your 5 essential albums

[Ispy]

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

RUN DMC - Raising Hell (or Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full, can't pick one)

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald - Louis and Ella Again

[volta]

paul simon - Graceland

stone roses- stone roses

squeeze- singles

new order- power corruption and lies

the La's- the La's

ooh man power corruption and lies is such a good call

[PAID VACATION]

1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

2. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

3. Television - Marquee Moon

4. Sly and The Family Stone - Greatest

5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

[jpgm]

here's some off the top of my head that are getting thrashed at the moment, have been getting thrashed for a while, and will continue to get thrashed for a long time.....no way im trying to come up with a list of 5 essential records full stop, my brain just wont allow it.

neurosis - given to the rising

my bloody valentine - loveless

monolake - momentum

wu tang clan - 36 chambers

godspeed you black emperor - yanqui u.x.o.

burial - burial

converge - jane doe

cursive - the ugly organ

nile - annihilation of the wicked

boards of canada - geodaddi

guns n roses - appetite for destruction

good riddance - operation phoenix

the doors - greatest hits

isis - panopticon

the cure - greatest hits

u2 - greatest hits

beastie boys - check your head

[erbs]

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue

Rolling Stones- Exile on Main

Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

U2- Joshua Tree

[ktothe]

Niggas cant count...

[readytoignite]

in no order:

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations box set (or Sunflower if box sets are cheating)

Fushitsusha - The Time Is Nigh

John Coltrane - Sun Ship

L - Holy Letter

Ride - Going Blank Again

[polishmike]

Autechre - Tri Repetae

Oval - 94diskont

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

Mouse on Mars - Iaora Tahiti

Fennesz - Endless Summer

Merzbow - 1930

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Daft Punk - Homework

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II

Pan Sonic - Kulma

Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909

[braid]

here's some off the top of my head that are getting thrashed at the moment, have been getting thrashed for a while, and will continue to get thrashed for a long time.....no way im trying to come up with a list of 5 essential records full stop, my brain just wont allow it.

neurosis - given to the rising

my bloody valentine - loveless

monolake - momentum

wu tang clan - 36 chambers

godspeed you black emperor - yanqui u.x.o.

burial - burial

converge - jane doe

cursive - the ugly organ

nile - annihilation of the wicked

boards of canada - geodaddi

guns n roses - appetite for destruction

good riddance - operation phoenix

the doors - greatest hits

isis - panopticon

the cure - greatest hits

u2 - greatest hits

beastie boys - check your head

damn good list, you have good taste sir

[braid]

Pinback-Blue Screen Life/Summer In abaddon

omg, i LOVE pinback

[Contingency Plan]

I'm not really old enough yet to have essential albums, but what I'm listening to at the moment:

Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

Islands - Return to the Sea

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

[FauxSure]

5.Menomena - Friend and Foe

4.Unicorns- Who will cut our hair?

3.Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

2.DJ Shadow - Entroducing

1.Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

Number 5 is pretty much on a constant rotation

[mikeboi]

aeroplane over the sea-neutral milk hotel

only built 4 cuban linx-raekwon

white pony(black)-deftones

the bends-radiohead

electric-the cult

[apocalypse later]

Tool-Lateralus

Nine Inch Nails-The Fragile

Porcupine Tree-In Absentia

Radiohead-Ok Computer

Isis-Oceanic

[Aeros]

Two Albums:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (greatly influenced my taste in music)

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (my favorite album of all time)

[mellowfellow]

Autechre - Tri Repetae

Oval - 94diskont

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

Mouse on Mars - Iaora Tahiti

Fennesz - Endless Summer

Merzbow - 1930

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Daft Punk - Homework

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II

Pan Sonic - Kulma

Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX & 909

Your list brings back memories of my teenager years.

oval. i can hear the influence in today japanese electronic music, the clicks and cut sounds in piana, aus..

boards of canada. the only album i really enjoyed from them.

fennesz, endless summer is my favorite title track. I enjoyed venice more. maybe more accessible.

daft punk: heard of them while listening to a late night radio show. loved it.

aphex twin. first album i bought was selected ambient vol 2. Then it was richard d james. After that it was all about rephlex/warp releases. autechre, u-ziq,

