Graffiti staff picks for the albums you must hear before the world explodes, implodes, evaporates, disappears or whatever…or hey, if aliens take over, share these gems.

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

2. Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin

3. Purple Rain – Prince

4. Appetite for Destruction – Guns ‘N Roses

5. 10 – Pearl Jam

6. Thriller – Michael Jackson

7. Rubber Soul – The Beatles

8. U2 – Joshua Tree

9. Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

10. Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones

11. The Sun Sessions – Elvis Presley

12. The Doors – The Doors

13. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue

14. Nevermind – Nirvana

15. Ramones – The Ramones

16. Dr. Feelgood – Motley Crue

17. Black Sabbath – Paranoid

18. Deja Vu – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

19. Arcade Fire – Funeral

20. Paul’s Boutique – Beastie Boys