COUNTDOWN: Top 50 Music Albums Of All-Time.

Arghus

Surprising omissions:

Abbey Road
Kid A
In Utero
Wish You Were Here

Not a bad number 1 in fairness- dying to see the stats and the albums that didn’t make the top 50- well done Reberetta- a mammoth task exquisitely executed

Arghus

Yes, well done Reberreta. Fantastic stuff.

BonnieSituation

Deleted User wrote: »

Tbf Funeral (and The Suburbs, for that matter) is a concept album. Lyrical similarity exists because the songs are meant to revolve around a unifying theme - otherwise wouldn't be much of a concept album!

I'm not solely talking about those albums, I mean in general I find their albums as a whole meh, with a couple of gems.

"... the Kids..." - Win Butler, The Suburbs.

Ah well, your loss! Surprised they evoke such a visceral reaction in anyone though, I'd have thought the worst thing anyone could say about Beach House was that they found them a bit dull (they'd be wrong, obviously! :pac: )

As I said, it's so irrational and OTT and I am well aware of it. I have no idea what triggered it.

The funny thing is that in theory, I should love Beach House, but for some reason they have just gotten under my skin. It's actually bizarre!

lassykk

I'm heartbroken

The Crazy Cat Lady

fair play for running reb

This was my list:

1-Hozier-wasteland, baby!
2-James bay-electric light
3-beck-guero
4-bloc party-a weekend in the city
5 sia-this is acting
6-imagine dragons-smoke +mirrors
7-elbow-the seldom seem kid
8-daughty-baptized
9 lianne la havis-is your love big enough?
10-lawson-chapman square

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

Surprising omissions:

Abbey Road
Kid A
In Utero
Wish You Were Here

Only so many Beatles albums could have got through- I’m assuming most didn’t nominate multiple albums from the same band?
Wish you were here is not DSOTM- it’s a great album but doesn’t deserve top 50 status- unless of course we can ask for a recount for the Duran Duran nomination?

NewbridgeIR

Arghus wrote: »

Surprising omissions:

Abbey Road
Kid A
In Utero
Wish You Were Here

also
Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
Never Mind The Bollocks
Is This It

Here’s mine:

1. Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
2. Blood on the Tracks- Bob Dylan
3. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
4. Kind of Blue- Miles Davis
5. Beatles - Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Neil Young Harvest
7. Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed
8. Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life
9. Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
10. Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues

ShaneU

Arghus wrote: »

Surprising omissions:

Abbey Road
Kid A
In Utero
Wish You Were Here

Thriller
London Calling
Tapestry
Ramones
anything by David Bowie

lassykk

My list

1. Pearl Jam - Ten
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. N/A
8. N/A
9. N/A
10. N/A

speckle

That's a fine winner, weirdly I loved it when it came out first, then fell out love with it, and then re listening to it in the last year, really got into it again... a bit like how family/here can be.;)

Arghus

Here's my top ten guys, for what it is worth:

1 - Pink Flag by Wire

2 - The Beatles/White Album by The Beatles

3 - 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields

4 - The Mollusk by Ween

5 - The Name of This Band is Talking Heads by Talking Heads

6 - Master of Puppets by Metallica

7 - Fever Ray by Fever Ray

8 - In Utero by Nirvana

9 - Hounds of Love by Kate Bush

10 - Blood on The Tracks by Bob Dylan.

JP Liz V1

No love for Lady GaGa

Here were my top ten and my honourable mentions:

1. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Björk - Vespertine
5. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
6. Cat Power - Moon Pix
7. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral
9. The Knife - Silent Shout
10. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica


Honourable mentions:
Beach House - 7
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away/Skeleton Tree/Ghosteen
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Björk - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Beck - Morning Phase
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

lassykk

Two bands in the top 50 I've never heard of and from the nominations people are putting up countless more!

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

Thriller
London Calling
Tapestry
Ramones
anything by David Bowie

I had Ziggy Stardust but replaced him with Talking Heads before clicking send -so no Bowie in the list? He’s some great albums but are they all time classics that could reach the top 50? A lot of competition for those places and I’m not sure now if I were asked for an 11-20 list would I include him

ShaneU

Here's my list, delighted with Arcade Fire in third place


1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (Such a unique sound with many instruments, Wake Up is incredibly powerful)

2. The Killers - Hot Fuss (An album full of amazing synth pop songs)

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (I love every song on this album. It has frenetic songs like Can't Stop and By The Way mixed with chill songs like Dosed and The Zephyr Song, it's got everything)

