mine is probly a typical generation x list:
currently playing: Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
Ok, 10 is hard, but here’s a bunch that I liked at some point in my life and still like to this day.
So many omissions, though.
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Arial Pink - Pom Pom
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Marvin Gay - Whats going on
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura
Ry Cooder - Paris Texas (soundtrack)
American Music Club / Everclear
Yo La Tengo / Fakebook
Prince / Sign O’ The Times
The Vulgar Boatmen / Please Panic
Ry Cooder / Paris, Texas
The Replacements / Let It Be
The National / Trouble Will Find Me
Beastie Boys / Paul’s Boutique
De La Soul / De La Soul Is Dead
Joni Mitchell / Blue
(and I’ll sneak in Def Leppard / Pyromania, Metallica / Master of Puppets and/or Grateful Dead / American Beauty)
Ugh, edited because I’m too ashamed I forgot
Fleetwood Mac / Tusk
Talk Talk / Laughing Stock
The Blue Nile / Hats
Rickie Lee Jones / Flying Cowboys
The Church / Starfish… it goes on and on…
one set of influential records:
miseri lares
grm works [ferreyra]
comme un seul narcisse
konoyo
loop finding jazz records
paralell/greyscale
bellows
by the throat
jeck’s “7”
space/time redemption
Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
Herbie Hancock – Headhunters
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Joni Mitchell – Hejira
Sly Stone – Fresh
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
Steely Dan – Aja
Bjork – Vespertine
Jaga Jazzist - The Stix
Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
D’angelo – Voodoo
My peak year for obsessive listening was probably 1988, so naturally a lot of the albums that never left my walkman were from around then…
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
American Music Club - California
AR Kane - 69
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
Portishead - Dummy
Mogwai - Young Team
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
The Associates - Sulk
Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By
Pink Floyd -Wish You Were Here
Tangerine Dream-Stratosfear
David Bowie-Aladdin Sane
Kraftwerk-Autobahn
Jean-Michelle Jarre-Oxygene
Talking Heads-Remain In Light
Scientist-Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires
Biosphere-Substrata
Hawkwind-Space Ritual
Alva Noto-Xerrox Vol. 2
King Crimson - Red
Morphine - Night
Nomeansno - Wrong
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
The Wolfgang Press - Bird Wood Cage
The Residents - Not Available
Portishead - Live at Roseland NYC
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Neurosis - Times of Grace
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Most of it is pretty main stream.
Most listened - Most influential
Notable mentions
Ohh, nice!
Most influential Top 10 (and favorite track)
Joe Satriani - Time Machine (my first CD back in the 90’s and the reason I still play guitar today - https://youtu.be/rE3OqH2ax5o)
Silje Nergaard - At first light (https://youtu.be/0Flpv1JRrIU)
Steely Dan - Alive in America (https://youtu.be/nfyZBJ2IEkA)
Keziah Jones - Blufunk is a fact (https://youtu.be/G_LTPsKoKPw)
Jamiroquai - Travelling wothout moving (https://youtu.be/OeTFAiYbR9o)
John Mayer - Room for Squares (https://youtu.be/eXBNx9JL-_w)
Röyksopp - Melody AM (Sparks - YouTube)
Mutemath - Mutemath (Mutemath - Chaos [Official Music Video] - YouTube)
Phoenix - Alphabetical (https://youtu.be/qebVIODksSg)
Tom Misch - What Kinda Music (the latest addition to this list, what a brilliant album - https://youtu.be/o-llwv4pLrg)
This is a good list
-orb uf orb
-artificial intelligence 2 warp
How did I miss this album in my list?
how did I miss this album in my list? 
Esthero Breath from Another is on my list as well
Wow, NoMeansNo - did not expect to see them listed here! One of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. Pure power and they were really influential on the band I was in years ago.
Also, Wolfgang Press were one of the first bands I saw live, supporting Pixies. 
Great list
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Level 42 - Pursuit of Accidents
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Autechre - Incunabula
Autechre - Amber
Autechre - Untilted
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satirycon
Fila Brazilia - Old Codes New Chaos
subject to change based on mood, but these have/are played to death