Albums I absolutely must own

Since the previous posts have rock and jazz covered, I'll go the other way...

Steve Reich - Drumming
Steve Reich - Tehilim

By the way, he is a drummer too.
 
Since the previous posts have rock and jazz covered, I'll go the other way...

Steve Reich - Drumming
Steve Reich - Tehilim

By the way, he is a drummer too.

As in THE Steve Reich? Funny. He was at my Uni the other week...
 
I love this thread!

Beatles - Revolver, Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road
Beach Boys/Brian Wilson - Pet Sounds, Smile
Dylan - Freewheelin', Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde
The Doors - The Doors
Zeppelin - 1-4, Physical Graffiti and Prescence
The Who - Who's Next, Live at Leeds
Floyd - DSotM, Animals, Wish, The Wall
Queen - II, Night at The Opera
Yes - Fragile, Close to the Edge
King Crimson - Court, Red
Genesis - Selling England, Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia, Deadwing
Dream Theater - Images and Words, Scenes From A Memory
Tool - Aenima, Lateralus
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral, Fragile
Radiohead - The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows
Flamin Lips - Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi
Phish - Picture of Nectar, Rift, A Live One
Grateful Dead - American Beauty, Terrapin Station
Almmans - Eat a Peach, Fillmore East
Bob Marley - Legend, Babylon by Bus
Hendrix - Experience, Axis, Ladyland
Paul Simon - Graceland
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Sly and the Family Stone - Riot
Taj Mahal - Senor Blues
James Brown - Star Time
Prince - Purple Rain, Sign
Diana Krall - Girl in the Other Room
Manu Chao - Clandestino, Esperanza
Amadou et Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
Steely Dan - Royal Scam, Aja
Velvent Underground - Nico
Zappa - We're Only In it For the Money, Hot Rats, Shut up n'Play Guitar
Art Blakey - Moanin
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Giant Steps
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency, Turn it Over
Mahavishnue Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Chick - Now He Sings, Crystal Silence
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Herbie - Thrust, Maiden Voyage
Weather Report - Black Market, Heavy Weather, 8:30
Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
John Scofield - Uberjam, Groove Elation, A Go Go
Medeski Martin and Wood - Shackman, Combustication
Galactic - Coolin Off, Late for the Future
David Bowie - Ziggy, Hunky Dory, Scary Monsters
Nick Cave - Boatmans Call
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs, Alice
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle
Joy Division - Closer
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Clash - London Calling
Metallica - Ride, Master
XTC - Skylarking
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters, Colour & Shape
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Rage Against the Machine - Rage, Battle of LA
Queens of the Stone Age - Deaf, Era Vulagris
Mars volta - Deloused, Bedlam
Failure - Fantastic Planet
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Mogwai - Rock Action, Come On Die Young
Muse - Origin, Black Holes
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
!!! - Myth Takes
LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver
Battles - Mirrored
The New Deal - The New Deal
Daft Punk - Homework, Discovery
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
Justice - Cross
LTJ Bukem - Progressions Series
Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure Series
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Dr. Dre - Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
The Roots - Do You Want More
Badzium - Erykah Badu
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Why? - Alopecia

basically everything this guy says.
 
...cont.


51.) "I Robot" - The Alan Parsons Project
52.) "Bad Company" - Bad Company
53.) "Straight Shooter" - Bad Company
54.) "Let It Be" - The Beatles
55.) "Spectrum" - Billy Cobham
56.) "Briefcase Full of Blues" - The Blues Brothers
57.) "Don't Look Back" - Boston
58.) "Fragile" - Yes
59.) "Collective Soul" - Collective Soul
60.) "Disraeli Gears" - Cream
61.) "My Own Prison" - Creed
62.) "Machine Head" - Deep Purple
63.) "The Doors" - The Doors
64.) "L.A. Woman" - The Doors
65.) "Octavarium" - Dream Theater
66.) "Hotel California" - Eagles
67.) "Led Zeppelin III" - Led Zeppelin
68.) "The Song Remains the Same" - Led Zeppelin
69.) "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
70.) "Street Survivors" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
71.) "A Farewell to Kings" - Rush
72.) "2112" - Rush
73.) "Fly by Night" - Rush
74.) "Sticky Fingers" - The Rolling Stones
75.) "The Wall" - Pink Floyd


tbc...
 
