This summer, SoundProof has been asking Toronto-based music writers, photographers, bloggers and musicians for their picks of the Top 20 Toronto Albums Ever. The response has been fantastic and we're finally ready to unveil the list — as voted on by not only the SoundProof staff, but many of the fine folk at Torontoist, Carl Wilson from Zoilus and the Globe and Mail, Matthew Aaron Hart from the Russian Futurists, Greg Ipp from Are You Familiar? and Meghan Warby from 2nd Floor Living Without a Yard.

Now, we're by no means going to suggest that this is in any way an authoritative, complete or final list. We can tell you right now that no single person submitted a list that looked exactly like this one — and we imagine you wouldn't either. In fact, the most wonderful thing we've learned from putting this list together is just how much everyone disagrees on what the list should look like. Incredibly, more than 150 different albums received at least one vote, spanning years from as far back as 1955 to as recently as earlier this summer, and representing almost every conceivable genre of music: rock, pop, folk, jazz, hip hop, classical, electronica — even sound poetry and children's albums came up a couple of times.

So for SoundProof's part, we'll be using the list as a starting point for a whole lot of talking (and arguing and shouting) about all the downright fantastic albums Toronto artists have produced over the years — and are still producing today. Maybe you'll do the same.

So, without further delay, here's what's been going on in bedrooms and basements, garages and recording studios, restaurants, bars and clubs right outside your door: