I saw someone with a list of “1001 albums you need to listen to before you die!!!” Now I am not crazy enough to think that you need to listen to these 136 albums before you die, but it was something to do during my down time at work and in the middle of class. So here it is, my favorite 136 albums. The (*) ones are the next level of favorite, like super favorites. If you ever want to ask questions about any of these bands I love talking about useless crap. P.S. I don’t agree with all of these artists ideologically. I thought about getting links to all these but forget that crap...
Enjoy!
+Alternative Rock+
Anti Meridian – Brave Saint Saturn*
Accents – Dennis Bayne*
The Lean and Tender Years – Model Engine*
Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs
5 Years, 50,000 Miles Davis (EP) – Black Eyed Sceva*
White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
Weezer (The Blue Album) – Weezer*
Weezer (The Green Album) – Weezer
Weezer (The Red Album) – Weezer*
Way Before the Flood – Black Eyed Sceva
The Kindest Days – Aaron Sprinkle
Learning To Breathe – Switchfoot*
The Light of Things Hoped For – Brave Saint Saturn*
Live at Hyde Park – Foo Fighters*
Liver – Steve Taylor
New Way to be Human – Switchfoot
Flood – They Might be Giants
Icky Thump – The White Stripes*
In Utero – Nirvana
The Hunger – Seven Day Jesus
Bareface – Aaron Sprinkle
Beautiful Letdown – Switchfoot*
The Worst-Case Scenario – Fair*
The Blackpool Deluxe EP – The White Stripes
Broken Boy Soldiers – The Raconteurs
The Colour and the Shape – Foo Fighters*
Commonwealth – Plankeye*
Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace – Foo Fighters*
Elephant – The White Stripes*
Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
Grace – Jeff Buckley
In Your Honor – Foo Fighters
Lullabies to Paralyze – Queens of the Stone Age
Mercury – The Prayer Chain
Aaron Sprinkle – Moontraveler
MTV Unplugged In New York – Nirvana*
Nevermind – Nirvana*
The One and Only – Plankeye
A Picture of the Eighth Wonder – Poor Old Lu
Pinkerton – Weezer*
Pocketwatch – Late
Relocation – Plankeye
Seven Day Jesus – Seven Day Jesus
Sin – Poor Old Lu
So Far From Home – Brave Saint Saturn*
So Much for the Afterglow – Everclear
Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age
The Spark – Plankeye
Squint – Steve Taylor*
Straight Six (EP) – Poor Old Lu
There is Nothing Left to Lose – Foo Fighers
The Waiting Room – Poor Old Lu
Walking with a Ghost – The White Stripes
+Ska+
Beuatiful World – The Bruce Lee Band*
Anthem – Less Than Jake*
All the Hype that Money can Buy – Five Iron Frenzy*
The End is Here – Five Iron Frenzy*
Upbeats and Beatdowns – Five Iron Frenzy*
The Green Album – Skankin’ Pickle
The Adventures of the O.C. Supertones – O.C. Supertones
The End is Near – Five Iron Frenzy*
Fight of Your Life – The Insyderz
Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electiric Boogaloo – Five Iron Frenzy*
Losing Streak – Less Than Jake
Motor City Ska – The Insyderz
Our Newest Album Ever – Five Iron Frenzy*
Proof that Youth are Revolting – Five Iron Frenzy*
Sing Along with Skankin’ Pickle – Skankin’ Pickle*
Soundtrack to a Revolution –The Insyderz
Supertones Strike Back – O.C. Supertones
+Punk+
Brace Yourself for Mediocre – Roper*
Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing – NOFX
It’s Never Enough – Ace Troubleshooter
Life in General – MxPx
On the Cover (EP) – MxPx
Guerilla Rodeo (EP) – Guerilla Rodeo*
American Idiot – Green Day
The Tennessee EP – Relient K
Dookie – Green Day*
Five Score and Seven Years – Relient K*
Mmhmm – Relient K
Philmore – Philmore
The Bare Truth About Philmore – Philmore
Punk in Drublic – NOFX*
Rock Against Bush Vol 2 – Various
Sumo Surprise –Ghoti Hook
War on Errorism – NOFX*
+Rock+
10,000 Days – Tool
Led Zeppelin I – Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II – Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium – Rage Against the Machine*
Live Killers – Queen
How to Live with a Curse – Stavesacre
The Battle of Los Angeles – Rage Against the Machine*
Bull Takes Fighter (EP)– Stavesacre
Morning View – Incubus
A Night at the Opera – Queen*
Probot – Probot
Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
S&M – Metallica
Speakeasy – Stavesacre*
Stavesacre – Stavesacre
Evil Empire – Rage Against the Machine
+Folk+
Modern Times – Bob Dylan*
Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan*
Infidels – Bob Dylan
Black Sheep – Martin Sexton
The Bootleg Series Vol 1-3 – Bob Dylan
North Hangook Fallin – Mike Park*
Saved – Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming – Bob Dylan*
Wonder Bar – Martin Sexton
+Country+
American IV: The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
O Brother, Where Art Thou – Various*
+Rap+
Backbreakanomics – Mars Ill
Hindsight – John Reuben*
Hello Nasty – The Beastie Boys
MTV Unplugged – Jay Z
Pigeon John Sings the Blues – Pigeon John
+Pop+
X&Y – Coldplay
Madman Across the Water – Elton John
*So I don’t love best of albums because there is something good about listening to the album, the way the artist wanted it at the time, but if you really want to sample an artist a best of album is usually a good way...
+Best of Albums that are really worth it+
Legend – Bob Marley & The Wailers*
Best of Bob Dylan Vol 1 – Bob Dylan*
Best of Bob Dylan Vol 2 – Bob Dylan*
Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Collective – Stavesacre*
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra – Electric Light Orchestra*
The Greatest and the Rarest – The Insyderz
The Greatest Songs Ever Written (by Us) – NOFX*
Queen’s Greatest Hits – Queen*
Roten Apples – Smashing Pumpkins
20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection – Sublime
Wave of Mutilation – Pixies
16 biggest Hits – Johnny Cash
Rearviewmirror – Pearl Jam
Yea Music!!!
Labels: Just for fun., Music