The 25 Formative Albums post started as a thread on the KMNR facebook group. Here are the 25 albums that shaped my music listening ears. The albums I would need on a deserted island. You get the point. This is something like my Top albums of all-time, but not exactly the same thing. In no particular order.
Nirvana - Nevermind (also In Utero)
Thurston Moore - Psychic Hearts
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set Star
Tortoise- Millions Now Living Will Never Die
The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers - The Mother Of Love Emulates The Shapes Of Cynthia
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
The Notwist - Neon Golden
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Godspeed You Black Emperor!- F#A# Infinity
Mogwai- Come On Die Young
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Guns n Roses - Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
Kraftwerk- Man Machine
The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
Pixies - Doolittle
Wire - Pink Flag
Enon- High Society
Pinback- Pinback
Stereolab- Dots and Loops
Ween- The Pod
Kings of Convenience- Riot On an Empty Street
Built to Spill- Keep It Like a Secret
Of Montreal- Satanic Panic In the Attic
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
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