Oh boy. First, a few recommendations already made that I would second:
The Go-Betweens "16 Lovers Lane" although I'm not sure how obscure that is.
Japan: Tin Drum
The Residents: Commercial Album
Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
Since I tend to more obscure indie type bands my recommendations will go that way:
My first and the one I would make if you threatened to kill me unless I only make one is The Raincoats: Odyshape. This is an amazing album for the band on their second album with only one skilled musician. The songs are not the typical formula and so can be difficult. Two main writers/singers. I think the song: Shouting Out Loud is one of my all-time favorite songs but it is not an easy listen.
Thin White Rope is a really inventive great band that very few people paid attention to. All of their albums are good but the most complete is Sack Full of Silver.
Sleater Kinney's Dig Me Out when they were getting going is an awesome album.
The Jack Rubies: See the Money in My Smile is an album I bought by accident but ended up loving.
Another accidental purchase was Mutants: Fun Terminal. Kind of fun showy indie rock.
I don't know if this is obscure but it is Ultravox the John Foxx version, Systems of Romance. This album caused their label to drop them prior to the Midge Ure rebirth but, it is a dang great album and who knows what would have happened if people actually recognized that.
These are all older ones and I don't know how obscure the more recent stuff is because everything is on Spotify or something. Margaret Glaspy's Emotions and Math, Pip Blom's Boat, MIYNT's various albums (online), Crumb's Jinx,