What are your top 25 albums of all time!?

[ManBurning]

Hey, I was in the middle of getting ready to go to sleep and then a thought ran across my mind... "What would be your top 25 albums of all time?" And I was was like "hmm, that could take some time, but that could be quite the rewarding task to take on"

Then I thought, wait, this would be the perfect topic for a thread on ETS! So I decided to come here and open the floor for discussion.
Like I said, a task like this will not be an easy one, but a fun evening activity if you have a couple hours to kill.

What would be your Top 25 albums of ALL TIME!?

I'd like to see some of the lists here, who knows, maybe we can all open each other to some new and kickass albums that we wouldn't have otherwise known about. Look forward to seeing those lists!

EDIT: Here is my list now after I thought it over. It was hard to do a 1 CD per band limit with a couple bands, so I limited it to 2 of the same band. Also, I will list these in alphabetical order, not order of best to worst, that's too hard to do.

1. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
2. Cure, The - Disintegration
3. Daft Punk - Homework
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. Drowning Susan - The End of Everything
6. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
7. Ghost - Infestissumam
8. KMFDM - ANGST
9. KMFDM - NIHIL
10. KoRn - Self Titled
11. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
12. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
13. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
14. Offspring - Smash
15. Pink Floyd - The Wall
16. Prick - Self Titled
17. Rammstein - Mutter
18. Rammstein - Sehnsucht
19. Rancid - ...and out comes the wolves
20. Sisters of Mercy, The - A Slight case of overbombing
21. Skinny Puppy - Bites and Remission
22. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
23. SONOIO - Blue
24. TOOL - Lateralus
25. Verve, The - Urban Hymns

[Zipfinator]

Hmm... This will be a tough list for me because I'm very particular about the bands I listen to and honestly I don't think I've had enough time yet to learn to appreciate enough bands to put together a solid list. Here is my list though in no particular order.

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork...
Baths - Obsidian
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (I only started listening to Arcade Fire this week but I've already listened to this album about 12 times in the last 3 days and can tell I'm only going to appreciate it more as time goes on)
Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta
Sonoio - Red
Sonoio - Blue
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
The Postal Service - Give Up
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Tool - Aenima
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Boards of Canada - Hi Scores EP
Autolux - Future Perfect
Nine Inch Nails - Still
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Rush - Moving Pictures

[BRoswell]

In alphabetical artist order and always subject to change:

Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works: Volume II
Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill
Boards Of Canada-Geogaddi
Boris-Smile
Brian Eno-Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
The Chemical Brothers-Come With Us
The Chemical Brothers-Dig Your Own Hole
Daft Punk-Discovery
Daft Punk-Homework
DJ Shadow-Endtroducing...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor-F#A#Infinity
Joy Division-Closer
Justice-Cross
LCD Soundsystem-Sound Of Silver
Low-I Could Live In Hope
My Bloody Valentine-Isn't Anything
Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails-The Fragile
Nirvana-In Utero
Pink Floyd-The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Radiohead-In Rainbows
Radiohead-Kid A
Rage Against The Machine-Rage Against The Machine
Talking Heads-Remain In Light

[Vertigo]

Just counting one from each artist (mainly so half the thing isn't flooded with Trent's work).

Akira OST
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (is it cheating to include a greatest hits album?)
Boston - Boston
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
Dr Dre - 2001
Ecco 2 OST (yes, the 1994 Sega Megadrive game...)
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Evanescence - Evanescence EP/Sound Asleep (1999)
Garbage - Version 2.0
Holly Cole - Dark Dear Heart
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Julee Cruise - Floating Into The Night
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Pixies - Doolittle
Portal 2 OST
Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
Psapp - The Camel's Back
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
Was Not Was - What Up Dog?

[[parasite]]

the fragile - nine inch nails
the downward spiral - nine inch nails
nearly god - nearly god
grace - jeff buckley
odelay - beck
led zeppelin II - led zeppelin
the holy bible - manic street preachers
so tonight that i might see - mazzy star
violator - depeche mode
songs of faith & devotion - depeche mode
astral weeks - van morrison
mer de noms - a perfect circle
music for the jilted generation - the prodigy
sheer heart attack - queen
the bends - radiohead
sanctuary medicines - rico
maxinquaye - tricky
disintegration - the cure
the rise and fall of ziggy stardust - david bowie
human behaviour - bjork
achtung baby - u2
show your bones - yeah yeah yeahs
heaven or las vegas - cocteau twins
kings of the wild frontier - adam and the ants
Ænima - tool

[xmd 5a]

1 album per artist limit. Subject to change frequently.

