Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Manic Street Preachers -The Holy Bible
Nirvana - In Utero
Pixies - Doolittle
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Bjork - Homogenic
The Beatles - The White Album
The Clash - London Calling
The Amps - Pacer
Radiohead - OK Computer

Right now:

(no particular order)

Jimi Hendrix - Blues
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
New York Dolls - s/t
Black Flag - Damaged
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Jimi - Woke Up This Morning + Found Myself Dead
Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
Pere ubu - Modern Dance
Stooges - Raw Power

I suck at these things.
Some records I listen to quite often:
Comus - First Utterance
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Bardo Pond - Lapsed
Radian - Juxtaposition
Six Organs Of Admittance - Dark Noontide
The Fall - Dragnet
Neptune - Patterns
Can - Ege Bamyası
Simon Finn - Pass the Distance
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

This is a fucking great list.

Why, thank you! There's no way I could only make it a top 10. Just too many great albums! I mean, 20 is so limiting, it was really difficult, but I thought long and hard about it, and basically, those 20 are my absolute most-listened-to albums ever. Not necessarily the most "influential" or "important"; they are simple 20 albums I listened to more than any other.. so, the 20 most addictive, maybe.

I mean, I bet I've listened to PINK FLAG at least 500 times, no joke -- I listened to it every single day for a year as a junior, on the bus... I live far out in the country, 20 minutes from that school, so I was the first kid they picked up, at about 5:45; I would listen to the album 4 times before I made it to school and 4 times on the way home. I didn't have that many cd's at the time, but none were as good as Pink Flag (though Gang of Four's first few albums got a lot of plays, too, and the Hot Snakes/Jehu discographies... so, in a way, most of those albums are ones I got into years ago, when I only had one or two albums to really, really listen to, which made me appreciate them more. Then again, I only got that Photek album a little more than a year ago, and I have listened to that 100 times, at least. With really good music, you make time to listen to it.

Anyway, glad you like the list! I would probably die happy only listening to those 20 albums for the rest of my life. They are all masterpieces.

Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground & Nico
Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
The Stooges- Fun House
Frank Zappa- Freak Out
Nirvana- In Utero
Bob Dylan- Bringing it all back Home
The Clash- London Calling
Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III
Best Coast- Crazy For You

top 20 rerun this time not out of mine head:

1. Repeater-Fugazi
2. Love Tara-Eric's Trip
3. Kicking A Couple Around-Smog
4. Bad Moon Rising-Sonic Youth
5. Moon Pix-Cat Power
6. Souvlaki-Slowdive
7. Bubble And Scrape-Sebadoh
8. Complete Peel Sessions-The Fall
9. Rusty-Rodan
10. Ocean Songs-Dirty Three
11. Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
12. Just Another Diamond Day-Vashti Bunyan
13. Over The Edge-Wipers
14. Vivadixiesubmarineplot-Sparklehorse
15. Spiderland-Slint
16. Geek The Girl-Lisa Germano
17. The Modern Lovers-The Modern Lovers
18. Atomizer/At Action Park-Big black/Shellac(yes the dirty cheat I am)
19. First Issue-Public Image Limited
20. Grandeur of Hair-The Goslings

^feeling it.

top 10 album lists are usually typical, there isn't much we can do.

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Radiohead - Kid A
MBV - Loveless
Stooges - Fun House
At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Nas - Illmatic
Jay-Z - Blueprint

stopping here. i could go on forever, really.

Wipers - Youth of America
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Harry Partch - Delusions of the Fury
Joy Division - Closer
Melvins - Houdini
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Gang of Four - Solid Gold
Nirvana - Bleach
Wire - 154
Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
Black Flag - My War
Breeders - Pod
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Pixies - Doolittle
Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A.
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
The Fall - Dragnet
The Stooges - Raw Power
Swans - White Light
Slint - Spiderland
ERNST KRENEK - SPIRITUS INTELLIGENTIAE SANCTUS
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
Crucifucks - debut
Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics
Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives
Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Deerhoof - Milk Man
Earth - Hex
Blam Honey - Typical Ingeniousness
John Fahey - Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Fugazi - Repeater
King Crimson - Lizard
Can - Tago Mago

I'll just stop there, I purposely included each band only once

SIDE B.. my mind is melting.

My top 10 list is always changing. This week it might look something like this:

1. Ride - Nowhere
2. Ride - Going Blank Again
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Complete Peel Sessions
5. Joy Division - Peel Sessions
6. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
7. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
8. Pixies - Doolittle
9. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
10. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

Mine would be

1. Pavement - SE
2. Sonic Youth - Evol
3. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
4. Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
5. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
6. Ride - Nowhere
7. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
8. Swans - Children of God
9. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
10. Yo La Tengo - Painful

Other notable mentions: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter, Stooges - Raw Power, VU - White Light, Replacements - Let it Be, Deerhunter - Cryptograms, Stereolab - Transient, Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge, RHP - Rollercoaster, Wire -154, Neu - Hallogallo and Sebadoh - Bakesale

something like this...

Sonic Youth - Sister
Pavement - CR CR/S&E
Huggy Bear - Taking The Rough With The Smooch
Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
Babes In Toyland - Fontanelle
Pixies - Bossanova
Nirvana - Nevermind
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Th' Faith Healers - Peel Sessions
Sonic Youth - Murray Street

these albums are all very special to me for one reason or other but I could've easily listed another 10+ albums also this list isn't necessarily in order....

Love Th' Faith Healers Peel Sessions!

Sonic Youth - Sister
Pavement - CR, CR
Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education
The Gun Club - Miami
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Belle & Sebastian - If you're feeling sinster
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Årabrot - Rep. Rep.
The Tough Alliance - A New Chance

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Beatles: White Album
Creedence: Green River
Alice Coltrane: Journey In Satchidananda
Black Sabbath: s/t
Byrds: Another Dimension
Davey Graham & Shirley Collins: Folk Roots, New Routes
Earth: Hex
John Fahey: America
Sandy Bull: E Pluribus Unum

Off the top of the head, subject to constant change

DAD WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SHIRT :mad:

It's a little big on him. He needs to go down a size or two so he can show off his buff body.

an alternative/new list since i'm bored

Sonic Youth - Sister
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Velvet Underground - VU & Nico
Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Television - Marquee Moon
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Curren$y - Pilot Talk
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Kanye West - Late Registration

oh fuck lists

Just off the top of my head, totally first thing to mind Rorschach style...

Joy division- Unknown Pleasures
Sonic youth- Bad Moon Rising.
David Bowie- Low
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
My Bloody Valentine- Isn't Anything
Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
Spacemen 3- Perfect Prescription
Wu tang clan- Forever
Young marble giants - colossal youth
Dr. Octagon- Dr. Octagecologyst
Tortoise- Millions now living..
Shellac- Terraform
the Fall- hex enduction hour
Acid mother's temple- Univers Zen Ou a Zero
Flaming Lips- in a priest driven ambulance
Galaxie 500- Today
The Cure - disintegration
JAMC- psychocandy
Gastr Del sol- camofleur
Can- Future days

Nope. Can't do this. It changes as I type.