4. The Strokes - Is This It (Last Night, Someday, Hard to Explain...killer singles)

5. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Such a happy album, it always cheers me up)

6. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say I am, That's what I'm not (Instantly fell in love with this band and bought the album on release day when my friends had never heard of them - hipster alert! It has some very clever lyrics and a raw sound, a million miles from their latest overindulgent album)

7. The White Stripes - Elephant (Everyone knows Seven Nation Army but there are so many great album track that most won't know like Hypnotize, Ball and Biscuit, and Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine)

8. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (I don't take drugs but I'd imagine this album was created to take vast quantities of drugs to. It still sounds great sober)

9. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak (I love how this band used to sound and sing, they've changed a lot.)

10. Misfits - Static Age (One of the best punk albums ever)

BobbyMalone

many of the songs written for Nevermind were about Cobain's dysfunctional relationship with Bikini Kill's Tobi Vail.

I heard that she was responsible for the 'smells like teen spirit' quote but never knew a lot of the Nevermind songs were about her. I saw Bikini Kill when they played an underage gig in Dublin during the 90s. My ears were bleeding afterwards.

Brilliantly run, Reb.

I'll refrain from making any comment on the contributors.

BobbyMalone

Only two of my picks (from what I can see) featured in the list, but then I found it very difficult to cut it down to ten, so just went with my gut.



Surprised that Hounds Of Love wasn't high on the list, let alone not figuring at all (or maybe I missed it).

speckle

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Now I shall reveal my nominations which I gave clues for last night... in order from Number 1 to Number 10 - slightly rearranged.

I didn't do too bad guessing...blue nile, electronic, yes, suzanne vega, kate bush and u2? Love boy by U2 a forgotten gem.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

My own nominations...

#1 Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
#2 Linkin Park - Meteora
#3 Foo Fighters - The Colour & The Shape
#4 Staind - Break The Cycle
#5 Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
#6 Radiohead - In Rainbows
#7 Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
#8 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
#9 The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
#10 Travis - 12 Memories

JP Liz V1

[]

Reberetta wrote: »

Kicking off sometime after 1pm today, Saturday.
I spent some hours browsing interesting info about a lot of these albums so there will be plenty of reading material for the more intellectually inclined nerds out there!
Some of the chart peaks, specifically Irish ones, were difficult to find so there might be some inaccuracies.
Should be able to breeze through this countdown in one day as all the hard work is done!

Thanks Reberetta, great effort put in

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

No love for Lady GaGa

Great singles artist but her albums are patchy at best. I do really enjoy Born This Way but there are still a few duds on it.

NewbridgeIR

Here are mine

01 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
A double LP of 20 tracks, all killer.

02 Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)
Neglected masterpiece of introspective navel-gazing.

03 Prince - Sign Of The Times (1987)
Another double, utter perfection from start to finish.

04 Style Council - Our Favourite Shop (1985)
Love The Jam and Weller solo but this is the peak.

05 ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
Perfectly programmed and performed synth pop. My first LP.

06 Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
They peak with their final album and the split. Atmospheric.

07 Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson (1971)
28 minutes of bliss.

08 Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour (1990)
Autumnal, mature & world-weary. Will take you ages to get into but so worth it.

09 Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The ultimate party album and soundtrack to so many lost nights.

10 Various - Now That's What I Call Music 3 (1984)
The greatest pop compilation of them all.

15 more
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
Zombies - Odyssey And Oracle (1968)
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (1991)
U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
De La Soul - Three Feet High And Rising (1989)
David Bowie - Low (1977)
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback (1990)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978)
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks: Original Soundtrack (1990)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (1982)

lassykk

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

My own nominations...

#1 Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
#2 Linkin Park - Meteora
#3 Foo Fighters - The Colour & The Shape
#4 Staind - Break The Cycle
#5 Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
#6 Radiohead - In Rainbows
#7 Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
#8 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
#9 The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
#10 Travis - 12 Memories

If I'd had to add a second album Break The Cycle would definitely have been in the mix

Declan A Walsh

I do found it amazing that David Bowie did not feature at all in the Top 50, with all the albums that he put out. Other surprising omissions: Talking Heads, Sade (Diamond Life album), Simply Red, Simple Minds, no solo albums by any of The Eagles, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Phil Collins and Kate Bush.

NewbridgeIR

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I do found it amazing that David Bowie did not feature at all in the Top 50, with all the albums that he put out. Other surprising omissions: Talking Heads, Sade (Diamond Life album), Simply Red, Simple Minds, no solo albums by any of The Eagles, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Phil Collins and Kate Bush.

