1. No compilations or Best Ofs because I hate them.
2. Difficult though it was, I've limited myself to 2 albums per artist.
3. No particular order because it's far too difficult to say which ones are my favourite.
4. Favourite track from the album must be included.

David Gray - White Ladder
Yes, I know people are fed up of seeing it in Top 10 lists (myself included) but for me it is a truly stunning album. With the outstanding Please Forgive Me, the magnificent My Oh My and the mammoth Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, this album really sums up David Gray. Simple songs made into masterpieces by a gravelly voice and some excellent production. Also, does everyone know about the extra track on this album? If you rewind Please Forgive Me on your CD player you get a Bob Dylan-esque track which is not too shabby.

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
There may only be nine tracks on this album, but I'll be damned if this isn't one of the greatest albums of all time. It kicks off with the classic Like A Rolling Stone, which has everyone screaming "How does it feeeeeeeeeeell" in unison, and continues on with the huge Tombstone Blues with the famous line "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken". It sure is. Also including such masterpieces as Ballad Of A Thin Man with its haunting organ, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry with some outstanding vocals, and, of course, climaxing in the 11 minute and 18 second long Desolation Row, one of my favourite songs of all time. Tremendous.

U2 - The Joshua Tree
It's no secret I'm a huge U2 fan, so it won't surprise people who know my reviews to see this pop up its head. Out of my 9 U2 albums, this is the one I find easiest to chuck on and switch off to. At times slow and soothing (With Or Without You, Running To Stand Still), at others the definition of rock (Bullet The Blue Sky, Where The Streets Have No Name) this album has it all and much more. Packed with so many classics it should be banned, this is a worthy addition to the CD collection of anyone who calls themself a music fan. By The way, I was at Slane (-: Read my review of it, make me 5p richer (-;

Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Not doing badly so far - four albums, four different artists! This one's very different, I'm not even sure how to describe it. It won the very fist Mercury prize way back in '92. This may sound like a bad thing, but I always fall asleep to this album. It's so relaxed and chilled out, with tranquil sounds and peaceful vocals. It doesn't start this way however with the bouncy Movin' On Up, which you'll be singing along to after the first listen. It gets progressively slower however, and has some of the most peaceful songs ever written: Higher Than The Sun, Damged, Shine Like Stars. But for me the finest moment of the album comes in the form of Come Together, a 10 minute epic. First of all it has a sample which has the famous line "On this stage you will hear gospel, and rhythm AND blues AND jazz. All those are just labels, we know that music is music" and ends with the excellent female vocals singing "Commmmme tooo-gether as one". Beautiful.

U2 - Achtung Baby
With this album, U2 took rock by it's feet, shook it firmly and told it to be better than the 80's. It was, and this album is, in my opinion, U2's best album. When you compare the last U2 song of the 80s (All I Want Is You) and the first of the 90s (Zoo Station) you realise the extent of the difference. Back to the album, and what a cracker it is. It not only has my favourite song of all time, One, but Edge displaying his masterful guitar talent on The Fly and Love Is Blindness. It also has such classics as Even Better Than The Real Thing and the emotional Acrobat. A truly outstanding album from one of the greatest bands ever.