What are your timeless albums?

[akinari]

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

HUGE +1 for me.

 

[BenjaminW]

Moving Pictures - Rush
Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles
Van Halen - Van Halen
Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
Metropolis Pt. 2 - Dream Theater
Bad - Michael Jackson
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Blue Murder - Blue Murder

 

[Ordacleaphobia]

Moving Pictures - Rush
Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles
Van Halen - Van Halen
Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
Metropolis Pt. 2 - Dream Theater
Bad - Michael Jackson
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Blue Murder - Blue Murder

Man, talk about a solid, solid list of essentials.

 

[Triple7]

Love to see Giant listed here. Incredible album.

I can't get enough of that album. It is so perfectly written.

I can't believe I didn't mention Opeth. Ghost Reveries definitely belongs on that list.

 

[soul_lip_mike]

Into Eternity

God I miss that band. They had some really cool stuff.

 

[gunshow86de]

God I miss that band. They had some really cool stuff.

They put out a new song demo last week and announced a new album.

 

[MFB]

Is that Stu on the track? Definitely doesn't sound like him, sounds like their original singer who I loved. Nothing against Stu, I just didn't think his range for the sound they were working with.

If that becomes a full album, I'll be on its balls just like Buried in Oblivion.

Edit: followed the link and saw the full name, apparently it's not, so heres to hoping.

 

[StevenC]

King Crimson - Discipline
Dream Theater - Awake
Animals as Leaders - Weightless
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid

 

[mlp187]

All Out War - For Those Who Were Crucified
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Chimaira - Nothing Remains (or is it self-titled?)
Deftones - Adrenaline
Faith No More - Angel Dust

 

[vilk]

Boris - Amplifier Worship

Genghis Tron - Board Up the House

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone

 

[Choop]

Rush - Permanent Waves
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
In Flames - Whoracle
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Senses Fail - If There Is Light It Will Find You
The Ocean - Precambrian
Devin Townsend Band - Accelerated Evolution
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder

 

[High Plains Drifter]

George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind
Parliament- Tear the Roof Off
Rush- 2112/ Moving Pictures/ Caress of Steel/ Moving Pictures
Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses
UFO- Phenomenon
Queensryche- The Warning
Metallica- Kill 'Em All
Mr Bungle- Mr Bungle
Miles Davis- Birth of the Cool
Black Sabbath- Sabotage/ Master of Reality/ Mob Rules
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Van Halen- Van Halen/ II/ Women & Children First
DJ Screw- Part II Blue Version
Butthole Surfers- Independent Worm Saloon
Frank Zappa- Joe's Garage/ Hot Rats
Goodie Mob- Soul Food
Everclear- Sparkle & Fade
John Coltrane- Blue Train
Pantera- Vulgar Display of Power
Stevie Wonder- Songs In the Key of Life
Pink Floyd- Meddle/ More/ Atom Heart Mother
Killing Joke- Killing Joke
Scorpions- Fly To The Rainbow
Alice In Chains- Alice In Chains/ Dirt
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia
Puddle of Mudd- Come Clean
Dave Brubeck Quartet- Take Five
Santana- Moonflower
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs
Yes- Topographical Oceans/ The Yes Album/ Fragile
King Crimson- Larks' Tongues In Aspic/ Discipline/ Lizard/ Starless & Bible Black/ In The Wake of Poseidon/ Three of A Perfect Pair

 

[Strobe]

• Darkest Hour: Deliver Us
• In Flames: Colony
• Live: Throwing Copper (I don't just like metal)
• Tool: Lateralus
• System of a Down: Toxicity
• Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast

 

[Sammy J]

There’s quite a few, but the ones that pop into my head immediately were:

Opeth - Blackwater Park / Still Life
Tool - Lateralus / Aenema
RATM - Self Titled
Metallica - MoP / AJFA
Nirvana - In Utero
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Death - Symbolic
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Fear Factory - Demanufacture

Basically, soundtrack to my childhood/teenage years.

 

[Triple7]

Damn, I forgot to add Tool to my list. Aenema is a masterpiece.

 

[DeathByButterslax]

Metallica - RTL
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Mastodon - Leviathan
In Flames - Clayman
Machine Head - The Blackening
Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Meshuggah - ObZen

 

[mitou]

Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies
The Cure - Disintegration
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Queensrÿche - The Warning
Ulver - Bergtatt
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

 

[USMarine75]

Everything by Pink Floyd... except Dark Side of the Moon.

 

[EmaDaCuz]

In no particular order, including all genres

• Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
• Mayhem - Wolf Lair's Abyss
• Opeth - Still Life
• Britney Spears - Britney
• Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son...
• Roger Waters - In The Flesh (Live)
• Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
• P!nk - I'm Not Dead
• Rammstein - Mutter
• Rainbow - Rising
• Deicide - Serpents of the Light
• Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
• My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans and The Angel...

 

[mlp187]

...
Senses Fail - If There Is Light It Will Find You
...

This album is so fucking good. The title track is intense. I wish more people heard SF.
My personal favorite of theirs is the album w/ Fireworks At Dawn, can’t remember the name right now, but ITILIWFY is right up there.