1.  Book of Dreams  - The Steve Miller Band:   I have always been very into the Steve Miller Band and honestly this album is really the height of the band.  Some oddball favorites from it are The Stake and Babes in the Wood. 

2.  Now and Zen - Robert Plant:  This is a quintessential album from my teenage days.  I wore the cassette of this album out twice and I still like to listen to it today.  It is slightly overproduced, as was the style in the 80s, but songs like Clean, White, and Neat never fail me.

3.   The Division Bell - Pink Floyd:  While I have certainly listed to Dark Side of the Moon a lot, The Division Bell is really one of my favorite albums.  The only catch is this one has to be played in order for the impact to be felt.  Both myself and Weetabix really dig on this one.

4.  Cowboy Bebop OST 1 - Yoko Kanno:  While I like all three or four soundtrack albums from this anime, if I had to pick one, it would be OST 1.  Fun and different, Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts both do a wonderful job on this jazz and eclectic sound track.

5.  Reflections - Paul Van Dyk:  When ever I need electronica/trance/techno, Paul Van Dyk is the dude I turn to.  I often find it difficult to sort out who does what in this genre, but I have found Van Dyk's Reflections album unique enough to generally be recognizable and its always enjoyable. Great music for writing.

6. The Joshua Tree - U2:  I gotta go with UCB's sentiment on this one.  Overplayed to the point of insanity, but the tracks still get me to tap my toe.  As UCB indicated slightly embarrassing to admit, but then again I was the one shouting lyrics from this album in bars at the time.  Truly a great album, if overplayed like the Book of Dreams.

7.  Ten - Pearl Jam: Many a game of darts was thrown to tracks from this album.  The height of 90's Seattle music, and I dug on it hard.  I still like to listen to this album, although I admit to not being enamored to much of Pearl Jam's later stuff.

8.  Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots:  Classic tracks that I dig on hard like Vaseline and Interstate Love Song.  STP's lyrics didn't make much sense, but I dig on them all the same.  I played this one a lot while killing in the classic game Carmageddon.

9.  Flashback - .38 Special:  I know, I know, more classic rock.  But truth be told, this was part of my teenage sound-track.  The Flashback album is a greatest his compilation with all my favorite .38 Special tracks.  I blew out speakers listening to this album although it has lost some of its luster over the years.

10.  Hellsing RAID - Hellsing OST by Yasushi Ishii :  Another anime soundtrack, but this one rocks.  Nearly entirely instrumental, but full of energy and spirit.  Some of my favorites on this album is "Musical Play Smiling Rebellious Flower" and "The World Without Logos".  Excellent stuff.