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.
This list contains 436 albums (so far). 1 > 50 51 > 100 101 > 150 151 > 200 201 > 250 251 > 300 301 > 350 351 > 400 401 > 436201

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)
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