Essentials albums...
 

what do you guys reckon are the essential albums that every rock enthusiast should own?

60s
sgt peppers- changed the direction of music for years
Led zeppelin I- its where it all began

70s
darkside of the moon- total mind****
closer- if ever you want an insight into a human beings torture, buy this album
black sabbath- forget paranoid, this is the ****.
damned damned damned- THE punk album to me. beats nevermind the bollocks by a whisker.

80s
stone roses- to me, it started off brit-pop
doolittle- spawned the grunge monster. great album

90s
nevermind- got to have it really.
the bends- you cant lose with this or OK computer really, the sound of the 90s in all its experimental glory.
odelay- primitive, chilled out folk-rock, this guys a genius.
mezzanine- so melodic and moody. trip hop at its finest.
whats the story morning glory- the sound of the britpop era.

00s
hail to thief- a progression in sound from a progressive band.
absolution- greatest album of the 00s so far for me. brilliant, operatic heavy rock.
elephant- so original, band of the 00s.
we have sound- needs to be heard.
BRMC- **** the strokes, this debut is class.

Kyuss - "Welcome to Sky Valley"

homme did something even better with songs for the death.

Radiohead- OK Computer
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar, One Hot Minute, Californication
Oasis- DB and WTSMG
Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Iron Maiden- Killers, Number of the Beast and Iron Maiden
AC/DC- Highway to Hell
Libertines- Both albums
The Coral- The Coral
Metallica- The 80's ones but defo MOP
Nirvana- In Utero
The Stone Roses- Debut
The Clash- London Calling
Led Zeppelin IV
Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking
R.E.M.- Document, Green, Out of Time and Automatic For The People
Sex Pistols- Nevermind the B*llocks
David Bowie- Everything from the 70's and some from early 80's

There is a few for you.

Dude I totally agree with all that **** and I still must get Doolittle cuz all I did was download the Pixies stuff from Kazaa. The ONLY thing I disagree with is "**** the strokes"...keep that **** on the D.L.

Rush- Hemispheres
Led Zeppelin- I or III
The Who- Who's Next
Black Sabbath- Past Lives
Nirvana- Bleach
Radiohead- The Bends
Rage Against The Machine- Self Titled
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger or Superunknown
Deep Purple- Machine Head

My Own List.
60s
The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night and The White Album
The Kinks- Kinda Kinks and The Kinks
The Doors- The Doors
V.U.- V.U. and Nico

70s
The Who- Who's Next
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here, DSOTM, and The Wall
The Ramones- The Ramones
The Clash- The Clash and London Calling
The Eagles- Hotel California
The Doors- An American Prayer and Morrison Hotel

80s
The Circle Jerks- Wild in the Streets
Husker Du- Zen Arcade
The Stone Roses- TSR
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation

90s
Nirvana- Nevermind and In Utero
RHCP- Blood Sugar Sex Magic and Californiacation
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Radiohead- Pablo Honey, OK Computer, and The Bends
Beck- Odelay
The Stone Temple Pilots- Purple

00s
Radiohead- Kid A
QOTSA- Songs for the Deaf
The Strokes- Is This It and Room on Fire
The Libertines- Up the Bracket and The Libertines
The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic
Death Cab for Cute- Transatlanticism

meh i don't really have that many albums, but out of the ones I do have...

Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
Million Dead - A Song To ruin
Stiff Little fingers - Anthology(sp?)

Does the last one count as its a compilation?

I'd say pick up

Elephant
Black Album
Crash
Toxicity
Films about ghosts (compilation)
Aenima
Pretty Hate Machine
OK Comp
Nevermind
Vs.
night at the opera
Back in black
Odelay
Blue Album
Josh Tree
Licence to ill
The Dirty South
Appetite for Destruction
Something by Jane's Addiction
IV/Zoso
Then grab a big CD by Tom Petty, Van Halen, Ozzy, and maybe Alice in Chains