Essential Albums
 

Simple premise. What do you think are essential albums that everyone should listen to, ones with near perfect tracklists, that you can listen to over and over again? No specific orders, no set limits, just post albums you personally think others should check out.

Here's my list:
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, by Wilco
Back in Black, by AC/DC
Illinois, by Sufjan Stevens
Dead Man's Party, by Oingo Boingo
Gorillaz, by Gorillaz
London Calling, by The Clash
Madvillainy, by Madvillain
Rush of Blood to the Head, by Coldplay
Stop Making Sense, by Talking Heads

I will probably think of more, when I get home, to

Since I Left You - The Avalanches
You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (Although I think Born in the U.S.A. might be the better album, I think the age range of the forum means Born to Run hits closer to home)
Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
Discovery - Daft Punk
The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
College Dropout - Kanye West
Black on Both Sides - Mos Def
Takk - Sigur Rós

I was gonna say London Calling, but you beat me to it.

I suppose I could come up with more though. Atleast one.

Riot on an Empty Street - Kings of Convenience

No mention of these amazing albums?
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
A Night at the Opera - Queen
News of the World - Queen

I think Give Em Enough Rope is a lot more essential than London Calling.

Oh, and Blood on the Tracks.

Sgt. Pepper's too.

And Animals.

For metalcore types...

Nocturne - The Human Abstract
Self-Titled - Killswitch Engage
Alive or Just Breathing - Killswitch Engage

Some stuff just as mainstream, but in my opinoin has probably the best album set up in terms of song progression ever:

One-X - Three Days Grace

More to come as I think of them, but I'll probably forget abotu this post and never bother with it again.

In Absentia - Porcupine Tree

It just has the perfect blend of hard riffs, soothing vocals and thought provoking lyrics. I can never get tired of listening to it, and I listen to it a lot.

Also: Volume II - Hurt. Almost for the same reasons.

Andrew Bird - Armchair Apochrypha(Pretty new, but easily his best album)
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Bright Eyes - Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Incubus - Morning View
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Joan of Arc - Joan Of Arc, Dick, Cheney, Mark Twain
Joy Divison - Unknown Pleasures
Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Like Bad News
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Saves The Day - Stay Who You Are
Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
The Ataris - So Long Astoria
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Doors - The Doors
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Automatic
The Matches - Decomposer
The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Mongrel
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
Thrice - Identity Crisis
Thursday - Full Collapse
Weezer - The Green Album

See, I loved Volume I, but I just couldn't get into Volume II, maybe I'll give it another try, but everyone should definately listen to:

Hurt - Volume I (maybe II also)

There are some albums that I feel you have to listen to with headphones on to get the full affect of it:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Herea

Hurt with headphones only adds to the awesomeness.

Boston - Boston
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
S&M - Metallica
Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project