Okay, so I've worked it out with my top 25 albums of all time. I'm not happy with the list, but how could anyone ever be happy with such a list? And keep in mind here that I have certainly not listened to all or even many of what any music historian would call the greatest albums of all time. These are going to be the 25 that I have enjoyed the most, or have meant the most to me. But first I thought I would publish a list of albums that I considered that DID NOT MAKE THE TOP 25. So I will call these:

The Rest

AFI - The Art of Drowning
Animal Chin – 20 Minutes from Right Now
The Anniversary – Your Majesty
Armchair Martian – Who Wants to Play Bass?
Audio Karate – Lady Melody
Brother Ali – Shadows on the Sun
Cadillac Blindside – These Liquid Lungs
The Coup – Pick a Bigger Weapon
Dead to Me – Cuban Ballerina
Dillinger Four – Civil War
The Eagles – Desperado
Fifth Hour Hero – Not Revenge, Just a Vicious Crush
Filmmaker – An Invitation to an Accident
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
Gomez – In Our Gun
Good Riddance – Operation Phoenix
Iron and Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days
Laymen Terms – Drive to Nowhere: Verity’s Novel
Less than Jake – Anthem
Mad Caddies – Keep it Going
Manchester Orchestra – I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child
Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s – The Dust of Retreat
Propagandhi – Potemkin City Limits
Radiohead – OK Computer
Rancid - …And Out Come the Wolves
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
Rise Against – Revolutions Per Minute
RX Bandits – The Resignation
Elliott Smith – XO
Soundgarden – Down on the Upside
Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
Strung Out – Twisted by Design
Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
The Suicide Machines – A Match and Some Gasoline
Ted Leo + Pharmacists – Hearts of Oak
Thrice – The Illusion of Safety
Rocky Votolato – The Brag and Cuss
TV on the Radio – Dear Science

I'll post the actual top 25 later, when I've written a little something about each album. These above are great albums in their own right, the best album by each band listed. If you want, you should check them out.