Must-Have Albums

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I'm looking for albums that people think are essential. I'll take any genre (excluding pop and r'n'b), so come on, fire away fuckers!

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Jeff Buckley - Grace
QOTSA - Rated R
The Doors - The Doors
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (perhaps only when you're 14)
Led Zeppelin - the 4th one

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Tim the Enchanter wrote:

Jeff Buckley - Grace
QOTSA - Rated R

:thumb:

pink floyd - dark side of the moon
nirvana-nevermind
QOTSA-QOTSA

minds blank at the mo, will be back though

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Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush.

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The Stone Roses (anything really...)
RHCP - Californication
RATM - RATM...

for starters...

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Well you've eliminated most of my albums by saying no RnB, so...

Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons (though I have never heard lemonjelly.ky, so that may be better)
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Either Coldplay album
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain

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Godspeed You Black Emperor! - f#a#Oo
Coil - Love's Secret Domain
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Alabama 3 - Exile on Coldharbour Lane
Love - Forever Changes
P J Harvey - To Bring You My Love
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine

to name a few...

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The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
Madness - One Step Beyond

ETA:

Primal Scream - Evil Heat
John Vanderslice - Mass Suicide Occult Figurines
Portishead - Dummy
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
The Jam - The Very Best of the Jam
Wilson Pickett - Greatest Hits

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James - Laid
Kula Shaker - K
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Alice In Chains - Dirt

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brand new- deja entendu

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any stone roses as mentioned above.
joy division - closer
snow patrol - final straw
Jeff Waynes War of the worlds
any of the As heard on radio soulwax cds
Literally anything by the beastie boys
Fenix Tx - Fenix Tx
Jay Z - The black album
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds


probably a hundred more, just cant think right now

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DJ Shadow - Entroducing

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Goldfinger - Hang Ups

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Replicant wrote:

DJ Shadow - Entroducing

Been meaning to get that for so long, everytime I say to myself I'll get it, I see something else and end up buying that.

Got quite a few of the albums folk have suggested, others that tickle my pickle are on my To Buy List.

Cheers, keep 'em coming!

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De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Journeys By DJs - Coldcut
Prince - Sign Of The Times
Manu Chao - Clandestino
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Groove Armada - Remedy
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust

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In Flames-Clayman
In Flames-Whoracle
Isis-Oceanic
Eels-Shootenanny
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand
Soulfly-Primitive
Dimmu Borgir-Death Cult Armageddon
Borknagar-Empiricism
Children Of Bodom-Hate Crew Deathroll
...And Oceans-Cypher

You have a good taste in music so you'll probably like most of those

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Silverberg wrote:

In Flames-Clayman
In Flames-Whoracle
Isis-Oceanic
Eels-Shootenanny
Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand
Soulfly-Primitive
Dimmu Borgir-Death Cult Armageddon
Borknagar-Empiricism
Children Of Bodom-Hate Crew Deathroll
...And Oceans-Cypher

You have a good taste in music so you'll probably like most of those

Pffft, you honestly think I don't have every In Flames album, or Hate crew Deathroll?!

And I though you knew me

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Mother Love Bone - Apple
Pearl Jam - Ten
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up The Girl
Faith No More - The Real Thing

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The Clash - London's Calling
Happy Mondays - Bummed & Pills Thrills and Bellyaches
Ugly Ducking - Taste the Secret
Kanye West - College Dropout
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5

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All of Jamairquai's albums.

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I can't believe that no-one has mentioned:

Radiohead - all of them but The Bends is a must, must have

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Man Of Kent wrote:

I can't believe that no-one has mentioned:

Radiohead - all of them but The Bends is a must, must have

Are you serious? I'd say the only consistently good album Radiohead have made has been the Bends. They've got a lot of other good songs, but the rest of the stuff on other albums can be dire.

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Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Massive Attack - Protection
Stanton Warriors - The Stanton Session
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Stooges - Fun House
The Stooges - Raw Power

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Tim the Enchanter wrote:

Are you serious? I'd say the only consistently good album Radiohead have made has been the Bends. They've got a lot of other good songs, but the rest of the stuff on other albums can be dire.

I wouldn't disagree with that, but the point is that there are nuggests to be found on each of their albums, and you won't get to them if you don't hear the whole thing.

I took me ages to get past OK Computer and really enjoy the following albums. But I cannot deny that some of what is one those albums is genius work...

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Embrace's new one
Snow Patrol-final straw
The Killers-hot fuss
Maroon 5- Songs about Jane

Millsy_Magic

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Anything by Nine Inch Nails. Trent is one of the most amazing performers you'll ever hear. I'm a bit of a |\| ][ |/| fan boi :thumb:

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Millsy_Magic wrote:

Embrace's new one
Snow Patrol-final straw
The Killers-hot fuss
Maroon 5- Songs about Jane

Millsy_Magic

He said essential. Not 'ideal for a 10-year-olds Birthday party'. ;<

Anyway:

The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Kaiser Chiefs - ... Whatever it's called. Might not be out for a few days but get it.

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Meagdeth - Rust in Peace

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Capacity wrote:

He said essential. Not 'ideal for a 10-year-olds Birthday party'. ;<

Anyway:

The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Kaiser Chiefs - ... Whatever it's called. Might not be out for a few days but get it.

I swear everyone was just giving their opinion on what they thought was good and a decent album?! Thats all I did and I get that kind of response?!

Sorry, I won't bother next time!

Millsy_Magic

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Capacity wrote:

Kaiser Chiefs - ... Whatever it's called. Might not be out for a few days but get it.

How can you know it's an essential album to have if it's not even out yet?!

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I've heard all the tracks?