Bowie big surprise. Talking Heads - yeah, probably Remain In Light for me. Simply Red have solid albums IMHO but nothing outstanding. Depeche Mode's Violator a surprise omission although I prefer Black Celebration. I like both eras of Genesis but would have been surprised if they made it. Phil Collins solo - you could make a case for any of the first five but Face Value and No Jacket Required are great. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love is streets ahead of any of her others IMHO.

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I do found it amazing that David Bowie did not feature at all in the Top 50, with all the albums that he put out. Other surprising omissions: Talking Heads, Sade (Diamond Life album), Simply Red, Simple Minds, no solo albums by any of The Eagles, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Phil Collins and Kate Bush.

If 10 people each had a Bowie album in their list, there’s a very good chance he still wouldn’t have featured
I’d pick either Hero’s or Ziggy Stardust- I see Low and Let’s Dance mentioned in this thread also - just not sure we’d get agreement - it’s probably a good idea for a tournament thread in itself- best Bowie album ever

Some of those artists/albums above would definately feature in a best of 80s list

speckle

Just a little list to add of female fronted bands or artists albums that were not in the top 50

Aretha Franklin...lady soul
Bat for lashes...two suns
Blondie... parallel lines
Fairport convention...liege and leaf
Florence and the machine...lungs
Goldfrapp...supernature
Janis Joplin... pearl
joni mitchel..song to a seagull
Kate bush... hounds of love
Mazzy star...she hangs brightly
Patti smith... Easter
Pj Harvey... to bring you my love
Sinead o Connor...i do not want what i haven’t got
Sleater kinney... the woods
The breeders... the last splash
Toris Amos...under the pink

BobbyMalone

speckle wrote: »

Just a little list to add of female fronted bands or artists albums that were not in the top 50

Two from my list (that were never getting anywhere near this list, in fairness) were Julianna Barwick - The Magic Tree and Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me. I had Pod instead of Last Splash and would gone for The Hot Rock over The Woods for Sleater-Kinney. The Woods is the one album I never got into of theirs, but I hear people rave about it, so I'm going to give it another shot.

S.M.B.

Have One On Me would have been a lock for my Top 10. Don't need another 10/20 years to know that's not an all time classic. The Woods would have had a good chance too. Nepenthe would be my Julianna Barwick album in contention. Would struggle to choose between To Bring You My Love and Let England Shake.

speckle

And a crazy list of other albums that didn't make the top 50, for some poor soul to peruse in years to come..:D

Bad company ....bad company
Bryan Adams...reckless
Cat Stevens...tea for the tillerman
Ccr...Cosmos factory
david bowie...lets dance
Dead can dance ...towards the within
Dépêche mode... violator
Echo and the bunnymen... ocean rain
Fairport Convention.... Liege and Leaf
Jefferson airplane... surrealistic pillow
Jimi Hendrix exp...are you experienced us version
Joe cocker.... with a little help from my friends
Johnny cash.... All the American recordings I-VI
Kuala shaker....K
Led zep... led zep IV
Live...throwing copper
Lou reed...transformer
Modern English...after the snow
Nick cave and the bad seeds...skeleton tree
Peter Gabriel so
Rem... out of time
Roy harper...flat baroque and bezerk
The Beatles...abbey rd
The beatles...white album
The Byrds... notorious..
The clash... combat rock
The cure... /disintegration
The moody blues...days of future passed
The police...regatta de blanc
The rolling stones...out of our heads
Tim Buckley...goodbye and hello
U2...boy

Sheridan81

Thanks Reberetta.

No Bowie? Boo. Been getting into his stuff this year and would put him in if I were to submit again.

Electric Nitwit

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If 10 people each had a Bowie album in their list, there’s a very good chance he still wouldn’t have featured

Nail on head there, Bowie's problem is having too many good albums!

No love for Pulp? Different Class is, well... a different class. I thought The Prodigy might get in too

No Cure
No Neil Young
No Van Morrison

And I agree about Hot Fuss, thought that would do well

Brilliantly run Reb, so much work! Thanks for doing it, you've soundtracked my next few car journeys!

The J Stands for Jay

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Bowie big surprise. Talking Heads - yeah, probably Remain In Light for me. Simply Red have solid albums IMHO but nothing outstanding. Depeche Mode's Violator a surprise omission although I prefer Black Celebration. I like both eras of Genesis but would have been surprised if they made it. Phil Collins solo - you could make a case for any of the first five but Face Value and No Jacket Required are great. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love is streets ahead of any of her others IMHO.

