John Cale: "Paris 1919"
Calexico: "The Black Light"
Camera Obscura: "Let's Get Out of This Country"
Camper Van Beethoven: "Telephone Free Landslide Victory"
Can: "Tago Mago", "Ege Bamyasi", "Future Days"
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: "Safe as Milk", "Trout Mask Replica"
The Cardigans: "Life"
The Cars: "The Cars"
Neko Case: "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
Johnny Cash: "At Folsom Prison", and a compilation (i have a 3-disc "Essential Johnny Cash" and like it a lot)
Nick Cave: frankly, i don't know where to begin here
Cedars: "Another Season"
Cee-Lo: "Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine"
Cheap Trick: "Cheap Trick", "At Budokan"
The Chemical Brothers: "Dig Your Own Hole"
The Clash: "The Clash", "London Calling"
Jimmy Cliff: "The Harder They Come" (not all him)
Patsy Cline: find a good collection, i have "Gold" and like it
Clipse: "Hell Hath No Fury"
The Clovers: "The Very Best of the Clovers"
Cluster: "Zuckerzeit"
The Coasters: "The Very Best of the Coasters"
Cocteau Twins: their "Stars and Topsoil" compilation covers a lot of ground
Leonard Cohen: "The Songs of Leonard Cohen", "Songs of Love and Hate", "I'm Your Man"
Lloyd Cole: "Rattlesnakes"
Ornette Coleman: "The Shape of Jazz to Come", "Free Jazz"
John Coltrane: "Blue Train", "Giant Steps", "My Favorite Things", "A Love Supreme"
Common: "Like Water for Chocolate"
The Congos: "Heart of the Congos"
Cornershop: "When I was Born for the 7th Time"
Elvis Costello: "My Aim Is True", "This Year's Model", "Armed Forces", "Get Happy!!!", "Trust"
Counting Crows: "August and Everything After"
Cowboy Junkies: "The Trinity Session"
Cream: "Disraeli Gears"
CREEDENCE: "Bayou Country", "Green River", "Willy and the Poor Boys", "Cosmo's Factory" (best 18-month stretch EVER, truly amazing)
Crosby, Stills & Nash: "Crosby, Stills & Nash", "Deja Vu"
The Cure: "Boys Don't Cry", "The Head on the Door", "Disintegration"