What do you believe to be some essential albums that all serious music listeners/collectors should own?
Just looking for people's opinions..........any genre, any time period.........
2007-09-21 16:37:26 · 13 answers · asked by Dani G 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
fire flame.......I know who Led Zeppelin are and actually own and listen to all of their albums...well, don't really listen to Presence except for Achilles Last Stand since its my least favorite of LZ's albums
.........I'm just looking for others' opinions
2007-09-21 16:52:40 · update #1
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles- Abbey Road
Radiohead- OK Computer
The doors- The Doors
Rush- 2112
Boston- Boston
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
2007-09-21 16:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by meep meep 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin I - IV
Mike Oldfield ~ Tubular Bells ; Incantations ; Platinum
Dire Straits ~ Brothers In Arms
Pink Floyd ~ Dark Side of the Moon ; Wish You Were Here
Meat Loaf ~ Bat Out of Hell
Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours
Jethro Tull ~ Thick As A Brick ; Songs From the Wood
The Beatles ~ Revolver ; Sgt. Pepper
Nick Drake ~ Five Leaves Left
Jimi Hendrix ~ Are You Experienced
Elton John ~ Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Enigma ~ MCMXC AD
Clannad ~ Magical Ring
Paul Simon ~ Graceland
2007-09-22 09:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles-Abbey Road
The Doors-The Doors
Boston-Boston
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue
Beethoven-5th and 9th symphonies
Who's Next-The Who
Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Complete Live at San Quentin - Johnny Cash
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" – Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky
Rite Of Spring – Igor Stravinsky
Pictures At An Exhibition – Modest Mussorgsky (orch. by Maurice Ravel)
King Of The Delta Blues - Robert Johnson
West Side Soul - Magic Sam
Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & the Wailers
Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
2007-09-22 08:32:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Wow, I think I want to go steady with BloodyHell. Great list AND someone else who thinks Bringing It All Back Home is more essential than Highway 61!!!
Duke Ellington-Masterpieces By Ellington
Louis Armstrong-25 Greatest Hot Fives & Hot Sevens
Various-From Spirituals To Swing
Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home
The Clash-Sandinista
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Chronicle
X-Wild Gift
Miles Davis-Kind Of Blue
Los Lobos-Will The Wolf Survive
Ramones-Hey, Ho, Let's Go
Neil Young-Decade
Woody Guthrie-The Asch Recordings
Muddy Waters-The Chess Box
2007-09-22 00:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by Martin 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - by Bob Dylan
Are You Experienced - by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Grace - by Jeff Buckley
Doolittle - by The Pixies
Origin of Symmetry - by Muse
Rain Dogs - by Tom Waits
The Bends - by Radiohead
Abbey Road - by The Beatles
Led Zeppelin 3 - by Led Zeppelin
Discovery - by Daft Punk
Appetite For Destruction - by Guns n' Roses
Generation Terrorists - by Manic Street Preachers
Takk - by Sigur Ros
Astral Weeks - by Van Morrison
2007-09-22 12:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by rukrym 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bad Music For Bad People - The Cramps
All Hands On the Bad One - Sleater-Kinney
Germfree Adolescents - X-Ray Spex (I don't actually own this one, but I'd love to)
London Calling - The Clash
Marquee Moon - Television
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
Here Are the Sonics - The Sonics
2007-09-21 23:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Bloody Hell 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us- Outlawz
Dark side of The Moon- Pink Floyd
King of Kings- Don Omar
Better Dayz- 2pac
Voodoo Child- Jimi Hendrix
Master of Puppets- Metallica
2007-09-21 23:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by Taitu 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Beatles-The White Album,Sgt. Pepper,Magical Mystery Tour,Abbey Road,Please Please Me
Bob Dylan-Essential Bob Dylan
Alice Cooper-Mascara & Monsters
Elton John-Captain Fantastic
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of The Moon,The Wall,Echoes
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti,seveal others
(just look them up)
2007-09-21 23:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by fireflameguitar 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
stevie wonder - songs in the key of life
steely dan - aja
miles davis - kind of blue
john coltrane - a love supreme
herbie hancock - headhunters
led zep - IV
beatles - white, sgt. pepper's. . . , "1"
rolling stones - sticky fingers
beach boys - pet sounds
ramones - hey ho, let's go! - anthology
ray charles - modern sounds in country and western music
simon and garfunkel - central park concert
stevie ray vaughn - greatest hits
jimi hendrix - the ultimate collection
randy newman - the best of rany newman
ben folds five - ben folds five
tori amos - little earthquakes
jeff buckley - grace
tower of power - tower of power
toto - the essential
chicago - greatest hits (early years, before it became peter cetera's mess of love songs)
aerosmith - early years greatest hits
gershwin - rhapsody in blue (most recordings will do; i'd go for the arthur fiedler one)
stan getz/charlie byrd - jazz samba
antonio carlos jobim - jazz masters
michael jackson - thriller
bob dylan - desire
bob dylan - blood on the tracks
fleetwood mac - rumours
van morrison - moondance
i think that's all i can think of off of the top of my head, but i think anyone who calls themselves a real music afficionado HAS to own the majority of those records. (i left out a few jazz, classical and latin records, but there are a few 'necessaries' there, too)
2007-09-24 09:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by blue-in-groove 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
NIN - The Downward Spiral
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Deftones - White Pony
2007-09-22 00:12:05 · answer #10 · answered by Rckets 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