The Best Music You Have Ever Heard?

1) Eyes of the World Live   Grateful Dead W/Branford Marsalis

Who would've thought that throwing in Branford with the Dead was a good idea...turned out to be A GREAT idea. 10 minutes of jamming off of each other.

2) Cafe Mocha  Jesse Cook

For me, something about a classic/flamenco guitarist slapping the guitar, it's like they're begging the guitar to squeeze out more sound.

3) Misere mei, Deus    The Choir of King's College

All I can say is ethereal.

The main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing.

Panic Attack - Judas Priest

Titanic Reaction - 999

I’m Tired of Life - TSOL 

These are albums, not just songs:

"Behaviour" - Pet Shop Boys

"Time" - ELO

"Secret Wish" - Propaganda

"The Queen is Dead" - The Smiths

"Another Place and Time" - Donna Summer

Pink Flyod

Carlos Santana

Stevie Ray Vaughan

+ A Lot More

That's a hard question to answer.  But here is my attempt.

If I really want to do a deep dive listening session, my go to albums are Pink Floyd "Animals" and Dire Straits "Love Over Gold".  I could listen to the song "Dogs" a thousand more times, and I still pick up sounds and notes in the background.  Just a masterpiece album in my humble opinion -- biting commentary on 1970's England.  To test out the dynamics of a system, nothing is better than "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations" by Dire Straits.  Subtle classical guitar runs, distorted guitar chords, and a soundscape that goes from whisper quiet to "1812 Overture" level sonics.

For the third on the list, I've been listening to the amazing Mark Hollis a lot lately -- his solo album and his work with Talk Talk.  Specifically, "It's My Life", "The Colour of Spring", and "The Spirit of Eden".  Just a fantastic trio of releases.  Such a shame (see what I did there LOL) that Talk Talk never hit it huge in the U.S. and the work of Hollis was under appreciated during his lifetime.