Ear Candy: Most startling recordings.

LISTEN UP!!! Must try Sting "Soul Cages" track 1 and 7 and 9- actually they are all pretty darn good!! Recorded well...Q Sound also. This one is a little different from other Sting CD's...his Dad had just died and he was brooding a bit.
OK- Try this- make sure you have 20 minutes of NO interuptions....turn the lights low...asume the sweet spot position...a little more gain (volume) than usual...Start with Track 1, enjoy, move to #7...and get lost in that one....then immediately click to Track 9, hang tight, and wait for the last few seconds...it may be startling!
Go get it and let me know what you think!!!

John Zorn: Naked City with Bill Frizell on guitar. It never fails to startle and assault simultaneously.

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City

Both of these are excellent records in their own right. They were packaged together on one CD, which I believe is still in print and constititutes, in my opinion, an embarrassment of riches. Weird, melodic, whimsical, poignant, and sonically beautiful, this record continues to delight and amaze me every time I play it. Although Big Star is often credited with founding power pop, I find that their catalog is impossible to categorize. Their third and final studio album, Sister Lovers, is also startling.

Soundtrack to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (try tracks 4 and 9). Amazing stuff.
John.

lou reed's blue mask may not be startling, but it is truly amazing. i listen to the german lp, or the japanese cd. the soundstage, two guitars, an amazing bass, and drums are swirling all around you. this is lou's best.