Yes, it’s really been over a year since I last made a list like this. And since tastes change, I figured I could post this so I can use my profile's Link option for something else nobody cares about.

This new list still preserves most of the albums off of the old one (the Top 3 have remained unchanged, as they will never be topped), but for the most part there has been a significant reworking of the positions - since there are now 42 instead of 15 albums. Who knows, maybe I will get to 1,001 someday. I've also changed the weird rating system I used previously to an overall 0-15 point system (with 0 being utterly unlistenable, and 15 being a pinnacle of music). Finally, the list isn't sorted based off of a traditional increasing numeric scale, but whether I enjoy the album more than the ones I have listed below it.

Here is the old list for reference: https://www.warzone.com/Forum/188237-15-albums-need-listen-before-die

Keep in mind that this list is my personal taste, so your favorite albums may not be on here. Also keep in mind that my music taste is far superior to anything you could ever dream of, so you should blindly accept my superiority and continue struggling with your own plebeian musical taste.

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#42 - 31

42.) T-Square: Welcome to the Rose Garden (1995)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion
Best Song: Splash!
Rating: 11

41.) Animals As Leaders: Animals As Leaders (2009)



Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Best Song: Tempting Time OR CAFO
Rating: 11

40.) The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (1967)



Genre(s): Symphonic Rock
Best Song: The Night: Nights In White Satin
Rating: 12

39.) The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)



Genre(s): Blues Rock
Best Song: Bitch
Rating: 14

38.) Mahavishnu Orchestra: Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion
Best Song: Pegasus/Opus 1/On the Way Home to Earth
Rating: 13

37.) Kamasi Washington: The Epic (2015)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion, Funk
Best Song: Change of the Guard OR Final Thought OR The Magnificent 7
Rating: 13

36.) Funkadelic: Standing on the Verge of Getting It On (1974)



Genre(s): Funk, Soul
Best Song: Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Rating: 13

35.) Primus: Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)



Genre(s): Experimental Rock, (Funk) Metal
Best Song: Wynona's Big Brown Beaver OR Southbound Pachyderm
Rating: 13

34.) Jean-Luc Ponty: Live (1979)



Genre(s): Jazz Rock
Best Song: Egocentric Molecules
Rating: 14

33.) Sly and the Family Stone: Fresh (1973)



Genre(s): Funk, Soul
Best Song: Skin I'm In
Rating: 14

32.) David Bowie: "Heroes" (1977)



Genre(s): Experimental Rock
Best Song: Beauty and the Beast OR "Heroes"
Rating: 13

31.) Porcupine Tree: In Absentia (2002)



Genre(s): Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
Best Song: Gravity Eyelids OR .3 OR The Creator Has a Mastertape
Rating: 13

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#30 - 21

30.) Chris Squire: Fish out of Water (1975)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Jazz Rock
Best Song: Silently Falling OR Lucky Seven
Rating: 12

29.) Boston: Boston (1976)



Genre(s): Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Best Song: Peace of Mind
Rating: 13

28.) U.K.: U.K. (1978)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion
Best Song: Nevermore
Rating: 13

27.) Electric Light Orchestra: Time (1981)



Genre(s): Synth Pop, Symphonic Rock
Best Song: Another Heart Breaks OR From the End of the World OR Here is the News
Rating: 12

26.) Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973)



Genre(s): Funk, Soul
Best Song: Living for the City
Rating: 14

25.) Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979)



Genre(s): Pop, Soul, Disco
Best Song: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough OR Off the Wall
Rating: 14

24.) Chicago: Chicago II (1976)



Genre(s): Jazz Rock
Best Song: 25 Or 6 To 4
Rating: 12

23.) The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute (2005)



Genre(s): Alternative Rock, Avant Garde, Progressive Rock
Best Song: L'Via L'Viaquez OR Cassandra Gemini (Tarantism - Faminepulse)
Rating: 12

22.) Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen (1974)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock
Best Song: Tarkus
Rating: 13

21.) Game Freak: Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection (2014)



Genre(s): VGM, Soundtrack, Electronic
Best Song: Battle! Champion OR literally any of the other 148 tracks...
Rating: 15

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#20 - 11

20.) Tangerine Dream: Force Majeure (1979)



Genre(s): Electronic
Best Song: Cloudburst Flight
Rating: 12

19.) D'Angelo and The Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014)



Genre(s): Funk, Soul
Best Song: 1000 Deaths OR Really Love
Rating: 14

18.) Steven Wilson: Hand. Cannot. Erase. (2015)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Best Song: Ancestral
Rating: 12

17.) Opeth: Blackwater Park (2001)



Genre(s): Death Metal
Best Song: Bleak OR The Drapery Falls OR Blackwater Park
Rating: 13

16.) Deep Purple: Deep Purple In Rock (1970)



Genre(s): Hard Rock, Proto-Heavy Metal
Best Song: Child in Time
Rating: 13

15.) The Beatles: Revolver (1966)



Genre(s): Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock
Best Song: Taxman OR Tomorrow Never Knows
Rating: 15

14.) Talking Heads: The Name of this Band is Talking Heads (1982)



Genre(s): New Wave
Best Song: A Clean Break OR Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Rating: 14

13.) Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel III [Melt] (1980)



Genre(s): New Wave, Funk, Post-Progressive, Art Rock
Best Song: Any song on Side One
Rating: 14

