You know the ones, we all have them, been on the wish list or in the back of your mind for years. Might be one you missed back "in the day" or something you saw on one of those everpresent greatest albums of all time lists that lately have been sprouting faster than weeds in spring. Or you've often heard it mentioned as an obscure influence on some of your favorite artists. Or it's one that has been tossed back and forth on your favorite music discussion board by some of your favorite boarders. Anyway, what comes to your mind?

One that I've always meant to check out is The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy. I have a couple of their later albums but for some reason haven't yet made the journey back to the "big" one that supposedly inspired many of the artists I like today. I guess maybe that after hearing fans and critics talk about it for so long, I feel almost like I've already heard it? So why buy it now?

Another one that had been following me around for years was Joy Division Unknown Pleasures, but I finally remedied that earlier this year. Always liked Closer and have a couple different versions on vinyl, but for some reason stopped there. Big mistake.

Could probably list a hundred more, some critics faves, some not, some well known, some obscure, and many embarrassing. Never have heard what many consider Kraftwerk's masterpiece, Trans-Europe Express, even though I have the albums on each side of it. Weird, huh? Another that came up in a discussion a few days ago that reminded me I've never heard more than a couple songs from it is Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Lots more where those came from. I remember quite a few I would love to hear after we did that Essential Albums list. Not from the top vote getter list, which I probably have all of, but from the individual lists. That's where the meat is. That was a fun and informative process. Guess I need to go back through it and make myself a list of essentials that I need to hear