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Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You

I'd love to hear about records you own that left you cold or disappointed when you first heard them but really grew on you with time. I'll give two examples.
The first is Paul Simon's collaboration with Brian Eno from 2006 entitled "Surprise." I really, really disliked it at first – so much of it felt to me like noise. But over time, I came to appreciate it.
The second is Donald Fagen's "Sunken Condos." I am such a huge fan of him and Steely Dan that I was shocked by how little affection I felt for that record when I first heard it. Now, the better part of two years later, there are songs on the album that I can't get enough of. Strange how this happens…
Your examples?
rebbi
2channel8
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crazyeddy,
I can relate to what you are saying. But there are some songs that got my attention the first time I heard them and I still haven't gotten enough of them. This thread seeks to identify those recordings.

But I, too, have a box full of 'What the F was I thinking?' recordings.
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jafant
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Pop music related;
circa 1986/87 George Michael left his musical partner Andrew Ridgely in the Pop duo- Wham! GM would venture out solo, delivered "Faith". It took me a year or so to fully grasp this masterpiece. (6) #1 hits made him a mega-star. This was territory for Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson.
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jafant
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Rock music related;
as the 80's came into a close and the 1990's began, I was still into Hard Rock and Metal!  Well, a new genre was being hyped for the mainstream, it was coined, "Grunge". Nirvana, Soundgarden and a band called Pearl Jam lead the changing of the guard.

I caught onto both Nirvana & Soundgarden early on. Pearl Jam "Ten" however took a little longer to grasp. Another year would pass before I truly grasped this release.  As this music flooded the air waves and MTV, I caved into submission.  After 10 years since its release, we now know that, it is a masterpiece. Still holds up in 2016.
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fourwnds
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I just recently, yesterday actually, put on Ornette's-This is our Music. I am really surprised how much I enjoyed it. Especially considering how I felt about it over 7 years ago when I first picked it up. Id listen to it only very occasionally to see if anything changed. Until yesterday I was ambivalent. My system is better now, maybe I'm a better listener now I don't know. But, I'm gonna put it on again right now and see if side two speaks to me like side 1 did. 

As as a band the Grateful Dead were not something I took a shine to, initially, at all. What is the big F'n deal was my exact attitude. As it turns out they and the rest of the dead family offshoots of the band have been over the course of it a very cool part of my life musically and I have had the honor to have experienced some of the best most joyful experiences of my life at shows. All the while I might add never taking anything stronger than a cup of coffee, a few beers and/or a bit of weed. 
czarivey
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Jah Wobble/Evan Parker "Passage To Hades" -- extremely sophisticated mixture of jazz, avangard and Irish folk.
 
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