out of the thousands of albums i own these are my faves.
in alphabetical order by band:
(the allman brothers) eat a peach (louie armstrong) best of (angst) [self-titled] (beach boys) (early) best of (beach boys) pet sounds (beat happening) self-titled (beatles) revolver (beatles) rubber soul (beatles) sgt. peppers 1967 (beatles) the white album 1968 (beatles) abbey road (captain beefheart) safe as milk (captain beefheart and his magic band) trout mask replica (beck) mellow gold (beck) odelay (beck) one foot in the grave (beck) mutations (beck) midnite vultures (chuck berry) the great twenty-eight (b'52's) [self-titled] (b'52's) wild planet (b'52's) good stuff (black francis) the dream is over bootleg [live] (black francis) bluefinger (black francis) svn fngrs (frank black) [self-titled] 1992 (frank black) teenager of the year 1994 (frank black) cult of ray 1996 (frank black and the catholics) [self-titled] (frank black) oddballs 1999 (frank black and the catholics) dog in the sand 2000 (frank black and the catholics) black letter day 2001 (frank black and the catholics) devils workshop 2001 (frank black and the catholics) show me your tears (black lips) let it bloom (david bowie) hunky dory (david bowie) best of 69-74 and/or changes one (the breeders) pod (breeders) last splash (brian jonestown massacre) strung out in heaven (the brothers johnson) lookout for number 1 (the butthole surfers) locust abortion technician (buzzcocks) singles going steady (johnny cash) live at folsom prison (ray charles) the birth of soul / the complete atlantic r&b recordings 52-59 (the clash) [self-titled] (the clash) london calling (leonard cohen) i'm your man (elvis costello) this years model (elvis costello) my aim is true (cypress hill) black sunday (the cure) boys don't cry (miles davis) kind of blue
(miles davis) bitches brew (detroit cobras) mink rat or rabbit (devo) q: are we not men? a: we are devo (neil diamond) classics the early years (the dirtbombs) ultra glide in black (the dirtbombs) dangerous magical noise (the dirtbombs) if you don't already have a look (digital underground) son of the p (the doors) [self-titled] (donovan) mellow yellow (dr. dre) the chronic (jacques dutronc) en vogue: the best of (bob dylan) highway 61 revisited 1965 (bob dylan) bringing it all back home (bob dylan) blonde on blonde (bob dylan) blood on the tracks (flaming lips) clouds taste metallic (flight of the conchords) [self-titled] (the fugs) second album (funkadelic) one nation under a groove (general echo) 12" of pleasure (the germs) mia (getz / gilberto) [self titled] (ghostface killah) fishscale (the gun club) fire of love (hen!) the underworld (jimi hendrix) are you experienced? (jimi hendrix) electric lady land (jimi hendrix) axis bold as love (buddy holly and the crickets) 20 golden greats (husker du) new day rising (iggy pop) lust for life (michael jackson) off the wall (michael jackson) thriller (michael jackson) Bad (abner jay) one man band (jesus and the mary chain) psychocandy (jesus and the mary chain) automatic (robert johnson) king of the delta blues singers (kinks) [self-titled] (kinks) kind of kinks (kinks) the village green preservation society (led zeppilin) led zeppelin 2 (john lennon) accoustic (love) forever changes (stephen malkmus) [self-titled] (stephen malkmus) pig lib (stephen malkmus) face the truth (mc5) kick out the jams (paul and linda mccartney) ram (n.w.a) straight outta compton (neutral milk hotel) in the aeroplane over the sea
