So, I originally wrote a little blurb for the first 20 albums, but Sputnik decided to be an asshole. So, here's a list. Not in any real order outside of the first few.
That's my problem with making lists like this. Whenever I try, I always feel like I'm missing something that's important to me that I maybe haven't heard in a while. Anyhow this is a fantastic list all the same. I'll definitely be checking out a few of these bands.
Absolutely agree. 5, 6, 29 and 56 would probably be somewhere on my list. Love those albums. I love a lot of the bands you have listed too, but I'd pick different albums (for instance, with Deftones, I prefer Diamond Eyes over White Pony).
Yeah, I know there aren't a ton of female musicians. Far from intentional however, it just kind of happened. This list was made pretty much organically off the top of my head, as was my other one. I figured if I think of it off the top of my head, it deserves to be called one of my favorites.