzig - II: Lucifuge
The Cure - Disintegration
Jane's Adiction - Nothing's Shocking
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Jeff Buckley - Grace

Pretty hard to come up with just a few but.....

Savatage - Edge of Thorns
Black Sabbath - all the Dio albums
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
Rush - All the World's a Stage
Rainbow - Rising
Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
KISS - MTV Unplugged
Fates Warning - Parallels
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Tesla - Time's Makin' Changes : The Best of Tesla

a reply to: TinySickTears

Not in any order:
Talking heads - Little Creatures
Pixies - Doolittle
The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
Josh Ritter - Animal Years, The Historical Conquests of
Avette Brothers - I and you and love
Blind pilot - We Are the Tide
Leonard cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen, Ten New Songs
10,000 Maniacs – In My Tribe
Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks, Hymns to the Silence
Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps

Led Zeppelin's fourth (duh)
Powderfinger - Internationalist
Neil Young - Harvest

Hmmm...

Rancid- and out come the wolves
Reel big fish- turn the radio off
Pennywise-land of the free
Creedance Clearwater revival- best of
Telivision- marquee moon
Bad religion- suffer
The descendents- all
Slipknot-iowa
The clash- London calling
Minor threat- complete


Among many many more...

Anything with Randy Rhodes!
Megadeth greatest hits
Buckethead everything he's done
VanHalen first album
Too many to list, just for Gods sake no Bieber!

a reply to: WUNK22

Some great # mentioned. Hell yeah for London calling. Don't know how I didn't write this at first but
Bob Dylan. Blonde on blonde.

a reply to: TinySickTears

This one is usually not appreciated unless you're a musician but
Shawn lane.. powers of ten.
People focus on his speed and that's a shame because there is beauty on that album.
Note shaping baby.......

a reply to: TinySickTears

Ah the impossible list . Looking through the albums above you would think that the must have list is complete . I will add Pink floyd pigs ( three different ones ) . Well anything Floyd , or Zeppelin , oh and i quite like Dire straits , oops forgot Jimmy Hendrix . Wait Queen had a few good albums ummmm as did the eagles , and there once was a band called the Beatles .I could go on , but like i said impossible .

a reply to: SeaYote

One more : Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

This is difficult because there's so much good music out there, I could go on and on, but for starters........

Tommy Bolin/Teaser
Jeff Beck/Wired
Pink Floyd/Animals
Rush/2112
Lynyrd Skynyrd/Street Survivors
Led Zep/4
Black Sabbath/Paranoid
Ozzy Osborne/Blizzard of Ozz
Steely Dan/Aja
Judas Priest/Screaming for Vengeance
Simon n Garfunkel/Bridge Over Troubled Waters
UFO/Strangers in the Night
VanHalen/VanHalen
Peter Frampton/ PF Comes Alive

All of Tech N9ne's albums

All of ¡MAYDAY!'s albums

Speaking of Tech, Sir Elton John was just out looking for some Tech albums a day or so ago. I though that was pretty cool.
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