These are my favorite albums.
Only studio albums included: no EPs, no compilations, no soundtrack albums.

The Complete Recordings	Robert Johnson	(1936 - 1937)
Kind of Blue	Miles Davis	(1959)
Are You Experienced	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	(1967)
Switched On Bach	Wendy Carlos	(1968)
Vincebus Eruptum	Blue Cheer	(1968)
Disraeli Gears	Cream	(1968)
Steppenwolf	Steppenwolf	(1968)
Hot Buttered Soul	Isaac Hayes	(1969)
Bayou Country	Creedence Clearwater Revival	(1969)
Paranoid	Black Sabbath	(1970)
L.A. Woman	The Doors	(1971)
Zeit	Tangerine Dream	(1972)
Meddle	Pink Floyd	(1972)
Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	(1973)
Autobahn	Kraftwerk	(1974)
Station to Station	David Bowie	(1976)
In Search of the Ancient Gods	Absolute Elsewhere	(1976)
Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	(1979)
Fire of Love	The Gun Club	(1981)
Nebraska	Bruce Springsteen	(1982)
Noir et blanc	Zazou / Bikaye / CYI	(1983)
Power, Corruption & Lies	New Order	(1983)
Black Celebration	Depeche Mode	(1986)
The Trinity Session	Cowboy Junkies	(1988)
Take a Look Around	Masta Ace	(1990)
Possessed	Balanescu Quartet	(1992)
Sleep's Holy Mountain	Sleep	(1992)
The Chronic	Dr. Dre	(1992)
Black Sunday	Cypress Hill	(1993)
The Breeders	Last Splash	(1993)
The Downward Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	(1994)
Liquid Swords	GZA	(1995)
Oto	Fluke	(1995)
Filosofem	Burzum	(1996)
Endtroducing....	DJ Shadow	(1996)
Homework	Daft Punk	(1997)
The Fat of the Land	The Prodigy	(1997)
Come My Fanatics...	Electric Wizard	(1997)
Good Morning Spider	Sparklehorse	(1998)
Herbstleyd	Nargaroth	(1998)
I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in this Dump	Shivaree	(1999)
Busse Woods	Acid King	(1999)
New Mic Order	Task Force	(1999)
Wreckage	Overseer	(2002)
Machine Says Yes	FC Kahuna	(2002)
Conference of the Birds	Om	(2003)
Anniemal	Annie	(2004)
Destroy Rock & Roll	Mylo	(2004)
B/E/A/T/B/O/X	Glass Candy	(2007)
II	Desire	(2008)
Lamaze	Geneva Jacuzzi	(2010)
We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves	John Maus	(2011)
Total	SebastiAn	(2011)
Kill for Love	Chromatics	(2012)
OutRun	Kavinsky	(2013)

The selection above is based on both their consistency as a whole, plus a certain personal `feel', and the cultural space they span by being influential.

Just to make this more interesting, the list is constrained to only one entry per musician/band. Also, it's chronologically sorted.