The Chronic
Doggystyle
Ridin Dirty
Ready to Die
Aquemini

some of my favorites -

1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. over 60 years old and still sounds amazing. The most famous jazz album of all time.
2. Terry Callier - Time Peace. A veteran musician telling it like it is, mix of R&B with social awareness.
3. Clash - London Calling. The boys who punk can also do rock and ska.
4. Joe Ely - Live at Liberty Lunch. Texas rocker at the top of his game with a backing band to match.
5. Henry Kaiser & David Lindley - A World Out of Time. Two musicians travel to Madagascar to record some of the local musicians. Turns out the locals play some awesome stuff.
6. Pharoah Sanders - Message from Home. Not many artists experiment creativity when they're older. This jazz master had a way of weaving all types of influences into his work.
7. REM - Murmur and/or Automatic for the People. This rock band was greater than the sum of its parts. Their 2 best works here.

One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud
Jet - Get Born

I don't think there's a single song on either of those I wouldn't listen to or skip over

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4. Joe Ely - Live at Liberty Lunch. Texas rocker at the top of his game with a backing band to match.

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Came here to add this, was glad to see it here already.

Greetings from Timbuk3

Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic

REM - Fables of the Reconstruction

The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes

SRV - Texas Flood

AC/DC - Back in Black

U2 - Joshua Tree

Appetite for Destruction- Guns-n-Roses
Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
Thriller- Michael Jackson
Sports- Huey Lewis and the News
Breakfast in America- Supertramp
The Blues Brothers- Orginal Soundtrack
Hotel California- Eagles
Joshua Tree- U2
Hysteria- Def Leopard
Big Ones- Loverboy

The Eagles - Hotel California
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Revolver
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Boston - Boston
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Led Zeppelin - LZ II

Lots of excellent albums mentioned.

Throw in a couple I don't see:
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Grateful Dead - American Beauty

This probably doesn't count but I'm adding it anyway because it lived in my cd player for YEARS.

Queen - Greatest Hits

Why? - Alopecia
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane…
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Marnie Stern - This is it and I am it…
The Ladies - They Mean Us
Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
Fugazi - 13 Songs
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Enon - Believo!
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Daughters - Daughters
Cursive - Domestica
Burning Airlines - Mission: Control!
The Blood Brothers - …Burn, Piano Island, Burn
Basehead - Plays with Toys
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South is the best album every recorded

Some great ones listed already. One I'll add:

Jeff Buckley- Grace

SRV- Texas Flood
Metallica- Kill 'Em All
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Metallica- And Justice For All
trent reznor and atticus ross - The Social Network
Drake- Take Care
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
Taylor Swift- Reputation
Taylor Swift- Folklore/Evermore
Little Wayne- Carter 3

Black Keys - Brothers

Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
Houses of the Holy - Zeppelin
Pronounced - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots (my favorite CD in college)

I was pretty judgy reading all the replies with way more than 10 albums. Then I made a list and found out I'm also guilty. Here are my favorite 20 since I can't cut my list to 10:
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Sister Sweetly
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Bob Seger - Stranger in Town
Colter Wall - Imaginary Appalachia
Depeche Mode - Violator
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot
Jimmy Buffett - A1A
John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Jonny Lang - Wander This World
Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Tyler Childers - Purgatory
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - If I Can Find a Clean Shirt

As a late 90's teenager I'd add

Third eye blind - third eye blind

Listened to it the other day and almost every song still great .

Almost every song being great is not the criteria.

Queensryche - Empire
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Black Pumas - Black Pumas
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
The Highwaymen - Highwayman
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (though I feel like I want to take a shower after listening to it)

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (though I feel like I want to take a shower after listening to it)

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Wild God comes out in 4 days. The 4 released songs so far are quintessential Nick and going to be a great album.

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads (though I feel like I want to take a shower after listening to it)

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Wild God comes out in 4 days. The 4 released songs so far are quintessential Nick and going to be a great album.

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I didn't even know it was coming out. Thanks for the heads up!

These are 10/10 for me but maybe not everyone.

Charley Crockett-In The Night
The Offspring-Americana
Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend (Self Titled)
Blink 182-Enema of the State
Luke Winslow King-The Coming Tide
Taylor Swift-Midnights
The Strokes-Angles
The Foxboro Hot Tubs-Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Sum 41-All Killer, No Filler
Green Day-Dookie



Two more that probably don't Count
Weezer-SZN:Spring
(love this album but its short, like 6 songs)

Dolly Parton-Dumplin Soundtrack
(Biased and it's a mix of old songs, new songs, duets, and rerecords)

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Give me your 10 "perfect" albums. Not to say that every song is a 10 but the album as a whole you CAN and DO listen to in its entirety and consider the album as a whole perfect. There is not one song you would remove or have to skip when playing it as an album.

Might not be your "favorite" albums either because like for me although LZ I and II and some Black Sabbath and Police albums are likely in my top 10 they do have songs I might skip or don't love.

1965 - Beatles - Rubber Soul
1969 - Blind Faith - Blind Faith
1970 - Van Morrison - Moondance
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV
1976 - Boston - Boston
1977 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1980 - AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures
1985 - Peter Gabriel - So
1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten

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is that it?

I have nearly a 100 albums that I will listen front to back. I actually made an excel file of this with release year and which album # it was for the artist.

Hell I almost have as many in your entire list just from one year, 2001.

A Perfect Circle Mer De Noms
Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales
Muse Origin of Symmetry
System of a Down Toxicity
Incubus Morning View
Tool Lateralus
Devin Townsend Terria
Opeth Blackwater Park

I have nearly 40 just from the 90s.

Depeche Mode - Violator
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Prince - 1999
B-52's - Cosmic Thing
ELO - Time
Indigo Girls - Self titled debut
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Book of Love - Book of Love
Pet Shop Boys - Please
New Order - Substance

That's 11, so what. Could go about 10 more.

Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
DJ Screw - 3 'N The Mornin' (Part 2)

Def Leppard - Pyromania
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Alan Jackson - Dont Rock the Jukebox

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Depeche Mode - Violator
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Prince - 1999
B-52's - Cosmic Thing
ELO - Time
Indigo Girls - Self titled debut
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Book of Love - Book of Love
Pet Shop Boys - Please
New Order - Substance

That's 11, so what. Could go about 10 more.

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I know EXACTLY what you looked like in High School (graduated 1988?)

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This is going to get laughed at but I LOVE Pink Floyd Division Bell

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It was on my list. It may not be their best album, but it might be my favorite. In fact, I'm going to go listen to it now.

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Just joined you, haven't visited this one in a while

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Depeche Mode - Violator
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Prince - 1999
B-52's - Cosmic Thing
ELO - Time
Indigo Girls - Self titled debut
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Book of Love - Book of Love
Pet Shop Boys - Please
New Order - Substance

That's 11, so what. Could go about 10 more.

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I know EXACTLY what you looked like in High School (graduated 1988?)

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I'm picturing one of the twins in the seafood place where Brad worked in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"

After seeing Oasis having possibly a big announcement tomorrow i would add

Definately Maybe by Oasis to the list

Most of the other ones people have already said

Chicago 17 is also a good one for ballad people

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Depeche Mode - Violator
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Prince - 1999
B-52's - Cosmic Thing
ELO - Time
Indigo Girls - Self titled debut
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Book of Love - Book of Love
Pet Shop Boys - Please
New Order - Substance

That's 11, so what. Could go about 10 more.

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I know EXACTLY what you looked like in High School (graduated 1988?)

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I'm picturing one of the twins in the seafood place where Brad worked in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"

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I did graduate in 1988, but I'll bet you are way off in your picture of me. Small-town West Texas athlete, so kept it high and tight, conservative clothes. The club persona only came out on weekends.

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Depeche Mode - Violator
Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Prince - 1999
B-52's - Cosmic Thing
ELO - Time
Indigo Girls - Self titled debut
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
Book of Love - Book of Love
Pet Shop Boys - Please
New Order - Substance

That's 11, so what. Could go about 10 more.

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I know EXACTLY what you looked like in High School (graduated 1988?)

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I'm picturing one of the twins in the seafood place where Brad worked in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"

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Very Close! Only thing I was thinking was bleach blonde as well? But the All Black New Wave hairdo and attire nails it!