Tough one, I have way more that I consider essential but I will limit myself to just 10. No metal/doom/drone made it in, but there are many albums there that everyone should hear/own.

Again in no particular order:

Tom Waits - Bone Machine
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Monster Magnet - Spine of God
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Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
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Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted
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Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
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Pearl Jam - Vs
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Brant Bjork - Jalamanta
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Neil Young - On The Beach
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Unida - Coping with the Urban Coyote
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Truckfighters - Gravity X
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*Big in Japan*