What is your personal list of albums a true rock fan must have?

The Beatles: all albums

The Rolling Stones: "Let It Bleed", "Beggars Banquet", "Aftermath", "Sticky Fingers", "Singles Collection: The London Years", "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!"

The Who: "The Who Sell Out", "Tommy", "Live at Leeds", "Who's Next", "Quadrophenia"

Pink Floyd: "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "Meddle", "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "Animals", "The Wall"

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Are You Experienced", "Axis: Bold as Love", "Electric Ladyland", "Live at Woodstock"

Led Zeppelin: I-IV

Deep Purple: "Deep Purple in Rock", "Machine Head", "Made in Japan"

The Kinks: "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society", "Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)"

Cream: "Disraeli Gears"

Jethro Tull: "Stand Up", "Thick as a Brick"

King Crimson: "In the Court of the Crimson King", "Larks' Tongues in Aspic", "Red", "Discipline", "Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal"

Genesis: "Foxtrot", "Selling England By the Pound", "Live"

Yes: "The Yes Album", "Fragile", "Close to the Edge"

Black Sabbath: :"Black Sabbath", "Paranoid", "Master of Reality", "Sabotage"

ELP: "Tarkus", "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends"

ELO: "Eldorado", "A New World Record"

The Doors: "The Doors", "Strange Days", "Morrison Hotel"

CCR: "Green River", "Cosmo's Factory"

The Byrds: "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Fifth Dimension", "Younger Than Yesterday"

Sparks: "Sparks", "Kimono My House"

The Allman Brothers Band: "At Fillmore West", "Brothers and Sisters"

Bob Dylan: "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Bringing It All Back Home", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Blonde on Blonde"

The Police: "Regatta de Blanc", "Zenyatta Mondatta", "Ghosts in the Machine"

Talking Heads: "Fear of Music", "Remain in Light"

John Lennon: "Plastic Ono Band", "Imagine"

Paul McCartney: "Ram", "Band on the Run"

George Harrison: "All Things Must Pass"

Brian Eno: "Here Come the Warm Jets", "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)", "Another Green World", "Before and After Science"

Ramones: "Ramones", "Road to Ruin"

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

Is This It - The Strokes

Abbey Road, The White Album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver - The Beatles

Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

Modern Vampires of the City - Vampire Weekend

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

Kid A - Radiohead

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Hurry Up We're Dreaming - M83

Meat is Murder - The Smiths

Tommy - The Who

The Head on the Door - The Smiths

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

LA Woman - The Doors

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Pornography, The Head on the Door, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Disintegration

The Smiths - The Smiths(1984), Meat Is Murder, The Queen Is Dead, Strangeways Here We Come

R.E.M. - Murmur, Reckoning, Lifes Rich Pageant, Document

Husker Du - Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig

Wipers - Is This Real?, Youth of America, Over the Edge

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

The Replacements - Let It Be, Tim

Sonic Youth - EVOL, Sister, Daydream Nation

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Plastic Surgery Disasters

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses(1989)

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, Remain in Light

Wire - Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154

Gang of Four - Entertainment!

Magazine - Real Life

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance

Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Closer

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces

The Clash - The Clash(1977), Give 'Em Enough Rope, London Calling, Sandinista!

Ramones - Ramones(1976), Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin

Television - Marquee Moon

The Stooges - The Stooges(1969), Funhouse, Raw Power

The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground(1969), Loaded

The Who - The Who Sell Out, Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King, Red, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Discipline

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Iggy Pop - The Idiot

If you really want to go for it, take a step back and add the "founders".

Rather than clog things up, just some names:

- guitarists -

Chuck Berry

Link Wray

Dick Dale

Duane Eddy

Lonnie Mack

The Ventures

- vocalists -

Little Richard

Buddy Holly

Ritchie Vallens

Jerry Lee Lewis

Elvis

- 60's, where most "start", rather than continue -

The Animals

Jeff Beck

ZZ Top

Janis Joplin

Linda Ronstadt

etc...........

If they don't have at least a few of each of these I feel they are missing out, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Fairpoint Convention, jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Cars, Dio, Sabbath and so many more but a good pallet of musical taste is always good. (:

Hard to believe that Van Halen's Fair Warning lp is their lowest selling record to date. It's a staple in my collection

http://youtu.be/DHLPMV00yfc

It's a matter of personal taste in music. What I consider essential, you might consider frivolous. My personal list changes all the time.

Anything that isn't a KISS record

Oh boy is there so much for you to discover <3

The Velvet Underground and Nico - s/t (1967)

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)

I kept mine succinct, and every last one of them was already mentioned. But seriously listen to all of them.

An album by Metallica or Avenged Sevenfold.

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these arent just rock albums but yeah thats basically my list