Here’s a quick list. Let’s call this a top 25; the top 10 are pretty stable, but stuff will shift in and out. My late teens/early 20s were in the 1990s, so it might not be too surprising to see that decade well represented here.
- Catherine Wheel, Chrome (1993)
- Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
- Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
- PJ Harvey, Rid of Me (1993)
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
- Belly, King (1995)
- The Afghan Whigs, Black Love (1996)
- Grandaddy, Sumday (2003)
- Doves, The Last Broadcast (2003)
- Radiohead, OK Computer (1997)
- Catherine Wheel, Adam and Eve (1997)
- Elliott Smith, either/or (1997)
- Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998)
- Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here (1975)
- Veruca Salt, American Thighs (1994)
- The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (1993)
- Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
- Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump (2000)
- The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- Elbow, Cast of Thousands (2003)
- My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991)
- Scott Walker, Scott 4 (1969)
- Björk, Vespertine (2001)
- Portishead, Portishead (1997)
- Tori Amos, Under the Pink (1994)