Those rare albums that are great on first listen.

Don’t shout me down!

Led Zeppelin III

Rush - Farewell to Kings

Moody Blues - To our Children’s Children’s Children

The Who - Who’s Next

Taj Mahal - The Real Thing

Charles Mingus - Ah Um

Rosanne Cash - The River and The Thread

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog

Jimmy Buffett - A1A

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

MUSICAL BLISS!!!

Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley 

Diana Krall - Loves Scenes

Shirley Horn - You're My Thrill

Gregory Porter - Be Good

 

Some Albums I have always liked from the first time I heard them.  There are a lot more if I took more time to think about it...

Surrealistic Pillow, The Jefferson Airplane

Truth, Jeff Beck

The Pretender, Jackson Browne

Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

Rubber Soul, The Beatles

Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt

Music for the Mind and Body, Country Joe and the Fish

High Tide and Green Grass, The Rolling Stones

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

Santana, Santana

Aftermath, The Rolling Stones

Unchained Melody: Very Best of the Righteous Brothers

The Best of the Animals, The Animals

CS&N, CS&N

Dire Straits, Dire Straits

Runaround Sue, Dion

The Best of Ray Charles, Ray Charles

The Doors, The Doors

Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones

East West, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel

Boston, Boston

Bitches Brew, Miles Davis

The Koln Concert, Keith Jarrett

Blue, Cassandra Wilson

Sarah Vaughn, Sarah Vaughn

Bright Size Life, Pat Methany

Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Bill Evans