20 Autobiographically Essential Albums
Following Fred's post on the same topic, I have decided to answer the question: "So if they made a 3-hour biopic about your life, what records would HAVE to be included... either for nostalgia, influence, enjoyment, importance, or setting?"
Chronologically:
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
New Kids on the Block - The Right Stuff
Led Zeppelin IV
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Newsboys - Take Me To Your Leader
DC Talk - Jesus Freak
MxPx - Teenage Politics
Five Iron Frenzy - Quantity is Job #1
Joy Electric - Robot Rock
Zao - Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Massivivid - Brightblur
Plastiq Musiq New Musiq vol. 1
The Juliana Theory - Understand This is a Dream
Starflyer 59 - Everybody Makes Mistakes
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Daft Punk - Discovery
The Postal Service - Give Up
Viva Voce - Lovers, Lead the Way
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
LCD Soundsystem - Sounds of Silver