[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

[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

[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.........................

[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.

[Yardstick]

Big ditto on the Police's Ghost in the Machine. I just moved and was unpacking some old vinyl LP's the other day. I put that one on and wound up listening to the whole thing.

[tacticalogic]

Van Morrison - Moondance

Gerry Rafferty - City to City

[stands2reason]

Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets, Metallica (80's)

[WhiteGuy]

70's Born to Run - Springsteen

[Thombo2]

How about Pink Floyd?"Wish You Were Here"?,or "Dark Side Of The Moon"?

[feefee]

Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction

and a ping to self to follow this thread

[rikkir]

70's: Good bye Yellowbrick Road (Elton John)
The Stranger (Billy Joel)
Boston (Boston)
Rumors (Fleetwood Mac)
80's: Pyromania (Def Leppard)
Fair Warning (Van Halen)
90's Get a Grip (Areosmith)
00's: Silver Side Up (Nickelback)
Away From the Sun (Three Doors Down)
So many ways to judge, content, lyrics, music, production, sound quality.

[andrew2527]

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

[Huntress]

Some additions to your list:

1970s:
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

1980s:
Reckoning, REM

1990s:
Tomorrow the Green Grass, The Jayhawks
The Bends, Radiohead
Automatic for the People, REM

2000s:
Comfort Eagle, Cake

[NoFreeRides]

Boston-Boston
Earth Wind & Fire-Spirit
Commodores-Live

Leaning more to the Blues genre:
Paul Butterfield Blues Band-Live
Taj Mahal-Roots/Dem Old Folks at Home

And really out there....
Elton John-Madman Across the Water

[Yardstick]

And another ditto for Cake's Fashion Nugget. Cake is a little like the Police, in the sense that they can really lay down a tight groove. They also have a similar kind of minimalism and economy. Unlike the Police, though, they're also hilarious.

Radiohead's OK Computer also deserves to be on the 1990's list. It's a classic.

[MotleyGirl70]

1970s

Second Helping-Lynyrd Skynyrd

Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd