The Tailgate 500 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die List--**READ RULES IN OP BEFORE POSTING**--MET

[China]

Yo China, you missed my add for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack!

You're right, I missed it. Since I don't know what number it was I'll just add it to the end. Oh and a pox on Spaceman Spiff for starting this thread, saying he'd update the initial post and then abandoning the thread altogether.

1. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)

2. Talking Heads- Remain in Light (1980)

3. Oceansize - Effloresce (2003)

4. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)

5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

6. The Clash - London Calling (1979)

7. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1969)

8. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1965)

9. Megadeth - Rust In Peace (1990)

10. Nas - Illmatic (1994)

11. They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18 (1992)

12. Sublime - Sublime (1996)

13. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

14. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

15. Husker Du - Flip Your Wig

16. Meshuggah - Nothing

17. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)

18. Blonde on Blonde---Bob Dylan

19. Prince - Sign O' The Times

20. Jane's Addiction- Nothings Shocking

21. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

22. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

23. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind (1997)

24. Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning

25. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)

26. The Who- Who's Next (1971)

27. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

28. Muddy Waters- Folk Singer

29. Tool - Lateralus

30. Dr.Dre - The Chronic (1992)

31. King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

32. Sly & the Family Stone - Greatest Hits

33. Various Artists - Judgement Night Sound Track

34. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

35. R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

36. Led Zeppelin- IV

37. Weezer - Pinkerton (1996)

38. Alice in Chains - Dirt (1992)

39. Michael Jackson "Thriller"

40. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

41. Beck-- Sea Change (2002)

42: Soundgarden: Superunknown

43. Beatles - Abbey Road

44. Funkadelic-Maggot Brain

45. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs

46. David Bowie -The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

47. The Beatles – Revolver

48. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)

49. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

50. Black Uhuru – Red

51. Faith No More - Angel Dust

52. Credence Clearwater Revival- At The Movies

53. Prince - Purple Rain Soundtrack

54. Live - Throwing Copper

55. 2Pac- All Eyez on Me

56. Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon

57. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks (1968)

58. Outkast---Aquemini (1998)

59. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

60. Harry James--The King James Version

61. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)

62. U2 The Joshua Tree

63. Fishbone- Truth and Soul

64. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)

65. Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves

66. Nirvana- Live in New York

67. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

68. Pink Floyd – Meddle

69. The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out

70. Sam Cooke- Night Beat

71. Queen - Greatest Hits

72. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

73. Weezer - "The Blue Album" (1994)

74. Clutch - Blast Tyrant

75. Split Enz – Waiata

76. Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder - Talking Timbuktu

77. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited

78. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours

79. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

80. The Beatles - The Beatles

81. Dire Straits - Making Movies

82. Oasis- (What's the Story) Morning Glory (1995)

83. Dire Straits – Dire Straits

84. Devin Townsend – Synchestra

85. The Cars - The Cars (1978)

86. The Ramones-The Ramones

87. G-N-R-- Appetite for Destruction (1987)

88. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

89. Miles Davis - ****es Brew

90. Metallica: Kill 'em all (1983)

91. The Replacements – Tim

92. Weird Al: Off the Deep End

93. Derek and the Dominos: Layla and other Assorted Love Songs

94. Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Christmas Eve and Other Stories

95. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

96. Eric Clapton and J.J. Cale - The Road to Escondido

97. Judas Priest – Painkiller

98. Sex Pistols----Never Mind the Bollocks

99. Vampire Weekend - Contra (2010)

100. Steely Dan – Aja

101. Santana – Supernatural

102. Kraftwerk- Computer World (1981)

103. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)

104. Santana-Santana (1969)

105. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

106. Kiss -Alive!

107. Boyz II Men – II

108. Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality

109. Lauren Hill - Miseducation of Lauren Hill

110. The Eagles- Hotel California

111. AC/DC-Back in black

112. Trampled by Turtles – Palomino

113. Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic

114. So-Peter Gabriel

115. Carole King- Tapestry

116. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

117. The Doors - The Doors (debut album)

118. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

119. The Cure – Disintegration

120. At the Drive in- Relationship of Command

121. Marvin Gaye---What's Going On (1971)

122. Bone Thugs N Harmony -East 1999 Eternal

123. Jim Croce- Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits (1974)

124. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

125. Yo-Yo Ma - The Bach Cello Suites

126. Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

127. The Police – Synchronicity

128. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

129. Rush-Moving Pictures

130. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)

131. Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984)

132. Massive Attack---Blue Lines (1991)

133. Morissey - Your Arsenal

134. Portishead -- Roseland Ballroom, NYC LIVE (1998)

135. Lenny Kravitz - Mamma Said

136. Erik Mongrain – Equilibrium

137. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. (1971)

