| 5.0 classic |
| A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory |
| This is my favorite rap album of all time. The alt-rap vibes, and heavy bass instrumentation are at their peak, along with frequently clever lyrics. Consecutive tracks "Butter" and "Verses From The Abstract" tell stories through their words, and the samples throughout the album are exquisite. |
| American Football American Football |
| Animal Collective Feels |
| Animal Collective's most percussive record, and their sixth release, is ultimately their greatest achievement. In contrast to later efforts, Feels almost completely lacks any "electronic" instrumentation. Thus, the atmosphere of many of these tracks is very dense, dark, and dreamy. |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| At the Drive-In Vaya |
| Bad Brains Bad Brains |
| Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique |
| Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde |
| Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited |
| Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| Burial Untrue |
| Colin Stetson New History Warfare Vol 2: Judges |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| David Bowie Hunky Dory |
| David Bowie Aladdin Sane |
| De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising |
| Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables |
| Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters |
| Death Human |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| Elliott Smith Either/Or |
| Eric B and Rakim Paid in Full |
| Fugazi 13 Songs |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞ |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada |
| Husker Du Zen Arcade |
| Iggy Pop The Idiot |
| J Dilla Donuts |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
| Joy Division Closer |
| Kanye West Late Registration |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening |
| Madvillain Madvillainy |
| mewithoutYou Brother, Sister |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
| Miles Davis Bitches Brew |
| Minor Threat Complete Discography |
| Minor Threat Out of Step |
| Minor Threat Minor Threat |
| Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime |
| Misfits Walk Among Us |
| Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica |
| Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West |
| Mogwai Young Team |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| Nas Illmatic |
| Neurosis Through Silver in Blood |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral |
| Nirvana In Utero |
| of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? |
| Operation Ivy Energy |
| Operation Ivy Hectic |
| Opeth Still Life |
| Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| Pixies Doolittle |
| Pixies Surfer Rosa |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Radiohead In Rainbows |
| Refused The Shape Of Punk To Come |
| Sigur Ros Agætis byrjun |
| Slayer Show No Mercy |
| Slint Spiderland |
| Snowing Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit |
| Snowing I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted |
| Sonic Youth Daydream Nation |
| Sonic Youth Goo |
| Sufjan Stevens Illinois |
| Swans Soundtracks for the Blind |
| Swans The Seer |
| aotyay |
| Talking Heads Remain in Light |
| Talking Heads Fear of Music |
| The Antlers Hospice |
| The Beach Boys Pet Sounds |
| The Beatles Abbey Road |
| The Clash London Calling |
| The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy |
| The Knife Shaking the Habitual |
| The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs |
| The Mars Volta Frances the Mute |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream |
| The Smiths The Queen Is Dead |
| The Stooges Fun House |
| The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat |
| The White Stripes The White Stripes |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Weezer Pinkerton |
| Wire Pink Flag |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One |
