Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes


How about a short list of albums that shaped your listening from early on in your life?

Not just albums that became favorites (though they could be now). Let's call them historical turning points for you that shaped you as a listener, now.

Me:
  • Quadrophenia or Who's Next
  • Sgt Peppers Beatles
  • Floyd, Wish you were here
  • Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick
  • Metheny, Offramp
  • Glenn Gould, Goldberg variations
  • Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
GO!
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As I look back at my list, I can’t believe I left off Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Jackson Browne, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Moody Blues, Van Morrison, CSNY...it never ends! I still feel like I’m forgetting someone.
Caravan- in the land of grey and pink
Robert Wyatt- Rock bottom
Magma- self titled
McDonald and Giles- self titled
Kevin Ayers- Whatevershebringswesing
Cream- Disraely gears
Edgar Broughton band- self titled
Pete Brown and Piblokto- Thousand on a raft
Lovecraft- Valley of the moon
NIN- Pretty hate machine
Pretty things- SF Sorrow
Procol Harum- Shine on brightly
Red hot chili peppers- blood sugar sex magik
Spirit- twelve dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Tempest- self titled
Supertramp- Crime of the century
Zappa- Apostrophe
To name a few :)
As a guitarist, stumbling across Mississippi John Hurt's 1928 recordings on Okeh Records was life altering in terms of a vibe I wanted to integrate into my playing.  It became total comfort food for my soul while playing it or listening to it.  Country blues and John Hurt really only make less 1% of what I listen to now as my interests are truly diverse but that was a lifechanging album for me for sure.
Silly Sisters - June Tabor & Maddy Prior et al.
The Power of the Organ - Robert G. Owen, organist
Fire on the Mountain - The Highwoods Stringband
The Bothy Band 1975: The First Album - The Bothy Band
Medieval Roots - The New York Pro Musica
Historic Organs of Spain - E. Power Biggs
Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
Anthology of American Folk Music - The Harry Smith Collection
The Doors - The Doors
Switched-On Bach - Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Several titles - David Munrow & The Early Music Consort of London
The Dillards ‎– Live... Almost - The Dillards
Et many al.