Albums that everyone should own

[quentinc]

Basically, if you came up with a list of albums that everyone should own by the time they die, which albums would they be? I'll start it off:

Nas-Illmatic
Public Enemy-Nation of Millions
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
Modest Mouse-Moon & Antarctica (really, it would be a suprise if I didn't list this:D )
All the Joy Division studio albums
Cure-Head on the Door


Add as many as you want. Feel free to question people's choices.

[Claymore]

Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan
The Jam - In The City
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Beatles - Revolver
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
English Beat - Special Beat Service
REM - Chronic Town

I'll think of more...

[B1]

Low End Theory- A Tribe Called Quest
Paul's Boutique/Check Your Head- Beastie Boys
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan- Bob Dylan
Any and all albums- Jimi Hendrix
Velvet Underground & Nico- Velvet Underground
A Grand Don't Come for Free- The Streets (argue all you want, but this album is brilliant!)

[dogfried]

Basically, if you came up with a list of albums that everyone should own by the time they die, which albums would they be? I'll start it off:

Nas-Illmatic
Public Enemy-Nation of Millions
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
Modest Mouse-Moon & Antarctica (really, it would be a suprise if I didn't list this:D )
All the Joy Division studio albums
Cure-Head on the Door


Add as many as you want. Feel free to question people's choices.

No thanks to Public Enemy.

Illmatic is probably the greatest rap achievement. Despite that, not "everyone" is a fan of rap.

Moon & Antarctica? Try again.

Joy Division had only two studio albums. Though Substance is also a needed comp. And Head On The Door is by no means a must own. If anything, buy a singles set that has all the valuable tracks. The album contains far too much filler.

[Dolemite]

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[Labdarugo]

Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan
The Jam - In The City
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Beatles - Revolver
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
English Beat - Special Beat Service
REM - Chronic Town

I'll think of more...

Starting off with Cheap Trick. Dang.

Too bad I'm outta rep.

[quentinc]

Illmatic is probably the greatest rap achievement. Despite that, not "everyone" is a fan of rap.
Well, if we're going to be that technical, then we couldn't list anything, because there's no style of music that "everyone" likes. It's a hypothetical.

Moon & Antarctica? Try again.
You obviously don't know the love that I have for this album (others do, however).

Joy Division had only two studio albums.
I know that, I just didn't feel like writing the titles

Unknown Pleasures
Closer

Happy?
And Head On The Door is by no means a must own. If anything, buy a singles set that has all the valuable tracks.
I hate singles compilations, and I feel that there needs to be some Cure.

[nicephoras]

Basically, if you came up with a list of albums that everyone should own by the time they die, which albums would they be? I'll start it off:

Nas-Illmatic
Public Enemy-Nation of Millions
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
Modest Mouse-Moon & Antarctica (really, it would be a suprise if I didn't list this:D )
All the Joy Division studio albums
Cure-Head on the Door

With the first post of this thread we've already established that this thread can't mean what it says.

[Claymore]

more:

Dire Straits - Making Movies
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
The Who - Who's Next, Quadrophenia
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 in E minor - Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Dvorak - "From The New World"
Copland - "Apalachian Spring" - Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic
Anything by Mozart


more to come....

[taosjohn]

Basically, if you came up with a list of albums that everyone should own by the time they die, which albums would they be? I'll start it off:

Nas-Illmatic
Public Enemy-Nation of Millions
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
Modest Mouse-Moon & Antarctica (really, it would be a suprise if I didn't list this:D )
All the Joy Division studio albums
Cure-Head on the Door


Add as many as you want. Feel free to question people's choices.

Well, my "essentials" list had 760 entries on it last time I updated it-- don't think I'll post it now though... Maybe later :D

[CHICO13]

Bob Marley...Exodus
The Who...Quadrophenia
The Allman Brothers...Live at The Fillmore East
Santana...Abraxas
U2..Joshua Tree
Frank Zappa...Overnite Sensations
The Jayhawks...Smile
John Hiatt...Crossing Muddy Waters
The Beatles...Revolver
The Rolling Stones...Sticky Fingers


More to come...

