It's about time to reignite the longest-running list in the history of the internet...

The White Stripes' debut record is like a homemade bomb going off in an empty oil drum lined with tin foil.  It's loud, it's raw and manohman does it kick some righteous ass.  CNN might credit the American auto industry for bringing Detroit back, but nobody really believes that.  Without the White Stripes, we probably would've annexed Michigan to Canada around 2005, and that would have been the right thing to do.    

Jack and Meg's cover of "Stop Breaking Down" is really all you need to know about this band - then and now.  This is punk versus the blues in a knockdown, dragout streetfight to the death.  

It is literally impossible to play this album loud enough.  Thank God for the White Stripes. 

Zeppelin Division:  I'm not even going to offend you with an explanation.

Honorable Mention: My Morning Jacket's The Tennessee Fire