What mods should I get as someone who's never played Oblivion?

[Morsus98]

So I've played plenty of Skyrim, and done a little bit of Morrowind, and I know that mods make the Elder Scrolls games much better. I'm not looking for Overhauls, just stuff to fix bugs, optimize the game, balance the game, etc. What mods would you recommend to someone looking to keep the regular feel of Oblivion but wants the best experience?

[BarbarianHeart]

Go to Oblivion Nexus and look at their top mods of all time list.

[Grogu]

OBSE - Oblivion Script Extender
OBMM - Oblivion Mod Manager
Loot

Patches and Fixes

Unoffical Oblivion Patch
Unoffical Shivering Isles Patch
Unoffical Official Mods Patch
Stutter Remover
Fast Exit
Quiet Feet Max (Whispered Feet Version for downsampled footsteps to lower stutter)

Oblivion Character Overhaul V2 + Blockhead (Makes NPCs look far better)
Qarls Texture Pack 3 (If you have a Good PC)
Fantasmagoria the Imperial ecology v4 + Ecology for a Mad God (Good PC)
Landscape Retexture + Landscape Retexture Shivering Isles by Lugian (Good PC)
Better Looking Armor
Slofs Horses
Armored Skeletons
Wayshrines Enhanced
Keychain

Atmospheric Oblivion
Better Bell Sounds
More Immersive Sound Edited
Oblivion Stereo Overhaul
Sounds of Cyrodiil
Symphony of Violence

[Morsus98]

Thanks for the list @Heisenberg! I'll give the mods a look!

[Kongha]

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1483493-an-up-to-date-mod-list-created-2014-03-08/