Well...two albums I love but are disqualified are Vitalogy by Pearl Jam (that rubbish at the end ruins a great album) and OK Computer by Radiohead (Fitter, Happier is just filler really).
I would rate:
XO - Elliott Smith
The Bends, Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In
Interiors - Brad (Stone Gossard's other band)
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay (I know it's been flogged to death but it really is a good album)
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia - Dandy Warhols
Bring It On - Gomez
Fight For Your Mind - Ben Harper
Sunrise Over Sea - John Butler Trio
Doolittle - Pixies
O - Damien Rice *
Achtung Baby - U2
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco *
Hi-Fi Way - You Am I
(albums marked * are initially really hard to listen to in full, but when you do you will be thoroughly rewarded)
I would rate:
XO - Elliott Smith
The Bends, Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In
Interiors - Brad (Stone Gossard's other band)
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay (I know it's been flogged to death but it really is a good album)
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia - Dandy Warhols
Bring It On - Gomez
Fight For Your Mind - Ben Harper
Sunrise Over Sea - John Butler Trio
Doolittle - Pixies
O - Damien Rice *
Achtung Baby - U2
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco *
Hi-Fi Way - You Am I
(albums marked * are initially really hard to listen to in full, but when you do you will be thoroughly rewarded)