[MeridianFC]

the Beatles - "A Hard Days Night"
the Beatles - "Rubber Soul"
the Beatles - "Revolver"
teh Beatles - "Meet the Beatles"
the Buzzcocks - "Singles Going Steady"
the Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed"
the Rolling Stones - "Exile on Main Street"
the Bothy Band - "1975"
the Bothy Band - "Out of the Wind and Into the Sun"
the Bothy Band - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me"
Hank Williams Sr. - "30 Greatest Hits"
Tom Waits - "Closing Time"
Tom Waits - "The Heart of Saturday Night"
Tom Waits - "Raindogs"
Prince - "1999"
James Brown - "Greatest Hits"
Led Zepplin - I
Led Zepplin - II
Led Zepplin - III
Led Zepplin - IV
Frank Sinatra - "In the Wee Small Hours"
Dougie Maclean - "Cragie Dhu"
Dougie Maclean - "Live from the End of the Earth"
John Coltrane - "Blue Trane"
John Coltrane - "Ballads"
Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
Miles Davis - "Workin'"
Miles Davis - "Cookin"
Sylvain Chaueveau - "Nocturne Impalpable"
Dick Gaughan - "Handful of Earth"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "The Aeroplane Over the Sea"
The Clash - "London Calling"
The Clash - "The Clash"
The Clash - "Combat Rock"
The Ramones - "The Ramones"
Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back"
Peter Tosh - "Legalize It"
Peter Tosh - "Equal Rights"
Isaac Hayes - "Hot Buttered Soul"
Beastie Boys - "Pauls Boutique"
Guy Clark - "Old No.1/Texas Cooking"
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Live"
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Burnin"
Van Halen - I
Van Halen - II
Van Halen - "Women and Children First"
Bill Lee - "She's Gotta Have It"
Hoagie Carmichael - "The Indiana Historical Society Collection"
Ernest Block - "String Quartet #1"
Erik Satie - "Pieces for Piano"
Stiff Little Fingers - "All the Best"
Squeeze - "Greatest Hits"
Oliver Nelson - "Blues and the Abstract Truth"
BB King - "Live at the Cook County Jail"
U2 - "The Unforgettable Fire"
U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
U2 - "War"
the Byrds - "Sweeheart of the Rodeo"
Son Volt - "Trace"
Son Volt - "Straightaways"
Son Volt - "Wide Swing Tremelo"
Wilco - "AM"
Wilco - "Summerteeth"
Stan Getz - "The Girl From Impanema: The Samba Years"
John McCutcheon - "Winter Solstice"
the Pogues - "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash"
the Dubliners - "Greatest Hits"
American Music Club - "Mercury"
Mark Eitzel - "60 Watt Silver Lining"
Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"
Nirvana - "Nevermind"
Augustus Pablo - "King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown"
Billy Bragg - "Back to Basics"
Billy Bragg - "Talking With the Taxman About Poetry"
the Smiths - "The Smiths"
the Smiths - "Meat is Murder"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced?"
REM - "Murmur"
REM - "Reckoning"
Brian Eno - "Another Green World"
Duke Ellington - "Blues in Orbit"
Eddi Reader - "The Songs of Robert Burns"
Elvis Costello - "My Aim Is True"
Galaxie 500 - "Today"
Heavenly - Heavenly v. Satan"
Richard & Linda Thompson - "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"
Fairport Convention - "What We Did on Our Holidays"
Steeleye Span - "Original Masters"
MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"
Planxty - "The Well Below the Valley"
Planxty - "Cold Blow and Rainy Night"
Christy Moore - "Prosperous"
Robert Johnson - "The Complete Recordings"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Various - "The Anthology of American Folk Music"
Various - "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.1"
Various - "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.2"
Various - "Decca Country Hits"
Various - "The Harder They Come"
Various - "Rockers"
Various - "Burning Ambitoins a History of Punk"

to name but a few essentials

[Soccernova78]

