Music for Posterity

Okay, so as I've contemplated succumbing to my deeply ingrained white-person impulse to buy a vinyl player, I've seen thinking about musical posterity. Let's face it: most of us find the vast majority of radio-play music awful. Simply awful. And the sad truth is that the "best" of that (of which there are a few okay songs, I guess) are going to be on the "oldies" station someday when our kids are starting to drive--unless everyone just has satellite radio, or mp3 jacks into their brains.

So I was thinking, what is the music from my time (90s on) that I would want to wave crotchetily at my kids and say, "THIS was around! This was the good stuff back in my day, even if it's not getting played on the radio!" And, while I would by no means consider this the final list, this is at least the product of one good thought-session on the matter. In no particular order:

Counting Crows- August and Everything After

MewithoutYou- Brother, Sister

Sufjan Stevens- Seven Swans

Josh Ritter- The Animal Years

Iron and Wine- Our Endless Numbered Days

And this list kinda hurts: I'd love to be able to squeeze more on here. But this is, in my opinion, the really good stuff, the albums I would want my kids to know existed. And so for you, dear friends:

What would your list for posterity be? What would be your top five albums (from the 90s forward; the good old stuff will still be around) that you want your kids to know about someday?