Which albums still seem "fresh" to you?
 

You know that feeling when you listen to an album for the first time? The uncertainty of where the music is going next, the surprise at a key change, the chills when the drums come in…. Which albums, if any, retain that feeling no matter how many times you've heard them? The only ones I can think of from my limited exploration of music are Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, the Eagles' Hotel California, and Brian Wilson's version of SMiLE.

Ornette Coleman's "Shape of Jazz to Come," Mr. Bungle's s/t, This Heat's discography, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica," and Fifty Foot Hose's "Cauldron" come to mind.

The only album that feels fresh for me every time is Leviathan by Mastodon.

Mainly because it is a concept album and they seem to encourage multiple listens.

It tells the Moby-Dick story and it does it very well.

snoop dogg-Bad 4 me still smells like purple weed and candy

Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Sage Francis - Human the Death Dance/A Healthy Distrust
Wu-tang Clan - 36 Chambers

These 4 albums come to mind. I've listened to each 50+ times and they just never get old.

pg.lost - Key
Elliott Smith - XO
Reinxeed - 1912
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King
Tool - 10,000 Days

Those few come to mind because whenever I listen to them, it's honestly like the first time I heard them.

Origa - Era of Queens. Never gets old.

All albums get overly familiar if I've listened to them too many times. The only things that truly still sound fresh to me are things I haven't been listening to for very long. That's not a flaw in the album, it's the way it is with things. To use the examples of Dark Side of the Moon and Hotel California from the OP: I've been listening to both those albums for about a third of a century. How can anything remain fresh that long?

Several albums by Can.
I also second Frownland's mention of This Heat.

Fresh is how a lot of people describe albums they feel are timeless, or just that good. But I think fresh is the wrong term to use, but that's just me. In my mind, there a just albums that I can revisit over and over, yet the charm or quality of those albums still stand out to me. Good luck finding a lot of music these days that can do that for you. Bunch of morons getting record deals anymore...

Give me hash over my list, I don't give a hoot. I like what I like.

Bush - any of their albums, I still say you've got them all wrong Urban
Simon Says - Shut Your Breath (a little nu-metal for you all, because good nu-metal exists...)
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance (In The White is a beautifully composed song), also their Viva Emptiness album...
Incubus - Make Yourself
Filter - Short Bus
Deftones - White Pony
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
A Perfect Circle -Mer De Noms
Karnivool - Sound Awake
Tool - Aenima, Lateralus

I need to go look through my music library for more...