What are the 10 albums that defined music for you early on in your development as a musician?

[Bad Robot]

The Beatles' catalog; can't pick just a couple...

The Stones' Hot Rocks;

Led Zep IV;

Genesis-Trick of the Tail;

Floyd-Wish You Were Here;

Bowie-Diamond Dogs;

Hendrix-Are You Experienced?

Floyd-Meddle;

Stones-Beggars Banquet;

Stones-Exile On Mainstreet.

 

[Knutsaq]

Difficult to pick just 10, but these are not only the ones that leap immediately to mind: I still regularly listen to them all:

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Kiss - Destroyer
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Rush - All The World's A Stage
Aerosmith - Rocks
ZZ TOP - Fandango
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road
Yes - Close To The Edge
AC/DC - Highway to Hell

[Lonnie99]

Leftoverture by Kansas by a wide margin.

Back in Black and Nevermind runners up.

[Rain85]

It's hard to name albums, I relate more to artists then specific albums. The list is roughly ranked in magnitude of influence (Most influential 1, Least Influential 8). 

1) Pink Floyd

2) Radiohead

3) Damien Rice

4) A Perfect Circle

5) Creed

6) Linkin Park 

7) Oasis

8) Switchfoot 

9) U2

[Cougher]

1. Nirvana - Nevermind (and everything else by them)
2. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven (and everything else by them)

3. Alice in Chains - Dirt (and everything else by them)

4. Green Day - Dookie

5. The Doors - Strange Days

6. Metallica - ...And Justice for All

7. Marcy Playground - self titled

8. Korn - self titled

9. Led Zeppelin - I, II, IV

10. The Beatles - One

11. Pink Floyd - DSOTM