I don't think Electric Ladyland is even the best Hendrix album!
As with so many people, he was better as a bluesman...

Some picks off the top of my head, from a multitude of genres:

Manu Chao - Clandestino
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Anything by Big Brother & the Holding Company
Lamb - Lamb
Portishead - Dummy
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Juana Molina - Tres Cosas
Miles Davies - Bitches Brew
Afro Celt Soundsystem - Anatomic
Gong - Radio Gnome Trilogy
Ernest Ranglin - Below The Bassline
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, or the first few Mothers albums
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk & Trout Mask Replica
Leftfield - Leftism
Led Zeppelin - I & II
John Martyn - Solid Air
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works
Soil & Pimp Sessions - Pimp Master


I could go on all day but actually have some work to do...

I'll probably keep revisiting the list and thinking 'shit, how did I miss that out?' but there'll be a few things there for you all to get your teeth into!

Edit: Cap'n, that Mahavishnu album is good but I much prefer the first two (as you may have guessed from the two albums featuring Billy Cobham I mentioned)
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 14:55, Reply)