I'm getting a strong urge to rewatch American Psycho.

speckle

And a very short list of Irish albums

Jimmy mccarthy... the song of the singing horseman6
The whipping boy...heartworm
The horslips...happy to meet-sorry to part
A house... on our big fat merry go round

Thanks Reberetta for all the hard work, loads off new album ideas to listen to over the next while from everyone. Very informative and enjoyable

Zaph

It took a while to get there, but it was certainly worth the wait. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this Reb, and the reveal itself was quality.


For the record, here's my list:

1 - Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
2 - The Bends - Radiohead
3 - Funeral - Arcade Fire
4 - Graceland - Paul Simon
5 - Exile on Coldharbour Lane - Alabama 3
6 - Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
7 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
8 - It's a Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
9 - The Joshua Tree - U2
10 - Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair

5 made the top 50, so I'm pretty happy, and a bit surprised about that.

Irish Aris

A great, if somewhat predictable list.
Thank you Reberetta, another brilliant game that you organised

Here is my (rather different) top-10:

1. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
2. Brian Eno - Nerve Net
3. Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
4. Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
5. The Cure - Disintegration
6. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
7. INXS - Kick
8. Depeche Mode - Violator
9. Duran Duran - Rio
10. Massive Attack - Blue Lines

NewbridgeIR

Irish Aris wrote: »

A great, if somewhat predictable list.
Thank you Reberetta, another brilliant game that you organised

Here is my (rather different) top-10:

1. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
2. Brian Eno - Nerve Net
3. Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
4. Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
5. The Cure - Disintegration
6. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
7. INXS - Kick
8. Depeche Mode - Violator
9. Duran Duran - Rio
10. Massive Attack - Blue Lines

Great list!
Cosmic Thing is a classic; especially the non-single tracks. I always hum Topaz when getting petrol.

trashcan

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Vitalic is a French electro house and techno DJ.

If you like Boards of Canada, The Knife, Chris Clark, Jon Hopkins or even Crystal Castles you can find a thread in there that isn't too daunting or "hard".

---

Yeah, SFA are Super Furry Animals. Few bands in my life have had such a resounding effect on me. That I only plumped for Radiator was more down to the rule of "one per band" than it being so far ahead of others. I could have easily picked Guerilla (which has my favourite SFA song [and one of my favourite songs of all time "Northern Lites" on it]), Phantom Power or Fuzzy Logic and I would have been happy with the choice.

You lost me at electro house there. Just not for me. I agree that Norther Lites is a cracking tune. Not much else from the album, except maybe Do or Die really grabbed me though. Haven't listened too it in ages. It's probably my age, but I tend to be a bit of a traditionalist. I like guitars, melodies, harmonies, that kind of thing. Rap, house, electronic music etc just leaves me cold. Couldn't listen to it. On the list, I have actually bought 2 of the top 4, Funeral and Stone Roses. Wouldn't have either among my favourites though.

BobbyMalone

S.M.B. wrote: »

Have One On Me would have been a lock for my Top 10. Don't need another 10/20 years to know that's not an all time classic. The Woods would have had a good chance too. Nepenthe would be my Julianna Barwick album in contention. Would struggle to choose between To Bring You My Love and Let England Shake.

Have only recently got Nepenthe, but love it, but The Magic Place (and Florine) were the first bits of music of hers that I heard.



Toss up between Rid of Me and Let England Shake for me. Let England Shake would probably shade it, just because Rid of Me will always remind me of being a teenager, the amount of times I had it on repeat.

BonnieSituation

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Great list!
Cosmic Thing is a classic; especially the non-single tracks. I always hum Topaz when getting petrol.

Topaz is such an amazing song. Absolutely stunning. Roam also the other standout for me on Cosmic Thing.

BonnieSituation

For the record here's what I submitted in no order:

Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol
Apocalypso - The Presets
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Faded Seaside Glamour - Delays
OK Cowboy - Vitalic
Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave - The Twilight Sad
In an Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Queens of The Stone Age - Queens of The Stone Age
Queen of Denmark - John Grant
Lost Souls - Doves
Moon Safari - Air
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Radiator - Super Furry Animals
Nevermind - Nirvava
Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Silent Shout - The Knife
The Fat of The Land - The Prodigy
In Evening Air - Future Islands
Boxer - The National
Automatic for the People - REM

BonnieSituation

And this is the list I started with to pare it all down.

