ABSOLUTELY CANNOT MISS ALBUMS (of all time?)
Nov 1, 2008 at 8:59 AM Post #257 of 353
Not sure if anybody has mentioned these yet:

Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese
Beck - Mellow Gold, Mutations
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
Infected Mushroom - I'm the supervisor
 
Nov 1, 2008 at 11:42 AM Post #258 of 353
I agree with with sailboat about Buena Vista Social Club. That's a great album.

Another album not to miss is Road to Escondido by JJ Cale and Eric Clapton. Fabulous tunes and awesome recording quality.
 
Nov 4, 2008 at 7:59 AM Post #262 of 353
led zep 4
jeff buckley grace
mettallica black/one
acdc back in black
iron maiden, number of the beast.
black sabbath parranoid.
jimmy hendrix are you experienced
the boss, bruce springsteen, born to run.
smashing pumpkins meloncolie and the infinite sadness
bowie, ziggy.
nirvana, unplugged.
angels, face to face.
 
Nov 18, 2008 at 1:12 AM Post #263 of 353
Some of my fav modern instrumental guitar stuff:

Buckethead (With Les Claypool)- Monsters and Robots
Buckethead- Acoustic Shards
Buckethead- Crime Slunk Scene
Buckethead- Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot
Buckethead- Population Override
Buckethead- Enter the Chicken
Buckethead- Albino Slug
Buckethead (with Travis Dickerson)- Dragons of Eden
Frankenstein Brothers (Buckethead and That 1 Guy)- Bolt on Neck
Praxis (Buckethead, Bootsie Collins, Brain, Bernie Worrell)- Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
Joe Satriani- Engines of Creation
Joe Satriani- Surfing with the Alien
Steve Vai- The Infinite Steve Vai
Any of the G3 events


^ I think that these are must-haves for any fans of modern instrumental rock.
 
Nov 18, 2008 at 10:44 AM Post #264 of 353
First post, and my vote (in no particular order) ..

Little Feat - The Last Record Album
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Greatest Hits
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
James Taylor - September Road
Bill Wyman & the Rythm Kings - Anyway The Wind Blows
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Shane Howard - Retrospect

and many others !
 
Nov 18, 2008 at 11:15 AM Post #265 of 353
Janes Addiction - Ritual de Lo Habitual
Portishead - Dummy
The Beta band - The three EP's
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Speedy J - Ginger
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works
Marvin Gaye - Whats going On
John Coltrain - A Love Supreme
Miles Davies - Sketches Of Spain

etc...
 
Nov 18, 2008 at 8:31 PM Post #267 of 353
Lots and lots of good stuff already listed here. (Certainly enough to make me either go broke or run out of space for CDs, whatever comes first.) Let me add my $.02:

Jazz
I must admit I have a weak spot for contemporary Norwegian jazz - a web search should quickly turn up folks like E.S.T and Nils Petter Molvær, or Jan Garbarek of course.

Classical
If you're after Beethoven's 5th and 7th, you could do worse than with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Carlos Kleiber. (I guess most people who are into Beethoven already have one version or another; you can get it as audio CD, hybrid SACD or DVD-A.)

Pop
Kate Bush - The Dreaming, Hounds of Love (actually most of her albums are well worth having, save for maybe the Red Shoes)
Phil Collins - Face Value

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden remastered (not sure whether that one would make my list for a desert island, but a peculiar, melancholic record it most certainly is)

I'll second Mike Oldfield - Amarok (goes well with cans), as well as something from Captain Beefheart.
 
Dec 24, 2008 at 1:06 PM Post #269 of 353
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Janes Addiction - Ritual de Lo Habitual
Portishead - Dummy
The Beta band - The three EP's
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
Speedy J - Ginger
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works
Marvin Gaye - Whats going On
John Coltrain - A Love Supreme
Miles Davies - Sketches Of Spain

etc...


I'd like to bump this thread with this post... absolutely spot-on as far as flawless albums go. To add to it, I'd recommend getting Portishead's "Live: Roseland NYC". Quite possibly the best live album to listen to, minus the song "Roads" which was kinda killed by the crowd a little bit.
 
Dec 27, 2008 at 1:43 AM Post #270 of 353
Most people rave about Queen's other albums, but seem to forget their most important...
Queen - II -- One of the best rock albums ever, if not the best.
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
The Kinks - Arthur (or Lola, both are equally as sweet, even as different as they are)
Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High (ECM Jazz)
Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds (ECM Jazz)
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
Chick Corea - Light as a Feather (or for the electric side of things, "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy")
John McGlaughlin - Shakti (the three track live one, their first)
 
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