Perfect Rock Albums.

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Basically, no "best of" or "compilations" albums. These are the best albums that you could listen without skipping a track. I broke it down by decade.

The 1960's:
Beatles - Revolver
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money
The Stooges - The Stooges
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Cream - Disraeli Gears

The 1970's:
Big Star - #1 Record
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here Are The Sex Pistols
Kiss - Alive
Doors - L.A. Woman
Clash - London Calling
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Bob Dylan - Shot of Love
Police - Outlandos d'Amour

The 1980's:
Black Flag - Damaged
Police - Ghost in the Machine
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Ministry - Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Bob Dylan - Infidels
Cars - Heartbeat City
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
They Might Be Giants - Flood

The 1990's:
Nirvana - Nevermind
Green Day - Dookie
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Cure - Wish
U2 - Achtung Baby
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Sonic Youth - goo
Soundgarden- Superknown
Rollins Band - End of the Silence
Weezer - Weezer (1st Album)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

The 2000's:
um . . . um . . . um . . .

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Of course, that's my opinion . . . I could be wrong.

[SuzyQue]

I'd add The Duane Allman Anthology, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, & Blood on the Tracks

[SuzyQue]

Oops. Sorry, take Duane out. Too bad. But add Humble Pie, Live at the Fillmore"

[Mr. Blonde]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick
The Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
Audioslave - Audioslave
The White Stripes - Elephant
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings

Plus several I didn't want to repeat from your list.

[Michael Goldsberry]

[JennysCool]

1970s:

Beach Boys - Holland

1980s:

Dire Straits - Making Movies

1990s:

Pretenders - Viva El Amor!

2000s:

Brian Wilson - Smile

[dfwgator]

From the 1970s:

Who's Next - The Who
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis


From the 1980s:

Skylarking - XTC
Especially For You - The Smithereens
Security - Peter Gabriel

1990s

The Bends - Radiohead

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I didn't include Blood on the Tracks because I tend to skip "Lilly, Rosemary, & the Jack of Hearts"

[nonliberal]

Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Megadeth-Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?
Guns N'Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Skid Row-Subhuman Race
Stuck Mojo-Rising
Judas Priest-Painkiller, Stained Class, British Steel, Defenders of the Faith
Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power
Black Sabbath-Every album with Ozzy
Overkill-Horrorscope and, From the Underground and Below
Shadows Fall-The Art of Balance

Nirvana is absolute dreck.

[WhiteGuy]

I respect your opinions...............

The 70's

The RAMONES blazed the trail stormed by the Clash and the SEX PISTOLS..................Give them some respect...................... They all ROCK

Acknowledge the influence of Springsteen in the 70's

Hair, Glam, Punk and pop were of no interest to many.........................

[MotleyGirl70]

I like your 1980's pick.

[dfwgator]

Oh yes, Dire Straits, but I have to go with Love Over Gold.

[wagglebee]

I would add REM's "Murmer" to the 1980's and replace Elvis Costello's "My Aim is True" with "Armed Forces." Other than that, great list.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

They moved the terror alert up? (harvey birdman joke.)

[JennysCool]

"Telegraph Road"? I'm there!

[wagglebee]

"Love Over Gold" is by far their best album, "Brothers in Arms" was WAY overrated.

[JennysCool]

I've burned up a few of those! :-)

[nonliberal]

The Ramones-Road to Ruin

I'm Against It is probably my favorite Ramones tunes.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

for me it was either "My Aim Is True" or "Spike."

"God's Comic" is the most beautiful song he's written yet.

[dfwgator]

Brothers in Arms get criticism from hard core Straits fans because it had too many "hits." But the non-hits are what make the album, "Your Latest Trick" "Why Worry" and the title track are as good as anything Knopfler and Co ever did.