"Litmus test" songs


I know, I know, you can't evaluate a component, let alone a whole system based on a single piece of music, or even a half-dozen pieces. That said, are there any songs out there that you use as litmus tests when evaluating a purchase? Some song that you use when you say, "If this gear doesn't sound good with this song, then I don't care what else it does, it's going back"?

For me the Number 1 is "It's For You" by Pat Metheny Group.
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Here are some albums I always take out.

Soundstage: Paul Kelly, "May 1992"
Electric guitar/decay,surge and whomp: Midnight Oil, "Earth and Sun and Moon"
Acoustic: James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"
Live Ambience: Neil Young,"On the Beach" and "Zuma".
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