This is a very difficult decision to make. I certainly feel there are more than three albums that qualify as best albums ever made.
However, if we can only choose three, here are mine:
Janet Jackson,
The Velvet Rope. If it weren't for this album, then I would place Janet's prior album,
janet., in this spot, as it was, until
The Velvet Rope, one of the best albums I have ever heard. However,
The Velvet Rope takes what Janet Jackson did with
janet., and goes all the way. An amazing album, from start to finish, with awesome production value. Songs such as "You", "Got 'Til It's Gone", "What About", "Everytime", "I Get Lonely", and "Rope Burn" are simply brilliant, sexy, angst ridden, and beautiful. Janet Jackson hasn't made an album, since, that even comes close to
The Velvet Rope.
This is Madonna in rare form. From the outside, people will view this album as Madonna's "sex filled" album, but, it is far more than that. This is probably the most underrated album of her career. Sure, the titles of the tracks, such as "Erotica", "Deeper and Deeper", "Where Life Begins", and "Why's It So Hard" may drip of sex and lust, but, listen to the words, and you'll see that
Erotica is really an album about love, both found and lost, and about the yearning for love. In fact, "Why's It So Hard" is a song about why it is so hard for us to love each other, and get along. In "Deeper and Deeper", Madonna sings about falling further in love with the object of her desire. The title track is very much a sexual song, but, it's a darn good one. Sure, there are a few references to sex, but, the album does not spend its entire focus on it. There's also the beautiful ballad, "Rain", which is one of Madonna's most heartfelt songs.
I choose another Madonna album in my top three, because this is simply one of the finest albums produced, by any artist. Madonna, who is now a mother, and in the midst of her spiritual journey in life, dabbles in electronica. She brings heart and soul to a genre that is typically without soul. She also sounds better than ever, as she benefits from the voice training she went through for
Evita. The album begins with the stirring, and aching "Drowned World/Substitute For Love", then dives into the state of the world with "Swim", before pulling into full gear with the very catchy title track, "Ray Of Light", which gave Madonna another top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album follows with one great track after another. "Skin", "Nothing Really Matters", "Frozen" (hauntingly beautiful), "The Power of Good-bye" (another beautiful ballad), and "To Have And Not To Hold" (such beautiful longing),
Ray Of Light is a true masterpiece.
There you have them. Three albums that I believe should be in every music lovers collection. Please, check them out, and give them a listen. I believe that you will hear in them what I find so great about them.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't think of you while posting my list...but these are just the albums I listen to the most and that the songs mean the most to me...When I typed my post, initially I was trying to say something about how it's just my opinion...so you wouldn't get mad and start a rant, haha (you meaning you & others)...but I couldn't word it properly. 
