Essential

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Essential or essentials may refer to:

General usage

• Essentialism, the philosophical view that an entity must have certain characteristics in order to belong to a certain defined group

Biology

• Essential (biology), part of an organism is a part which the organism cannot live or reproduce without
• Essential amino acid, one that the organism cannot produce by itself

Groups and organizations

• The Essentials (band), a Canadian a cappella group formed in 1993
• Essential Records (London), a subsidiary of London Records
• Essential Records (Christian), a Christian subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Essentials (PlayStation range), a budget package of PlayStation games

Publishing

• Essentials (UK magazine), a monthly women's lifestyle magazine

Albums

• Essential (Divinyls album), 1987
• Essential (Pet Shop Boys album), 1998
• Essential (Ramones album), 2007
• Essential (CeCe Peniston album), 2000
• Essential (Jethro Tull album)
• Essential (Kate Ryan album), 2008
• Essential (Praga Khan album), 2005
• Essentials (Nate Dogg album)
• Essential, a 2001 compilation album by Amanda Lear
• Essentials, an album by Travis Tritt
• The Essential, series of compilation albums released by Sony BMG

See also

• The Essential (disambiguation)
• The Essentials (disambiguation)
• Essence