Your favorite but unknown

Glen Phillips. Used to be the lead singer of Toad the Wet Sproket. His first solo album was named Abulum. He has a great sense of humor, and his music is enjoyable to listen to. Not the best recording, but part of the fun of being an audiophile is enjoying your system without tearing apart the way it sounds.

How obscure an album is I suppose is pretty relative.

One I would pick despite the fact that in the year of this record's release the main songwriter and singer in the band was voted Songwriter Of The Year in Rolling Stone magazine.

The year was 1991,the main man is Mark Eitzel and the band are called American Music Club.
The record is called Everclear(Alias Records).

It's arguably their most cohesive record,nice sparse arrangements,atmospheric pieces,passionate and extremely beautiful in places especially the last two tracks.
Downbeat it may be but in my book between '89 and '94 Eitzel wrote some of the greatest songs to be lost in relative obscurity.
A great representative record would arguably Songs Of Love Live by Mark Eitzel (Demon Records)

The band split in 1994 ,Eitzel went solo however they've reformed and have a new record out later in the year.

I'll give you 2 I guarantee will knock your socks off, The Masters of Reality, with Ginger Baker on Drums, And Gino Soccio , a Canadian Italian, with what I would call a post retro take it to another limit phase beyond disco that very few people have ever heard. Both Artists have great Sound Quality on their discs So your Rig will be peaking.

Taru Nakamura. Fine bassist.