Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
A quantum leap past their debut album - which I thought was a decent, fun record, but nothing special. The second the first track kicked in, I thought, "Holy shit, this the same fucking band?" The rest of the first half of the album goes back to their slower stuff, but it's still great. The second half of the album is what absolutely rocks my face off. Just a really fun album to listen to.
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
I'm not a massive NIN fan, so I can't say where I rank it among their albums, but I think the album is decent enough. The unfortunate part is that the short opening track, "Hyperpower" gets you ridiculously pumped and ready to rock, yet the album never quite makes it back to that level of awesomeness.
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
I come back to this album a lot. It's just awesome from start to finish. Listened to it at work today randomly.