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Samba Meu by Maria Rita. I've had many hours of pleasure already listening to it.

At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious, there is Dark Side of the Moon. More surprisingly, I'd like to suggest Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree.

Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

Ah, I love this challenge. I've got a long list, but here are some that immediately come to mind and eschewing many of the obvious ones (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Miles Davis...). Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden. Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out. Kate Bush: The Hounds of Love. Genesis: Duke. Peter Gabriel: So. The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Alan Poe. Laurie Anderson: Mister Heartbreak. Van Morrison; Astral Weeks. David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Yes: Close to the Edge. Billy Joel: The Stranger.

Get Lucky by Mark Knopfler.

Laurie Anderson: Big Science. XTC: Skylarking.

Music from Big Pink is damn near perfect. The mastering and overall sound of Aja is really impressive as well.

Just got the new Anouar Brahem CD, I think its the best ECM I have ever heard.

Two of my favorite all time albums. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. And also Tool's Undertow album. They will both take you on a delightful sonic journey!

Jeff Buckley: Grace. Porcupine Tree: In Absentia. The Cars: The Cars. The Police: Synchronicity. Rush: Moving Pictures. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue. Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus. Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas. Steely Dan: Aja. Supertramp: Breakfast in America. Pink Floyd: Animals. Jethro Tull: Aqualung. How much space do I have here?

Sgt. Pepper

Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus

Terminate Damnation by Becoming the Archetype. Best heavy metal drum sound I've ever heard.

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa.

Rip Masters: Back to the Honky Tonk. Roars from start to finish—nothing fancy, just good time music from someone who is having a bunch of fun!

UK: UK

Frank Zappa: Jazz From Hell

There aren't many in my 50-year collection but here are a half dozen that I can recommend Herb Alpert's Rise, Chuck Mangione's Feels So Good, Stan Kenton's Kenton '76, Frank Sinatra's Live at the Sands, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and Carol King's Tapestry.

Zappa's Apostrophe. Every lyric is right on, not to mention some great guitar playing .

Lontano by the Tomasz Stanko Quartet (ECM).

Highway 61 Revisited, Sgt. Pepper—that's two, though.

Steely Dan: Gaucho

Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's. Perfect sound, perfect picture, perfect performances, perfect guests.

I can think of a few. Let It Bleedand Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen. Led Zeppelin II. No Beatles albums because there was always one really bad song.

Arleen Auger: Love Songs

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons! Never tired of it.

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture. (Harmonia Mundi HMU 807441 SACD)

Green Day: Dookie. If I could have just one album for the rest of my life, this could be it.

Obviously, Kind of Blue. Plenty more in jazz. In rock there are many also. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, The Clash's first album, all of REM's first four albums, Meat is Murder by the Smiths, The Fleet Foxes, Treasure by the Cocteau Twins. Really, you could fill a few pages worth from all genres...