Slowdive - Just for a Day
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Swans - Filth
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
R.E.M. - Murmur
For Against - Echelons
New Order - Technique
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
The Cure - Disintegration
Unwound - Repetition
The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean? Basically
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Cranes - Loved
Half String - Eclipse * Oval * Hue
Insides - Euphoria
Bjork - Post

[dlb]

I'll only list those that really matter to me in some sort of fashion (memories, hooked on a new genre, linked to life choices, memorable concerts) and not the the ones I really think are the musical second coming of Chist. Some might be though, you never know. Some I still listen to on a regular basis, some were forgotten but are coming back. That's what these lists are for right? Not forgetting.

I love the old stuff, but I haven't grown up with Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Prince, Joe Cocker and all the other music that my father made me appreciate, so here's my stuff and the stuff that my kids probably will be hearing from me in the future. There's more than 25, but 25 is already a long list for truly great and everlasting albums. I elaborated my top 3 and then the list goes on in no particular order.

Queens of the Stone Age - songs for the deaf
That one finally kicked the door in musically for me and also somewhat defined my musical direction when it hit. I felt like this record was made for me and who I was and still am. It's still one of my dearest wishes to drive to Plam Desert. This album also introduced me to the whole desert rock scene which I am still an avid fan of, eventhough I listened to QOTSA since I saw the music video to monsters in parasol. Great music was discovered thanks to this awesome record. It also made me pick up the guitar, which did not last long, but although my fandom for Queens has worn off, Josh Homme is still a musical idol and will always be.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
Another record that kicked off a long lasting friendship with rock n roll music. I love me a nice leather jacket and some boots and at the time I discovered this band I physically could have been their fourth band member. BRMC are one of the few bands that I actually made the effort to see multiple times on a single tour and so far their concerts haven been enlightenment. Good music, sweet love and pure joy is what I get out of these guys. Memories that will last forver and I hope some can be added in the future. Love to have these guys around.

Nine Inch Nails - with teeth
I first got into NIN with the fragile but didn't dive into it. with_teeth was the record that finally made me appreciate the electronic side of music. Combined with the garage rock attitude on some songs the droning guitars that are now a trademark of Trent it hit me right in the face and set off this beautiful journey that I now have with Trent and Co til this day. Like with QOTSA I discovered alot of other artists through NIN, met great people in RL and online and it was awesome to discover Trent's body of work. NIN and especially Rob Sheridan also schooled my eyes for design and technical possibilities with music and I still think that the with_teeth artwork is the best NIN has ever had. I just loved the whole concept of it and I have alot of stuff in my house designed in the vain of this record. with_teeth and NIN in general probbably made the biggest impression on me. Blue is also my favorite colour. A point not to be missed. Hehe.

Oasis - standing on the shoulder of giants
Mark Lanegan - bubblegum
Alec Empire - futurist
Kyuss - sky valley
Fantomas - the director's cut
Rammstein - Mutter
Stone Temple Pilots - purple
Massive Attack - mezzanine
Ween - chocolate and cheese
UNKLE - war stories
Melvins - houdini
Faith No More - angel dust
Tool - lateralus
Marilyn Manson - mechanical animals
the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - hörse of the dög
Curve - come clean
Killing Joke - night time
Refused - the shape of punk to come
Primus - sailing the seas of cheese
the Black Angels - the passover
Tomahawk - Tomahawk
Electric Six - fire

[wizfan]

Off the top of my head and in no particular order

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Devin Townsend Project - Deconstruction
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
Deftones - White Pony
That Handsome Devil - A Fistful of Dynamite
Alec Empire - Shivers
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Faith No More - The Real Thing
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Audioslave - Out of Exile
Three Trapped Tigers - Route One or Die
Health - Get Color
Does it Offend You, Yeah? - Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
Juno Reactor - Shango
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

EDIT: Ok, I cheated for a few by looking at my last.fm charts, too lazy to think!

[Failure]

No particular order:

Nirvana- In Utero
Nirvana- MTV Unplugged
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Tool- Lateralus
Tool- Aenema
A Perfect Circle- Thirteenth Step
A Perfect Circle- Mer De Noms
Queens Of The Stone Age- Lullabies To Paralyze
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Failure- Fantastic Planet
Oasis- Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants (with Let's All Make Believe and Full On...Without Little James and Sunday Morning Call)
The Beatles- Abbey Road
Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals
Marilyn Manson- Antichrist Superstar
Filter- Short Bus
Alice In Chains- MTV Unplugged
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Baby 81
Incubus- S.C.I.E.N.C.E
Radiohead- Kid A
Rage Against The Machine- RATM
Stone Temple Pilots- Tiny Music
Stone Temple Pilots- Purple

It was hard to leave out certain Muse, Deftones, and Metallica records.

