25 albums

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.

  1. Catherine Wheel, Chrome (1993)
  2. Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
  3. Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun (1999)
  4. PJ Harvey, Rid of Me (1993)
  5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004)
  6. Belly, King (1995)
  7. The Afghan Whigs, Black Love (1996)
  8. Grandaddy, Sumday (2003)
  9. Doves, The Last Broadcast (2003)
  10. Radiohead, OK Computer (1997)
  11. Catherine Wheel, Adam and Eve (1997)
  12. Elliott Smith, either/or (1997)
  13. Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998)
  14. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here (1975)
  15. Veruca Salt, American Thighs (1994)
  16. The Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (1993)
  17. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
  18. Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump (2000)
  19. The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (1999)
  20. Elbow, Cast of Thousands (2003)
  21. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991)
  22. Scott Walker, Scott 4 (1969)
  23. Björk, Vespertine (2001)
  24. Portishead, Portishead (1997)
  25. Tori Amos, Under the Pink (1994)