What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard?


Just like with records, I came across releases on CD that were never popular, but bring lots of interesting music and so I started collecting CDs that do have collectible value for the reason of a great and rare music presented.

So far album "Sauce Hollandaise" by Ashra is on my #1 desirable list

"Best Band You've Never Heard In Your Life" by Frank Zappa is my 2nd best CD I've ever heard. 

 

czarivey

Bille Eilish  Happier than ever

Eva Cassidy  Songbird

 and Ella and Louis

 

Thomas

 

 

Osamu Kitajima – Beyond The Circle
If you system can handle this,

then you are on the right course!

Heretobuy: +1

the Centennial Collection of Robert Johnson is the holy grail for those who love blues but could never get completely into the (understandably) noisy earlier releases, which made concentrating on the music difficult.

How one man could produce such a complex sound still blows me away. Supposedly Keith Richards remarked, upon first listening: “Who’s the other guy”!

@tonyzvault51 
That CD I mentioned will not knock anyone’s socks off, sound quality-wise.  
I mentioned it as a CD of importance because it seems to be so rare and because it contains particular performances (of transcendent beauty) exclusive to it. 
There are plenty of far more sonically excellent recordings of Gould out there if Gould is something you like.  
The CBC Glenn Gould television show “Glenn Gould on Bach,” if I’m not mistaken, is the performance of Cantata No. 54 from which the CD’s recording (sonically limited but musically incredible) is sourced.  
I would personally recommend watching this on YouTube. Gould’s oratorical acumen and intellectual profundity is highly rewarding to listen to in between the musical performances.