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my parents had a mono portable system and collected classics (Borodin, etc.) and Dad was heavily into Heintje and Herp Albert so my first exposure to something that stopped me in my tracks was hearing the neighbouring students play After the Goldrush late at night, LOUD, at a party in the backyard.
So definitely that one.
Others:
Close to the Edge
Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Kind of glad I grew up with the advent of home stereo.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick just three - all live albums:
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
AB - Live at Fillmore
Grateful Dead - Skull & Roses
*Went back and forth on swapping Curved Air, Second Album for Pink Floyd Meddle but then I remembered McDonald and Giles, but then I realised I had listened to Curved Air and McDonald and Giles for the first time in maybe decades on YouTube, so that was quite like listening to them for first time, so I went back to Meddle, even though Pink Floyd loses out on the obscurity bonus points
Curved Air is an interesting choice. Side A of the Second Album, Young Mother has some of the hookiest synthesizer licks I've ever heard. I still play it somewhat regularly. Tough choices but I would likely pick Phantasmagoria for a brand new 1st listen of a Curved Air album. Just played a couple of tracks several days ago.
After a couple of minutes of thought ...
TABB Idlewild South (Beginnings would be cheating because it has the first two albums)
Hard to narrow it down, but...
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Colourfield - Virgins and Philistines*
*That last one may seem out of place, but though I enjoyed Terry Hall's earlier work with The Specials and Fun Boy Three, I didn't know what to expect from his new endeavor. That album made quite an impression on me.
*Went back and forth on swapping Curved Air, Second Album for Pink Floyd Meddle but then I remembered McDonald and Giles, but then I realised I had listened to Curved Air and McDonald and Giles for the first time in maybe decades on YouTube, so that was quite like listening to them for first time, so I went back to Meddle, even though Pink Floyd loses out on the obscurity bonus points
Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was mind-blowing when I first heard it as a pre-teen. I was amused by traveling back in time when I was partially sedated for a cataract surgery and the surgeon (who looked suspiciously like Jon Hamm) DSOTM played in the background. Trippy stuff.
Hated U2's "Zoo Station" when I first heard it. Love it now.
