Is it alright if I list favorite albums instead? Opinions of artists and bands can shift from album to album.
Favorites for creativity / flow:
- Floating World by Anathallo
- Plastic Beach by Gorillaz
- Program Music 1 by Kashiwa Daisuke
- () by Sigur Ros
- Bon Iver (by Bon Iver)
Favorite albums overall:
- Floating World by Anathallo
- Era Extrana by Neon Indian
- Fleet Foxes (by Fleet Foxes)
- Program Music 1 by Kashiwa Daisuke
- Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Ros
- April.#02 by Kashiwa Daisuke
- Bon Iver (By Bon Iver)
- Valtari by Sigur Ros
- Plastic Beach by Gorillaz
- Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian
- In Light by Givers
- I Robot by Alan Parsons Project
- Sigh No More by Mumford and Sons
- () by Sigur Ros
That is in as good of a list as I can manage, and is sort-of in order of preference, but it's hard to prefer one over the other because they are all pretty excellent albums, not to mention many other albums that I want to list... *sigh*