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Beatles- Sgt Peppers, Revolver, Abbey Road, Rubber Soul.
The Jimmy Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced.
Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow.
Jethro Tull: Aqualung and Thick as a Brick.
The Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead and American Beauty.
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at the Filmore East.
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks, Bringing it All Back Home.
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds.
Bob Marley: Survival.
The Clash: London Calling and Sandinista!
Cream: Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire.
CCR: Willy and the Poor Boys.
Crosby Stills and Nash: Crosby Stills and Nash.
The Doors: The Doors and LA Woman.
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin I through IV and Physical Graffiti.
Marvin Gaye: Whats Going On.
MC5: Kick out The Jams.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, Piper at The Gates of Dawn, Wish You Were Here.
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St., Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed.
Sex Pistols: Nevermind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols.
U2: War
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico, VU
The Who: Whos Next.
Fleetwood Mac: Then Play On.
Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West, The Moon and Antarctica.
Opeth: Still Life, Morningrise, Blackwater Park.


These are the great ones I could easily reference on my little nano. There are countless others.
 
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Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Silver Linings
Dream Theater - Awake
Steven Wilson - Insurgents
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Bedlam In Goliath
The Mars Volta - Amputecture
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Opeth - Deliverence
Opeth - Damnation
Opeth - Watershed
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Tool - 10,000 Days
Gavin Harrison 05Ric - Drop
Miles Davis - My Funny Valintine
Dave Matthews Band - Crush
Dave Matthews Band - (album with the song Rhme & Reason, that I can`t seem to remember......ugh)

hmm..... thats all i can think of at the moment.....

-Jonathan
 
Phish - Rift, Junta, A live One
Tower of Power - T.O.P. , Soul Vaccination
Stan Getz - Quintessence Vol. 1
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main st.
Pat Metheny Group - The First Circle
Christian Scott - Rewind That , Anthem
Grateful Dead - American Beauty

If any of those haven't been named yet...
 
Howard Roberts - Antelope Freeway 1971 - Impulse
Selections: Antelope Freeway (H.Roberts-Michel-Szymczyk), That's America Fer Ya (H. Roberts), Dark Ominous Clouds (H. Roberts), De Blooz (H. Roberts), Sixteen Track Fireman (H.Roberts), The Ballad Of Fazzio Needlepoint (H. Roberts-Garofalo), Five Gallons Of Astral Flash Could Keep You Up For Thirteen Weeks (H. Roberts-Szymczyk), Santa Clara River Bottom (H. Roberts), Roadwork (H. Roberts).

Personnel: keyboards - Pete Robinson, Larry Knechtel, Mike Wofford, violon - Bobby Bruce, guitar - Mike Deasy, Howard Roberts, electric bass - Brian Garofalo, Max Bennett, drums - Bob Marin, John Guerin.

Session: Los Angeles, December 17, 1970 and March, 18,23, 1971.
 
...cont.


76.) "Van Halen" - Van Halen
77.) "Van Halen II" - Van Halen
78.) "1984" - Van Halen
79.) "Abbey Road" - The Beatles
80.) "90125" - Yes
81.) "All the Right Reasons" - Nickelback
82.) "American Woman" - The Guess Who
83.) "Just a Game" - Triumph
84.) "Back in the High Life" - Steve Winwood
85.) "Away from the Sun" - 3 Doors Down
86.) "Run with the Pack" - Bad Company
87.) "The Better Life" - 3 Doors Down
88.) "Strikes" - Blackfoot
89.) "Lucy" - Candlebox
90.) "Can't Buy a Thrill" - Steely Dan
91.) "Chapter V" - Staind
92.) "The Illusion of Progress" - Staind
93.) "14 Shades of Grey" - Staind
94.) "Weekend Warriors" - Ted Nugent
95.) "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC
96.) "Disciplined Breakdown" - Collective Soul
97.) "Flowers" - The Rolling Stones
98.) "Free-For-All" - Ted Nugent
99.) "Fresh Cream" - Cream
100.) "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out" - The Rolling Stones

Wheeww...

That'll be enough...for now. ;-)
 
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Let me give this a shot.

Saxon - Wheels of Steel
Saxon - Crusader
Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
AC/DC - Powerage
AC/DC - If you want blood you've got it
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Judas Priest - Point of Entry
Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound
Tygers of Pan Tang - Crazy Nights
Samson - Shock Tactics
Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City
Rainbow - Rising
Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
 
The only album I would say you actually NEED...is Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. That album is too good.
 
If you're eclectic, here's some ideas if you don't own them already:

Venetian Snares - Rossz Allag Szuelett
Can - Tago Mago
Tortoise - Standards
Helge Lien Trio - Spiral Circles
Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies
Easy Stars All Stars - Dub Side of the Moon
Nick Cave - Lyre of Orpheus / Abattoire Blues
Ulver - Blood Inside
Nostromo - Ecce Lex
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
John Zorn's Masada - All of their albums must be owned
 
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