12.) Bruford: Feels Good to Me (1978)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion
Best Song: Adios A La Pasada
Rating: 14

11.) John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (1961)



Genre(s): Modal Jazz
Best Song: My Favorite Things OR Summertime
Rating: 14

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#10 - 4

10.) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Best Song: Any song on Side One, Three or Four
Rating: 14

9.) The Seatbelts: Cowboy Bebop (1998)



Genre(s): A Genre Unto Itself
Best Song: Tank! OR Rush OR Spokey Dokey OR Bad Dog No Biscuits OR etc.
Rating: 14

8.) The Who: Quadrophenia (1973)



Genre(s): Hard Rock
Best Song: 5:15 OR Doctor Jimmy OR The Rock OR Love, Reign O'er Me
Rating: 15

7.) Snarky Puppy: We Like It Here (2014)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion, Funk, Jazz Rock
Best Song: Outlier
Rating: 14

6.) King Crimson: Red (1974)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Proto-Math Rock, Hard Rock
Best Song: Starless
Rating: 14

5.) Tigran Hamasyan: Mockroot (2015)



Genre(s): Jazz Fusion, Folk, Math Rock
Best Song: Entertain Me OR To Negate OR The Grid/Out of the Grid
Rating: 14

4.) Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)



Genre(s): Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock
Best Song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I - IX)
Rating: 14

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#3 - 1

3.) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: Ellington At Newport (1956)



Genre(s): Big Band
Best Song: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
Rating: 15

2.) Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am (1979)



Genre(s): Funk
Best Song: Everything
Rating: 15

1.) Yes: Close to the Edge (1972)



Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Best Song: Siberian Khatru (Best Masterpiece: Side One)
Rating: 16

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The end. Don't question my methods, my ratings, or my choices. Just accept it. Life will be much easier for you if you do so.

Edited 8/7/2018 07:00:04

i'm dead

So why do I have to listen to these?

your taste in music is bad and you should feel bad

my favorite albums, I like all of these more or less equally and couldn't decide upon a listing, as with all things it depends upon what I'm interested in hearing at the time.

tied for first: Lizard by King Crimson
Gryphon by Gryphon
Treason by Gryphon
Act One by Beggars Opera
Pathfinder by Beggars Opera
Fantasia Lindum by The Amazing Blondel
tied for second: The Cheerful Insanity of Giles Giles and Fripp
The Soft Parade by the Doors
In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
A Salty Dog by Procol Harum
Exotic Birds and Rare Fruit by Procol Harum
The Grand Hotel by Procol Harum
Something Magic by Procol Harum
Shine On Brightly by Procol Harum
tied for third: Procols Ninth by Procol Harum
Procol Harum by Procol Harum

This is real white mans' music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pddQEVTzc

Edited 8/7/2018 10:13:11

Close to the Edge still #1, that's good. Not sure if Id put Siberian Khatru as the best song. Though if i had to pick one to listen to by itself i would pick it. If i had to tussle one off while listening to the album it would also be Siberian Khatru.

Eh thanks for the effort AG but I can't agree with this list at all. Not one rap song.

rap is not real music

+1 to above

I swear you posted the same exact list on my old thread. Yep, there it is.

My comment about Lizard still stands. Not KC's worst album, since I recently listened to their album of completely improvised material and wanted to shoot myself in the head about a quarter of the way through. But second worst is still nothing to brag about.

Admittedly, I haven't listened to anything else you put in your first position, so hopefully they're not on the quality level of Lizard. Your other choices I can agree with, even though I would personally put Procul Harum's debut over anything else they've ever done and I think The Door's debut and L.A. Woman is better than The Soft Parade.

>Lizard is their second worst

normie

Better a normie than a blind sheep.

rap is not real music

ptff

I like the list Ag

>better a normie than a blind sheep

lets break down this retarded statement. Normies are people who are part of the norm, they follow the norms of society and are sheep. Ye can't be a normie without being a sheep, but lets break it down further goy.
>calls other sheep for liking the least popular album a band put out
downright autistic
Also
>lists off a bunch of pop music
>calls others sheep
k

>pffftt
Yeah cus niggers hooting and hollering whilst making a half assed attempt to rhyme about being criminal scum with repetitive 4/4 time sig noise in the background is ''music''. The shit could be called poetry but keep in mind that doesn't make it good poetry.

Edited 8/8/2018 00:23:47

^ Yes, the majority of rap we hear on the radio is more or less how you described it. It's very jejune party music for casual surface music listeners. People who dig deep into music would rarely waste time listening to chart toppers that consist of some egocentric arrogant materialistic guy with illusory superiority repeating himself behind a very basic/unoriginal heavily recycled looped beat. :P

So I have a lot of respect for the bands and musicians AG posted, and I will seriously consider checking some of those albums out for myself. I'm a bass lover so anything w/ nice bass is amazing. :) Noticed the Primus album up there. I like what I have heard from them and really enjoy the fact that Les Claypool doesn't play his bass as an electric guitar, but as its own instrument.

For some reason not many rock bassists seem to do that.

And yes I know not all rap is so bad, so I specifically explained that I'm referring to radio/mainstream rap.

Edited 8/8/2018 03:00:54

coldplay are wankers

Edited 8/8/2018 05:33:55