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Top 3 songs to evaluate a system

Hi everyone,

So here is the question: what are your Top 3 music pieces to evaluate a system?

The songs should be complementary to cover a wider range of features, but not necessary. If you only listen to one type of music, it would make sense to only evaluate with this type.

Bonus: identify one good part of the piece where you pay extra attention because this is where the difference between systems is more visible.

I'll start:

Holly Cole Trio - Girl Talk - My Baby Just Cares For Me
Highlight: The vibrating cord at 1:59

MaMuse - All The Way - Glorious
Highlight - The clean guitar and the high drum beat that rythm the whole piece

Metallica - ... And Justice for All (Remastered) - One
Highlight - The first drums at 0:53, but the whole guitar as well


Doing this myself, I realize it's very hard to only pick 3!!

papyneau
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panzrwagn
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Anything from Aaron Neville's 1991 'Warm Your Heart', but 'Everybody Plays The Fool' is The One. Look at the talent: Linda Ronstadt produced the album and sings on 4 cuts, Rita Coolidge on 3. Ry Cooder, Bob Seger and Dr. John also play. Every instrument, every note, every syllable should sound spot on.

Diana Krall's 'A Case of You' from Her 'Live in Paris' album. Her voice should not get muddy or thick, and the piano should be solid, and anchored but her chords bloom.

Third Is a 3-way tie between The Eagles 'Hotel California', the Mark Knopfler/Emmy Lou Harris 'All the Roadrunning', and Emmy Lou Harris 'Deeper Well' from Spyboy.
pelle
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So many…..

Zappa - Pink Napkins (Shut up and play…) 
Muddy Waters - Home in the Delta (Folk Singer) 
Offenbach - Can Can (Gaîté Parisienne)
Grateful Dead - Ripple (American Beauty)
thekellers1
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Sean Rowe..follow your trail..Great baritone voice.  Bohemian Rapsody..lots of 3d imaging.  Rolling Stones- Melody..because music i know best makes me more qualified to evaluate.  

Mediterranean Sundance..Al Dimeola, delucia, Mclaughlin because it's blazing fast and dramatic 
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hilltoppa
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King Crimson - I talk to the wind   --  great for cybals, chimes and etc
Van Morrison - Almost independance day  - Can hear the foghorn in my bones when done right
Joni Mitchell - Slouching towards Bethlehem - Geat range of sound.
wormtosser
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Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra (this is not a joke, if you don't know!) Capitol Sessions album - "It Never Entered My Mind."  Till Bronner's flugelhorn for tonality. 

Pat Metheny "Secret Story" cut on album of same name for piano, and also for deep bass response from organ, well below lowest string on a bass.  

David Bowie "Let's Dance" Album, any cuts, to see how the speaker handles a recording with a bit of harshness in the treble.  Or "Let it Bleed" from the Stones same purpose. 
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