"Electric LadyLand" Jimi Hendrix
"Are You Experienced" Jimi Hendrix
"Led Zeppelin III" Led Zeppelin
"Physical Graffiti" Led Zeppelin
"Abbey Road" The Beatles
"It Takes A Nation Of Millions..." Public Enemy
"Three Feet High and Rising" De La Soul
"Follow The Leader" Eric B. and Rakim
"The Score" The Fugees
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Lauryn Hill
"Hypocrisy Is The Greates Luxury" Disposable Heroes Of Hip Hoprisy
"What's Going On" Marvin Gaye
"Superfly" Curtis Mayfield
"Songs In The Key Of Life" Stevie Wonder
"Anthology" Sly and the Family Stone
"Exile On Main Street" The Rolling Stones
"Live At Leeds" The Who
"Rage Against The Machine" Rage Against The Machine
"Unforgettable Fire" U2
"Natty Dread" Bob Marley
"Rastaman Vibration" Bob Marley
"Mingus Ah Um" Charles Mingus
"Pithecanthropus Erectus" Charles Mingus
"Kind Of Blue" Miles Davis
"Birth Of The Cool" Miles Davis
"Saxophone Colossus" Sonny Rollins
"The Genius Of The Electric Guitar" Charlie Christian
"40 oz To Freedom" Sublime
"De-Loused In The Comatorium" Mars Volta
"OK Computer" Radiohead

[taosjohn]

the Beatles - "A Hard Days Night"
the Beatles - "Rubber Soul"
the Beatles - "Revolver"
teh Beatles - "Meet the Beatles"
the Buzzcocks - "Singles Going Steady"
the Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed"
the Rolling Stones - "Exile on Main Street"
the Bothy Band - "1975"
the Bothy Band - "Out of the Wind and Into the Sun"
the Bothy Band - "Old Hag You Have Killed Me"
Hank Williams Sr. - "30 Greatest Hits"
Tom Waits - "Closing Time"
Tom Waits - "The Heart of Saturday Night"
Tom Waits - "Raindogs"
Prince - "1999"
James Brown - "Greatest Hits"
Led Zepplin - I
Led Zepplin - II
Led Zepplin - III
Led Zepplin - IV
Frank Sinatra - "In the Wee Small Hours"
Dougie Maclean - "Cragie Dhu"
Dougie Maclean - "Live from the End of the Earth"
John Coltrane - "Blue Trane"
John Coltrane - "Ballads"
Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
Miles Davis - "Workin'"
Miles Davis - "Cookin"
Sylvain Chaueveau - "Nocturne Impalpable"
Dick Gaughan - "Handful of Earth"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "The Aeroplane Over the Sea"
The Clash - "London Calling"
The Clash - "The Clash"
The Clash - "Combat Rock"
The Ramones - "The Ramones"
Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back"
Peter Tosh - "Legalize It"
Peter Tosh - "Equal Rights"
Isaac Hayes - "Hot Buttered Soul"
Beastie Boys - "Pauls Boutique"
Guy Clark - "Old No.1/Texas Cooking"
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Live"
Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Burnin"
Van Halen - I
Van Halen - II
Van Halen - "Women and Children First"
Bill Lee - "She's Gotta Have It"
Hoagie Carmichael - "The Indiana Historical Society Collection"
Ernest Block - "String Quartet #1"
Erik Satie - "Pieces for Piano"
Stiff Little Fingers - "All the Best"
Squeeze - "Greatest Hits"
Oliver Nelson - "Blues and the Abstract Truth"
BB King - "Live at the Cook County Jail"
U2 - "The Unforgettable Fire"
U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
U2 - "War"
the Byrds - "Sweeheart of the Rodeo"
Son Volt - "Trace"
Son Volt - "Straightaways"
Son Volt - "Wide Swing Tremelo"
Wilco - "AM"
Wilco - "Summerteeth"
Stan Getz - "The Girl From Impanema: The Samba Years"
John McCutcheon - "Winter Solstice"
the Pogues - "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash"
the Dubliners - "Greatest Hits"
American Music Club - "Mercury"
Mark Eitzel - "60 Watt Silver Lining"
Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"
Nirvana - "Nevermind"
Augustus Pablo - "King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown"
Billy Bragg - "Back to Basics"
Billy Bragg - "Talking With the Taxman About Poetry"
the Smiths - "The Smiths"
the Smiths - "Meat is Murder"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced?"
REM - "Murmur"
REM - "Reckoning"
Brian Eno - "Another Green World"
Duke Ellington - "Blues in Orbit"
Eddi Reader - "The Songs of Robert Burns"
Elvis Costello - "My Aim Is True"
Galaxie 500 - "Today"
Heavenly - Heavenly v. Satan"
Richard & Linda Thompson - "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"
Fairport Convention - "What We Did on Our Holidays"
Steeleye Span - "Original Masters"
MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"
Planxty - "The Well Below the Valley"
Planxty - "Cold Blow and Rainy Night"
Christy Moore - "Prosperous"
Robert Johnson - "The Complete Recordings"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Various - "The Anthology of American Folk Music"
Various - "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.1"
Various - "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.2"
Various - "Decca Country Hits"
Various - "The Harder They Come"
Various - "Rockers"
Various - "Burning Ambitoins a History of Punk"

