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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Closer to center field

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson

Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur - Sisters & Brothers

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Pieta Brown - Freeway

Fairly recent releases of TheThird Mind and The Third Mind 2.  Psycho guitar just mesmerizing.

Scott Hamilton Trio - Live @ Pyatt Hall

Holly Cole - Don’t Smoke In Bed

Eva Cassidy - Nightbird

Acoustic Alchemy - Against the Grain

Gordon Lightfoot - Gord’s Gold

Melody Gardot - My One and Only Thrill

Peter Gabriel - So