Classic albums any true music fan should own or at least listen to

I'll make a few more suggestions since this list is somewhat woefully incomplete:

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (more or less the first fusion album)
i'll second Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (laid the foundation for post-rock)
Whitehouse - Erector (first power electronics album)
Throbbing Gristle - Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle (arguably first industrial album?)
 
If you want me to take this list of yours seriously Marijan, then you must add those.
Otherwise, I will will refuse to take further part in this thread and never take your taste in music seriously...ever again.
Your damaging our relationship Marijan, possibly beyond repair.
*glares menacingly*

Edit: err... ok...I just looked at the list and it seems What's Going On!, has already been added.
Even so...Live At The Appollo?
*glares slightly less menacingly*
 
I'll speak on what I know: HIP-HOP.

Eric B. & Rakim- "Paid in Full"(1987)
One of the most lyrically sound rap albums ever, with songs that influenced a generation of upcoming emcees.

A Tribe Called Quest-"The Low End Theory"(1991)
Laidback jazz rap that showed hip hop how to chill the f*ck out.

Public Enemy-"Fear of a Black Planet" (1990)
While many would go with "nation of millions," I say this album is superior. It contains more classic songs and is altogether more fresh sounding.

Dr. Dre- "The Chronic"(1993)
West coast G-Funk at it's finest.

Wu-Tang Clan- "Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Charabers"(1994)
Nine emcees come together to produce some of the grittiest, rawest hip hop ever.

De La Soul- "3 Feet High and Rising"(1989)
Surreal backpack rap with hippie overtones of peace, love, and harmony. Just a joy to listen to.

N.W.A.- "Straight Outta Compton"(1989)
The album that invented the Parental Advisory syrabol.

Run DMC- "Raising Hell"(1986)
The first blending of rock and rap into an awesomely fresh package.

Beatie Boys- "License to Ill"(1986)
Super hype white-boy rap for all to enjoy.

NaS- "Illmatic"(1994)
In a time when rap was succurabing to the evil influences of the media, the Nasty one brought it back where it needed to be: to the streets.

The Notorious B.I.G.-"Ready To Die"(1994)
Without question some of the illest rhymes ever kicked, all off the top of the dome.

2Pac- "All Eyez On Me"
The thug poet's double LP masterpiece.
 
It's okay, you can point the finger. Lateralus, seriously...

And in any case, imo Buzzcocks were just as "classic" as Pixies.
 
But don't you think it should be given time, in case some other band comes along and does the same thing hundreRAB of times better before you go so far as to consider it classic.

A couple definitions of classic that support my stance:

- something noteworthy of its kind and worth remerabering
- of enduring interest, quality, or style

I think the passage of time is basically essential for something to be truly classic.
 
I second Chuck Berry. It'd be a crime to leave him off. Truly the most timeless of 50s Rock & Roll. Same with Sam Cooke, as he practically invented soul and has one of the smoothest voices you'll ever hear...plus he wrote "A Change Is Gonna Come" which is the black man's "Blowin' in the Wind". Led Zeppelin I'd go with II over your pick and Quadrophenia over Tommy for a Rock Opera, though I like the mini-opera "A Quick One While He's Away" best (and it predates both of those albums). I'm not gonna start a debate on that right now, though if you want to we can later. I'd consider Heart more of a singles band with a couple good songs. As for the YardbirRAB I think Roger the Engineer should be considered too,
 
I agree, there's filler. I don't think it's even Black Flag's best release, but it IS the one that is essential to listen to, if you're going to listen to only one Black Flag album. This is the album that started hardcore punk as a nationwide thing. So many banRAB were influenced by it, and by Black Flag and SST's DIY ethic, and not just hardcore banRAB. Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Mudhoney, and pretty much every late 80s alternative band counted Black Flag as a big influence, and also other music as diverse as The Boredoms, Wolf Eyes, The Melvins, Slayer, Beastie Boys, Napalm Death, The Mars Volta/At The Drive In and Beck. A lot of modern extreme music (death/black metal, noise, powerviolence, grindcore, etc) has banRAB which owe a lot to Damaged, whether direct or indirect.

So, since it defined an entire decade of underground music, I'd say it's a classic album. Certainly more so than 50% on the original list already (from the 80s onwarRAB), a lot of whom themselves owe a lot to Black Flag.

Any "true music fan", as the title of this thread suggests, should at least hear this album.

So put it on the list.
 
the downward spiral by nine inch nails is a more classic album

and pulp - differnt class is also a classic album

and the specials - specials is also a classic album in my opinon
 
Newsom's voice never even struck me as that unconventional, I actually found it quite endearing the first time I heard it, much like when I first heard Tom Waits. I mean, it's obviously not for everyone but then there are people like Simon Cowell who think Dylan can't sing. To each his own. Joanna seems to me much too modest and sincere to be employing her voice as a gimmick to get indie cred.
 
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