Those rare albums that are great on first listen.

Some Albums I have always liked from the first time I heard them.  There are a lot more if I took more time to think about it...

Surrealistic Pillow, The Jefferson Airplane

Truth, Jeff Beck

The Pretender, Jackson Browne

Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

Rubber Soul, The Beatles

Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt

Music for the Mind and Body, Country Joe and the Fish

High Tide and Green Grass, The Rolling Stones

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

Santana, Santana

Aftermath, The Rolling Stones

Unchained Melody: Very Best of the Righteous Brothers

The Best of the Animals, The Animals

CS&N, CS&N

Dire Straits, Dire Straits

Runaround Sue, Dion

The Best of Ray Charles, Ray Charles

The Doors, The Doors

Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones

East West, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel

Boston, Boston

Bitches Brew, Miles Davis

The Koln Concert, Keith Jarrett

Blue, Cassandra Wilson

Sarah Vaughn, Sarah Vaughn

Bright Size Life, Pat Methany

Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Bill Evans

 

 

 

 

 

Son Volt, Trace & Fink, Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet are two good ones that captivated me on 1st listen. David Bowie, Young Americans is a good one too

Any Sarah Shook and The Disarmers 

Bowie "Black Star"

@taheeti 

Audiogon messages don't allow a reply. Some issue with security. 

Anyway, when I listened to Sardonicus on vinyl I was not in a state of mind to notice anything but the music. I would have assumed any sound was intentional.

Never had the CD but it sounds good on streaming. 

Many albums are challenging and are an acquired taste, but ultimately the most rewarding. BUT some albums are great just from the first time!

• The Clash - London Calling
• Beatles - Abbey Road
• REM: Reckoning
• The Who - Tommy
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Generation X - self titled
• The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
• Supertramp - Breakfast in America
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus etc.
• Rush - Moving Pictures
• The Cars - The Cars

Not expecting to break any new ground with that list.