Solid Front-to-Back

** This list is a work-in-progress. Some of these albums might get UPGRADED, DOWNGRADED, or REMOVED entirely **

Enjoyable and very solid front-to-back, these albums are debatably "must listens". A big issue I have with a lot of these is that they just sound a little too dated to me now... certainly not bad... just dated. Also there are definitely some great songs sprinkled throughout these records.

Country:

Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried" (1968)

Electronic:

Autechre - "Tri Repetae" (1995)

The Chemical Brothers - "Exit Planet Dust" (1995)

DJ Shadow - "Endtroducing..." (1996)

Global Communication - "76:14" (1994)

The KLF - "The White Room" (1991)

Leftfield - "Leftism" (1995)

LTJ Bukem - "Producer 01" (2003)

Moby - “Moby” (1992)

Mouse On Mars - "Iaora Tahiti" (1995) [SKIP THE LAST SONG. IT SUCKS]

The Orb - "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" (1991)

Orbital - "Orbital 2" (1993)

Tim Hecker - "Ravedeath, 1972" (2011)

Wagon Christ - "Throbbing Pouch" (1994)

Film/Video Game Score:

Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Jazz/Fusion:

Al Di Meola - "Elegant Gypsy" (1977)

Stan Getz - "Getz/Gilberto" (1964)

Metal/Hardcore:

Agalloch - "Ashes Against the Grain" (2006)

At the Gates - "Slaughter of the Soul" (1995)

Darkthrone - "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" (1992)

Dismember - "Like An Everflowing Stream" (1991)

Emperor - "In the Nightside Eclipse" (1994)

Grave - "Into the Grave" (1991)

Judas Priest - "British Steel" (1980)

Pop/R&B:

Prince - "Dirty Mind" (1980)

Tricky - "Maxinquaye" (1995)

Rap:

Aceyalone - "All Balls Don't Bounce" (1995)

Brand Nubian - "The Very Best of Brand Nubian" (2001)

Deltron 3030 - "Deltron 3030" (2000)

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" (1988)

Dr. Octagon - "Dr. Octagonecologyst" (1996)

EPMD - "Strictly Business" (1988)

Jeru the Damaja - "The Sun Rises in the East" (1994)

Jurassic 5 - "Quality Control" (2000)

Slick Rick - "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" (1988)

Souls of Mischief - "93 'til Infinity" (1993)

Rock/Folk:

AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (1976)

Aerosmith - "Toys in the Attic" (1975)

The Animals - "Animalism" (1966)

Arctic Monkeys - “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” (2006)

Beach House - "Teen Dream" (2010)

Blondie - "The Best of Blondie" (1981)

Bob Seger - "Seven" (1974)

BODEGA - “Shiny New Model” (2019)

Brian Eno - "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)" (1974)

Built to Spill - "Keep It Like A Secret" (1999)

Built to Spill - "There's Nothing Wrong with Love" (1994)

The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965)

The Byrds - "Younger Than Yesterday" (1967)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - "Safe as Milk" (1967)

Champion Jack Dupree - “Blues from the Gutter” (1959)

Charlie Daniels - "Charlie Daniels" (1970)

Charlie Musselwhite - "Stand Back!" (1967)

David Bowie - "Heroes" (1977)

Dead Kennedys - "Plastic Surgery Disasters" (1982)

The Decemberists - "Picaresque" (2005)

Devin Davis - "Lonely People of the World, Unite!" (2005)

Dry Cleaning - "New Long Leg" (2021)

Eternal Summers - “The Drop Beneath” (2014)

George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass" (1970)

Guardian Singles - "Guardian Singles" (2020)

Elvis Costello - "Imperial Bedroom" (1982)

Faces - "A Nod is As Good As a Wink..." (1971)

Frank Zappa - "Hot Rats" (1969)

Grateful Dead - "American Beauty" (1970)

Hound Dog Taylor - “Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers” (1971)

Jackson Browne - "Late for the Sky" (1974)

Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking" (1988)

Jen Cloher - "In Blood Memory" (2013)

Jen Cloher - "Jen Cloher" (2017)

Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced" (1967)

Jimi Hendrix - "Axis: Bold as Love" (1967)

Jimi Hendrix - "Electric Ladyland" (1968)

John Lee Hooker - “Travelin’” (1960)

Joni Mitchell - "Court & Spark" (1974)

Killing Joke - "Killing Joke" (1980)

Led Zeppelin - “Houses of the Holy” (1973)

Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin" (1969)

Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin II" (1969)

Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV" (1971)

Led Zeppelin - "Physical Graffiti" (1975)

Lou Reed - "New York" (1989)

Love - “Forever Changes” (1967)

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Pronounced Leh-'Nerd Skin-'Nerd" (1973)

Moby Grape - "Moby Grape" (1967)

Muse - "Absolution" (2004)

Neil Young - "After the Gold Rush" (1970)

Neil Young - "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (1969)

Neil Young - "On the Beach" (1974)

Neil Young - "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979)

Neil Young - "Tonight's the Night" (1975)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Let Love In" (1994)

Nick Drake - "Bryter Layter" (1970)

Nick Lowe - "Labour of Lust" (1979)

Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral" (1994)

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "East West" (1966)

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" (1965)

Paul Simon - "Paul Simon" (1972)

Paul Simon - "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" (1973)

The Psychedelic Furs - "Talk Talk Talk" (1981)

Queens of the Stone Age - "Songs for the Deaf" (2002)

Ramones - "Rocket to Russia" (1977)

Rod Stewart - "Every Picture Tells a Story" (1971)

Rod Stewart - "Gasoline Alley" (1970)

Roxy Music - "Avalon" (1982)

Roxy Music - "Country Life" (1974)

Roxy Music - "For Your Pleasure" (1973)

Roxy Music - "Siren" (1975)

Savages - "Silence Yourself" (2013)

Skin Alley - "To Pagham & Beyond" (1970)

The Soft Machine - "The Soft Machine" (1968)

Steely Dan - "Can't Buy A Thrill" (1972)

Steely Dan - "Katy Lied" (1975)

Steely Dan - "Pretzel Logic" (1974)

Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012)

The Teardrop Explodes - "Kilimanjaro" (1980)

Tony Molina - "Dissed and Dismissed" (2014)

T. Rex - "The Slider" (1972)

Urge Overkill - "Saturation" (1993)

The Velvet Underground - "Loaded" (1970)

The Velvet Underground - "The Velvet Underground" (1969)

The War On Drugs - "Lost in the Dream" (2014)

The War On Drugs - "Slave Ambient" (2011)

The Wedding Present - "Seamonsters" (1991)

The White Stripes - “Elephant” (2003)

The White Stripes - "The White Stripes" (1999)

Wire - "Chairs Missing" (1978)