15 Album Meme

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world. Tag others if you want - I won't be hurt if you don't care to participate.
	1. Live - Throwing Copper: I bought this album when I heard the very first track off it. It went on to throw four more up the charts, and it continues to be a go to for me. I love this album. Loudly.
	2. David Bowie - Best of Bowie: This is less a coherent album than an eclectic collection of songs, from Ziggy Stardust through to the late '90's. Ashes to Ashes is my 'you get one song to take with you to the deserted island' song. Space Oddity, Heroes, Golden Years all are a heavy influence on my personal sense of story.
	3. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms: This album pretty much defined an entire summer. It was an era, for better or for worse.
	4. Yes - The Yes Album: This one lived in my cassette deck for the two summers I was driving back and forth to Jalama Beach. It was just the perfect length to get one whole cycle in. I obsess over the strangest things, and this is one of them. Love this album.
	5. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away: This is 2008's version of The Yes Album for me. It takes my breath away.
	6. Paul Simon - Graceland: This one has lived in my CD case/iPod for as long as I can remember. It's one of those that if I don't have it, I miss it. There's a sense of childlike joy and wonder in some of these songs that I never want to lose. Also, story. Did I mention story?
	7. Peter Gabriel - Passion & Passion Sources: I really shouldn't have to explain why I love these two. I kinda want to be Peter Gabriel when I grow up.
	8. Peter Gabriel - So: This is another one of those albums that lives in my iPod and when it's gone I miss it horribly. Don't Give Up, Mercy Street, Red Rain, and In Your Eyes are more of those epic stories in a song that I adore.
	9. Portishead - Roseland NYC Live: This is one of those touch stone albums for me. It reminds me of a good friend who I miss. It's only one of the things that he gave me that made me a better person. Plus, damn good music.
	10. Afro Celt Sound System: Vol. 3 Further In Time: Again, when you hear this, if you know me at all, you'll go, "OH OF COURSE."
	11. Eagles - Hell Freezes Over: As much as I love Hotel California, this is my Eagles album. And I hate live albums.
	12. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Daylight Again: Another one of those, when I need it, I need it NOW albums.
	13. Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!: Oh gypsy punk. Where have you been all my life?
	14. Holst's The Planets: What? It's an album. Of a sort.
	15. Classic Queen (Red & Blue): Again, lives in my CD Case. I need it on my iPod. Why is there no Queen on my iPod!? This is just wrong and must be remedied post haste.
	++. Genre=Blues: This is a massive folder on my iPod that I am constantly rifling through and adding to. It contains everything from the earliest Delta Blues to the Chicago scene, from Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, through Lady Day and John Lee Hooker, spilling out into James Brown, Etta James, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, etc. I love the stories, again.