List Of Essential Albums

A great album is an assemblage of songs that collectively form a body of music that is more enjoyable than the individual songs.  The great ones will even reveal something new with each listen.  This is a list of albums that fit that criteria. 

201

This Nation's Saving Grace

The Fall

(1985)

202

Skylarking

XTC

(1986)

203

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

(1992)

204

Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

(1977)

205

Harvest

Neil Young

(1972)

206

Half Dead and Dynamite

Lifter Puller

(1997)

207

Det som engang var

Burzum

(1993)

208

Disintegration

The Cure

(1989)

209

Entertainment!

Gang of Four

(1979)

210

Crazy Rhythms

The Feelies

(1980)

211

Let It Be

The Replacements

(1984)

212

New Day Rising

Hüsker Dü

(1985)

213

English Settlement

XTC

(1982)

214

Specials

The Specials

(1979)

215

Wild Planet

The B-52's

(1980)

216

The Sophtware Slump

Grandaddy

(2000)

217

Tonight and Forever

Sense Field

(2001)

218

In Utero

Nirvana

(1993)

219

Exile in Guyville

Liz Phair

(1993)

220

Ultravox!

Ultravox!

(1977)

221

Roads to the North

Panopticon

(2014)

222

Strawberries

The Damned

(1982)

223

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

(1978)

224

Purple

Baroness

(2015)

225

Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Kurt Vile

(2013)

226

Rock Collection

Pond

(1997)

227

Arise!

Amebix

(1987)

228

Filosofem

Burzum

(1996)

229

A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead

(2016)

230

A Taste of Pink!

The Prisoners

(1982)

231

The Clash

The Clash

(1977)

232

The Doors

The Doors

(1967)

233

Autumn Eternal

Panopticon

(2015)

234

Welcome to Sky Valley

Kyuss

(1994)

235

Under the Sign of the Black Mark

Bathory

(1987)

236

Nightcrawler

Pete Yorn

(2006)

237

There's a Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

(1971)

238

Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler

Ulver

(1995)

239

Purple Rain

Prince and The Revolution

(1984)

240

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

(1967)

I can not imagine how cool this album must have sounded in 1967.

241

Master of Puppets

Metallica

(1986)

242

Amnesiac

Radiohead

(2001)

243

The Argument

Fugazi

(2001)

244

Perverted by Language

The Fall

(1983)

245

Island of Jewels

The Legendary Pink Dots

(1986)

246

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

(1972)

247

Sandinista!

The Clash

(1980)

248

Blue Bell Knoll

Cocteau Twins

(1988)

249

Telepathic Surgery

The Flaming Lips

(1989)

250

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

(1984)