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 > 436401

Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
(1977)
402

American Football
American Football
(1999)
403

Too Fast for Love
Mötley Crüe
(1981)
404

Bat Out of Hell
Meat Loaf
(1977)
405

Jeopardy
The Sound
(1980)
406

Tropics and Meridians
June of 44
(1996)
407

Cereal Killers
Too Much Joy
(1991)
408

Vee Vee
Archers of Loaf
(1995)
409

Fuel for the Hate Game
Hot Water Music
(1997)
410

My War
Black Flag
(1984)
411

Odelay
Beck
(1996)
412

Dawn Patrol
Night Ranger
(1982)
413

Foolish
Superchunk
(1994)
414

Sleepy Eyed
Buffalo Tom
(1995)
415

California X
California X
(2013)
416
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
(1973)
417

Liquid Swords
Genius/GZA
(1995)
418

Death Church
Rudimentary Peni
(1983)
419

Prayers on Fire
The Birthday Party
(1981)
420

Milo Goes to College
Descendents
(1982)
421

Suede
Suede
(1993)
422

Never Loved Elvis
The Wonder Stuff
(1991)
423
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Germs
(2005)
424

Vinyl
Dramarama
(1991)
425

Thunder and Consolation
New Model Army
(1989)
426

Cherry Alive
Eve's Plum
(1995)
427

Kiss Me Deadly
Gen X
(1981)
428

good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
(2012)
429

Loverboy
Loverboy
(1980)
430

Electric
The Cult
(1987)
431

Third Eye
Redd Kross
(1990)
432

Listen Like Thieves
INXS
(1985)
433

A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Darkthrone
(1992)
434

Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M.
(1985)
435

Little Baby Buntin'
Killdozer
(1987)
436

The Record
Fear
(1982)
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