Best Guitar Albums For Semi-Pretentious Musos

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The Complete Recordings: All 41 Recordings
1.  The Complete Recordings: All 41 Recordings by Robert Johnson
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  "Where all the good stuff started. Sold his soul to the devil, and created 50 years of rock. (erm, allegedly)"
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B.B. King Wails
2.  B.B. King Wails by B.B. King
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  "The next logical step, turned guitar electric with style"
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The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection
3.  The Kinks - The Ultimate Collection by The Kinks
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  "Appearing as if by magic, the first ever riff in the history of rock/pop"
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Shadows/Out of the Shadow
4.  Shadows/Out of the Shadow by The Shadows
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  "Vast guitar laments which inspired everyone from Santana to Frusciante"
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Disraeli Gears
5.  Disraeli Gears by Cream
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  "Mixed Johnson and King with Acid and a Les Paul SG, and a legend was born, along with the phrase 'guitar hero'"
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At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition)
6.  At Fillmore East (Deluxe Edition) by Allman Brothers Band
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  "Slide guitar from the boys who wrote THAT Clapton riff, possibly the craziest southern jam session in the world, RIP Duane"
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Electric Ladyland
7.  Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
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  "This man invented pinch harmonics because he was too stoned to remember how to pick, and the reason Woodstock is Woodstock. Without this man the Wah Wah would still be hiding in the Vox warehouse"
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Shapes Of Things
8.  Shapes Of Things by Jeff Beck
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  "Jeff Beck, the lonely forgotten member of the Big Three White Bluesboys does things with a bar no one would believe and fingerpicks into glory"
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Led Zeppelin IV
9.  Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
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  "Some of the fastest blues guitar the other side of 1980. Nuff Said..."
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Meeting With The G-Man
10.  Meeting With The G-Man by Rory Gallagher
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  "... apart from this unsung Irish drunk, who could play little bo peep and make it sound riffalicious"
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The Best of Deep Purple
11.  The Best of Deep Purple by Deep Purple
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  "Dow Dow Dow, Dow Dow Dow Dowadow, Dow Dow Dow, Dow Dooooow"
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Van Halen
12.  Van Halen by Van Halen
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  "1980- Mullets, Shiny Jackets, and a man taps his fingerboard like he's Fred Astaire"
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The Best Of Extreme (An Accidental Collication Of Atoms)
13.  The Best Of Extreme (An Accidental Collication Of Atoms) by Extreme
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  "And this album proved that even the Mighty Halen could be beaten"
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Guitar
14.  Guitar by Frank Zappa
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  "And THIS album proved that a mad man and a strat were bloody dangerous, and only a prodigious 19 year old could keep up..."
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Appetite For Destruction
15.  Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
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  "A step backwards in 80s speed, but forwards in expression and blues licks. Blues in A... Slash's best friend"
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Surfing With The Alien
16.  Surfing With The Alien by Joe Satriani
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  "The only thing this guy can do better than play guitar is..."
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Passion And Warfare
17.  Passion And Warfare by Steve Vai
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  "Teach guitar to possibly the worlds greatest player..."
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Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra
18.  Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra by Yngwie Malmsteen
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  "...who'd later play with the worlds other fastest (allegedly)"
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Train Of Thought
19.  Train Of Thought by Dream Theater
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  "Guiar + Prog= Guitar Prog = greatest idea known to man"
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Pride & Glory (With Bonus CD)
20.  Pride & Glory (With Bonus CD) by Black Label Society
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  "The most testosterone ever to come into contact with a guitar"
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The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait For Something Wild
21.  The Trees Are Dead & Dried Out Wait For Something Wild by Sikth
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  "A freeform Post-metal Jazzfest-core experience."
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Wages of Sin
22.  Wages of Sin by Arch Enemy
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  "Less proggy than Sikkkkth, but just as heavy. Mommy, stop the loud noises..."
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Nursery Cryme
23.  Nursery Cryme by Genesis
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  "Some like it, some hate it, but God could Hackett play"
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Paranoid
24.  Paranoid by Black Sabbath
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  "How could I forget? Yadadada.... legend was born."
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Master Of Puppets
25.  Master Of Puppets by Metallica
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  "Oh, and this was released back on the 80s. Apparently."
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