A lot of albums come damn near close, but have that ONE track you always skip. I'm missing a ton of my favs here because of that rule (RH:Kid A - Tree Fingers, Pumpkins:Siamese Dream - Spaceboy).

Some bands put like 1 or 2 stinkers on an album every time, killing the vibe/flow. Some even manage to sneak like 1 bad chord progression/part into every good song they write, nearly ruining it (Alice in Chains, Soundgarden).

List based on straight listen, no skips + taking the listener somewhere. No flow disruption, but also not repetitive.

Did not list obvious (Beatles, LZ, PF) and most the already mentioned.

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Aeroplane over the Sea was one of those subtle, but deeply cerebral albums. Changed my whole view of recorded music. Doesn't need to be layered to death to be deep.

First listen usually goes "This isn't what I normally like, but I like it for a reason I don't know yet". Then you listen to it ad nauseam until it unwinds itself.

Same thing happened the first time I heard Sung Tongs by AnCo. Thought it was total trash hipster crap initially, but couldn't stop listening to it. I think all the best albums are like this, not too try hard about themselves, but capture the raw essence of what it is supposed to be. In other words, you believe what they're selling.