Cd's I'd Keep

Note: As a general rule, in creating this list I avoided soundtracks (Pulp Fiction), greatest hits compilations (Jimi Hendrix's Ultimate Experience, James Brown's 20 Greatest Hits, etc.), and overly obvious choices (Pink Floyd's The Wall or anything by the Beatles or Rolling Stones). Also, as is the case with The Cowboy Junkies, Lyle Lovett, and Sarah McLachlan, most of the artists on this list have other albums that should also be here, but I forced myself to pick a favorite. Here then are cd's that to me rate a groovy factor of five and are just too good to consider letting go.

Also Note: If you click on a link for a particular album, it'll take you to the issue where that album was reviewed. If you're reading the current issue, you'll have to navigate the magazine to get back to it.

 

#1. Ella and Louis - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

#2. The Caution Horses - The Cowboy Junkies

#3. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan

#4. Reckoning - Grateful Dead

#5. Baja Sessions - Chris Isaak

#6. Back in Black - AC/DC

#7. Pontiac - Lyle Lovett

#8. Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses

#9. Breaking Down to 3 - Dave Moore

#10. Indigo Girls (Self-Titled)

 

Ah hell, I can't stop at ten...

 

#11. The Concert in Central Park - Simon And Garfunkel

#12. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

#13. Violent Femmes (Self-Titled)

#14. Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison

#15. Aquella Noche - Tish Hinojosa

#16. Vital Signs - Survivor

#17. Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume II - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

#18. Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz

#19. Tramp on Your Street - Shaver

#20. Tarkio Road - Brewer and Shipley

#21. Tracy Chapman (Self-Titled)

#22. Living Under June - Jann Arden

#23. Shake Your Moneymaker - Black Crowes

#24. Natty Dread - Bob Marley

#25. Alone and Acoustic - Buddy Guy and Junior Wells

#26. Go Slow Down - The Bodeans

#27. Willis Allan Ramsey (Self-Titled)

#28. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

#29. Ibrahim Ferrer (Self-Titled)

#30. Slant 6 Mind - Greg Brown

#31. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill