For some ungodly reason, I decided to take it upon myself to create a list of the 100 albums that collectively represent my musical taste. Yes, three of my own are in there and no, I won't apologise for that.
These are in alphabetical order by artist only.
To rank these on a scale of 1-100 would not only be an exercise in masochism, but also unfair to the albums themselves, as my preference to one over another is completely subjective to whatever is going on in my life at any given time.
- Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory
- Amon Tobin - Supermodified
- Aphex Twin - Drukqs
- Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Synfonia
- Beck - Sea Change
- Ben Frost - By the Throat
- Björk - Biophillia
- Björk - Homogenic
- Björk - Post
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
- Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
- Blue Meanies - The Post Wave
- Brand New - Deja Entendu
- Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
- CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
- Cursive - Happy Hollow
- Dangerdoom - The Mouse and The Mask
- David Bowie - Blackstar
- David Bowie - Earthling
- David Bowie - Hunky Dory
- David Bowie - Station to Station
- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Deafheaven - Sunbather
- Death Grips - The Powers That B
- Deftones - Around the Fur
- DJ Shadow - ...Endtroducing
- Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
- Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear
- Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
- Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
- General Patton vs. The Executioners - Joint Special Operations Task Force
- Ghost - Meliora
- Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F#A# (Infinity)
- Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
- Gorillaz - Demon Days
- HEALTH - DEATH MAGIC
- Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
- Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
- Kanye West - Yeezus
- La Roux - La Roux
- Less Than Jake - Anthem
- Lou Reed - Transformer
- Mad Caddies - Keep it Going
- Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Mr Bungle - California
- Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
- Myrkur - Myrkur
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
- Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
- Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
- Outkast - Stankonia
- Pearl Jam - No Code
- Pearl Jam - Yield
- Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
- Portable Jesus - Fetish Objects
- Portable Jesus - Music is Dead.
- Portable Jesus & the Omega Sanction - Latverion
- Prince - Batman
- Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
- Purity Ring - another eternity
- Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
- Radiohead - In Rainbows
- Radiohead - Kid A / Amnesiac
- Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
- Reel Big Fish - Cheer Up!
- Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?
- Rustic Overtones - ¡Viva Nueva!
- Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
- Sexwitch - Sexwitch
- Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- T-Rex - Electric Warrior
- Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- The Great Old Ones - Tekeli Li
- The Littlest Man Band - Better Book Ends
- The Mars Volta - Amputecture
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
- The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
- The Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death
- The Roots - The Tipping Point
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
- Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
- Tomahawk - Anonymous
- Tool - Ænima
- Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
- Ween - The Mollusk
- Weezer - The Blue Album
- Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
- Yes - Fragile
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These are in alphabetical order by artist only.
To rank these on a scale of 1-100 would not only be an exercise in masochism, but also unfair to the albums themselves, as my preference to one over another is completely subjective to whatever is going on in my life at any given time.
- Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory
- Amon Tobin - Supermodified
- Aphex Twin - Drukqs
- Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Synfonia
- Beck - Sea Change
- Ben Frost - By the Throat
- Björk - Biophillia
- Björk - Homogenic
- Björk - Post
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
- Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
- Blue Meanies - The Post Wave
- Brand New - Deja Entendu
- Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
- CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
- Cursive - Happy Hollow
- Dangerdoom - The Mouse and The Mask
- David Bowie - Blackstar
- David Bowie - Earthling
- David Bowie - Hunky Dory
- David Bowie - Station to Station
- David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Deafheaven - Sunbather
- Death Grips - The Powers That B
- Deftones - Around the Fur
- DJ Shadow - ...Endtroducing
- Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
- Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear
- Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
- Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
- General Patton vs. The Executioners - Joint Special Operations Task Force
- Ghost - Meliora
- Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F#A# (Infinity)
- Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!
- Gorillaz - Demon Days
- HEALTH - DEATH MAGIC
- Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
- Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
- Kanye West - Yeezus
- La Roux - La Roux
- Less Than Jake - Anthem
- Lou Reed - Transformer
- Mad Caddies - Keep it Going
- Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Mr Bungle - California
- Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
- Myrkur - Myrkur
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
- Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
- Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
- Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
- Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
- Outkast - Stankonia
- Pearl Jam - No Code
- Pearl Jam - Yield
- Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
- Portable Jesus - Fetish Objects
- Portable Jesus - Music is Dead.
- Portable Jesus & the Omega Sanction - Latverion
- Prince - Batman
- Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
- Purity Ring - another eternity
- Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
- Radiohead - In Rainbows
- Radiohead - Kid A / Amnesiac
- Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
- Reel Big Fish - Cheer Up!
- Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?
- Rustic Overtones - ¡Viva Nueva!
- Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
- Sexwitch - Sexwitch
- Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- T-Rex - Electric Warrior
- Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- The Great Old Ones - Tekeli Li
- The Littlest Man Band - Better Book Ends
- The Mars Volta - Amputecture
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
- The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
- The Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death
- The Roots - The Tipping Point
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
- Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
- Tomahawk - Anonymous
- Tool - Ænima
- Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
- Ween - The Mollusk
- Weezer - The Blue Album
- Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
- Yes - Fragile
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