The Beatles - Rubber Soul (a songwriting and playing masterpiece. 14 songs if I am not mistaken!)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (Ed King’s strat tone on this…OMG)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Van Halen's first album
There's a bunch more I'm sure but, here are some of the first that came to mind:
Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
Zucker - The Fastbacks
Midnight Marauders - Tribe Called Quest
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Their First Album - ZZ Top
Black on both sides - Mos Def
Who's Next - The Who
Jerusalem - Sleep
Songs for the deaf - Queens of The Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of The Stone Age
(What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
Truth - The Jeff Beck Group
Joe Pug - Nation of Heat EP
Bad Religion - Suffer
Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
Joan Osborne - Relish
AC/DC - Powerage. It’s grown to become my favorite album by AC/DC. It doesn’t really have any big “hits”. At least not anything in the top 10 of my favorite AC/DC songs. Just 9 strong tracks that make a whole. First time you hear you might think it’s all filler but it rewards repeat listens.
NRBQ - Scraps
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Clear Spot
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Merle Haggard - Going Where the Lonely Go
Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives - The Studio B Sessions
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
The Beatles - Revolver
Fred Neil Bleeker and MacDougal
Harry Nilsson - The Point
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
Television - Marquee Moon
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams
Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes
Willie Nelson - Phases and Stages
Joe Maphis - King of the Strings