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Guest IDrinkRatsMilk

Off the top of my head,

 

Prince - 1999, Love Symbol

 

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

 

Clash - London Calling

 

Michael Jackson - Thriller

 

OutKast - Aquemini

 

Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

 

Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

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Guest razazteca

Fear Factory - Demanifacture

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains

Slayer - Seasons of the Abyss

Suicidial Tendacies - Price Cuts

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

KMFDM - Nihil

Red Hot Chile Peppers - Blood Sex Suger Magic

Rammstein - Live Aus Berlin

ACDC - Back in Black

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Guest godthedog

beatles: revolver, white album, abbey road, rubber soul, sgt pepper

 

pixies: doolittle, surfer rosa

 

michael jackson: off the wall

 

beastie boys: paul's boutique

 

bob dylan: blonde on blonde

 

wu tang clan: 36 chambers

 

miles davis: kind of blue

 

rage against the machine: self-titled

 

velvet underground: VU and nico, grey album

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Guest Mad the Swine

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul, Revolver

Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet

Queen - A Night at the Opera

Metallica - Black Album

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Trans Electronic Orchestra? - Switched on Bach

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Guest Edwin MacPhisto
Off the top of my head,

 

Prince - 1999, Love Symbol

Good, but: I think both Purple Rain and Dirty Mind will show up in more people's collections, and are more representative of being 'essential,' even though 1999 has the first hiyuge singles. Not to say I don't listen to at least 2 or 3 of these albums every week. They'd be my essential Prince picks, though a casual can get by with just Purple Rain.

 

U2 - The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby

R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

 

And...most of the other truly "essential" albums I can think of have been popped off. To add much more that really *everyone* and not just music-obsessive dudes on the internet should own would be overkill. My best stretch at this point would be Depeche Mode's Violator, which is perfectly listenable on whatever level you want to take it at.

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Guest teke184

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall

Pearl Jam: Ten

Aerosmith: Pump

Metallica: Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets

Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Nine Inch Nails: Downward Spiral

Offspring: Smash, Americana

Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime

Eminem: The Marshall Mathers Album

Led Zeppelin: 4 (Surprised no one's mentioned THIS one yet)

 

 

I second these:

 

REM: Automatic for the People

Guns and Roses: Appetite for Destruction

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Guest Polish_Rifle

Weezer – the blue album

Oasis – What’s the Story, Morning Glory?

Def Leppard - Hysteria

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Guest Agent of Oblivion

Black Sabbath-Self Titled

Tool-Lateralus

Acid Bath-When the Kite String Pops

Pink Floyd-Animals

Frank Zappa-Apostrophe

Muddy Waters-Electric Mud

Clutch-Elephant Riders

Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Cream-Wheels of Fire

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Offspring: Smash, Americana

I'd put Ixnay and Consporacy above Americana

 

Adding:

 

REM: Murmur

 

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy

 

Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon, The Envoy, Excitable Boy

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Guest BAR

AC/DC 'Back In Black'

Black Sabbath 'Paranoid'

Black Sabbath 'Master of Reality'

Guns n' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction'

Iron Maiden 'The Number Of The Beast'

Kyuss 'Welcome To Sky Valley'

Led Zeppelin 'IV'

Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti'

Metallica 'Master Of Puppets'

Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here'

Pink Floyd 'Animals'

Spinal Tap 'This is Spinal Tap'

Edited by BAR

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Kiss "Alive!"

Van Halen "Van Halen"

The Police "Every Breath You Take - The Singles"

Fleetwood Mac "Roumurs"

Def Leppard "Pyromania"

Elton John "Greatest Hits"

Journey "Greatest Hits"

Gin Blossoms "New Miserable Experience"

 

Probably get flamed for the latter two...

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Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

Machine Head - The More Things Change

Machine Head - Hellalive

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

TRUSTCompany - The Lonely Position of Neutral

Ra - From One

Metallica - St. Anger (I'm just begging to be flamed for this one)

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Guest Flyboy

Let's see...

 

Michael Jackson - History: Greatest Hits Disc 1

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Eminem - The Marshall Manthers LP

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With Back in Black getting mentioned a few times, you really need to own Highway to Hell as well. I consider it more essential than Back in Black.

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Ben Folds 5 - Whatever And Ever Ahmen

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American & Clarity

Chuck Berry - The Great 28

Better The Ezra - Deluxe

Bruce Springsting - Born To Run

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Pop: Beach Boys- Pet Sounds, Michael Jackson-Off the Wall and Thriller. Prince- Purple Rain.

 

Rock: Led Zeppelin- 1 through 4. Beatles-Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, White Album amongst a few others I'm forgetting. Van Halen. The first two Black Sabbath albums.

 

Rap-Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique. Dr. Dre-The Chronic, Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet, NWA-Straight Outta Compton.

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Has no one mentioned Nirvana "Nevermind" and "In Utero" yet?

Probably cause they're way overrated. I like them both, but Nirvana's not near as great as they're built up as

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