Those rare albums that are great on first listen.

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, Moondance

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles

Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark

R.E.M. - Murmur 

Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come 

David Bowie - Low, Blackstar

Roxy Music - Avalon

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Here are a few:

Every US Beatles album as it was released in the 1960s

Linda Ronstadt: Hasten down the Wind, Simple Dreams, Prisoner in Disguise, Heart like a Wheel, Mad Love

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Forever Changes - Love

It's a Beautiful Day - s/t

Warren Zevon - s/t

Mahler Symphonies 6 & 8 - Leonard Bernstein (first CBS CD release)

Mahler Symphony No. 2 - Simon Rattle CBSO; Bernstein DG; Abbado/Chicago

Mahler Symphony No. 3 - Bernstein, first CBS CD; Abbado/Vienna

The 35-minute sequence on disc 2 of the Beach Boys’ 1993 Good Vibrations box set that comprised what might have been released as SMiLe, had that LP been released in 1967. All I had known previously was the single "Heroes & Villains," which I dearly loved, even as the rock press of the day was referring to the Boys as "Doris Days on surfboards." Oh, what we had missed.

Going back in time again, I remember I felt that way about

Jimmy Buffet: Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes and Son Of A Sailor

Warren Zevon: Exciteable Boy

Dire Straits: the first side of Making Movies and all of Love Over Gold

and a bit more contemporary:

Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost Of Tom Joad

Josh Ritter Live At The Record Exchange EP

I also ignored posts with more than 5-6 suggestions

The playlist is supposed to be collaborative so feel free to add ONE song from the album you are recommending.

Oops! Sorry, @pinwa , I wasn’t paying attention to detail. I’ll come up with five songs from five of my many picks.

From Linda Ronstadt/Simple Dreams: Carmelita (tough to pick just one from that LP/CD)

From Jackson Browne/Running On Empty: Cocaine

From Cowboy Junkies/Black Eyed Man: Southern Rain

From Josh Ritter//Live At The Record Exchange EP: Girl In The War (however it is probably a cleaner sounding recording from the Josh Ritter/Girl In The War CD)

From Steve Earle/Guitar Town: Guitar Town

And since you said "5 or 6 picks" I will add Bob Dylan/Blood On The Tracks for my 6th pick, and the song I would choose from that is Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts

I am leaving my Lucinda Williams picks out of it, because for me to pick five songs by Lu would kill me . . . I would not no where to start.