OK, then, here's my top thirty (sort of, today, right now) in no particular order....(I realize that many of these choices are dictated not only by musical worth but nostalgia value - what they meant to me growing up).....
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66/77 - Herb Alpert presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66/Equinox/Look Around/Fool On The Hill/Crystal Illusions/Pais Tropical
Herb Alpert & TJB - Coney Island/Foursider
Julius Wechter & BMB - Foursider
Michel Colombier - Wings
Milton Nascimento - Courage/Milton
Wes Montgomery - Down Here On The Ground
Paul Desmond - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Quincy Jones - The Dude/I Heard That!!!
Lani Hall - Sweet Bird
Sting - Ten Summoner’s Tales
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Edu Lobo - Sergio Mendes presents Lobo
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - New Life
Burt Bacharach - Burt Bacharach’s Greatest Hits
Joe Jackson - Night And Day
Tamba 4 - We And The Sea
Amy Grant - Lead Me On/Heart In Motion
Captain & Tennille - Song Of Joy
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother
The Police:
SYNCHRONICITY (SP 3735)
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: THE SINGLES (SP 3902)
Sting:
...NOTHING LIKE THE SUN (SP 6402)
TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (31454 0070-2)
Styx:
EQUINOX (SP 4559)
CRYSTAL BALL (SP 4604)
THE GRAND ILLUSION (SP 4637)
PARADISE THEATER (SP 3719)
Supertramp:
BREAKFAST IN AMERICA (SP 3708)
BROTHER, WHERE YOU BOUND (SP 5014)
Ali Thomson:
TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM (SP 4803)
DECEPTION IS AN ART (SP 4846)
Gino Vannelli:
POWERFUL PEOPLE (SP 3630)
THE BEST OF GINO VANNELLI (SP 3729)
I agree that some albums are picked primarily out of nostalgia, and that is fine. Some of these A&M titles I grew up with in the 60s, so they've almost become part of my genetic code.
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