Here's a quick list I threw together 4/19/2022 with 50 of the rock albums which I'd maybe consider to be in my "pillars" of rock music. Anything that was on the proverbial rock fence I didn't include. I tried to not over represent any particular genre or decade, but, alas, I like my noisy, melancholic, and psychedelic rock too much. The list, and much of my music taste in general, is marked by Scaruffi, so look there for more original takes. There are also artists I like who don't really have a good 1 album that aren't on the list (ie Holy Modal Rounders and Current 93).
- Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
- Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
- Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat (1967)
- Red Crayola - Parable Of Arable Land (1967)
- Frank Zappa - We’re Only In It For The Money (1968)
- The Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (1968)
- Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
- Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
- Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
- Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain (1969)
- Amon Duul - Yeti (1970)
- Soft Machine - 3 (1970)
- Nico - Desert Shore (1970)
- Syd Barret - Barret (1970)
- John Fahey - America (1971)
- Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971)
- Neu! (1973)
- Michael Hurley - Have Moicy! (1976)
- Suicide (1977)
- Residents - Not Available (1978)
- Pere Ubu - Modern Dance (1978)
- Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)
- Pop Group - Y (1979)
- Gun Club - Fire of Love (1981)
- Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights (1982)
- Swans - Filth (1983)
- Butthole Surfers - Psychic Powerless (1984)
- Flipper - Gone Fishin’ (1984)
- Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity (1984)
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (1985)
- Thin White Rope - Exploring The Axis (1985)
- Bitch Magnet - Umber (1989)
- Band Of Susans - Love Agenda (1989)
- Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
- Peter Jefferies - The Last Great Challenge In A Dull World (1990)
- Slint - Spiderland (1991)
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
- Jesus Lizard - Goat (1991)
- Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill (1992)
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Mother Of All Saints (1992)
- Cop Shoot Cop - Consumer Revolt (1992)
- Magnetic Fields - The Charm Of The Highway Strip (1994)
- Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)
- Dirty Three - Ocean Songs (1997)
- Roy Montgomery - And Now The Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It (1998)
- Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird’s Bark (2003)
- Xui Xui - La Foret (2005)
- Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure (2006)
- Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun (2006)
- Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)