It was so hard.
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Faded Seaside Glamour - Delays
Radiator - Super Furry Animals
OK Cowboy - Vitalic
Moon Safari - Air
Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave - The Twilight Sad
In an Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Queens of The Stone Age - Queens of The Stone Age
Nevermind - Nirvava
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Boxer - The National
Disintegration - The Cure
Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Era Vulgaris - Queens of The Stone Age
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
In Evening Air - Future Islands
OK Computer - Radiohead
Phantom Power - Super Furry Animals
Primary Colours - The Horrors
Automatic for the People - REM
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Queen of Denmark - John Grant
Wincing the Night Away - The Shins
Shrines - Purity Ring
Ghostory - School of Seven Bells
High Violet - The National
Tremors - SOHN
Port of Morrow - The Shins
Visions - Grimes
Bicep - Bicep
Art Angel - Grimes
Silent Shout - The Knife
Lost Souls - Doves
The Last Broadcast - Doves
The Fat of The Land - The Prodigy
Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol
Antics - Interpol
Rock N Roll - Ryan Adams
Apocalypso - The Presets
Beams - The Presets
The English Riviera - Metronomy
Summer '08 - Metronomy
No One Can Ever Know - The Twilight Sad
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
The Man Who - Travis
Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
Saturdays = Youth - M83

AndrewJRenko

Deleted User wrote: »

I’ll burn my “in concert” Dave Fanning tapes from the 80s so

Share them with this guy if you can, and he'll share the love;

https://www.facebook.com/fanningsessions

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I have years of "Beat Box" and 2TV on VHS as well somewhere!

Again, please consider sharing them - this guy would love to get his hands on them; https://twitter.com/KillianM2

BobbyMalone wrote: »

I heard that she was responsible for the 'smells like teen spirit' quote

I thought that came from a deodorant advert, if my memories of the Classic Albums documentary on Nevermind is reliable. Great show, but I can't get over how Krist looks like a Microsoft director these days in chinos and all.

BonnieSituation

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Nail on head there, Bowie's problem is having too many good albums!

No love for Pulp? Different Class is, well... a different class. I thought The Prodigy might get in too

No Cure
No Neil Young
No Van Morrison

And I agree about Hot Fuss, thought that would do well

Brilliantly run Reb, so much work! Thanks for doing it, you've soundtracked my next few car journeys!

I was shocked that Fat of the Land wasn't in the Top 20.

BonnieSituation

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Share them with this guy if you can, and he'll share the love;

https://www.facebook.com/fanningsessions


Again, please consider sharing them - this guy would love to get his hands on them; https://twitter.com/KillianM2


I thought that came from a deodorant advert, if my memories of the Classic Albums documentary on Nevermind is reliable. Great show, but I can't get over how Krist looks like a Microsoft director these days in chinos and all.

That's him followed. I'll try root them out.

Arghus

Deleted User wrote: »

Here were my top ten and my honourable mentions:

1. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Björk - Vespertine
5. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
6. Cat Power - Moon Pix
7. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral
9. The Knife - Silent Shout
10. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica


Honourable mentions:
Beach House - 7
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away/Skeleton Tree/Ghosteen
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Björk - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Beck - Morning Phase
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Considering you put Fever Ray at number one, what did you think of the album from a couple of years back? It grew on me a lot eventually.

Good shout there with Cat Power, Moon Pix is a fantastic record. Cross bones style - what a tune!

Honourable mentions that might have made the cut on another day, there's a lot here:

Prince - Sign O' The Times
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Brian Eno - Another Green World
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Bjork - Homogenic
Joanna Newsom - Divers
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Knife - Silent Shout
St. Vincent - Actor
Clipse - Hell hath no fury
Pink Floyd - Animals
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient works vol. 1
Blanck Mass - World Eater
Deftones - White Pony
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Arcde Fire - Funeral
Ween - any of their albums
Pavement - any of their albums
Metallica - Ride The Lightning or AJFA
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Pantera - The great southern trendkill
Grimes - Art angels
David Bowie - Station to station or Blackstar
Sly and The Family Stone - There's a riot going on
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
The Beatles - any of the albums
Ministry - Psalm 69
GZA - Liquid Swords
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Scott Walker - Tilt
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours or Tusk
AC/DC - Highway to Hell or Let there be Rock
Portishead - any of the albums
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
King Crimson - Disipline
NÁS - Illmatic
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr...
Pixies - any of the albums
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
Can - Tago Mago
Swans - To Be Kind
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Okay, I have to stop.