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The Essential Rock Albums (CDs)

by: tattood123( 98Feedback score is 50 to 99)
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Q: What would the world be without music?

A: Absolutely boring.

Remember when you could go out and buy an album and you loved every track on it? The following is a list of such albums that I believe every rock music lover should have in their collection. The list is arranged in order by year of original release. Enjoy!

  1. Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan
  2. Disraeli Gears (1967) - Cream
  3. Abbey Road (1969) - The Beatles
  4. Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Led Zeppelin
  5. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) - Neil Young
  6. Are You Experienced? (1970) - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  7. Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970) - Spirit
  8. Led Zeppelin III (1970) - Led Zeppelin
  9. Watt (1970) - Ten Years After
  10.  Paranoid (1971) - Black Sabbath
  11. Pearl (1971) - Janis Joplin
  12. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) - Led Zeppelin
  13. Who's Next (1971) - The Who
  14. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  15. Tres Hombres (1973) - ZZ Top
  16. So Far (1974) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  17. Bad Company (1974) - Bad Company
  18. Toys In The Attic (1975) - Aerosmith
  19. Hotel California (1976) - Eagles
  20. Spectres (1977) - Blue Oyster Cult
  21. Rumors (1977) - Fleetwood Mac
  22. Van Halen (1978) - Van Halen
  23. Back In Black (1980) - AC/DC
  24. Number Of The Beast (1982) - Iron Maiden
  25. Under A Blood Red Sky (1982) - U2
  26. Ride The Lightening (1984) - Metallica
  27. Master Of Puppets (1986) - Metallica
  28. Appetite For Destruction (1987) - Guns N' Roses
  29. The Joshua Tree (1987) - U2
  30. Whitesnake (1987) - Whitesnake
  31. Long Cold Winter (1988) - Cinderella
  32. Sonic Temple (1989) - The Cult
  33. Metallica (1991) aka "the black album" - Metallica
  34. Nevermind (1991) - Nirvana
  35. Superunknown (1994) - Soundgarden
  36. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) - The Smashing Pumpkins

This list can't begin to give you a complete account of all the wonderful music that is available. This is only my opinion and you don't have to agree with me. I hope that I have inspired you to listen when you can and "ROCK OUT" every chance you get.

You can search for and purchase many of these and other great albums on ebay. Just go to  http://music.ebay.com/ and have a blast discovering the soundtrack of your life.


Guide ID: 10000000001618608Guide created: 08/14/06 (updated 12/06/08)

 
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