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Patrick Wolf "Lycanthropy" (UK import)
Like the album by his musical friends The Hidden Cameras (no, really - he plays viola with them when they're in town), "Lycanthropy" was love at first listen for me. It's impossible to define his sound with one easy, all-encompassing genre - when a boy is equally at home with his laptop listening to Atari Teenage Riot as he is tuning his ukelele listening to Joni Mitchell, you know it's going to be like nothing you've ever heard before. The difference with Patrick, though, lies in his voice, as he begins the album in a hateful pit of despair, though always determined and brooding, and throughout the course of the album, defeats his tormentors and emerges into a bright ray of hope, not forgetting for one moment his earlier trials. The sum total is that the album fits together perfectly in one of those rare cases where you can't imagine the songs being in a different arrangement, or a single line being changed to become less unsettling or more radio-friendly. For about two weeks I was completely and utterly in thrall with this album, playing it on average four or five times per day (when I woke up, before and during breakfast, after work, in the evening, as I slept. Repeat.). I don't do this with every album, see, and it only happens when I fall in love with an album so deeply it becomes engrained in every activity, in every pore, and I can't escape the songs going around in my head (and I don't really want to). That the album has an undercurrent of the seedier, nastier side of life, and poor Patrick is beaten and spat on without ever giving up gives one a kind of detached, dirty view of the world - a far cry from the usual beach blanket bimbo albums that pass for "the perfect summer hit!", but makes up the Soundtrack To My Summer instead. 
Rufus Wainwright "Want One" (US)
Rufus has always been more NY,NY than the rest of his peers, but I get the feeling he's able to be more himself on each progressive record. This one finds him feeling more at ease with the piano, ditching the sequencers of previous "Poses" to move in a more Broadway and East Village angle. '14th Street' is the standout track, but there's no filler here. You could do worse than a tour of NYC comprised solely of Rufus's past albums. 
The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" (UK import)
No, it's NOT a bass, it's Jack's guitar, being all stealth-ninja! It's also a great song, though not as great as 'There's No Home For You Here', of course. Can't beat a psuedo-Queen revival in mine eyes.
Wainwright, Rufus "Poses"
My, how he's grown. This is the natural progression from the first album, and the only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't include 'Instant Pleasure' as a bonus track! But really, songs like 'Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk', 'California', and 'Shadows' completely make up for it.
Wainwright, Rufus (EU Import)
Listened to Scott's copy alot, and then I got my own. His songwriting speaks for itself on 'Foolish Love', 'April Fools', and 'Beauty Mark'.
Wauvenfold "On the Blink" (promo)
Ok, I only picked this out of the pile because of the cd case, which actually uses some advanced engineering principles and a great little push button to expel the cd frrom the case! And once you play the innards, you get a dose of blistering electronica. keen!
Wax Poetic (promo)
Got it because I've never actually heard Turkish music before. Pleasant surprises were in store. It's kinda like Talvin Singh or Badmarsh and Shri, but yet not really. Electronic and Eastern at the same time.
Webb Brothers "Beyond the Biosphere" (UK Import)
I really got into these guys with a sampler borrowed from the station, so I screamed with delight to find their first album budget priced! weee! It's got 'Cold Fingers', the title track, and 'I'm Over and I Know It'. fantastic.
Webb Brothers "I Can't Believe You're Gone" (UK promo)
One of my favourites off Maroon, and with some new pseudo-70s artwork. I can't wait to see what the Brothers do when 2 become 3 on the next album (little brother is joining!)
Webb Brothers "Maroon" (UK Import, signed)
It came out in the states right after I bought the import in England, so hopefully the American kiddos will start to realise how overlooked the brothers have been. This album has been in my house's stereo for weeks, with no hope of leaving soon. Literally 80% of this album could be number one hits. love it.
Webb Brothers "Summer People" (UK Import)
I saw these incredibly retro-mod brothers open for the Bluetones at Shepherd's Bush in 2000, and I didn't think much of their music until the Bluetones covered their song 'I'm Over and I Know It'. Then I started to download stuff, and this song was the best of the lot.
Ween "Chocolate and Cheese"
The only song worth listening to on here is "Voodoo Lady". Great song, but the rest sucks.
Weezer
I loved this when it first came out. It's still great, for songs like "In the Garage" and "My Name is Jonas". I don't know why they released "Say it Ain't So"; there are so many better songs.
Weezer "Island in the Sun" (EU promo)
Like a good daughter, I gave my mother the real single with the b-sides since she loves this song so much, and I sacrificed by only getting the one-track promo.
Weezer "Pinkerton"
Reaffirmed my Faith that they indeed are the greatest party band. I love "Tired of Sex" (Oh, how I can relate!), and of course, "El Scorcho"...
Weezer "The Green Album"
Fantastic, but too damn short!! I'll be just getting into it, having a great time (as it's definitely a good time album), and then it's done. wtf? Weezer's double albums could fit onto one disc.
Whale "Four Big Speakers" (UK promo)
I remembered the video from 120 Minutes a few years ago, and also when their 'Young, Dumb, and Full of Cum' song piqued my interest.
White Stripes "7 Nation Army" (UK import)
The title track is fantastic. period. The "is it or isn't it a bass" debate has now been thoroughly squashed, and Elephant rests high in the public's Top Ten lists (Top Ten of anything, really). But the b-sides? So memorable I can't remember what they sound like. At all.
White Stripes "Fell In Love With A Girl" cd2 (UK Import)
This was the first song of theirs I really liked, and a big WS fan gave me this to get me into them further. Not that it did, but eventually the album sucked me in, which this Bob Dylan cover (included as a b-side) failed to do.
White Stripes "Hardest Button to Button" (UK import)
While the A-side is one of the highlights of "Elephant", the real reason for this single lies in Michel Gondry's brilliant video (okay, you got me - it's also one of the reasons for buying his dvd collection). The stop motion, the inner city "scenery", and the pairing between him and Jack&Meg just work so well. It's not every day that a great song gets such deserving treatment.
White Stripes "White Blood Cells" (UK Import)
I didn't understand the fascination until I saw them live. I can't say that it's all true love for me even now, but I definitely see the importance in songs like 'Hotel Yorba', 'I Can Tell That We Are Going to Be Friends', and 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground'. But some, I still shake my head at.