Tort-Weezer

I picked up Rivers Cuomo's new solo demo CD last night. For those unfamiliar with the geek-rock genre (See The Rentals; They Might be Giants; Fountains of Wayne), Cuomo is the lead singer of the rock group Weezer.
I'm not totally down with much of the music they've released in recent years, but their pre-millennium rockin' was stuff for the ages. Everyone knows 'Buddy Holly', 'The Sweater Song', etc., but the album Pinkerton rocked my socks (even when Rolling Stone named it one of the worst of 1996 then retroactively gave it a 5-star review ten years later) and was a formidable album of my high school years. I have two copies of it. One's autographed by the band. Totally geeked out on that one.
Well, Cuomo's demo album isn't earth shattering, but his warbly, insecure voice reminded me why my Sony Walkman was my most prized possession of my youth. So I got to thinking - what are the albums that have stood the test of time as the sounds of my formidable years? You know, those disks/cassettes/vinyl albums that stayed in the rotation just a little longer and never really wore out their welcome. They meant a little more and maybe got you through a tough time but putting on the headphones and tuning everything else out. Some kind of emotional renosance. You don't care, but here are mine with standout tracks in parethesis:

1. Weezer - Pinkerton (The Good Life, Tired of Sex) 1996
2. Velvet Underground - Loaded (Oh Sweet Nuthin'; Train Round the Bend; Sweet Jane) 1970
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (Where is My Mind; Gigantic) 1988
4. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Leave; Be Mine) 1996
5. Radiohead - OK Computer (Paranoid Android; Exit Music; No Surprises) 1996
6. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Somewhat Damaged; The Fragile) 1999
7. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind (Lovesick; Not Dark Yet) 1997
8. Nirvana - Unplugged in New York (Something in the Way; Where Did You Sleep Last Night)
9. The Beatles - the white album (I'm So Tired; Dear Prudence; Helter Skelter) 1968
10. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (Meet Me in the Morning; If You See Her, Say Hello) 1975
11. Pearl Jam - Ten (Black; Porch) 1991
12. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1979; Thirty-Three; Muzzle) 1995