most of my favourites have been mentioned already (there seems to be a general consensus on a few classic albums, and several of the recurring ones are debut albums ...) in no particular order: klf - chill out orb - adventures beyond the ultraworld massive attack - blue lines or mezzanine (don't ask me to decide) underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (great as the others are, this rules) orbital - anything except snivilisation (and maybe the alltogether) dj shadow - endtroducing TEXtures leftfield - leftism oh crap, i have to stop at 5... but that ignores aphex, fsol, coldcut/dj food, FSUK3 (GREAT hiphop mix album), anything by adam freeland, 2 lone swordsmen, system7, banco de gaia, DIV, chem bros, mr scruff ... aaaargh! i hate top 5 lists - my answers change from day to day (though most of the 8 albums above will always be near the top) I'm reading High Fidelity at the moment and like the top 5 lists they come up with in the book because they're quite specific and easier to answer, such as "Top 5 songs that are track one on side one" -- "Nothing is true. Everything is permissible." - Hassan i Sabbah