What 3 recordings from different genres do you and your wife/partner appreciate equally?

And a great idea for a thread on your part, dayglow!  

Interesting what you suggest about most audiophiles' taste not being consistent with that of their wives. . . 

I will say that although our musical tastes are very similar, mine does not share my obsession with SQ !  

+! stuartk

Great post!

Actually, we have pretty similar tastes. 

Being a guitar player, I do tend to enjoy Rock and electric Blues somewhat more than she does. I never play Led Zep when she's at home!  Picking just three titles for each genre is kind of ridiculous but here are some that immediately spring to mind...

Jazz

Jackie Ryan: You and the Night and the Music
Bill Evans: Live at the Vanguard recordings
Dave Holland Quintet: Prime Directive

Americana

Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Neil Casal: Fade Away Diamond Time
Railroad Earth: (Or are they JamBand?) Last of the Outlaws 

Singer-Songwriter

John Prine: The Missing Years
Courtney Marie Andrews: Honest Life
Patrick Park: Come What Will

Country 

Emmy Lou Harris: Luxury Liner
Jerry Jeff Walker: It's a Good Night for Singin' 
Rita Hosking: Come Sunrise 

Folk(ish)

Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Pentangle: Sweet Child
Birds of Chicago: Live From Space

Celtic

Solas: The Words that Remain
Lunasa: (self-titled)
John McSherry and Donal O' Connor: Tripswitch

JamBand

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual
Sons of Champlin: Loosen up Naturally
Allman Bros: Live at Fillmore east 

Oh yeah, like I she loves NRBQ (atta girl!), Kasey Chambers (a wonderful Australian Country artist), and Los Lobos. Great taste (for a chick ;-), ay?

+1 bdp24

I will add 3 more to possibly revive this thread?

Marshall Crenshaw-ST
Peter Gabriel-So
The Manhattan Transfer-Vocalese

Not recordings, but artists: Dave Edmunds (Rock ’n’ Roll), Marshall Crenshaw & The Plimsouls (Power Pop), Iris Dement (Singer-Songwriter/Bluegrass), Steve Earle (badass Country). Oops, that’s four genres and five artists.

Touchy subject.  Wife and I don't agree on much.
The closest is the song Europa even then we disagree on which version
Santana Vs Gato Barbieri .
Everyone knows it's Gato

Rumours 45rpm
Peter Gabriel - everything from So to present
Graceland
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
Steely Dan - pretty much all of them
Holst - The Planets - LA Philharmonic

Floyd
311
Pantera
Eagles
Zeppelin
Steely Dan
Most 80’sMost 70’s FM

the list goes on

+1 arcticdeth You have one rockin’ wife!!!

Rock 
foghat
y&t
pat travers
boston
Motörhead
many others

heavy metal/ metal
iron maiden
Dio
raven
tank
Lots of others

beatles
pink floyd
uriah Heep
wishbone ash
status quo
lucifers friend
atomic rooster
can
many others.....

Tchaikovsky 1812   
Jennifer Warnes The Hunter   
Sinatra-Basie