138. Traffic - Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

139. Ramones- It's Alive

140. Seldom Scene - Live at the Cellar Door

141. Crowded House - Crowded House

142. Counting Crows- August and Everything After (1993)

143. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story

144. Wheels of Fire---Cream

145. Billy Joel-The Stranger

146. Burning Spear-Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost

147. N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton (1988)

148. Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East

149. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

150. Radiohead- OK Computer

151. Bad Brains - Bad Brains

152. Girls - Album (2009)

153. Joni Mitchell - Blue

154. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

155. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

156. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material

157. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood

158. Rocket From the Crypt - Circa Now

159. Sarah McLachlan---Fumbling Towards Ecstacy (1993)

160. Grateful Dead - Europe '72

161. Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

162. Neil Young - After the Goldrush

163. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

164. Living Colour - Vivid

165. ZZ Top - Deguello

166. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "A Night In Tunisia"

167: Dead Presidents (soundtrack) - various artists

168. Cheap Trick - at Budokon

169. Manchester Orchestra- Mean Everything to Nothing

170. Pain - Midgets with Guns

171. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

172. Prince – 1999

173. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory

174. Blind Faith - Blind Faith

175. Cake - Fashion Nugget

176. Jeff Buckley – Grace

177. Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet (1986)

178. A Tribe Called Quest- Peoples' Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm

179. Ryan Adams----Gold (2001)

180. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)

181. Jakob – Solace

182. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)

183. Rolling Stones - Some Girls

184. Shooter Jennings - Black Ribbons

185. Traveling Wilburys - Vol 1

186. The Clash - The Clash (1977)

187. Tom Petty – Wildflowers

188. John Mellencamp – Scarecrow

189. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind

190. Quadrophenia - The Who (1973)

191. Nina Simone - Nina Simone In Concert/At Town Hall

192. Echo & the Bunnymen- Ocean Rain (1984)

193. TLC – CrazySexyCool

194. Coconut Records - Davy (2009)

195. Old 97's - Too Far to Care (1997)

196. John Prine - The Missing Years

197. Bo Deans - Joe Dirt Car

198. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts -

The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

199. Cowboy Junkies- The Trinity Session (1988)

200. Steve Forbert - Jackrabbit Slim

201. Minus The Bear-Highly Refined Pirates

202. Sufjan Stevens-- Illinoise (2005)

203. 3 feet high and rising- de la soul

204. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (2005)

205. Rancid - Lets Go

206. Commodores – Gold

207. Digable Planets - "Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)" – 1993

208. Avett Brothers- I and Love and You

209. Cunninlynguist - A Piece of Strange

210. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

211. Hall and Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)

212. Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain

213. The Jam - Setting Sons (1979)

214. Boston – Boston

215. John Lee Hooker – It Serves You Right To Suffer

216. John Coltrane- A Love Supreme

217. The Flaming Lips---The Soft Bulletin (1999)

218. Pearl Jam-Ten

219. The Mavericks - Music For All Occasions

220. of Montreal - Cherry Peel (1997)

221. Bob Dylan – Desire

222. Buddy Guy - A Man and The Blues

223. Jai – Heaven

224. The Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, I'm Not

225. The Doobie Brothers- Toulouse Street

226. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

227. The Black Crowes - Before the Frost ( 2009)

228. Elvis Costello---Armed Forces (1979)

229. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

230. B.B. King-Completely Well (1969)

231. ABBA- Gold:Greatest Hits (1992)

232. Third World - 96 degrees in the Shade

233. 2 Skinnee J's - Super Mercado

234. R.E.M - Automatic for the People (1992)

235. The Velvet Underground & Nico

236. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

237. Dave Matthews (w/ Tim Reynolds) - Live at Luther College

238. Avenue Q soundtrack

239. Los Lobos – Kiko

240. The Plugz - Better Luck

241. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

242. Primus - Frizzle Fry

243. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)

244. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

245. Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973)

246. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend

247. Paul Simon- Graceland (1986)

248. Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme (2008)

249. Jazz---Ry Cooder.

250. Tesla - Five Man Acoustical Jam

251. Heatwave - Central Heating

252. Chinga Chavin - Country Porn

253. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (2008)

254.GOMEZ -- Bring It On (1997)

255. Stone Temple Pilots - 12 Gracious Melodies

256. The Pretenders

257. The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses

258. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

259. Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird of Good Omen (1969)

260. Johnny Winter ~ Progressive Blues Experiment

261. Thomas Dolby The Flat Earth

262. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

263- Choking Victim, No Gods No Managers (1999)

