Post some essential records for anyone to own. If its a single or an ep with songs on an LP please distinguish

This has been a Krallum presentation

9/4/2011 3:14:15 AM

The Zombies-- Odessey and Oracle

Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds

Radiohead -- Ok Computer

Beatles -- Sgt. Peppers

Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon

9/4/2011 3:44:04 AM

Guns N Roses -- Appetite for Destruction

Michael Jackson -- Thriller

Marvin Gaye -- What's Goin On

Stevie Wonder -- Songs in the Key of Life

Pearl Jam -- Ten

9/4/2011 9:40:49 AM

Huey Lewis & the News - Sports

9/4/2011 11:06:07 AM

Quote :

"Radiohead -- Ok Computer Beatles -- Sgt. Peppers Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon"

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu- Tang (36 Chambers)

9/4/2011 11:26:33 AM

Metallica -- Master of Puppets

U2 -- Achtung Baby

Outkast -- Stankonia

Beastie Boys -- Hello Nasty

9/4/2011 11:56:50 AM

Hello fucking Nasty?

you have got to be kidding

9/4/2011 1:10:35 PM

Bob Dylan- Blood on the tracks

Radiohead- Kid A

David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust

REM- Automatic for the People

Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young- So Far

Bob Marley- Catch a Fire

Grateful Dead- American Beauty

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue

Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet

Leonard Cohen- Songs of Leonard Cohen

Joni Mitchell- Blue

Wilco- YHF


Other albums that I think are essential but might not apply to everyone:

-Arcade Fire- Funeral, The Suburbs

-Elliott Smith- X/O

-Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

-The Byrds- Notorious Byrd Brothers

-Graham Nash- Songs for Beginners

-Brian Eno- Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy

-Brian Eno- Ambient 1

-Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express

-Townes Van Zandt- Self-titled; High, Low, and In Between

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM. Reason : g]

9/4/2011 1:44:32 PM

May not apply to everyone, but if you're a hip hop fan then these are for you:

Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star
Eric B. and Rakim - Paid In Full
Nas - Illmatic
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

and I'll echo Stankonia and Enter the Wu, which have already been mentioned.

9/4/2011 2:19:50 PM

lol @ hello nasty

9/4/2011 3:37:04 PM

X - Los Angeles

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico

The Clash - London Calling

Binary Star - Masters Of The Universe (one of the best hip hop albums I've ever heard)

9/4/2011 5:11:14 PM

Hello Nasty? You need to Check Your Head

The Beatles -- Abbey Road

Prince -- Purple Rain

9/4/2011 5:15:05 PM

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Radiohead - Kid A

Television - Marquee Moon

Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (another awesome hip hop album)

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 5:19 PM. Reason : Get that hello nasty shit out of here, PB is where it's at]

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2011 5:19:06 PM

I don't know how any fan of music could have Hello Nasty over Pauls Boutique or Check Your Head

especially Pauls Boutique

shit is legendary

9/4/2011 5:25:09 PM

I've been on a Marquee Moon lately

9/4/2011 5:40:59 PM

Wait...I read your post wrong...

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 6:00 PM. Reason : But I was still taking the opportunity for a bad joke. ]

9/4/2011 5:54:13 PM

The word 'kick' should be in there somewhere

9/4/2011 6:14:17 PM

saigon or inxs?

9/4/2011 7:06:49 PM

trolled em all

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 7:42 PM. Reason : I do enjoy Hello Nasty (not my fav) and think Paul's Boutique is somewhat overrated though.]

9/4/2011 7:36:09 PM

You know why Paul's Boutique isn't overrated? Because they made a killer track out of a sample of "Loose Booty" and then named it with a Bible verse. COME ON.

9/4/2011 8:48:14 PM

peter, bjorn & john - writers block

my bloody valentine - loveless

the budos band - 2 and/or 3

9/4/2011 9:51:53 PM

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

9/4/2011 10:01:03 PM

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM. Reason : imageshack sucks]

9/4/2011 10:36:00 PM

Quote :

"Outkast -- Stankonia Aquemeni"

I mean, seriously

Biggie - Either album, really

Pac - Me Against The World



[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 11:19 PM. Reason : a]

9/4/2011 11:15:13 PM

dig in: http://mu-essentials.blogspot.com/2011/01/mediafire-accounts_24.html

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 1:59 AM. Reason : this is most excellent: http://www.mediafire.com/?r6tre9cckhc6l

9/5/2011 1:46:16 AM

^^'I mean, seriously' at least spell your essential album title correctly

9/5/2011 2:04:44 AM

haha that list of hipster albums in that picture has pretty much everything that's been said on here

9/5/2011 4:25:11 AM

Lol at that picture of "hipster hop" albums.

