Top 5 Best audiophile tracks to test equipment

Hats off to Twl. I've been using Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking, on the RLJ "Pirates" album since it's release. Some others are the first song on Terence Trent D'Arby's "Introducing..." album and "Human Nature" off Michael Jackson's "Thriller". My ultimate test is Joni Mitchells "Court and Spark" album. The target pattern pressing. It's far better then anything else I own. Including the vinyl, SACD, DVD-A, and DTS pressing I have of other contenders.

The original Chesky Demo disk is great, except that it seems to be recorded at an unusually low volume, so if the power is marginal in the system, this demo disk will exacerbate the power problem.

What's great about this disk is the wide range of music, it seems to test just about everything I seek to test, all in one disk so I can shake out a component or system fairly quickly.

Art

Uncle Tupelo, Moonshiner on March 16th - 20th
Uncle Tupelo, Sandusky on March 16th - 20th
Wilco, I'm trying to break your heart on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The new Nine Inch Nails album
Mark Knoplfer 5:15AM on Shangri La
and some Norah Jones to check out female vocals.

The "O Brother where art thou" movie soundtrack cd is handy for its wide the range of very different tracks that give you a feel for different things.
If I have to pick a particular test track it is maybe "Down to the river to pray".
While you've got the Dire Straits out, I'd also have to hear "The Man's Too strong".