Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To

I can count the number of recordings that I’ve "learned" to appreciate on the fingers of one hand. It’s extremely rare that revisiting music I didn’t enjoy the first time changes my mind.

As to The Band, the brown album is one of my all time favorites. Never did understand the appeal of Big Pink. Nor do I understand the need to champion The Band by declaring other artists inferior. The Band’s music speaks for itself. I certainly don’t regard EC as some ultimate arbiter of taste, given that so much of his output has been mediocre at best.

When I’m in the mood for Cream, The Band won’t scratch that itch and vice versa.

I like apples AND oranges.

I remember being 15 and buying Elvis Costello's "Get Happy".  Played the first song, took it off in disgust, and left it un-played for literally 30+ years.  Threw it on one night (after getting into his vast catalog) and was blown away by it. 20 two-minute songs that encompass a wide range of everything that is rock. Sometimes it just takes a little time to get it. 

@immatthewj Now you have me thinking of getting a good lp copy of Companion

Ten Song Demo is incredible, so amazingly great.

@simao  +1 on that!  If I had a TT, I know that I would have a few Patricia Barber LPs.  

Ten Song Demo is incredible, so amazingly great.

@rpeluso  , I find it hard to understand why that didn't hit me when I bought it almost 30 years ago!  I guess I was in another life-mode back then, and if a CD or song did not have a real catchy obvious grab-line, I put it (the CD) out of sight and then it was out of mind.  I am way happy I rediscovered it a few days ago.  There is a palpable quality to her voice on that one that is not there on all red books OR SACDs.  Maybe it's because of these new speakers that I am auditioning/breaking in . . . but if it is, it isn't happening on all my old red books I am trying to rediscover.