I was talking with a friend of mine, about certain albums one should have in their collection. Not having these albums, would mean getting your butt kicked. What are your picks?

Here are a few of mine....

1. Aja - Steely Dan
2. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
3. Sign O' The Times - Prince
4. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
5. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
6. Abbey Road - The Beatles
7. Live at the Filmore East - The Allman Brothers.
8. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
9. Ten - Pearl Jam
10. Nevermind - Nirvana

1.) Let's Get It On - The Deluxe Edition (Marvin Gaye)
2.) Off the Wall (Michael Jackson)
3.) Sign O' the Times (Prince)
4.) In the Jungle Groove (James Brown)
5.) Maggot Brain (Funkadelic)
6.) Mothership Connection (Parliament)
7.) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
8.) Innervisions (Stevie Wonder)
9.) Live It Up (The Isley Brothers)
10.) The Many Facets of Roger Troutman (Roger)
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1. Sign O The Times (Prince)
2. Thriller (Michael Jackson)
3. Destroyer (Kiss)
4. Violator (Depeche Mode)
5. Funeral (Arcade Fire)
6. Let's Get it On (Marvin Gaye)
7. Kid A (Radiohead)
8. Post (Bjork)
9. Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
10. Neither Fish Nor Flesh (Terence Trent D'arby)

Like most of us I could easily do a top 100 - but i think limiting it to 10 is the challenge.

Swa

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Earth Wind & Fire - Gratitude

Parliament - Mothership Connection

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?

Prince - 1999

Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Mint Condition - From the Mint Factory

D'Angelo - Voodoo

Chuckii Booker - Niice N Wiild

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Off The Wall FOR SURE.

from all the albums you mentioned i have thriller , off the wall, songs in the key of life , talking book , mothership connection , nevermind , whats going on , lets get it on , headhunters , kind of blue , and innervisions. and i would probally recomend these my self and i like to add :
emergency on planet earth : jamiroquai
i want you ; marvin gaye
fres/there is a riot going on by sly and the family stone

Abdul said:

its hard for me to sum up a topic like this in a neat little package, but so far, this group of albums is more my speed!

Guys, this is a good list so far. I forgot to mention that you don't have to limit it to 10 like I did. I only did because those were the one's of the top of my head, I do have much more, like "Let it be", "Darkside of the Moon". Don't limit yourself....

Billy Cobham- Spectrum

Steely Dan- Aja

Roy Ayers- Mystic Voyage

Bob James- 3

Gil Scott Heron- Pieces of a man

Stevie Wonder- Live

Four tops-Keeper of the castle

Isaac Hayes- Hot buttered soul

Crusaders- Scratch

Ramp- Come into knowledge

shorttrini said:

Has one answer ever gone over 3 pages???? lol

I best limit mine to the 10 i stated.

Swa

Swa said:

That's a good question, lol. But I look at it this way, I would like to see the size of the my girlfriend's twelve year-old niece's list, (she simply cannot live without lil' Wayne). It would be much shorter.

Maybe it's a British thing, but for me THIS album is essential:-






My other choices would be:

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

U2 - The Joshua Tree

Thin Lizzy - Live & Dangerous

Stone Roses - Stone Roses

Pink Floyd - The Wall & Dark Side of the Moon

Down - Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgrow


etc etc

rocknrolldave said:

1. Prince - Sign 'O' the Times (1987)
2. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
3. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
4. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (1970)
5. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
6. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
7. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977)
8. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
9. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
10. Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)

a list without Prince...

1. Earth,Wind and Fire - All n All
2. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
3. Joni Mitchell - Blue
4. George Duke - Follow the Rainbow
5. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
6. Joe Jackson - Night and Day
7. India.Arie - Testimony Vol. 1
8. Stevie Wonder - Journey throught the secret life of Plants
9. Marvin Gaye - What's going on
10. Curtis Mayfield - Never Say You can't survive

I like what I am seeing so far, guys. One of the reasons why I created this posts was due to the fact that my collection needs updating and I have lost allot of music due to people stealing, hard drive crashes, etc. I am seeing that allot of us are going back and picking up classics. Keep them coming!!

