I have recently settled on my sugar, spice, and everything nice albums. These are the albums that if you mix together and add chemical X will cause me to emerge from a cauldron like a rag doll powepuff girl.
These albums are Cut by The Slits, LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem, and The Idler Wheel by Fiona Apple.
The thing these albums have in common is their whimsy despite content. There is whimsy in playing with every instrument possible. In experimenting with form, defying genre, and making me want to dance at the lobotomy farm.