Not in Order:
Led Zeppelin - 1969 - Led Zeppelin II
Killer licks from a young band...
Rick Wakeman - 1974 - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Musical journey from a master orchestrator. (moog goodness all over the place as well)
Harry Connick, Jr. - 1994 - She
all about the 'groove' (and lots of it)
Styx - 1977 - The Grand Illusion
One of my early Albums (that may make me a pozer).. But still love to listen to these tracks.. and shows a lot of my musical progression from that point. Keyboard forward, backing vocals, progressions, transitions. etc.
Art Of Noise - 1986 - In Visible Silence
Industrial noise music - not much more needed..
extras:
Imogen Heap - 2005 - Speak For Yourself
The vocal overlaying of these tracks just kills me - never can get enough.
Frank Sinatra - 1966 - Sinatra At The Sands
And the vocal swagger of these tracks just kills me as well..
and a small pile that didn't make it in the top (some were really hard not to include) - but could be swapped out if needed:
Jeff Lynne - 1990 - Armchair Theater
Boston - 1976 - Boston
Elliott Smith - 1998 - XO
Pat Metheny - 1987 - Still Life
Saga - 1981 - Worlds Apart
Yo-Yo Ma - 1990 - Bach Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Blade Runner Soundtrack - 1982 - The Esper Edition
Queen - Jazz (1978)
Pink Floyd - 1975 - Wish You Were Here
Jean Michel Jarre - 1984 - Zoolook
Buckingham Nicks - 1973 - Buckingham Nicks
Branford Marsalis - 1992 - I Heard You Twice The First Time
Beatles 1966 Revolver
King Crimson - 1969 - In the Court of the Crimson King
Billy Joel - 1981 - Songs In The Attic
Mozart Requiem K. 626 -1991- Sir Neville Marriner
Michael Hedges - 1984 - Aerial Boundaries
JellyFish - 1993 - Spilt Milk
etc....
You don't see these showing up in the What are you listening to now threads.. pretty much because these are on heavy rotation at work, on my phone and at home... During any given week - at least a couple of tracks from a couple of these are playing (considering I have over 70,000 tracks available this was not an easy list).
Fun evening picking the list....
Cheers,
Mikey