Slowly Learning...

So I have just completed one of the hardest tasks in my life. I have
narrowed my CDs down to a Top 17 list. This may not seem like much, but
when you have around 700 CDs this takes some work. I went by a couple
of simple rules in creating the list too. 1: I must own a copy of the
CD (burnt or offical); 2: These would be the CDs I would keep if I were
forced into a life that allowed me only 17 different albums. With that
said and done I am proud to say that I have completed the list! Now it
took me way too long to narrow it down to 17 as it is, so I've decided
to just list them alphabetically and assume that they are all equally
good. The only exception to this is my all-time top CD which holds
tightly to its #1 ranking. Some of the close calls to the list
included:
Daft Punk - Discovery, DJ Qbert - Wave Twisters, DJ Shadow - The Private
Press, Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy, Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long
Way Baby, Gorillaz - Gorillaz, Keoki - Disco Death Race 2000, Last of
the Mohicans - OST, Mocean Worker - Mixed Emotional Features, Nirvana -
Nevermind, Orbnital - Middle of Nowhere, Prodigy - Experience, Sasha -
AirDrawnDagger, They Might Be Giants - Then: The Earlier Years, and Tool
- Aenima.

And the Official List:

1: Ani Difranco - "Little Plastic Castle"
&
2-17:
Air - Moon Safari
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Blur - 13
Cibo Matto - Stereo Type A
Guster - Lost and Gone Forever
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Messiah - Messiah
William Orbit - Pieces in Modern Style
Radiohead - OK Computer
REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol. 1-5
Serial Experiment Lain - OST
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
U2 - Pop
Weezer - Pinkerton

I know there will be many of you out there who will scoff at my list,
but I stand by it. These are the 17 CDs (or sets of CDs) that I would
choose if I were forced to massively cut down my collection. Or
including the ones that almost made it I guess it could be considered my
top 34 List. Either way I am relatively satisfied with what I've come
up with, and am willing to strongly defend it. If, however, you wish to
debate this with me I'm more than open to that. And who knows, maybe
you'll be able to change my mind and get me to change the list (though I
highly doubt this, you're more than welcome to try).

Coming soon...My Top 13 DVDs