Two crucial albums for appreciating a band

Cheap Trick

At Budokan
Cheap Trick (‘97)

 

Robin Trower:

Twice Removed From Yesterday
Bridge of Sighs

Reg Isadore on drums.

 

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound and Duke.

Both albums feel like a circle of songs with similar motifs and a somewhat audible storyline. Plus, they both show the band during its best-known phases (Gabriel era/trio era) at their respective peaks.

DAF - Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft and Alles ist gut

Quite simple their best albums and truly essential listening.

 

The Kinks:
Face To Face - 60s classic character sketches so associated with The Kinks.
Low Budget - the peak of the 'stadium band' in the late 1970s

 

I've read that both of those records were drawn from the same set of sessions, too. Coulda been one of the great double albums!

 

The Free Design

Kites Are Fun
Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love

 

Agree, you don't really need to be a completist to have more than two records by a band. You could probably cover most bands having a considerable catalog with around four, though.

 

The entire GH album is contained in those two albums, except for The Joker.

 

Hijacking your post for this - hope you don't mind but we have to fly the colours whenever we can...

 

Zeppelin

II

IV

 

Very cool often-overlooked frequently-forgotten choices - my compliments!

 

thank you my dear sir.

 

I've used this joke here before..but while "Odessa" is one of my favorites and far too easily overlooked despite it's importance the red-flocked cover shed more than my girlfriend's cat... Loved the LP, hated the cover... Miss the cat... The girlfriend? - Not so much...

 

Joy Division: UnknownPleasures/Closer

 

Motley Crue --Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil