Mars bro, waiting for your list.
Hey moserw, This is an excellent thought from your end. Big Thank you for this. Thats the easy part.
For the hard part, this has been a hard one to come up as I have varioed taste and thats why my procrastination shows through. This is one time I wish I was picky! Anyway here goes by genre and in no particular order (warning - its a rather long note...):
BLUES :
* Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
* B B King - Live In Cook County Jail
* Taj Mahal - Senor Blues
* Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
* Eric Clapton - The Blues
* Koko Taylor - South Side Lady
* Etta James - At Last
* Albert King - In Session
* Stevie R Vaughan - Double Trouble
* Freddie King - Ultimate Collection
* T-Bone Walker - Complete Capitol Recordings
* Derek & Dominoes - Live At Fillmore
Classic Rock :
* Chuck Berry - The Great 28
* Allman Brothers Band - An Evening with the ABB
* CCR - Chronicle Vol. 1 & 2
* CSNY - Deja Vu
* Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won
* Grateful Dead - Without a Net
* Deep Purple - Live in Japan
* Whitesnake (I know they were a passing fad but...) - Greatest Hits
* The Who - Who's Next
* Pink Floyd (I like waters and Gilmour individually) - Wish You Were Here
* Uriah Heep - Magician's Birthday
* Jethro Tull - Aqualung
* The Doors - LA Woman
* Steely Dan - Gaucho
* Humble Pie - Definitive Collection
HARD ROCK / METAL :
* AC DC - Back In Black
* Black Sabbath - Paranoid
* Iron Maiden - Power Slave
* Metallica - Master of Puppets
* GNR - Use Your Illusion 1/2
POP :
* Michael Jackson - Thriller
* Donna Summer - 4 seasons of Love
* Madonna - Like a Prayer
* Giorgio Moroder - e=mc^2
R&B / SOUL :
* Ray Charles - Genius & Soul
* Aretha Franklin - I never loved a Man Like I Loved YOu
* Isley Brothres - Love Songs
* Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
* Mary J Blige - No More Drama
* Jill Scott - Who is Jill Scott
* Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
* Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind
* Fourplay - Elixir
* Grover Washington - Winelight
* Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
FUSION :
* Shakti, Remember Shakti
* Zakir & Kunnakudi - Colours
* Ry Cooder w/ V M Bhatt - Meeting By The River
* Ry Cooder w/ Ali Toure - Talking Timbuktu
* L SUbramaniam & Stephan Grapelli - Coversations
* Ashwin Batish - Sitar Power
* Kadri Gopalnath, James Newton & Srinivasan - Southern Brothers
* Pavarotti & Friends
JAZZ :
* Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong - Complete Sessions
* Ella Fitzgerald - Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald
* John Coltrane - Love Supreme
* Thelonius Monk - Monk's Dream
* Shirley Horn - Here's To Life
* Miles Davis - 58 Sessions
* Michael Buble (have heard only 1 album so far but I like him) - Call me Irresponsible
* Herbie Hancock - Possibilities
* Wynton Marsalis - Jazz At Lincoln Center
* Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train
* Afro Cuban All Stars - A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
REGGAE :
* Peter Tosh - Captured Live
* Burning Spear - Hail HIM
* Marley - Babylon By Bus
* Bunny Wailer - Liberation
* Culture - Baldhead Bridge
CLASSICAL/DEVOTIONAL (artists) :
* Balamurali
* Bombay Sisters
* Subbulakshmi
* Jasraj
* Hariprasad
* Zakir
* shivkumar Sharma
* Gundecha Brothers
* TN Krishnan
* Lalgudi Jayaraman
* Kunnakudi
* Srinivas
* Priya Sisters
MOVIES & OTHERS (artists):
* Lata
* Rafi
* Ghulam Ali
* Nusrat
* Manna Dey
* Kishore
* Udit Narayan
* Anuradha Paudwal
* Jagjit
* SP Balasubramaniam
* Shailaja