Top 10: Influential Albums

I was tagged with "15 albums that made an impact on your life" just before I started the Top 10 topic. Since I'm lazy and 10 is conveniently less than 15 I've lopped off 33% of the workload. Also, I can't be bothered to actually arrange them by impact, so they are In No Particular Order. But because I'm just that cool, linkage is provided courtesy of Last.fm.

Live the Difference (Acquire The Fire)
My first personal CD, which I got while on a missions trip. It's when I really started listening to music.

The Heart of War (Jonah33)
One of the few CD's that I've actually bought. It's an unapologetically awesome mix of Christian "fight songs" and one of the best overall albums I've heard.

Kutless (Kutless)
The album that first got me into hard rock. "Your Touch" is to this day one of my favorite songs.

The Beautiful Letdown (Switchfoot)
One of the first albums that I really enjoyed, long before I owned it myself. Switchfoot was one of my early favorites and the first alternative rock band I listened to.

The Triptych (Demon Hunter)
The album that taught me to listen to metal(core). My library has never been quite the same.

Letters To The President (Hawk Nelson)
Another overall great album, and the one that kicked off my punk rock phase.

Spoken For (MercyMe)
Another very early album, and one of the few CCM artists that I listened to consistently.

Fireproof (Pillar)
Also pushed me into hard rock, and for quite a while was unquestionably my favorite album.

All The Right Reasons (Nickelback)
I had to throw a non-Christian band into the mix. "Savin' Me", "If Everyone Cared", "Photograph"... this album got me to start listening to mainstrean rock, and made me a Nickelback fan.

Unbreakable (Fireflight)
By mere coincidence, this is the album I was looking for when I found that Ruckus had been shut down, prompting me to save most of my music collection before it was too late.