Best Of

No order implied. Didn't want to double down on artists either. I'm with you @Linc in that I much-prefer the full album experience.

• Sufjan Stevens - Greeting from Michigan (hon. mention Seven Swans)
• Deltron 3030 - s/t
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Postal Service - Give Up
• Radiohead - Kid A (hon. mention Amnesiac)
• The xx - xx
• Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
• Lucero - Tennessee
• LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
• The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
• Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport (hon. mention to Splinter)

And a special Palme d'Icrontic to Jamie XX - We're New Here, the remix of Gil Scott Heron's "I'm New Here." Jamie xx's music (and subsequent DJ sets and BBC Radio 1 residencies) almost overshadow The XX despite being a side-project.

Another amazing band that does albums better than songs is Coheed & Cambria.

I am album driven and only listen to vinyl at home. In the car it's mp3 albums. On the topic of Pink Floyd I have been listening to them for 45 years now and like all of it. From Meddle, Obscured by Clouds and on is certainly the best . I also feel the same way about The Moody Blues and The Who.
The following is not in any order and I had a difficult time narrowing it down this far and the above fall in here too.

+Phenomenon by UFO
+Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe
+Spartacus by Triumvirate
+Killer by Alice Cooper
+The Yes Album
+The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
+The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
+Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
+The Turn of a Friendly Card by The Alan Parsons Project
+Willy and the Poor Boys by Credance Clearwater Revival
+Watertown by Frank Sinatra

OMG, Bitches Brew!!!

In no particular order:

Pink Floyd "WYWH", "DSotM", "Animals", "Meddle" (all equal in my eyes)
Frank Zappa "Fillmore 1971"
Traffic "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys"
The Beatles "The Beatles" (white album)
Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick" (honorable mention: 180g MFSL quad pressing of "Aqualung")
Yes "Fragile" (honorable mention: "Yessongs")
Mars Volta "De-Loused in the Comatorium"
Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti"
Led Zeppelin "The Song Remains the Same"
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"

That's enough for now.

Touché, Ivan.

I would have to say my all time favorite album is definitely BloodSugarSexMagick by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's a seamless experience and the whole thing is just a masterpiece.

I would LOVE if Spotify would have an 'album shuffle' mode to randomly play whole albums at a time from my collection because I also prefer to listen that way, but I'm too indecisive/easily distracted to be trusted to actually pick which albums to play throughout my day all day, so I usually just revert to regular shuffle for convenience. In the pre-computermusic era, I would often just pick one album to listen to over and over for a few weeks before picking a new one, much to the annoyance of family and other nearbys.

My current favorite album experience is Regina Spektor's "Far"

Other favorites include (in no particular order)

• Alanis Morissette's "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie",
• They Might be Giants' "John Henry",
• Barenaked Ladies' "Maroon",
• Beat's Antique's "Elektrafone"
• Fiona Apple's "Extraordinary Machine",
• R.E.M.'s "New Adventures in Hi-Fi",
• Mocean Worker's "Mixed Emotional Features"
• Jewel's "0304"