"Must-have" rock albums?

At Budakan by Cheap Trick. ft. live versions of Surrender, I Want You To Want Me, Ain't That A Shame, Clock On The Wall, and more. also their album 'Heaven Tonight' is a "must-have" with the great title song, On Top Of The World and more.

Metal Health by Quiet Riot. ft.*** On Feel The Noize, Slick Black Caddilac, Love's A *****, Let's Get Crazy...

Blizzard Of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne. ft. Crazy Train, I Don't Know, Mr. Crowley, Goodbye To Romance...

Parallel Lines by Blondie. ft. One Way Or Another, Hanging On The Telephone, 11:59, Sunday Girl, Heart Of Glass....

A Night At The Opera by Queen. ft. Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, I'm In Love With My Car, The Prophet's Song...

Third Eye Blind by Third Eye Blind. ft. Jumper, Motorcycle Drive-by, Graduate, Semi-charmed Life...

The Cars by The Cars. ft. Moving In Stereo, My Best Friend's Girlfriend, Don'tcha Stop, Bye Bye Love, Good Times Roll, Just What I Needed...

Some Girls by The Rolling Stones. ft. Miss You, When The Whip Comes Down, Beast Of Burden, Before They Make Me Run, Far Away Eyes...

Bloody Kisses by Type O Negative. ft. Black No.1, Summer Breeze, Kill All The White People...

Subhuman Race by Skid Row. ft. Firesign, Beat Yourself Blind, Bonehead, Into Another, Iron Will...

Dog Eat Dog by Warrant. ft. The Bitter Pill, Andy Warhol Was Right, Machine Gun, April 2031, The Hole In My Wall, Bon Fire...

New Jersey by Bon Jovi. ft. Blood On Blood, Bad Medicine, Homebound Train, Wild Is The Wind...

Open Up And Say...Ah! & Flesh And Blood by Poison. Open ft. Nothin' But A Good Time, Every Rose Has It's Thorn, Back To The Rocking Horse, Your Mama Don't Dance... Flesh ft. Unskinny Bop, Something To Believe In, Ride The Wind...

Long Cold Winter by Cinderella. ft. Gypsy Road, Coming Home, Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone), Fallin' Apart At The Seems, Second Wind...

Double Vision by Foreigner. ft. Hot Blooded, Blue Morning, Blue Day, Back Where You Belong, Lonely Children, Trampontane....

The Lost Boys (Original Soundtrack). ft. Cry Little Sister, Lost In The Shadows, People Are Strange, I Still Believe...

Tommy (Original Movie Soundtrack) ft. The Who, Tina Turner, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, Mott The Hoople, Ann-Margret....

Night Moves/Stranger In Town/Against The Wind/Live Bullet/Nine Tonight (all) by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. NM ft. Main Street, Night Moves, Sunspot Baby, Rock And Roll Never Forgets, The Fire Down Below... SIT ft. Feel Like A Number, Old Time Rock & Roll, We've Got Tonight, Hollywood Nights, Still The Same... ATW ft. Fire Lake, Long Twin Silver Line, You'll Accomp'ny Me, Her Strut, Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight...

Flush The Fashion/From The Inside by Alice Cooper. FTF ft. Asprin Damage, (We're All) Clones, Talk Talk, Nuclear Infected, (I'm Your) Pain... FTI fts. We're All Crazy, For Veronica's Sake, How You Gonna See Me Now, Millie And Billie, The Quiet Room (a great concept album!)

Evolution by Journey. ft. Just The Same Way, Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', Too Late, Do You Recall?...

Pieces Of Eight by Styx. ft. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights), Renegade, Sing For The Day, Lords Of The Ring, Aku-Aku, Queen Of Spades, Great White Hope...

Get The Knack by The Knack. ft. Good Girls Don't, My Sharona, She's So Selfish, Maybe Tonight, Let Me Out, Oh Tara...

Time by Electric Light Orchestra. (excellent "must-have" concept album) ft. The Way Life's Meant To Be, The Lights Go Down, Here Is The News, Ticket To The Moon, Rain Is Falling, Hold On Tight...

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Well, I don't know what you're into, but your handle says 70sRockFreak, so I'll limit my list to the 1970's, if you don't mind. I wouldn't say everybody "must have" these. But someone who favors 70's rock probably ought to have these (I am leaving obvious, mega-famous albums off, so I can point out a few less common ones) I'd gladly play most of these straight through millions of times.

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)

Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)

Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)

The Clash - Give Em Enough Rope (1979)

Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance (1974)

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)

David Bowie - Low (1977)

Television - Television (1977)

Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)

Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)

Honorable Mentions:

Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971) (Should be on the first list, but you wanted rock. This is the closest to rock he ever got)

The Specials - The Specials (1979)

Patti Smith - Horses (1975)

Joni Mitchell - Four the Roses (1971)

Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)

Faust - IV (1973)

Guilty Pleasures:

Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (1972)

Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975)

Burn-Deep Purple,1974 / Demon's and Wizard's+The Magician's Birthday,

by Uriah Heep 1972 / 2112 Rush 1976/ Paranoid-Black Sabbath 1976,

Black Rose-Thin Lizzy 1979/ Alive-Kiss 1974/ Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow,

Rainbow Rising,Straight Between The Eye's-Rainbow/ Let There Be Rock-

AC/DC 1977/ Sad Wing's Of Destiny-Judas Priest/ War Of The World's-

Jeff Wayne 1978/ Metallica-Metallica-1991/ Boston-Boston,1976,

Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi,1986/ Warrior On The Edge Of Time,

Hawkwind-1975/ Quartz-Quartz,1977/ These are the best of the best.

AC/DC- Back In Black

Nirvana- Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero

Aerosmith- Toys In the Attic

The Beatles- Abbey Road

T.Rex- Electric Warrior

David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust

Pearl Jam- Ten

Def Leppard- Pyromania

Weezer- Blue Album, Pinkerton

KISS- Debut

Motley Crue- Shout at the Devil

Queen- Night at the Opera

Green Day- Dookie

John Lennon- Imagine

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street

INXS- Kick

Beatles - All

Elvis Costello - All or Imperial Bedroom

The Who - Who's Next

AC/DC - Back In Black

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon or The Wall

Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits

Bad Company - Bad Company

Boston - Boston

The Cars - The Cars

Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot

The Doors - The Doors

Led Zeppelin - All

The Kinks - One For The Road

Paul McCartney - Band On The Run

Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium

Rush - Moving Pictures

Not sure if you are into punk if you are tell me I will message you more

Stooges-Raw Power

Doors-Doors

Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum & Outsideinside

Moby Grape-Moby Grape

Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?

The Remains-The Remains

Frank Zappa & the Mothers-Freak Out!

Back in Black by AC/DC (album)

That is an absolute must for any 70s rock fan! It has some of the greatest rock songs of the 70s.

Led Zeppelin I

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin IV

- all of Nirvana's albums

- Metallica's first five albums

- Nine Inch Nails' first three albums

- Dookie, Insomniac, and American Idiot by Green Day

- Rust In Peace by Megadeth

These are all must-own albums, in my opinion, and I even own the actual CDs for most of them (except for a couple of Nirvana's live albums, but that's it).

The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.