All of my co-worker's were mysteriously away from their desks a few minutes ago... so instead of considering that they may be plotting my firing and/or murder, I decided to give myself 10 minutes to write out my favorite 25 records off the top of my head. Here's what I came up with, in no particular order (it ended up taking me 12 minutes because I accidentally wrote out 29 and had to remove four):

Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Plow United - s/t
Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
Screeching Weasel - Anthem for a New Tomorrow
Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Beezewax - South of Boredom
Superdrag - In The Valley of Dying Stars
Braid - Frame & Canvas
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
Superchunk - Here's to Shutting Up
Frodus - And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea
Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Q And Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Thermals - More Parts per Million
Les Savy Fav - Go Forth
Mogwai - Rock Action
Wrens - The Meadowlands
Sicko - Chef Boy R U Dum
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Starmarket - Sunday's Worst Enemy
Fig Dish - When Shove Goes Back to Push --