Albums I Would Remove From the List if I Were Editing the New Edition

Replace with Discovery

Replace with Quadrophenia

Replace with Things Fall Apart

Replace with Toxicity

Replace with Mezzanine

Replace with Colour and the Shape

Replace with This is Happening

Replace with Demon Days

Replace with Iowa, remove Slipknot

Replace with Peace of Mind (Personal preference)

Replace with Breakfast in America

Replace with Damn the Torpedoes

This album kinda sucks, and we have two Spiritualized albums on, which is enough. Replace with Pink Floyd's Animals.

Honestly, I like Incubus and this album, but they aren't "essential". This feels like a perpetual 1002nd album. Replace with Converge's Jane Doe.

The Eagles honestly suck, and Hotel California is good enough representation IMO. If it were up to me, they'd be the one band I'd break the no greatest hits rule for. Take both albums off, slap on their greatest hits, and call it a day. Replace with Death's Human.

Not very good, and we have The Jam on the list. Replace with Meshuggah's obZen.

This album fucking sucks (Sounds like bad porn music), and we have D'Angelo on the list who is a million times better. Honestly, could use more D'Angelo. Replace with D'Angelo's Voodoo.

Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are enough Pixies for the list honestly. Replace with The Breeders' Last Splash (Give Kim Deal her rightful place on the list)

21 is enough Adele. 25 is more of the same, and not as good. Replace with Mastodon's Leviathan

This is going to be controversial along with all the other live albums I put on here (I'm not cutting all the live albums), but I don't think Live albums should be on this list unless they are undisputed cultural landmarks/not glorified greatest hits. And this one is a glorified greatest hits. Replace with Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky

This one was way overhyped when it released because we were all looking for something to feel during COVID lockdown. Good album, but not essential. Replace with Fiona Apple's When the Pawn...

Honestly, other than the cover of Hurt, this one isn't super essential. The other two reps from Cash are enough. Replace with Isis' Oceanic.

Probably one of the least essential albums on the list. Especially when Ride the Lightning is right there. Dunno if I'd put Ride on, but S&M gets taken off. Replace with Neurosis' Through Silver in Blood.

Both Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are Good, but not essential Radiohead. The other reps are enough from them. Replace with Carcass' Heartwork.

See above. Replace with Gorguts' Obscura.

Replace with folklore

Fun album. In no way essential. Throwback 80's cock rock isn't needed. Replace with Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood (The only cock rock album that belongs on the list)

Don't need a compilation album. Replace with Cynic's Focus

Inessential live album. Probably controversial, but I'll stand by it. Replace with Dio's Holy Diver

Fever to Tell is enough from them. Replace with Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary.

Kings of Leon shouldn't have ever sniffed this list. Replace with My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade

See above. Replace with Weezer's Weezer (Blue Album)

See above's above. Replace with Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

This album sucks and is bargain bin Beck. Replace with Godspeed's Lift Your Skinny Fists.

Don't need three MBV albums. Replace with Blink 182's Enema of the State

I don't think this is super essential. Very British pick. Replace with Tool's Lateralus.

We have way more than enough old school post-punk. Kinda inessential compared to the others on the list. Replace with Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights for more modern rep of the genre.

Just don't think this is super essential. Replace with Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago

Just not good or essential really. Replace with Type O Negative's October Rust.

Think one album from them is enough. Replace with Deftones' White Pony

Not super good, and their least essential record. Also too many from them on the list. Replace with Have a Nice Life's deathconsciousness.

Really good, but not really essential. Replace with Gojira's From Mars to Sirius.

Honestly kinda sucks? Replace with Helloween's The Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 2.

My vote for least essential album of the list. Don't need shitty, generic 70's throwback rock from fucking 1987. Replace with Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come.

Not super essential. Replace with Modest Mouse's The Lonesome Crowded West.

Not essential, honestly. Replace with slowdive's Souvlaki.

Two Becks is enough for the list. Replace with Backstreet Boys' Millenium

Two is enough from them for the list. Replace with *NSync's No Strings Attached

Feels obscure and not essential. Replace with Billy Holiday's Lady Sings the Blues.

Very Dimery "Trying to crown the next big thing" pick. Not essential. Replace with Explosions in the Sky's The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place.

Fun album. In no way essential. Replace with Mogwai's Mogwai Young Team

Not that good, and we already have Dr. Octagon on the list which is way better, weird alternative hip hop. Replace with Charli XCX's brat.

Just don't think this was very good, nor essential. Replace with Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

Not super essential? Replace with Billie Eilish's When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Think Nothing's Shocking is enough from them. Replace with Mobb Deep's The Infamous

Not essential. Replace with Nina Simone's Pastel Blues.

Not essential, and honestly think it sucks hard. There's like nothing on this album across the internet aside from the fact it was included in the 1001. Replace with Bob Seger's Stranger in Town

Inessential. Replace with Rage Against the Machine's Battle For Los Angeles

Inessential. Replace with Primus' Sailing the Seas of Cheese.

Inessential. Replace with Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American.

Inessential. Replace with Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism

This album fuckin sucks, lol. Replace with The Postal Service's Give Up.

We have enough Bowie on the list, and The Next Day and Station to Station are pretty inessential. Replace with Deafheaven's Sunbather.

See Above Replace with Kanye West's Late Registration.

Neat little album. But inessential. Replace with Kanye's 808's and Heartbreaks.

Kinda sucks, and dude's fallen out of the culture. Replace with Tom Petty's Wildflowers

Inessential. Replace with Akira Yamaoka's Silent Hill 2 Soundtrack.

We have enough shitty 60's psych on the list. Replace with Michiru Yamane's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night soundtrack.

This album sucks and is inessential. Replace with Koji Kondo's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time soundtrack.

Inessential. Replace with Heart's Dreamboat Annie.

Inessential. Replace with Spice Girls' Spice.

Inessential. Replace with No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom

Inessential. Replace with Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster.

We really only need the album with Come on Eileen on it. Replace with Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy.

See above. Replace with Refused's The Shape of Punk to Come.

The other two records are enough from them. Replace with Sublime's Sublime.

The other picks are enough from her. Replace with Stevie Ray Vaughan's Texas Flood.

Two is enough from her, although maybe need Post for 3 total. Replace with Burial's Untrue.

See above. Replace with Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree.

Don't need this one from them. The others got it covered. Replace with INXS' Kick.

Think My Aim is True, Next Year's Model, and Armed Forces covered him well. Replace with Panic! at the Disco's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

See above.

See above's above.

Bob Dylan could use some paring down.

See above.

Inessential?

Live album we don't need. The other albums cover it.

This album sucks. Traffic is enough from Winwood.

Feel like this one is inessential millennial hipster bullshit?

This is really inessential.

Feels pretty inessential.

Steely Dan could use some cutting down on the list.