Super List of albums there. I should have included Bob Dylan, David Bowie, the Stones, Allman Bros, and Simon and Garfunkel somewhere on my list. Bob Dylan in particular. If I had a top ten list of songs "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and/or "Lay, Lady, Lay" would be in it.
Yeah, if I hadn't restricted my list to one album per band (or act), The Stones' Let it Bleed, Exile on Main St., and Sticky Fingers would've all been on there. ...As would've Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Oh Mercy, and Time out of Mind. ...And Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World and Aladdin Sane. Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends is also an all-timer.
Have you ever seen the Sam Peckinpah-directed movie Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, starring Kris Kristofferson and James Coburn, with Bob Dylan in a small supporting role? One of my favorite films ....a cult classic. Dylan wrote the soundtrack, of course, and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was the prize gem of a very good and underrated album (and film). And speaking of (usually) overlooked Dylan albums, Nashville Skyline (featuring "Lay Lady Lay") is also worthy of mention.