Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One.

Ah...another Steely Dan Fan!  So sad that Walter is no longer with us.

Depends on the time of the year....the season.  I have different favorites depending on the time of the year.  I can listen to Steely Dan really most anytime and be happy.  Pink Floyd & Alan Parsons in the winter months.  I have the girl/women groups/singers all grouped together in the front of my collection and lean on them in the spring.  The CD player is currently stacked full of Xmas Music, mostly Mannheim Steamroller..  Bob James type music in the late summer/fall.  On bluetooth, with Pandora, at the pool in the hot summer, I like to listen to the Steely Dan channel, which is well rounded with a lot of similar artists....At the end of the day not one specific band or group or album is my absolute favorite.  You'll wind up with quite a few different likes from responding folks, I'm sure....Good post though!

Captain Beefheart's Mirror Man! Back in the Days of Yore I put this on the GE console while my family was having Thanksgiving dinner! It fit the mood well at low volume! An undisputed classic from the Captain!

One album !  Only one album !!

It's easy to narrow it down to some ,  Beethoven's Symphonies 5, 6, 7 & 9  or       "Poet a tribute to Townes Van Zandt " or Santana's  " Abraxas "  or                         Lou Reed's  " Rock and Roll Animal "                                                                          but the one would be David Crosby's  " If I Could Only Remember My Name "

Begs Raises the question.

Begs the question, What is Hip?

Some info on Steve Hoffman forums on the Rhino series. 

Everly Brothers- A Date With The Everly Brothers. 
 

Aretha Franklin- Greatest Hits on Atlantic.