Transcendent albums that must be listened to in whole and not as mere background music. (in no particular order)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Kid A - Radiohead
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Amnesiac - Radiohead
Teatro - Willie Nelson
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Majesty of the Blues - Wynton Marsalis
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Mystery White Boy - Jeff Buckley
Funeral - Arcade Fire