Those rare albums that are great on first listen.


You know the ones. They blow your mind and make you glad you're an audiophile.

Share your favorites.

For me it’s usually some style or vibe I haven’t heard before. My list so far is around 20, but I’ll keep it to my top 5. Feel free to share as many as you like.

!. Poe ‘Haunted’
2. Spirit “Twelve dreams of Dr. Sardonicus’
3. Midlake ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’
4.Tori Amos ‘Little Earthquakes’
5. Skindive  ‘Skindive’

 

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Greg Brown - "Dream Cafe" album.

Hans Theesink - "Songs of the Southland" album.

David Munyon - "Big Shoes" album.

Frank Sinatra - "Wee Small Hours" album

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - "Jerry Garcia and David Grisman" album.

Leonard Cohen - "Old Ideas" album

Deuter - "Goddess."

Aretha Franklin - "Let Me In Your Life" album.

John Zorn - "A Garden of Forking Paths" album.

Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle Orchestra - "What's New" album

Madeleine Peyroux - "The Blue Room" album

Stop me before I kill again!

 

Jackson Browne - "For Everyman"

Lloyd Cole & Commotions - "Rattlesnakes"

Crack the Sky - "Crack the Sky"

Dixie Dregs - "What If"

Mark Eitzel - "60 Watt Silver Lining"

Robin Lane & Chartbusters - "Imitation Life"

Leadon - Georgiades Band - "Natural Progressions"

Love - "Forever Changes"

Joni Mitchell - "Court and Spark"

Prefab Sprout - "Two Wheels Good" (aka, "Steve McQueen")

Tom Petty- Tom Petty
Tom Petty- You're Goinna Get It!
Tom Petty- Damn The Torpedoes
Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced
Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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