The Drupal Kit – List of essential drupal modules for a new installation

Drupal core – https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal
Chaos tool suite (ctools) – https://www.drupal.org/project/ctools
Admin menu – https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_menu
Views – https://www.drupal.org/project/views
Date – https://www.drupal.org/project/date
Token – https://www.drupal.org/project/token
Pathauto – https://www.drupal.org/project/pathauto
Configure WYSIWYG – http://brusselstech.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/drupal-how-to-set-up-wysiwyg-with-image-uploader/