Making lists turns out to be a great use for insomnia. Here's my ad hoc hundred faves, with the proviso of only one album per artist/artist incarnation and no greatest hits.
100. Fugees - The Score (1996)
99. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
98. Negativland - Escape from Noise (1987)
97. Tegan and Sara - The Con (2008)
96. The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches (2001)
95. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
94. Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2002)
93. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere (2006)
92. Melvins - Stoner Witch (1994)
91. Röyksopp - Junior (2009)
90. BT - Movement in Still Life (2000)
89. Janis Joplin & Full Tilt Boogie - Pearl (1971)
88. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement (2008)
87. Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000)
86. Scissor Sisters - Night Work (2010)
85. Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing (1974)
84. Jenny Wilson - Hardships! (2009)
83. Rasputina - The Lost & Found (2003)
82. The Crystal Method - Vegas (1997)
81. Misfits - Static Age (1978)
80. KMFDM - Angst (1993)
79. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959)
78. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust (2005)
77. At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out (1998)
76. Butthole Surfers - Weird Revolution (2001)
75. Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven (1979)
74. Dog Fashion Disco - Anarchists of Good Taste (2001)
73. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land (1997)
72. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (2010)
71. The Black Keys - El Camino (2011)
70. Felix da Housecat - Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever (2003)
69. Beck - Midnite Vultures (1999)
68. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
67. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (1988)
66. UNKLE - Never, Never, Land (2004)
65. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
64. Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
63. The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)
62. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
61. Elysian Fields - Bleed Your Cedar (1996)
60. Beth Orton - Trailer Park (1995)
59. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
58. Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Surfer's Choice (1962)
57. Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975)
56. Sublime - Sublime (1996)
55. The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
54. Feist - The Reminder (2007)
53. Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
52. Lo Fidelity Allstars - How to Operate with a Blown Mind (1998)
51. Esquivel! - See It in Sound (1960)
50. Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops (1994)
49. Ladytron - Velocifero (2008)
48. Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin (1992)
47. Nina Simone - Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964)
46. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (1993)
45. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
44. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
43. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (2009)
42. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960)
41. Neutral
Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea (1998)
40. Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène (1976)
39. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)
38. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)
37. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982)
36. Santogold - Santogold (2008)
35. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark (2008)
34. The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)
33. Justice - † (2007)
32. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992)
31. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)
30. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)
29. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (2008)
28. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
27. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight (2007)
26. Tool - Ænima (1996)
25. Electric Six - Fire (2003)
24. Nico Vega - Nico Vega (2009)
23. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
22. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
21. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
20. Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus (2005)
19. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)
18. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
17. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)
16. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (2005)
15. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)
14. Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
13. Tom Petty - Wildflowers (1994)
12. PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
11. Portishead - Dummy (1994)
10. Björk - Homogenic (1997)
9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
8. Róisín Murphy - Ruby Blue (2005)
7. Faithless - Reverence (1996)
6. The KLF - Chill Out (1993)
5. Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (2001)
3. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
1. Beatles - The White Album (1968)
Eventually I'll brave the album art, damn you Tari for setting such a high standard for the thread!
