There are really so many, it depends on my mood.  For me I would say any of the following:

Depeche Mode - 101

Oasis  - (What's the Story) Morning Glory

Radiohead  -The Best of

REM  - Document

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

The Verve - Urban Hymns

Looks like someone on TER, how I imagine they look. Just can't remember who...

Neo-Classical, anyway. Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome." There are four movements, so I'd maybe have to do some "pre-gaming," as it were. But the last movement, "The Pines of the Appian Way," is symbolic of a triumphant Roman Army passing by, so it starts quiet and builds and builds and builds until a triumphant finish.

Someday I'd love to have this playing while I'm...at work. If I could hold on to the end, it would really be something. Hopefully I can find another music lover out there...