What are your "reference" CDs?

Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley
Allison Krauss + Union Station - Live
Jerry Douglas - Look Out For Hope
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debbie (AP SACD)
Hearts of Space
Patricia Barber - Modern Cool (MFSL SACD)
Grateful Dead - American Beauty (MFSL CD)
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Finding Forrester Soundtrack
Lux Aeterna
Gladiator Soundtrack

PS to my above list:

Ry Cooder/V.M. Bhatt - Meeting By The River
Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College

1. JJ Cale "Guitar Man"-- for male vocals.
2. Melissa Etheridge, any of first 5 CDs-- for female vocals.
3. George Thorogood "Anthology" for it's PR&T.
4. Allison Moorer "Alabama Song"-- female vocals.
5. Enigma, any of their CDs-- for the bass.
6. "Strike a Deep Chord-- Blues for the Homeless", Various Artists and well recorded.
7. Cowboy Junkies "The Caution Horses", or "Trinity Session".
8. Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"-- female vocals and soundstaging.
9. Jerry Lee Lewis-- recent 3 CD remastered set-- for PR&T
10. Loreena McKennitt, "Book of Secrets"-- bass and female vocals. Cheers. Craig

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Chesky records samplers - solo bass and drums on disk 2
Micky Heart - Dafos great dynamic test
Sheffield labs sampler - I hate the music but nice clean punch
'The Rainer Sound' xrcd - smooth as silk
Jazz at the pawnshop - live to tape, wide soundstage

Thanks for the replys. Sting does sound compressed, at least to the ear, but in reality if you use an RTA, you will see that the response is balance. The album I use is"The Summmer's tales" track 1 and 6. I know alot of engineers use this CD. Judging by the responses, there are alot of Jazz and Classical lovers.