[I Hired Craig Livingstone]

I think your picks are good... "The Bends" just might be my favorite album of all time.

Some that jumped to mind that haven't been mentioned yet:

"The Downward Spiral", Nine Inch Nails. -- I'd rather say "Pretty Hate Machine" but that was 1989.

"Enema of the State", Blink 182 -- Overplayed, but captured the feeling of the time for me.

"Third Eye Blind", Third Eye Blind -- Same as above.

"Doggystyle", Snoop Doggy Dogg -- Because Dre's "The Chronic" has already been mentioned.

"You've Come a Long Way, Baby", Fatboy Slim -- The perfect piece of lighthearted party music.

"Jagged Little Pill", Alanis Morisette -- Some hate her, but I thought it had a lot of genuine honesty and feeling.

"Play", Moby -- Yeah, he's a hippie, but it's a good album.

[sully777]

Alanis' Ironic is probably one of the top songs of all time. It is so simple and yet pure genius.

Beastie Boys always a winner--always funny. They actually pioneered the fusion of metal and rap (despite what VH1 said concerning Anthrax). NWA changed Rap forever and if this was a rap oriented list I would pick them as top album. I would also place Eminem in the mix for no other reason than to shake up the music industry during the Britany/Boy Band/Techno era. I always appreciate a man that can mock Michael Jackson's lifestyle with reckless abandon.

[Pyro7480]

"The Downward Spiral", Nine Inch Nails.

That's another honorable mention. I never owned it, but between "Hurt" (though Johnny Cash's version is great) and "March of the Pigs" (great to just go crazy to), there are some great tracks on there. "Broken," though I haven't listened to it years, from what I remember, was pretty good too.