More must-haves:
1.) What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
2.) Hot Buttered Soul (Isaac Hayes)
3.) The Payback (James Brown)
4.) Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (Funkadelic)
5.) Curtis (Curtis Mayfield)
6.) The Heat Is On (The Isley Brothers)
7.) The Daily News (Donnie)
8.) Listen Without Prejudice (George Michael)
9.) Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome (Parliament)
10.) Music of My Mind (Stevie Wonder)
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Timmy84 said:

Great thread, should be a sticky.

IAintTheOne said:

Yeah I just realized what I did wrong. Thanks.
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101 said:

and others that i keep enjoying....

Joe Jackson- Jumpin Jive (fun!), Stevie Wonder- Talking Book, Earth Wind and Fire- I Am, James Brown- In the Jungle Groove, Curtis Mayfield- Give, get,take and have, Marvin Gaye - In our lifetime, Joni Mitchell - Hejira, Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, Miles Davis- Amandla, Rolling Stones - Exile on Mainstreet, India.Arie - Voyage to India, Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love, Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

More must-haves:

1.) Osmium (Parliament)
2.) Here, My Dear - The Deluxe Edition (Marvin)
3.) There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly)
4.) There It Is (James)
5.) Lady Soul (Aretha)
6.) Thriller (MJ)
7.) Destiny (The Jacksons)
8.) I'm Still in Love With You (Al Green)
9.) At Last! (Etta James)
10.) The Isaac Hayes Movement (Isaac Hayes)

Joni Mitchell / The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Stevie Wonder / Innversions
Steely Dan / Aja
Donald Fagen / The Nightfly
Kate Bush / The Hounds Of Love
Prince And The Revolution / Parade
Wendy And Lisa / Wendy And Lisa
Prefab Sprout / Steve Mcqueen
Radiohead / In Rainbows
The Blue Nile / Peace At Last
Bruce Springsteen / Darkness on The Edge Of Town.

Innervisions(Stevie Wonder)
Songs in the Key of Life(Stevie Wonder)
Superfly(Curtis Mayfield)
Purple Rain(Prince)
Dirt(Alice in Chains)
36 Chambers(Wu-Tang Clan)
It Takes a Nation of Millions(Public Enemy)
Superunknown(Soundgarden)
Street Songs(Rick James)
The Chronic(Dr. Dre)
1999(Prince)
That's the Way of the World(Earth, Wind & Fire)
Off the Wall(Michael Jackson)
Straight Outta Compton(N.W.A.)
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome(Parliament)
Straight from the Heart(Patrice Rushen)
The Night I Fell in Love(Luther Vandross)
Nevermind(Nirvana)
Alice in Chains(Alice in Chains)
Ghosts in the Machine(The Police)

1. Miles Davis - Kinda Blue
2. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way of The World
3. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. James Brown - Live At the Apollo
5. Isley Brothers - The Heat Is On
6. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
7. Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans
8. Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings the Tivoli (Live)
9. Marvin Gay - I Want You
10. Al Green - Call Me

TD3 said:

I love your list.

Vendetta1 said:

Thank you.
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Led Zepplelin IV
Electric Ladyland-Jimi Hendrix
You're Under Arrest-Miles Davis
North On South St-Herb Alpert
No Jacket Required-Phil Collins
Invisble Touch-Genesis
Use Your Illusion 1/2-Guns N Roses
What Time Is It?-The Time
Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
Go For Your Guns-Isley Brothers
The Long Run-Eagles
Every Shade Of Love-Jesse Johnson
Rhythm & Romance-The System
Welcome To The Real World-Mr. Mister
Let's Dance-David Bowie
Live Bootleg-Aerosmith
Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine-The Doors
Exit, Stage Left-Rush
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I love how this thread is going and because of this, would one of the moderators make this thread a sticky, so that we can keep it going? You all are giving me so much ideas....