Those rare albums that are great on first listen.


You know the ones. They blow your mind and make you glad you're an audiophile.

Share your favorites.

For me it’s usually some style or vibe I haven’t heard before. My list so far is around 20, but I’ll keep it to my top 5. Feel free to share as many as you like.

!. Poe ‘Haunted’
2. Spirit “Twelve dreams of Dr. Sardonicus’
3. Midlake ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’
4.Tori Amos ‘Little Earthquakes’
5. Skindive  ‘Skindive’

 

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Eric Clapton/Slowhand:  and the song I would choose from that would be Next Time You See Her.

I agree with @pinwa that listing a song as a "starting point" for that album and/or artist is a good idea. If "a picture is worth a thousand words," then listening to a song will likely yield better results than reading about someone else's impressions of that artist, album or song. So, with that in mind, I've listed a song from each of the albums in my prior two posts, in case anyone wants to delve further:

 Jackson Browne - "These Days"

Lloyd Cole & Commotions - "Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?"

Crack the Sky - "Ice"

Dixie Dregs - "Ice Cakes" 

Mark Eitzel - "Southend On Sea"

Robin Lane & Chartbusters - "Send Me an Angel"

Leadon - Georgiades Band - "Glass Off"

Love - "You Set the Scene"

Joni Mitchell - "Just Like This Train"

Prefab Sprout - "Hallelujah"

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David Bowie: "Hang On to Yourself"

Echo & The Bunnymen - "All That Jazz'

Michael Franks - "Monkey See - Monkey Do

King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man"

Lou Reed - "Vicious"

Renaissance - "Black Flame"

The The - "Good Morning Beautiful"

Paul Westerberg - "A Few Minutes of Silence"

Wishbone Ash - "Warrior"

XTC - "All of a Sudden"

Closer to center field

Harry Nilsson- Nilsson Schmilsson

Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur - Sisters & Brothers

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Pieta Brown - Freeway

Fairly recent releases of TheThird Mind and The Third Mind 2.  Psycho guitar just mesmerizing.