This would not be considered definitive (though I'd hold it up against the list of any "expert"):
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johnde...s_of_all_time_
My 25 Favourite Albums of All Time
(one album per artist / listed preferentially)
1. Tusk (1979), Fleetwood Mac
2. Siren (1975), Roxy Music
3. Rubber Soul (1965), The Beatles
4. Bad Girls (1979), Donna Summer
5. Remain In Light (1980), Talking Heads
6. Very (1993), Pet Shop Boys
7. Fear of a Black Planet (1990), Public Enemy
8. Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985), Scritti Politti
9. You Are The Quarry (2004), Morrissey
10. Sticky Fingers (1971), The Rolling Stones
11. Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (1991), Son of Bazerk
12. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977), Sex Pistols
13. Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), The Smiths
14. Perhaps (1985), The Associates
15. Hounds of Love (1985), Kate Bush
16. Armed Forces (1979), Elvis Costello
17. Raise the Pressure (1996), Electronic
18. O(+> (1992), Prince
19. Blood on the Dance Floor (1997), Michael Jackson
20. You're All I Need (1968), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
21. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Bruce Springsteen
22. Playing With a Different Sex (1981), Au Pairs
23. Brotherhood (1986), New Order
24. Take It Off (1981), Chic
25. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976), Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band