[Capital R]

Man, this is going to be difficult.

"De-loused in the Comatorium" - the Mars Volta
"Still" - Nine Inch Nails
"Abbey Road" - the Beatles

I don't know how concrete #2 and #3 are, though. There's just so many good albums.

Also see:
"Black Holes and Revelations" - Muse
"F#A#(infinity)" - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"Grace" - Jeff Buckley

 

[Shizdan]

Meteora-Linkin park
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Shadows Are Security - As i Lay Dying

 

[HR Violation]

Smiths-Louder Than Bombs
Beatles-White album
Church-Starfish

 

[ZackP]

suffocation-effigy of the forgotten
hacksaw to the throat-whisper perfect lies
atheist-piece of time

 

[Dominat0r]

Metallica - Black
Metallica - Load
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony

 

[Cool_Torpedo]

This thread is great, hadn't seen it, my shame.
Since I like jazz, classical, pop, progressive, blues, electronica... I find it very hard to choose just three. Three not even cover all the genres I enjoy. It'd be fairier if we could separate them for genres, but for this time I'll say just three in no particular order:

- The Beatles: Abbey Road
- Beethoven 9th Symphony - Karajan, BPO 1963
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

These three should come with me to a dessert island, but at least other 20-30 should come with them too

 

[latershow]

Any of 5-10 could make a top 3 but atm ....

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Rolling Stones - Exile on main street

 

[asdf]

Great thread! This is going to help me decide what albums to try next.

I could pick 20 that would be virtually tied. In the interest of variety:

Beatles--The White Album
Elvis Costello--King of America
Neil Young--Harvest

. . . and The Clash--London Calling (tied for third just so I could squeeze it in).

 

[technobarbie]

KATE BUSH - Hounds of Love
JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
ROXY MUSIC - Roxy Music

 

[Threshold77]

For today.....

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (The New York Sessions)
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

And Jeff Buckley sneaks up there every few months or so

 

[Deftoned]

The Mars Volta - De-loused in the comatorium
At the drive-in - Relationship of command
Deftones - Saturday night wrist

 

[virometal]

For my second post in this thread I'll go:

16 Volt - Skin
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Misfortune
Kim Wilde - Select

 

[Duggeh]

Mike Oldfield - Amarok
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
GY!BE - F#A# (Infinity)

 

[jellojoe]

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Sonic Youth - Sister
Fugazi - Repeater

 

[tpc41]

Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Steely Dan - Aja
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly