This question has come up a couple of times recently and it really made me dig through my music collection. My criteria was that I could listen to every single song on the album on repeat now and not get sick of it, for the album to even come close to making the list.

In the process I also felt like I had to split my rock and hip hop sides as to not unfairly compare one side with the other.

So here are my personal favourite Top Albums (in no particular order).

Hip Hop:

• Blue Scholars - Bayani (2004)
• Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)
• Lyrics Born - Everywhere At Once (2008)
• Hail Mary Mallon - Are You Gonna Eat That? (2011)
• Common - Finding Forever (2007)

Rock:

• Chevelle - This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In) (2004)
• Armor For Sleep - What To Do When You Are Dead (2005)
• Beck - Guero (2005)
• Weezer - Pinkerton (1996)
• Silversun Pickups - Carnavas (2006)

Honourable Mentions:

• Deftones - Diamond Eyes (2010)
• Linkin Park - Meteora (2003)
• Wax and EOM - Liquid Courage (2008)
• The Offspring - Conspiracy of One (2000)
• blink-182 - Enema Of The State (1999)
• Taproot - Welcome (2002)
• Trapt - Someone In Control (2005)
• Common Market - Tobacco Road (2008)
• Ugly Duckling - Fresh Mode (1999)
• Grives - Together/Apart (2011)