to name but a few essentials


We could share a wall, if you'd just play the Billy Bragg while I'm at work... :cool:

[taosjohn]

[QUOTE=Soccernova78"Natty Dread" Bob Marley
[/QUOTE]

Its kind of cool that someone else would pick this instead of the usual Marley...

[655321]

the Verve - A Northern Soul
Coltrane - Coltrane (on Impulse, not Prestige)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Nas - Illmatic
Kinks - Kinks Kontroversy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Love - Forever Changes
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers

[taosjohn]

with restraint--

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band-- 1954
Thelonious Monk- Mysterioso
Dave Brubeck- Time Out
Oliver Nelson- Blues and the Abstract Truth
Bob Dylan-- The Freewheelin'
Rolling Stones-- December's Children
Bob Dylan-- Bringing it All Back Home
Beatles-- Rubber Soul
Beatles-- Revlover
Byrds-- Mr Tambourine Man
Jefferson Airplane-- Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane-- After Bathing at Baxter's
Beatles-- (White Album)
Traffic-- (2nd)
Band-- (Brown Album)
Beatles-- Let It Be
Joni Mitchell-- Clouds
Fraser and De Bolt-- with Ian Guenther (lp only)
Grateful Dead-- Workingman's Dead
Grateful Dead-- American Beauty
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
Jethro Tull -- Aqualung
Fairport Convention-- Full House
Rolling Stones-- Sticky Fingers
Allman Brothers Band-- Fillmore East
Who-- Who's Next
Rolling Stones-- Exile On Main Street
Allman Brothers Band-- Eat a Peach
Richard Thompson-- Henry the Human Fly
Gram Parsons-- Grievous Angel
Steely Dan-- Countdown to Ecstacy
Fairport Convention-- A Moveable Feast (cd released as "Live")
Jackson Browne-- Late For the Sky
Grateful Dead-- Ugly Rumors From the Mars Hotel
Joni Mitchell-- The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Guy Clark-- Ol' #1
Guy Clark-- Texas Cookin'
Bob Dylan-- Desire
Joni Mitchell-- Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Fleetwood Mac-- Rumors
Television-- Adventure
Emmylou Harris-- Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
Little Feat-- Waiting For Columbus
Joe Ely-- Down on the Drag
Bruce Springsteen- The River
Terry Allen-- Lubbock on Everything
Stephane Grappelli-- With the David Grisman Quartet
Pretenders
Flying Pickets- Lost Boys
Juluka-- Scatterlings
Richard Thompson-- Hand of Kindness
Police-- Synchronicity
Blasters-- Non-Fiction (available only in collection or LP)
X- More Fun in the New World
Pretenders-- Learning to Crawl
Ferron-- Shadows on a Dime
Los Lobos-- Will the Wolf Survive
Dire Straits-- Brothers in Arms
Sting-- Dream of the Blue Turtles
Paul Simon-- Graceland
Eurythmics- Revenge
Steve Winwood-- Back in the High Life Again
Nanci Griffith- Last of the True Believers
Los Lobos-- By the Light of the Moon
Grateful Dead-- In the Dark
U2 -- Rattle and Hum
Pere Ubu- The Tenement Year

That's through 1988, minus whatever I didn't think of... so I guess I'll post more later... but I'm out of time now, gotta go to a barn dance...

[Soccernova78]

Its kind of cool that someone else would pick this instead of the usual Marley...

Just happens to be one of my favorite albums. :)

[Ghost]

Everyone who doesn't include

The Verve -- Urban Hymns

needs to redo their lists.

[Ringo]

there's no album that everybody should own.

listen to what you like and don't give a fart if somebody else says it's essential or not

there I go being a party-pooper again. :(


carry on!!!!

:D