Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums

Not sure if they fall within your requested category, but Massive Attack has put out some interesting material.

Some Electronic and Alternative classics, trying to stay away from the uber-obvious:

Alt:

Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation" - a prototypical indie album

My Bloody Valentine "Isn't Anything" and "Loveless" - texture guitar with androgynous vocals. Yielded the term "shoegazing"

The Cure "Head in the Door"

The Makeup "Sound Verite" - I am always at a loss of words for this band, but the bassist is the best looking woman alive.

Ministry "Psalm 69" - although I am hesitant laying this heaviness on audiophiles.

The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Psychocandy" - MBV precursor.

Jane's Addiction "Nothing Shocking" - Chili Peppers meets Metallica

Electronic:

Lords of Acid "Lust"

Aphex Twin Selected "Ambient Works 85-92"

After I picked the good ones (hehe) my friend threw out these "alternative" albums. She doesn't do electronic, and I barely do.

Yo La Tengo- "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One"
Interpol - "Turn on the Bright Lights"
Fugazi - "Repeater"
American Music Club - "United Kingdom"
Unrest- "Cath Carroll"
Beastie Boys- "Paul's Boutique"
Wheat - "Hope and Adams"
Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Bright Eyes - "Fevers & Mirrors"
Built to Spill - "Ancient Melodies of the Future"
Elliot Smith - "Figure 8"

Air,,Crystal Method,,Stereolab,

The idea of the thread was to get some ideas on good alt-rock and Electronic music. I don't think every audiophile listens to jazz, blues and classical.

It's very interesting seeing the early responses.

Jane's Addiction "Nothing Shocking"
Fatboy Slim, "Better Living Through Chemistry"

Are two in my top ten. I really haven't given it much thought myself I just kind of blurted out this post in hoping I could find some new music. I'll be checking out Crystal Method now for sure.

I also very much like the following

Massive Attack "Mezzanine"
Massive Attack "100th Window"
Nirvana "Unplugged"
Hole "Live through This"
Sublime "Sublime"
Radiohead "Bends"
RadioHead "Ok computer"

The majority of the stuff listed was well recorded. Simaudio even uses a track from the "Live Through This" album as reference material.