1. In Rainbows - I think this is Radiohead's most complete album, if not their finest. Maybe it's less ambitious than some of their other albums, but it's immediate and catchy in ways some of their other work isn't. Weird Fishes might be my favourite Radiohead track.
2. Kid A - The album that really made Radiohead Radiohead, after this album it felt like they had the license to release almost anything. They'd broken free from the label of "rock band".
3. Is This It - Radiohead and many of the others heavy hitters of the time were getting further and further away from the stereotypically rock sound as they felt it was played out and that there wasn't much more to explore in the area. But the Strokes embraced the genre and showed there was still room for bands like them.
4. Sound of Silver - At times it makes you want to dance, at other time it makes you want to collapse into your bed, longing for your lost youth and your old friends.
5. Elephant - Jack and Meg White play "simple" tracks. A lot of them are built off of one guitar riff or idea, but they get everything they can out of it and move onto the next track. Sometimes when I listen to this album I feel like it's a brilliant display of restraint, but there are other times where I wonder if they're holding back a bit too much, just so they have something for the next track. I actually think a lot Jack's best work came after The White Stripes, but this is a solid album.