The Essential
The Essential may refer to:

The Essential Series, an Irish radio show
The Essential (Concrete Blonde album), 2005
The Essential (Divinyls album), 2008
The Essential (Don Johnson album), 1997
The Essential (Era album), 2010
The Essential (Ganggajang album), 1996
The Essential (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album), 2010
The Essential (Nik Kershaw album), 2000
The Essential, a collection of compilation albums published by EMI Records. Examples include:
The Essential (Sandra album), a re-release of 18 Greatest Hits
The Essential Diesel, a 2009 best of album by Diesel
The Essential, a collection of compilation albums published by Sony's Legacy Recordings label. Examples include:
The Essential 1927, 2013
The Essential (Alabama album), a 2005 re-release of For the Record
The Essential Alice in Chains, 2006
The Essential Alison Moyet, 2001
The Essential Billy Joel by Billy Joel, 2011
The Essential Cyndi Lauper, 2003
The Essential Daryl Braithwaite, 2007
The Essential Foo Fighters, 2022
The Essential (John Farnham album), 2009
The Essential Korn, 2011
The Essential Marcia Hines, 2007
The Essential Toto, 2003
The Essential Michael Jackson, 2005
The Essential John Denver, 2007
The Essential, a 2011 re-release of Celine Dion's My Love: Essential Collection

See also
The Essentials (disambiguation)
Essential (disambiguation)