(nirvana) bleach (nirvana) nevermind (nirvana) incesticide (nirvana) in utero (reid paley) revival (parliament) mothership connection (parliament) chocolate city (parliament) funkintelechy (pavement) slanted and enchanted 1992 (pavement) crooked rain crooked rain 1994 (pavement) wowie zowie (pavement) brighten the corners (pavment) terror twilight (pixies) come on pilgrim 1987 (pixies) surfer rosa 1988 (pixies) doolittle 1989 (pixies) bossanova 1990 (pixies) trompe le monde 1991 (pixies) complete b-sides (elvis presley) the sun sessions (ramones) [self-titled] 1976 (ramones) leave home (jonathan richman and the modern lovers) [self-titled] (lou reed) transformer (johnny rivers) totally live @ the whickey a go go (rolling stones) aftermath (rolling stones) beggars banquet 1968 (rolling stones) let it bleed 1969 (rolling stones) exile on main street 1972 (rolling stones) sticky fingers 1974 (rolling stones) miss you (sex pistols) nevermind the bullocks 1977 (simon and garfunkle) best of (sly and the family stone) fresh (sly and the family stone) stand (sonic youth) daydream nation (sonic youth) dirty (bruce springstein) nebraska (cat stevens) best of (the stooges) fun house (the stooges) raw power (superhorse) live @ the velvet lounge (t-rex) electric warrior (vaselines) the way of the vaselines / a complete history (velvet underground and nico) [self-titled] (velvet underground) [self-titled] (velvet underground) white light/ white heat (velvet underground) loaded (velvet underground) v. u. (violent femmes) [self-titled]
(tom waits) the best of the early years vol. 1 (tom waits) the best of the early years vol. 2 (tom waits) rain dogs and/or best of the island years (muddy waters) best of (weird al yankovich) the food album (the who) the who sings my generation (the who)a quick one (happy jack) (the who) the who sell out (the who) who's next (andre williams) silky (the wipers) is this real (neil young) after the goldrush and/or decade rocket from the tombs
COMPILATIONS/SOUNDTRACKS: (various artists) monsters of rap (various artists) non-stop hop hop (various artists) rushmore soundtrack (various artists) yeah yeah yeah
GUILTY PLEASURES: (soundgarden) superunknown (thicke) the evolution of robin thicke
I just picked up The Wipers "Is This Real?" very promising record, Love's "Forever Changes" is fantastic but took years too really understand, lot of other good ones in there.
My life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner... reduce my felony to a misdemeanor
(beach boys) pet sounds (beatles) revolver (beatles) rubber soul (beatles) sgt. peppers 1967 (beatles) the white album 1968 (beatles) abbey road (beck) mutations (b'52's) [self-titled] (black francis) the dream is over bootleg [live] (black francis) bluefinger (black francis) svn fngrs (frank black) [self-titled] 1992 (frank black) teenager of the year 1994 (frank black) cult of ray 1996 (frank black and the catholics) [self-titled] (frank black) oddballs 1999 (frank black and the catholics) dog in the sand 2000 (frank black and the catholics) black letter day 2001 (frank black and the catholics) devils workshop 2001 (frank black and the catholics) show me your tears (david bowie) hunky dory (david bowie) best of 69-74 and/or changes one (the breeders) pod (breeders) last splash (the clash) [self-titled] (the clash) london calling (devo) q: are we not men? a: we are devo (the dirtbombs) ultra glide in black (the dirtbombs) dangerous magical noise (the dirtbombs) if you don't already have a look (bob dylan) highway 61 revisited 1965 (bob dylan) blonde on blonde (the germs) mia (husker du) new day rising (michael jackson) thriller (jesus and the mary chain) psychocandy (jesus and the mary chain) automatic (kinks) the village green preservation society (led zeppilin) led zeppelin 2 (stephen malkmus) [self-titled] (stephen malkmus) pig lib (neutral milk hotel) in the aeroplane over the sea (pavement) wowie zowie (pavement) brighten the corners (pavment) terror twilight (pixies) come on pilgrim 1987 (pixies) surfer rosa 1988 (pixies) doolittle 1989 (pixies) bossanova 1990 (pixies) trompe le monde 1991 (pixies) complete b-sides (ramones) [self-titled] 1976 (ramones) leave home (jonathan richman and the modern lovers) [self-titled] (rolling stones) beggars banquet 1968 (rolling stones) exile on main street 1972 (rolling stones) sticky fingers 1974 (sex pistols) nevermind the bullocks 1977 (sonic youth) daydream nation (sonic youth) dirty (the stooges) fun house (the stooges) raw power (t-rex) electric warrior (velvet underground and nico) [self-titled]