5 Albums that shaped you

[sunvalleylaw]

Over on facebook, folks are picking 5 albums that shaped you and I thought it might be fun to do here. I added in the comments 3 more I wanted to fit in the 5. So here are the 5 I listed, and the 3 runners up. Please list your five and up to 3 runners up (no more, or it gets to be just an endless favorites list).

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
2. Boston - Boston
3. 1962-1966 (red album) - Beatles
4. U2- Under a Blood Red Sky, Live
5. Clash - Combat Rock.

___Runners up

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
VanHalen, VanHalen
Gratitude - Earth, Wind & Fire


This is not a favorite albums list. I tried to pick ones that impacted my life in some way. These are the ones I listened to most and/or changed my directions in musical taste in some way. I could list way more, but then the point of the exercise is lost. So what say you guys?



EDIT: I am also going to add that I went back on Facebook and changed my list, swapping in Gratitude by EWF and bumping Combat Rock. Only because I am trying to answer really honestly, and though Combat Rock did get me into punk (that is why I picked it and not London Calling, which I now like better than Combat Rock), and I have listened to like music ever since, EWF was more of a shaping influence in my earlier years.