For me, in no particular order:
Beastie Boys: Check Your Head
De La Soul: Stakes is High
Sublime: 40oz to Freedom
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
RATM - RATM
Michael Jackson - HIStory
Outkast - Aquemini
I hate picking albums, I usually just make my own mixes of the artists' work. No way I could actually pick only one Outkast or Marley album.
You take Stakes is High over 3ft high and rising or De La Soul is Dead? Interesting.
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say:
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
OK Computer - Radiohead
Zooropa - U2
Midnight Marauders - ATCQ
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
However, 5 albums is far too few...
Fantastic Planet - Failure
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
Thriller - Michael Jackson
OK Computer - Radiohead
I also might feel like subs uting a collection of Radiohead B-sides (Kid-A era and before) or Dr. Dre "The Chronic."
only 5? I think it would be easier choosing top 5 for each genre.
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
Erasure - Three Ring Circus
The Sex Pistols - The Great rock N Roll Swindle
Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper
OK Computer
Kid A
The Bends
In Rainbows
Dirt
I need dadrock in there though.
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
Incubus - Make Yourself
Rage Against Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
Jay z - The Blueprint
Atmosphere - You can't imagine how much fun we are having
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Led Zeppellin IV - Led Zeppelin
Break the Cycle - Staind
Revolutionary Vol. 2 - Immortal Technique
I'm assuming no compilations or 'Best Of's, so the list would be a little different:
I'd include a Louis Prima and Keely Smith album, but they are mostly compilations.
Rancid - ...And out come the Wolves
The Clash - London Calling
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Operation Ivy - Energy
Sublime - 40 oz. to Freedom
The Specials - Stereo-Typical A's, B's, and Rarities
Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Ramones - Ramones
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Gang of Four - Solid Gold, Another Day, Another Dollar
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Bad Religion - Suffer and No Control and Against the Grain
If you like punk/ska all must haves
Vicente Fernandez - Historia de un Idolo
Mana - Donde Jugaran Los Ninos
Los Tigeres Del Norte -Jefe de Jefes
Junaes - Mi Sangre
Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino
I know, it just sounds better lyrically & production-wise than the previous albums imho.
Stakes is High is their best imo as well. They have better singles on other albums than probably any on SiH, but that's just a damn good album and each track is perfectly placed and sequenced. I couldn't pare down to 5 albums, but I could probably do a couple gigs of mp3s. iPods have spoiled me, I can carry all my essentials in my pocket.
Between the Buried and Me-Colors
Scale the Summit-Carving Desert Canyons
Cynic-Traced in Air
The Mars Volta- De-loused in the Comatorium
Death-Symbolic
Some damn good picks in here too.
Only 5....too hard. I'll name these first.
Led Zeppelin I
Soundgarden-"Superunknown"
U2-"Unforgettable Fire"
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies-"Live at the Filmore"
Pink Floyd-"Animals"
I'll probably end up changing one of these if I think of something better...
Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon
The Killers - sam's town
Led Zep - Led zep I
Eminem - (cant remember the name of the album, but it was his 2nd release)
String Cheese Incident (any live album)
OK Computer-Radiohead
No Code- Pearl Jam
Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones
Rubber Factory- The Black Keys
Rumors- Fleetwood Mac
Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Synchonicity - The Police
Thriller - MJ
So - Peter Gabriel
The White Album - The Beatles
so far ruffandreadyallstars and ohgee are tied for the best list with two points a piece
Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Peter Gabriel - So
U2 - Joshua Tree
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Honorable mention:
SRV - Texas Flood
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