it's nice to see some imogen love (looking at you, hunter and cervus!), destroyer love (looking at you, archway), and neko/esthero love (again, hunter)..

for me,

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Destroyer - Your Blues
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead - The Bends
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Frou Frou - Details
Bjork - Vespertine
Sigur Ros - ( )
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is An Animal
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Delgados - Hate
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
The Smiths - Singles
El Guincho - Pop Negro
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Esthero - Breath From Another

tattmaylor said:

So some of the albums/bands I was obsessed with many years ago I am less excited by today (i.e. if i heard them for the first time today would maybe not be drawn to them)... BUT they still have an emotional pull and helped me form my taste today. So should they still be in the list?

Yes, I think you should still include them, esp if you're still listening to them every now and then... of course, you'll have to rank and exclude if you're imposing numbers..

Archway said:

There are so many great albums listed in this thread. If I were to expand my list, I would add the following albums (and even then I know there are some I have left off):

The Ailers Set - Last Match

Bjork:
1) Vespertine
2) Medula
3) Homogenic

Broadcast:
1) Tender Buttons
2) Haha Sound

Cibo Matto - Viva! La Women

Cocteau Twins:
1) Treasure
2) Blue Bell Knoll
3) Heaven Or Las Vegas

The Cure - Disintegration

Destroyer - Kaputt

Eurythmics - Savage

Gillian Welch - Time (The Relevator)

Goldfrapp
1) Felt Mountain
2) Seventh Tree

Joni Mitchell
1) Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
2) Hejira
3) Blue
4) The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
5) Court And Spark

Judy Nylon - Pal Judy

Kate Bush
1) Hounds Of Love
2) The Dreaming
3) Lionheart

Kirsty MacColl
1) Tropical Brainstorm
2) Titanic Days

Kraftwerk:
1) Radioactivity
2) The Man Machine
3) Trans Europe Express

Kristin Herch - Hips And Makers

Laub - Filesharing

Laurie Anderson:
1) Big Science
2) Homeland

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Mainstream

Loscil - Endless Falls

Mary Margaret 'o Hara - Miss America

Max Richter:
1) Blue Notebooks
2) Memoryhouse

Mazzy Star
1) So Tonight That I Might See
2) Among My Swan

Meredith Monk
1) Dolmen Music
2) Book Of Days
3) Turtle Music

Meryn Cadell - Angel Food For Thought

Murcoff - Martres

Natalie Merchant - Ophelia

Nico:
1) The Marble Index
2) Desertshore
3) The End

OMD
1) Dazzle Ships
2) Organisation

PJ Harvey
1) To Bring You My Love
2) Rid Of Me
3) Uh Huh Her

Portishead
1) Dummy
2) Third

Propaganda - A Secret Wish

Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill

Roxy Music - Avalon

Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Stars Of The Lid
1) Tired Sounds Of
2) And Their Refinement

Stereolab
1) Cobra And Phase Play
2) Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Taken By Trees - East Of Eden

The The - Infected

This Mortal Coil
1) It'll End In Tears
2) Filigree And Shadow

Tori Amos
1) Little Earthquakes
2) From The Choirgirl Hotel
3) Boys For Pele

William Basinski
1) Disintegration Loops
2) Watermusic I + II
3) Vivian & Ondine

good to see a secret wish and infected in there,two classic albums