Great Music to Intro Non-Audiophiles to the Hobby

The Pink Floyd sound much better from the vinyl than from the CD imo.
I would suggest the inevitable Patricia Barber and some Cassandra Wilson's albums like: Blue light 'til dawn, Traveling Miles, Thunderbird, Glamoured...

In case if you want to impress gay you should spin some Abba or Be gees tracks.

Here is a handful of my favorite CD's that I use for pleasure and for doing reviews:

Ingrid Michaelson: Everybody

Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk (If, like me you don't mind Laurie's vocals it's some great well-recorded music)

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11

Jack Johnson: En Concert (taken from his many live concerts)

Regina Spektor: What we Saw from the Cheap Seats (nice pop music... good piano, arrangements, and Regina's cute & dramatic vocals)

I'd also like to second Cassandra Wilson's "New Moon Daughter" It's a fantastic, spooky-good recording... great music and Cassandra's powerful vocal performance!

Joni Mitchell / Blue. It doesn't get any more personal than this recording. You feel like she's singing to you and you only.

Cannonball Adderley / Something Else. This is a jazz album that has such cross over appeal from Miles being on it to living up to the old axiom "I't don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." well it does.

War / The World is a Ghetto. Side two of this album which features the albums title just builds and builds,layer upon layer with lee oskar's harmonica riding above it all. On an audiophile system it is majestic.

Richard Thompson / Rumor and Sigh. If there ever was a perfect album this is it,not a bad song to be found. These songs have more hooks than a fishermen's tackle box.

All these recordings were done imo to perfection and offer a person moments of what our hobby is about,reproducing the emotion in the music.