264. The Decemberists - Picaresque

265. Arctic Monkeys- favorite worst nightmare

266. Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar - Blackstar

267. George Carlin - AM & FM

268. Devo--- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)

269. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression

270. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts- I Love Rock 'n' Roll (1981)

271. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

272. Metallica - Master of Puppets

273. Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)

274. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory (1970)

275. Dream Theater -- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

276. The Verve- Urban Hymns (1997)

277. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

278. Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On

279. Eva Cassidy - Songbird

280. Deep Purple - Stormbringer

281. Israel "IZ" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole - Facing Future (1993)

282. Run DMC - Raising Hell

283. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole (1997)

284. Blind Melon -- Soup (1995)

285. Rush - 2112

286. The Roots - Phrenology (2002)

287. Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

288. Johnny Winter And , Live

289. Ozma - Rock & Roll Part III (2000)

290. Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind

291. Fatboy Slim - You’ve Come A long Way Baby

292. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island

293. Madlib & MF Doom - Madvillainy

294. Jimi Hendrix - Axis:Bold as Love

295. Outkast---Stankonia (2000)

296. Heart - Dreamboat Annie

297. Yes - Fragile

298. Ted Nugent- Double Live Gonzo

299.The Temptations---Psychedelic Soul Recorded between 1968 & 1973

300. Alter Bridge - Blackbird

301. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

302. Anthrax - Among The Living (1987)

303. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine

304. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World

305. Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus

306. The Beach Boys - SMiLE (1967)

307. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America (2006)

308. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

309. Van Morrison - Moondance

310. POD - Payable On Death

311. The Slickee Boys - Cybernetic Dreams of Pi

312. Parliament - Mothership Connection

313. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

314. Led Zeppelin – II

315 - Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic 2

316 - Jimmy Cliff and others - The Harder They Come Soundtrack (1972)

317. The Band- The Band (1969)

318. Kanye West - College Dropout

319. Hank Williams - Alone with His Guitar

320. Drive By Truckers - "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" (2006)

321. Roxy Music – Avalon

322. GZA- Liquid Swords

323. Johnny Cash- American IV: the Man Comes Around (2002)

324. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

325. Gang Starr - Hard to Earn (1994)

326. AC/DC- 74 Jailbreak

327. Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs

328. Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi Rollers

329. Karnivool - Themata

330. Django and the Red Hot Quartet

331. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

332. The Doors - LA Woman (1971)

333. Run-D.M.C.

334. Blur - The Great Escape (1995)

335. Sade - Love Deluxe

336. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

337. The Mars Volta - Francis the Mute

338. Massive Attack – Mezzanine

339. Slayer - Seasons In the Abyss (1990)

340. Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly

341. David Bowie - Station to Station

342. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

343. Anthrax - Among the Living

344. Sevendust – Animosity

345. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation (1999)

346. Incubus - Morning View

347. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)

348. U2 - Achtung Baby

349. Billy Squire - Don't Say No

350. Bad Company – Bad Company

351. Pulp Fiction Soundtrack

[SoulSkin]

My pick for best soundtrack:

352. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Pox on spaceman Spiff! Thanks to all for this thread. My shopping cart is full for months to come.

[Jumbo]

Uh, yeah sorry China, meant to say thanks for the list update (can't do it easily on my Kindle)

After I posted that, I thought "hmmm...maybe that seems I'm thanking China for "missing Pulp Fiction" but then I knew you'd know better.

[jaybrant]

353. Eddie Murphy - Comedian

Hilarious comedy album from beginning to end.. In my opinion of course.

[abdcskins]

354. De La Soul- Stakes is High

Their best album in my opinion. One of hip-hop's best groups ever.

[PCS]

It's good we're here for the young'uns.

No doubt. Kids these days. (Listening to that one right now actually).

[HogNose]

352. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

^^^^ Great soundtrack! Definitely deserves to be among the 500.

Speaking of soundtracks I will add:

353. The Big Chill Soundtrack (1983)

A great collection of Motown hits along with other classics from the 60''s including Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale".

[Jethrodsp]

354. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True/This Year's Model.

Choose either one, they might as well be part of the same album. First installments from one of the great songwriters of the past 50 years.

[mbws]

355. Neil Young (Backed by Pearl Jam) - Mirrorball

[TradeTheBeal!]

356. SilverChair - Diorama

If you only know them from the album they made when they were 15, which inexplicably received major radio attention in the mid-90s, time to open your ears.

A bit of Sabbath, a bit of Queen, a bit of Bowie and string arrangements by the incomparable Van Dyke Parks. Consider...

