8 essential albums: ranked best to least best!

1. Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)
2. Crime of the Century (1974)
3. Breakfast in America (1979)
4. Famous Last Words (1982)
5. Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)
6. Some Things Never Change (1997)
7. Brother Where You Bound (1985)
8. Free as a Bird (1987)

Please note that the band is also "known for" the uncredited inclusion of two songs on the soundtrack of Finders Keepers (1984): "Take the Long Way Home" and "Child of Vision".