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The Essential Rock Albums (CDs)

by: tattood123( 87Feedback 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. Led Zeppelin III (1970) - Led Zeppelin
  8. Watt (1970) - Ten Years After
  9. Paranoid (1971) - Black Sabbath
  10. Pearl (1971) - Janis Joplin
  11. Led Zeppelin IV (1971) - Led Zeppelin
  12. Who's Next (1971) - The Who
  13. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  14. Tres Hombres (1973) - ZZ Top
  15. So Far (1974) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  16. Bad Company (1974) - Bad Company
  17. Toys In The Attic (1975) - Aerosmith
  18. Hotel California (1976) - Eagles
  19. Spectres (1977) - Blue Oyster Cult
  20. Rumors (1977) - Fleetwood Mac
  21. Van Halen (1978) - Van Halen
  22. Back In Black (1980) - AC/DC
  23. Number Of The Beast (1982) - Iron Maiden
  24. Under A Blood Red Sky (1982) - U2
  25. Ride The Lightening (1984) - Metallica
  26. Master Of Puppets (1986) - Metallica
  27. Appetite For Destruction (1987) - Guns N' Roses
  28. The Joshua Tree (1987) - U2
  29. Whitesnake (1987) - Whitesnake
  30. Long Cold Winter (1988) - Cinderella
  31. Sonic Temple (1989) - The Cult
  32. Metallica (1991) aka "the black album" - Metallica
  33. Nevermind (1991) - Nirvana
  34. Superunknown (1994) - Soundgarden
  35. 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 06/17/08)

 
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