Mine- in no real order-
1. the RAMONES (1st)
2. BAD BRAINS- Banned in DC
3. BLACK SABBATH- (1st)
4. LED ZEPPILIN- II
5. the STOOGES- (1st)
6. DEAD KENNEDYS- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
7. JIMI HENDRIX- Electric Ladyland
8. the ROLLING STONES- Let It Bleed
9. BUTTHOLE SURFERS- Locust Abortion Technichian
10. MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT- (1st)
1) The Almighty - Soul Destruction.
2) Rob Zombie - Sinister Urges.
3) Judas Priest - Painkiller.
4) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell.
5) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms.
6) Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation.
7) Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge.
8) Lordi - The Monsterican Dream.
9) Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind.
10) Motorhead - The Ace Of Spades.
^ s**t! I fergot MOTORHEAD!
10 contenders in no order:
The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Glen Gould Edition of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Getz/Gilberto
King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King
Tom Waits, Raindogs
The Sex Pistols, The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald, Porgy & Bess
I don't know if it's a generational thing or just me, but I was never as much about albums as much as individual songs; taking CDs and cherry picking tracks from them was my MO. That was 90-percent of my music.
That said, there have been albums that had meaning to me, like:
Days of Futures Past, by The Moody Blues
Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and Siamese Dream, by Smashing Pumpkins
Exile in Guyville, by Liz Phair
Achtung Baby, by U2
Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits
Disintegration, The Cure
Violator, Depeche Mode
Nevermind, By Nirvana
BOSTON- Boston
LED ZEPPELIN IV- Led Zeppelin
DREAMBOAT ANNIE- Heart
THE STRANGER- Billy Joel
LED ZEPPELIN II- Led Zeppelin
RUBBER SOUL- Beatles
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- Beatles
PARALLEL LINES- Blondie
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY- Chicago
RUMOURS- Fleetwood Mac
I can't do this, so I'll cheat and list my top.10 of ones mentioned so far (in order they were posted)
JIMI HENDRIX- Electric Ladyland
DEAD KENNEDYS- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind.
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Exile in Guyville, by Liz Phair
Nevermind, By Nirvana
Siamese Dream, by Smashing Pumpkins
LED ZEPPELIN II- Led Zeppelin
RUBBER SOUL- Beatles
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- Beatles
1.) Pet Sounds, Beach Boys
2.) Nevermind, nirvana
3.) Dirt, Alice in Chains
4.) Revolver, The Beatles
5.) Thriller, Michael Jackson
6.) Walk Among Us, The Misfits
7.) Bad Hair Day, Weird Al Yankovic
8.) Remain in Light, Talking Heads
9.) Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones
10.) Follow the Leader, Korn
In random order
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (Soundtrack)
Prince - Dirty Mind
Fishbone - The Reality Of My Surroundings
Trouble Funk - In Times Of Trouble
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove / Parliament - Mothership Connection
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Dumpstaphunk - Where Do We Go From Here?
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
workout
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Bad Brains - anything up to and including I against I
Youth of Today - Break Down the Walls
stuff with no beat
Nico - Desertshore
Popul Vuh Hosianna Mantra
Gothic Voices - the music of Hildegaard Von Bingen
british
Scott Walker - Tilt
Joy Division - most any of it
Cocteau Twins - up untill they got really foofy
indy rock
Fugazi - anything after and including repeater
Unwound -any
Guided By Voices - "Same Place the Fly Got Smashed" though "Earthquake Glue"