A meme from mtffm. Unfortunately I couldn't just stop at five albums.

My Top 5 Albums (in no particular order) (as of Feb 8 2002, this list changes a lot) (only counting contemporary music).

• Disintegration, by The Cure. (To hell with "no particular order" for the top spot, this is number one)
• Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, by The Cure (To hell with one album per band, too)
• Portishead, by Portishead
• Nevermind, by Nirvana
• Aenema, by Tool

Honourable mentions: The Wall (Pink Floyd), Abbey Road, Revolver and Sergeant Peppers (The Beatles), Grace (Jeff Buckley), Different Class (Pulp). Doolittle (The Pixies) Artists whose body of work (or best of) (or multiple albums) belongs on the list but individual albums just didn't cut it: Blur, They Might be Giants, The Smiths, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Regurgitator, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Police, New Order, Joy Division, Crowded House, Queen, The Church, Nick Cave, and I've probably forgotten quite a few.

Also see http://www.pastiche.org/wiki/AlbumsEveryoneShouldHaveACopyOf.

Phew!