Brian Lavery's list

1. U2--Joshua Tree

2. Bob Marley--Legend (I know, I know...it's lame to not only have a best of so high, but also a Bob Marley best of so high)

3. Nirvana--nevermind

4. Cure--disintegration

5. Wilco--yankee hotel foxtrot

6. Paul Simon--graceland

7. Beck--Odelay

8. Luna--Penthouse

9. Rolling Stones--Let it Bleed

10. Radiohead--OK Computer

11. REM--Automatic for the people

12. Beatles--let it be

13. Weezer--blue album

14. red house painters--songs for a blue guitar

15. Luna--bewitched

16. Peter Gabriel--us

17. Pearl Jam--ten

18. Counting Crows--august and everything after

19. Rolling Stones--beggars banquet

20. Sunny Day Real Estate--Diary

21. Stone Roses--stone roses

22. Magnetic Fields--69 Love Songs (kind of a cheat, but in my mind, it's really just one long album)

23 Lyle Lovett--the road to ensenada

24. Spiritualized--ladies and gentlemen...

25. U2--achtung baby

26. American football--american football

27. Bjork--post

28. Vampire Weekend (probably a little premature to even have it on this list)

29. Strokes--is this it

30. Avett Brothers--I and Love and You (also, probably a little premature, but i can't stop listening to the Avett Bros, and love the new album)