This is an interesting question. I would not say my favorite albums have had a lot of influence in my life. I just like how they sound and the way I feel while I listen to the music. I love listening to them, but do not think about them much when I am not actually listening to them. The single album that has had the most influence in my life is Trevor Hall. I am not religious at all. I often struggle to understand why people are religious. There is something about this album that allows me to better comprehend the perspective of people that are religious. This album changed my life by making me a little less judgmental and a lot more tolerant of something I did not understand.
That's a great perspective! I asked this question instead of favorite albums because that usually generates a lot of the same answers, but an influential album has just as much to do with the place or situation in which you are listening to it as the actual music itself. Great reply!