[perledeculture]

1. daft punk - homework

2. daft punk- discovery

3. dj shadow - endtroducing

4. cut copy- bright like neon love

5. phoenix- alphabetical

6. phoenix- it's never been like that

7. mstrkrft- the looks

8. the knife- silent shout

9. the shins- chutes too narrow

10. death from above 1979- you're a woman I'm a machine

this list does not include classics ie. Queen's Greatest Hits

[eirikt]

Impossible to name only five, so many to choose from, the list changes all the time blah, blah.. Anyhoo,

At The Drive-in: Relationship Of Command (I see this one keeps getting mentioned)

The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead

Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy

..Trail of Dead: Sourcetags and Codes

The Decemberists: Picaresque

[jeepster]

my top 5 would have to be...:

Queens of the Stone Age - Self Titled

The Beatles - The White Album

Blur - Parklife

Bloomfield, Cooper, Stills - Super Session

T. Rex - Electric Warrior

Lightnin' Hopkins Lightnin'! should be on there, as should any of the other albums I own and love. Music is basically essential, and its hard to break it down to just 5.

[insomaniac]

5 is hard.

ramones ramones

velvet underground velvet underground

minor threat out of step

fela kuti black president

a tribe called quest people's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm

aphex twin richard d james album

jane's addiction nothing's shocking

capitol k happy happy

public enemy it takes a nation of millions to hold us back

echo and the bunnymen ocean moon

neil young harvest

cro-mags age of quarrel

bad brains black dots

dj shadow entroducting...

rolling stones december's children

slayer reign in blood

guns n roses appetite for destruction

stiff little fingers all the best

the stooges fun house

black flag damaged

zero boys vicious circle

krs one criminal minded

gorilla biscuits start today

misfits walk among us

are the ones i can think of off the top of my head.

sorry for the long list.

[1995chardx]

omg, i LOVE pinback

word...my favorite band hands down...i can listen to it 24.7

[Guest de la swass]

1. Sublime-Sublime

2. Timeless: The Singles Collection/The Grind Date-De La Soul

3. Blinking Lights And Other Revelations-Eels

4. Boys and Girls in America-The Hold Steady

5. Enter the 36 Chambers-Wu-Tang Clan

[sleazie ninja number 47]

1. Wilco -- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2. Miles Davis -- Tribute to Jack Johnson

3. Neutral Milk Hotel -- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

4. Arcade Fire -- Funeral

5. Johnny Cash -- Live at Folsom Prison

Honorable mentions:

6. Jerry Garcia and John Kahn -- 5/5/82 -- Oregon State Prison

7. Velvet Underground -- Loaded

[airportlobbytx]

There is some real crapola on this thread. Another 5:

Big Star: Radio City

Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World

Jam: All Mod Cons

Television Personalities: And Don't the Kids Just Love It

Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot out the Lights

[Fookums]

D< Top 5 most essential is just crazy talk.

But I'll still try to narrow it down!

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane...Sea

The Beatles - The White Album

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

[Carl]

There is some real crapola on this thread. Another 5:

Big Star: Radio City

Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World

Jam: All Mod Cons

Television Personalities: And Don't the Kids Just Love It

Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot out the Lights

Beautiful fucking list.

[Guest jmatsu]

old favorites.

metro area- self titled

nation of ulyssess- plays pretty for baby

talking heads- more songs about buildings and food

dudley moore- bedazzled soundtrack

wire- pink flag

[nettiemoore]

There is some real crapola on this thread. Another 5:

Big Star: Radio City

Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World

Jam: All Mod Cons

Television Personalities: And Don't the Kids Just Love It

Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot out the Lights

i like lw too, have a couple of her albums but havent heard this one yet. how is it?

and by the way, have you listened to west?

[mwrenchd]

Ask me tomorrow and I would come up with a mostly different list.

John Zorn - The Big Gundown

Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes

Les Savy Fav - The Cat & the Cobra

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

Fugazi - 13 Songs

[arcticfox]

metro area- self titled

^^Forgot how good that was when it dropped, re-listening right now, tight...

Map of Africa - Map Of Africa

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

Susan Christie - Paint A Lady

E.S.G - Come Away With ESG

Dorothy Ashby - The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby