I was just mucking around in iTunes and I made a playlist of albums that have an “average” rating of 5-stars (derived from the scores of the included songs). The list was kind of short, and included some that I didn’t expect. My at-work library doesn’t include all of my music either, but here are the results:

  • The Arcade Fire, “Funeral”
  • The Beatles, “Rubber Soul”
  • The Beatles, “1″
  • Beck, “Mutations”
  • Beck, “Odelay”
  • Belle & Sebastian, “The Life Pursuit”
  • The Clientele, “God Save the Clientele”
  • The Clientele, “Strange Geometry”
  • Daft Punk, “Discovery”
  • Espers, “II”
  • Herbert, “Bodily Functions”
  • Interpol, “Antics”
  • Interpol, “Turn on the Bright Lights”
  • Iron & Wine, “Our Endless Numbered Days”
  • Iron & Wine, “Woman King”
  • Kings of Convenience, “Riot on an Empty Street”
  • Kula Shaker, “K”
  • Kula Shaker, “Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts”
  • Led Zeppelin, “Houses of the Holy”
  • Led Zeppelin, “II”
  • Led Zeppelin, “IV”
  • Love, “Forever Changes”
  • The New Pornographers, “Twin Cinema”
  • Phoenix, “Alphabetical”
  • Pink Floyd, “Dark Side of the Moon”
  • Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”
  • The Postmarks, “The Postmarks”
  • Radiohead, “OK Computer”
  • RJD2, “Deadringer”
  • The Shins, “Chutes too Narrow”
  • The Stone Roses, “The Very Best of the Stone Roses”
  • Vampire Weekend, “Vampire Weekend”
  • Yes, “Close to the Edge”

I should clarify, this means that almost every song on these albums is one that I consider to be 4- or 5-star worthy. The above list is by no means complete, but it is a list of incredibly great music that I listen to a lot. For what it’s worth. :)