Best 5-10 Rock Recordings?

I'll suggest a sleeper that you can probably find at your local thrift store for $2. Warren Zevon-Excitable Boy.
This was his best material and the record itself sounds as good as it gets, lots of PRAT(favourite audiophile term)LOL.
In fact if you own a humble Rega TT, this LP will show you just how good a low mass turntable can sound.
Don't forget about "Who's Next" either.

buckingham and nicks first album is a wonderful record. DSOTM, Wall, Meddle, WYWH (pink floyd) are all very good, Most of the steely dan albums. I must agree with the pure prairie league, great sonics on this album. Moody blues seventh sojurn and childrens, childrens album is very good. These are some of my keep coming back to albums.

Without getting into high priced reissues I'd say Doors 1st couple albums on Electra are very good. Hendrix Electric Ladyland is excellent. Jeff Beck Truth with Rod Stewart & Nicky Hopkins on piano is very good. Any Beatles on Parlophone/EMI label(forget the Capitol trash), or many of the Japanese pressings. Early Cream is all bad and many Led Zeps are decent but just ok in my mind(others may disagree). Too bad most Stones are mostly just ok too but it's hard to deny there's a lot of good music. That's where a lower resolution system may be a blessing.

Who's Next on 200 gram clasic.

Given that opinions are like, well...Here's a few items off the top of my head:

Foreigner - Double Vision
Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Lowell George - Thanks, I'll Eat It Here
Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
Richard Thompson - Old Kit Bag
Santana - Moonflower
Little River Band - S/T; Diamantina Cocktail
Toto - IV
Neil Young - Comes A Time
Queen - The Game

Nearly any Little Feat, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Eagles, Talking Heads, to name but a few....

BTW, these are all original issues of these LPs - no remastered, half-speed, reissues. They all get high marks for both sonics and music. There's too much great music out there to buy based solely on sonics - I've heard too many systems where the tired old "audiophile chestnuts" are trotted out. C'mon man, play some music!! Good listening,

-Richard