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"Litmus test" songs

I know, I know, you can't evaluate a component, let alone a whole system based on a single piece of music, or even a half-dozen pieces. That said, are there any songs out there that you use as litmus tests when evaluating a purchase? Some song that you use when you say, "If this gear doesn't sound good with this song, then I don't care what else it does, it's going back"?

For me the Number 1 is "It's For You" by Pat Metheny Group.
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Paul Simon - Graceland - Boy in the Bubble, Graceland, Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes

Steve Miller - Born 2b Blue - God Bless the Child

kd lang - Absolute Torch and Twang - Luck in My Eyes

Talking Heads - Naked - Nothing But Flowers
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - Burning Down the House, Life During Wartime

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - So What (Columbia Mastersound) - only the bass in the beginning

Those will usually show up deficiencies pretty quickly. After those, I go to acoustic music, etc.
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