Music Your Wife Will Really LISTEN To with you ?


It seems that many of us would like to have their wives/girlfriends/"significant others" more involved in the audiophile experience. To that end, I thought it might be interesting to compare notes on what pieces / types of music that we find they will actually sit back and REALLY LISTEN to in an "audiophile" kind of way. Maybe we can seduce our wives to come sit with us on the couch and listen a little bit more. And who knows where that could lead...

Here's a few that I recall my wife being wowed by, and some NOT wowed by, in no particular order:

Glenn Gould - Moonlight, Appassionata sonatas - but NOT Goldberg Variations.

Pink Floyd - The Wall (not all 4 sides at once) but NOT Dark Side of the Moon.

Carlos Kleiber conducting of Beethoven's Fifth

Supertramp - Crime of the Century, Side 1

Ry Cooder - Jazz

HOFFERT Concerto for Contemporary Violin - Steven Staryk on Ultrafi Records

Joe Sample - Swing Street Cafe

Living Presence lp's more than Living Stereo lp's

Elton John - Funeral For a Friend from Yellow Brick Road (played loud with lights down).

Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythms - Clive Lythgoe

Glenn Miller - In A Digital Mood

Joan Baez - The First Ten Years

Nancy Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms

Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet conducted by Arthur Fiedler

Well that's a start anyway. I'd like to hear your success stories.
opalchip
Anything with a christmas title, but I really like the GRP christmas disks. Jazziz also puts out a nice compilation disk every December.

Kenny Loggins - Leap of Faith

Foreplay - (the early albums)

Sometimes she surprises me and comments favorably on some of the world music I play from time to time.

Almost any acoustic guitar album I might play. Even something like Strunz & Farah, but not if I play it for long - too intense, gives her a headache after a while.

Some of the old 70's vinyl that I pull out from time to time for nostalgia's sake.

Enjoy,
Bob
My wife and I both enjoy the Norah Jones SACD "come away with me," but that's about it. Well, she'll listen to Kate Schrock, too, but put on some Chris Potter, Coltrane, Dulfer, Marcus Miller, Charlie Hunter, Scofield, perhaps Cyrus Chestnut, ... well, anyone but the two or three she likes, and it's lights out, se acabó la guerra. I don't fight it. So, because much of my work can be done at home while my wife is at work, I ramp-out on MWFs. I don't shake walls, but I do like some vigor when called for ... while my wife doesn't, OF COURSE!
Most recently:

Tinsley Ellis - Lost Highwayman
Barbara Morrison - Live at the Dakota
Joe Sample - Soul Shadows
Fontalla Bass - No Way Tired
Spirit - Tweleve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
Monty Alexander - Live at Montreux
Linus of Hollywood - Your Favorite Record

She loves most rock/pop/blues based stuff and is OK with some Jazz.