Fela Kuti - Best Best of
this album just had to be the best foreign album of all time (even though it's a hits)...I can't imagine something better than this. This combines jazz, funk, and African music together.
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
latin album that was highly acclaimed in 1997, very very good.
Ravi Shankar - Sounds of India. This is supposedly his best album. He became popular in America after working with George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh.
pm me if you need a copy of any of these.