[koz-ivan]

in no order: (i let word auto number them)
Top 25 albums:

1. Floodland – the sisters of mercy
2. Violator – dépêche mode
3. Parsley, sage rosemary and thyme – simon & Garfunkel
4. Front by front – front 242
5. In case you didn’t feel like showing up – ministry *normally i hate top lists with live sets & compilations as it's akin to cheating, but i had to make the exception here. this is ministry at the height of their game.
6. I do not want what I haven’t got – sinead o’connor
7. Xtort – kmfdm (nhil or symbols could have fit here as well, but i prefer xtort)
8. Praise the fallen – vnv nation
9. The downward spiral – nin (the last nin record worthy of the list)
10. The final cut – pink Floyd
11. Blowback – tricky
12. Selling live water – sole
13. The man who sold the world – david bowie
14. Fook – pigface
15. Deep – peter Murphy
16. Nevermind – nirvana
17. That total age – nitzer ebb
18. Gelb – neuroticfish
19. Mechanical animals – Marilyn manson (just as easily could have been antichrist superstar)
20. Little earthquakes – tori amos
21. Encore – Eminem (making 1 choice here was hard)
22. Freedom of choice – devo
23. Into the labyrinth – dead can dance
24. I’m new here – gil scott-heron
25. American IV: The Man Comes Around – Johnny cash (this could have been anything from american III -> )

--
in hindsight, i'm surprised the cure didn't make my list, objectively they probably had some records that are "better" than some on the list, but i don't see anything i want to remove to make room for them, gary numan & tool could be a bit of oversight too.

likewise, DM, 242, nin, simon & garfunkel (et al) could have grabbed more slots but i wanted to limit it to 1 album / artist.

[ChasingTheGhost]

The first 5 are hands down, my top favorites. The rest is in no order.

The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
Depeche Mode - Violator
Collide - Chasing The Ghost
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Poe - Haunted
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith and Devotion
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Kidneythieves - Zerospace
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die [Paradise Ed]
Garbage - Version 2.0
Dave Gahan - Hourglass
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
Faith No More - Album Of The Year
Rasputina - Frustration Plantation
Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
Mr Bungle - California
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
Lacuna Coil - Unleashed Memories
Collide - Beneath The Skin
Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm of a Dying Sun
Mankind Is Obsolete - Rise
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

[Mantra]

This could have been totally different if I made it tomorrow, just cause it's all pretty arbitrary. But that's the inherent nature of these list things I guess. And I don't have any Nine Inch Nails. At this point in my life there's just so much other music that I care about and connect with way more. I still play them once in a great while, and I feel a certain loyalty since they were so influential on me when I was younger, but I'm just not much into them anymore. Anyway...

Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Burial - Untrue
Miles Davis - On The Corner
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Prince - 1999
Talking Heads - Remain In Light

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
GZA - Liquid Swords
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of...
Elite Gymnastics - Ruin
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Studio - West Coast
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
Tricky - Maxinquaye

A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
M.I.A. - Piracy Funds Terrorism
Kanye West - Graduation
Beck - Odelay
Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On

[frankie teardrop]

ooooo. one album per artist. in loose, not definitive order. subject to change at any given time.

1. david bowie- heroes
2. the chameleons- script of the bridge
3. peter gabriel- 3/melt
4. suede- suede
5. slowdive- just for a day
6. cocteau twins- head over heels
7. wire- 154
8. cranes- loved
9. nine inch nails- the fragile
10. asylum party- borderline
11. red house painters- down colourful hill
12. simple minds- new gold dream
13. lycia- wake
14. scott walker- 3
15. smashing pumpkins- adore
16. the cure- seventeen seconds
17. for against- ​echelons
18. u2- war
19. death in june- nada
20. and also the trees- the evening of the 24th
21. nico- desertshore
22. pieter nooten & michael brook- sleeps with the fishes
23. the sound- from the lion's mouth
24. julee cruise- floating into the night
25. kate bush- the dreaming

kills me to leave out the church, mezzanine, the lucy show, r.e.m., tinderbox, nick cave, swans, laughing stock, omd, autechre, grouper, dead can dance, idk my bff jill, and most shoegaze in general, but what can you do...

