Your Go to CD to Impress

As I've listened over the years to my CDs I've noted specific tracks along the way which sound spectacular on my system (some CDs, though have terrific music, have zero impressive tracks). Thus, my visitor can select any genre or performer and I am able to cherry pick specific tracks which are especially good sounding. For example:
Female jazz singer? Karrin Allyson, "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane", any tracks 2,5,6,9.
Male jazz singer? Mark Murphy, "Once to Every Heart", track 5.
Jazz? Rahsaan Roland Kirk, "Inflated Tear", track 2.
Rock? Alice Cooper, "Love it to Death" (Audio Fidelity Gold), track 1.
Blues? Albert King, "Live Wire/Blues Power" (MFSL Gold), track 4.
Pop? Jenny Lewis, "Acid Tongue", tracks 3,4.
etc. 

Nils Lofgren: Acoustic LIVE, Mannheim Steamroller: Fresh Aire 7, Pink Floyd: DSoTM.

Shirley Horn: You Won’t Forget Me Track 11
SRV: Tin Pan Alley from "Couldn’t Stand the Weather" (vinyl or SACD)
Jack Johnson: Brushfire Fairytales Track 1
Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session Track 5, 10, and 12
Dire Straits: Fade to Black and You and Your Friends from "On Every Street" (vinyl or SHM CD)
Chet Baker: Silent Nights (Christmas)

 

  your CD of choice my friend?

You asked what I'd play for friends in your topic and I still stick by "what they want to hear". My go to music, for my own enjoyment, would have to be any of my Steely Dan or Dire Straits SHM-SACD's.

@nonoise,tpreaves : Yours is the Best answer! Its only when my guests hear "their" tunes thru my stereo that they start paying attention. Me playing them Dead Can Dance usually resulted in a polite comment to the effect that I am one creepy dude ;-(