9/5/2011 9:28:10 AM

I love how "hipster albums" are just the best albums of all time, regardless of genre

9/5/2011 10:20:23 AM

^^^^ohhhh typo police

^exactly. boy that guy sure has us pegged for liking great albums.

9/5/2011 12:42:45 PM

A6 on that chart is absolutely essential.

9/5/2011 3:36:22 PM

I was wondering where all the radiohead albums were on that list because I was like "how the fuck can you have a comprehensive hipster album list with only the bends?"

and then i saw the neutral milk hotel, ok computer, and the bends up top with in the big dog column

and then i clasped my hands together and whispered "it be done"

9/5/2011 5:01:26 PM

Is King Crimson at the top some kind of inside joke?

And why is Siamese Dream so far down?

That Fleet Foxes album had like three good songs and dropped off quick

Putting Smile on the top row is a good way to identify your self as a douchebag

Cool to see The Glow Pt. 2. Seems like not enough people know about that album.

What the hell is Carissa's Wierd?

Remain in Light is not the most essential Talking Heads album and 69 Love Songs is not the most essential Magnetic Fields album

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 5:15 PM. Reason : Surfer Rosa is not the most essential Pixies album]

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 5:16 PM. Reason : Same for Beggars Banquet, Loaded and Abbey Road]

9/5/2011 5:13:18 PM

this thread is troll bait.

9/5/2011 5:44:47 PM

For clarification, I posted that list because it's actually good, not as a mockery of hipsters.




That being said fuck hipsters.

9/5/2011 6:19:49 PM

Quote :

"And why is Siamese Dream so far down? "

I didn't think they were ranked in order, outside of the top 6 "core." I like that King Crimson album but I, too, didn't think it was essential of an album

where's that picture from anyways?

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 6:35 PM. Reason : .]

9/5/2011 6:26:44 PM

Doolitle is also up there. I would say that Sister and EVOL are just as essential as Daydream.

9/5/2011 6:54:21 PM

In the court of the crimson king isn't the most influential prog rock album or anything unless you want to count wish you were here for inspiring every shitty jam rock band who didn't get it

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

9/5/2011 7:02:37 PM

a few more rap albums:
Outkast - "ATLiens"
Ghostface - "Ironman"
Pete Rock and CL Smooth - "Mecca and the Soul Brother"
Blu - "Below the Heavens"
I'd also toss in the Soul In The Hole soundtrack. It was a monster.

and some soul albums:
Isaac Hayes - "Hot Buttered Soul"
James Brown - "Live at the Apollo"
Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"
Ray Charles - "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"

And I co-sign on "Purple Rain". Prince is a genius!

9/5/2011 7:10:18 PM

Quote :

"That being said fuck hipsters."

Woah tuff guy!!

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 7:46 PM. Reason : ATLiens and Ironman are better than Aquemini and Supreme Clientele]

9/5/2011 7:45:48 PM

ITT people name albums they don't actually listen to anymore.

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 8:13 PM. Reason : ]

9/5/2011 8:13:22 PM

Concert For Bangladesh

Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

Green Day - Dookie

Neil Young - Harvest

9/5/2011 8:23:08 PM

Quote :

"ATLiens and Ironman are better than Aquemini and Supreme Clientele"

i love ATLiens, but Aquemini is my favorite album ever.

this guy has my back:
http://500daysasunder.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/stankfest-2011/

9/5/2011 8:42:36 PM

Shit I forgot about Dookie, one of my favorite albums.

Anyway this thread is stupid because there are no essential albums.

No matter how good you think an album is or even how much universal acclaim it has, someone is gonna think it sucks. It's obviously not an essential album for them.

9/5/2011 8:43:54 PM

Alice in Chains - Dirt

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic

9/5/2011 8:45:26 PM

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This thread was awesome

Keep meaning to update

9/5/2011 8:47:29 PM

the rolling stones - exile on main street
beck - midnite vultures, sea change
andrew bird's bowl of fire - the swimming hour
smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
radiohead - ok computer, kid a
tom waits - rain dogs

[Edited on September 5, 2011 at 11:30 PM. Reason : italics fail]

9/5/2011 11:29:24 PM

^^ Yeah, it'd be interesting to see an updated version of it.

9/6/2011 12:22:55 AM

Quote :

"haha that list of hipster albums in that picture has pretty much everything that's been said on here"

That "hipster list" holds a special place in my heart...it's now I discovered Helios

Agree with pretty much all of the older albums on here. Some newer stuff that I consider to be my 15 "essentials" of the last ~10 years:

Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
The National - Boxer
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
TV On the Radio - Dear Science
The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The White Striples - Elephant
The Faint - Danse Macabre
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
HEALTH - //DISCO
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Explosions In the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

[Edited on September 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM. Reason : herpes]

9/6/2011 12:25:15 AM

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

[Edited on September 6, 2011 at 8:03 AM. Reason : ]

9/6/2011 8:03:19 AM