Well, I would be perfectly content with just Erykah Badu's "Baduizm" (a fantastic album that I personally believe everyone should own),
BUT.....
The idea of having access to a CD player and NOT having an Emmylou Harris CD to go with it is unthinkable; Ms. Harris, is, IMHO, further proof of the existence of God. I'd have to go with "Last Date", a series of live performances from 1982, re-released about 5 years ago.
Runners-Up:
"The Shouting Stage", Joan Armatrading
"Savage", Eurythmics
"Yes I Am", Melissa Etheridge
"Summertime", Fantasia (that would be the CD island SINGLE)
The Very Best of Connie Francis
"Can't Take Me Home", Pink
"Erotica", Madonna
"The Art of Falling Apart", Soft Cell (just for the Jimi Hendrix cover mix alone, the rest is pure oh I just wanna die kill me now angst)
"Worldwide Underground", Erykah Badu
"How I Do", Res
"Abbey Road", The Beatles
"Rumours", Fleetwood Mac
"Luxury Liner", Emmylou Harris
"CK", Chaka Khan
"Spartacus/Masquerade Suites", Khatchaturian
"Carmen Suite", Bizet (hey, if you've spent 27 years hearing it at skating competitions, it's hard to go cold turkey
)
"Mahagony Soul", Angie Stone
"The Speed of Grace", Matraca Berg.
It's really hard to choose just one....