[halo33]

1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2. The Cure - Disintegration
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
5. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
6. Deftones - White Pony
7. Pearl Jam - Vs. (with "No Code" close behind)
8. Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
9. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
10. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
11. Pink Floyd - The Wall
12. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
13. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
14. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
15. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
16. Skinny Puppy - Vivisect IV
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
18. Tears For Fears - The Hurting
19. Faith No More - Angel Dust
20. Tool - Aenima
21. Bjork - Post
22. Radiohead - The Bends
23. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
24. Peter Gabriel - So
25. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge

Really happy with my top 10. After that it can pretty much be arranged in any order.

[richardp]

same thing as everyone else. One title per artist, no definitive order (except No. 1 is my absolute favorite). Could be missing a few things. Who knows.

1. U2 - Achtung Baby
2. Mutemath - ST
3. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
4. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
5. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
6. Deftones - White Pony
7. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
8. The Postal Service - Give Up
9. At The Drive-in - Relationship Of Command
10. Brian Eno - Apollo (Atmospheres & Soundtracks)
11. Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
12. Clint Mansell - The Fountain (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
13. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
14. Led Zeppelin - IV
15. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig! Lazarus! Dig!
17. Radiohead - In Rainbows
18. Wild Nothing - Nocturne
19. Sigur Ros - Takk..
20. Slipknot - ST
21. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
22. Drive (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
23. Dredg - El Cielo
24. The Cure - Disintegration
25. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

[Alpha 60]

Wire - 154
Aphex Twin Saw II
The Smiths - Strange Ways Here We Come
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Lou Reed - Berlin
David Bowie - Low
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Tv On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
Radiohead - Kid A
Ornette Colman - Science Fiction
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Dandy Warhols - …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
Leonard Cohen - The Future
The Beatles - Revolver
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Depeche Mode - Violator
The Cure - Head On The Door
R.E.M. - Murmur
Peter Gabriel - Security
Biosphere - Substrata
Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
Scott Wieland - 12 Bar Blues (I know this will weird people out, but can’t help it)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

[henryeatscereal]

1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3. The Doors - The Doors
4. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
6. Alice in Chains - Unplugged
7. Mogwai - Come On Die Young
8. Wire - Chairs Missing
9. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

11. Einsturzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa
12. Steven Wilson - The Raven that refused to sing
13. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
14. Led Zepellin - III
15. Devo - Q: Are we not men? A: We are Devo!
16. The Stooges - Fun House
17. Alice Cooper - Killer
18. Radiohead - Kid A
19. TOOL - AEnima
20. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

21. KYUSS - Welcome to Sky Valley
22. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
23. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
24. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, stories from the sea
25. Faith No More - King for a Day Fool for a lifetime

[renholder]

In no particular order

Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
mewithoutYou - Ten Stories
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving
Shone - Heat Thing
Modest Mouse - Good News for People who Love Bad News
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Bad Books - II
Radiohead - The Bends
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Glassjaw - Coloring Book
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
The Cure - Disintegration
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Failure - Fantastic Planet
The xx - xx
Thrice - The Alchemy Index
Brand New - Daisy
Tool - Aenima

[thevoid99]

1. The Stone Roses-S/T
2. Radiohead-OK Computer
3. Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral
4. My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
5. Pink Floyd-The Wall
6. The Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
7. Joy Division-Closer
8. The Beatles-Revolver
9. Radiohead-Kid A
10. The Cure-Disintegration
11. U2-Achtung Baby
12. Nirvana-In Utero
13. Nine Inch Nails-Broken EP
14. David Bowie-Hunky Dory
15. Jane's Addiction-Nothing's Shocking
16. The Magnetic Fields-69 Love Songs
17. Prince-Sign O' the Times
18. The Clash-London Calling
19. Bjork-Post
20. Elvis Costello & the Attraction-Imperial Bedroom
21. R.E.M.-Automatic for the People
22. PJ Harvey-To Bring You My Love
23. Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
24. Suede-Dog Man Star
25. Bob Dylan & the Band-The Basement Tapes

[ambergris]

One per artist, no particular order:

1. Björk - Homogenic
2. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
3. Nine Inch Nails - Broken EP
4. Brian Eno - Another Green World
5. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
6. Jon Hassell & Brian Eno - Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics
7. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
8. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
9. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
10. Can -Future Days
11. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
12. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
13. Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble - Radioaxiom - A Dub Transmission
14. Kate Bush - A Sensual World
15. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europa-Express
16. Pet Shop Boys - Alternative
17. Lauryn Hill -The Miseduaction of Lauryn Hill
18. Neu! - Neu! 75
19. Vangelis - Blade Runner OST
20. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
21. The Beatles - Abbey Road
22. Edgar Froese - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
23. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
24. Britney Spears - Blackout
25. Scott Walker - Tilt

[blackholesun]

Shit that was harder than I thought. No order, one per artist (though some artists' different projects might appear here), and I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.