[CRobi21]

You got my hopes up.

I heard no elements of Sabbath, or Queen.

Oh well.

[TradeTheBeal!]

You got my hopes up.

I heard no elements of Sabbath, or Queen.

Oh well.

Try it now.

[CRobi21]

Try it now.

No not hearing it. Distorted guitars is about all they have in common.

Sounds more like a less technical Tool. Or a heavier Nirvana.

Not for me.

And that guitarist should never try to solo again. Wow. That was painful.

[TradeTheBeal!]

No not hearing it. Distorted guitars is about all they have in common.

Sounds more like a less technical Tool. Or a heavier Nirvana.

Not for me.

And that guitarist should never try to solo again. Wow. That was painful.

cool.

[Renegade7]

#357 Word of Mouf - Ludacris. Easily his best album.

[Sticksboi05]

Word of Mouf - Ludacris. Easily his best album.

also, Atliens - Outkast. I like that I saw miseducation on the list : )

Read the OP.

[sportjunkie07]

358. Hootie and the Blowfish- Cracked Rear View

275. Dream Theater -- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Dream Theater needs to be on this list. While I am not the biggest DT fan, I recognize John Petrucci as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and this album is some of his best work. Both Overture 1928 and the song Home from this album cause every guitarist I've ever known to weep and gnash their teeth at how clean and precise Petrucci's playing is.

glad someone added dream theater..

[PCS]

Okay. Let's see here. Giving credit for the first of two suggestions,so that's plus one carry the two and Hognose's entry was actually 355 I believe. So.

359

Tough to peg these guys with just one of their albums. But a lot of their music can be identified fairly easily and with the times it came out,(almost a you had to be there thing). So I think I'll go with a greatest hits thing in their case,(still like several of their albums in whole though).

[drtdrums]

356. SilverChair - Diorama

If you only know them from the album they made when they were 15, which inexplicably received major radio attention in the mid-90s, time to open your ears.

Hey!!! I like Frogtstomp!!! =p Actually, I can't listen to any other album from them. I agree that their arrangements are significantly more mature on Diorama, though. But the maturity in arrangement seems to have come at the price of raw honesty. Frogstomp really was one of the first good post-grunge albums, though why Tomorrow was the single off it, I'll never know. Israel's Son and Suicidal Dreams I loved. But that they wrote this at 15 just blows my mind:

---------- Post added February-25th-2012 at 01:36 PM ----------

360. In Flames - Reroute to Remain

In Flames is one of the progenitors (and I would argue the most important) of the Melodic Death Metal genre. They are a major influence on many American and European acts across several subgenres. No two albums are alike, and they are one of the very few bands in any genre that have evolved consistently from their inception while also remaining at the top of their game. Most In Flames fans would argue with my picking this album (they would argue one of the first four albums should be listed), but my reasoning here is simple: This album contains heavy riffage as well as more listener-friendly elements. It is what I would use as a snapshot of their catalog to introduce new listeners. It's the best bridge from their beginning to their current state. I hope no one complains, but I will post a "before, during, and after" series of 3 vids to show what I mean.

1996: (One of the best metal lead guitar performances of all time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLPXAcAsLgo

2002:

2011:

[Bang]

361

The Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos

Very tight power pop / "alternative" rock from Australia in the mid 80s.

This is a damn good jam.

~BAng

[Guest Spearfeather]

362. Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink....to a Blind Horse

Ronnie Wood who would be with the Stones a few years later ( along with keyboardist McLagan who would tour with them ) Kenny Jones on drums who would take over for Keith Moon for the Who, and of course Stewart and Lane. " In your face " Rock along with some great ballads. Thought these guys deserved a mention.

[Bang]

I always thought the Stones doing Stay With Me would be almost perfection.

~Bang

[Guest Spearfeather]

Faces did a version if Love in Vain .....maybe so.

[deejaydana]

Holy Smokes, The Hoodoo Gurus! I never thought anyone would remember that band. Great call Bang, I played those guys to death back in my younger days.

Here's an artist who does a lot of guitar work on other people's albums but has some GREAT ones of his own.

363). M. Ward----Hold Time (2009)Solid, solid guitar player and just incredibly "listenable" music. I love that he's somewhat under the radar. Not much to watch in the clip below but please check out the guitar work as well as the production on this song. Love the distortion he gets on this one. Pretty cool chill out jam, no?

[SoulSkin]

361. The Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos

Love the Hoodoo Gurus! I thought about putting Mars Needs Guitars on a few times but kept picking other stuff. Based on some of the playlists you used to post from the Bang Music Hour, I was expecting a different Aussie band.