Pygmy Lush - Old Friends
Aidan Baker - The Sea Swells a Bit
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
A Silver Mt. Zion - "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
The Mercury Program - A Data Learn The Language
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams
Radiohead - Kid A
Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom
Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
Sigur Ros - ()
Red House Painters - Rollercoaster
Slowride - CS
The Cure - Disitegration
The Black Heart Procession - Three
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
Nadja - Radiance of Shadows
Low - The Curtain Hits the Cast
Joy Division - Closer
Townes Van Zandt - Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma
Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving

[Sutekh]

Manics - holy bible
nin - broken
fragile
manson - acss & ma
massive attack - mezzanine
Dead kennedys - plastic surgery disasters
metallica - kill em all
black sabbath - master of reality
led zeppelin I & IV
joy division - unknown pleasures & substance
radiohead - amnesiac & i might be wrong
iggy pop - the idiot & lust for life
nirvana - in utero
death in vegas - the contino sessions
godspeed you black emperor - f#a#
pantera - live 101
akercocke - antichrist
akercocke - goat of mendes
alec empire - intelligence and sacrifice
dust brothers - fight club (underrated)

i'm so boring!

[allegro]

In no particular order, as of this very moment (it's REALLY hard to narrow it to 25).

I won't do one album per artist because then I'd be lying about my top 25 albums of all time.

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Let it Be
The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - IV
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
The Who - Quadrophenia
Pink Floyd - Animals
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - In Rainbows
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

[ManBurning]

Some really excellent lists here, guys! I see a trend of certain albums popping up in alot of people's lists like The Cure's Disintegration (had it in my list too), and many other records I have not heard. Once I get some time, i'll probably check out some of the albums on these lists.

[Highly Psychological]

Nine inch Nails ............Downward Spiral
Cocteau Twins .............Head over Heels
Primal Scream ............. Live in Japan 2002
The The ........................Soul Mining
Nine Inch Nails ............. The Fragile
The La's ..........................the La's
Killing Joke ....................Killing Joke
Wire ..............................Pink Flag
Hacienda Classics ...........1987-1992
Underworld................... 1992_2002
Jesus and Mary chain ....... Psychocandy
My Bloody Valentine ........ Isnt Anything
Seefeel ........................... Quique
808 state ..........................Newbild
Salem ............................King Knight
Oneohtrix Point Never .....returnal
Chemical Brothers ...........exit planet dust
Mccarthy ........................ i Am A wallet
NMe c86...........................NMe c86
Husker Du......................Candy appke Grey
Spacemen 3 ................... Perfect Perscription
Moving Shadow .............1990-2003
4 hero .............................. Parrallel Universe
Massive attack................. mezzanine

[xmd 5a]

^ I was so close to putting Underworld's 1992-2002 in my list. A flawless collection of songs. The Church's Hindsight would've also made the cut if not for my attempt to make a compilation-free list.

[Mantra]

Moving Shadow .............1990-2003

What is this release? I'm assuming it's a label comp of some sort? I can't seem to find it.

[Trunkjob]

One album per artist:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Autechre - Amber
Biosphere - Substrata
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Daft Punk - Discovery
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Edward Harrison - Neotokyo OST
Emancipator - Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Helios - Eingya
Iamamiwhoami - Kin
Kishi Bashi - 151a
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Megaherz - Herzwerk II
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Radiohead - OK Computer
Ratatat - Classics
Snowmine - Laminate Pet Animal
STS9 - Seasons '01
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
The xx - xx

Honorable Mentions (AKA "You were so close!"):

Burial - Kindred
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal
Tool - Lateralus
Tycho - Dive

[onthewall2983]

13. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

One question. Why?

[Wretchedest]

1. The Downward Spiral - NIN
F#A# Infinity - Godspeed
Koi No Yokan - Deftones
Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
Panopticon - isis
IV - led Zeppelin
Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt
Amputechtre - The Mars Volta
Leviathan - Mastodon
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Famous Monsters - The Misfits
California - Mr. Bungle
Lovless - My Bloody Valentine
Morningrise - Opeth
Mer De Noms - A Perfect Circle
Animals - Pink Floyd
Signs Reign Rebuilder - Set Fire to Flames
13 Blues for 13 Moons - ASMZ
Kaleidescope - Siouxsie and the Banshees
White Album - The Beatles
Woman Gives Birth to Tomato! - Omar Rodriguez
Abbey Road - the Beatles
The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
Cryptomnesia - Omar Rodriguez
My Arms Your Hearse - Opeth