1. THE BOAT THAT ROCKED - Various artists
This is the most comprehensive, well-chosen, loveable 1960s music compilation I have ever laid hands on. If you live and breath the '60s awesomeness like I do, or are a rookie rocker wanting to familiarise yourself with the golden age of rock n roll, BUY THIS. Includes the genius of so many '60s greats, including (but not limited to!): The Kinks, The Who, The Troggs, Cream, Easybeats, Cat Stevens, The Moody Blues and David Bowie. Love.
2. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (2000 NEW STAGE PRODUCTION) - Andrew Lloyd Weber
You may as well learn now that I love musicals. And you don't have to be a Christian to appreciate this musical masterpiece from the king of musicals himself, Andrew Lloyd Weber. Note that this is specifically the 2000 new stage production version...my particular preference because of the singers' pure amazingness. Gutsy singing that's not for the faint-hearted and larger-than-life melodies make for an epic listening experience.
3. THE COMMITMENTS - The Commitments
This little album has a whole lotta soul, soul, soul. Taken from the film that was based on Roddy Doyle's book about some down-and-out Dublin musicians who create an epic cover band and achieve short and stressful success, this compilation includes such rough-n-ready soul classics as 'Mustang Sally', 'Try A Little Tenderness', '(She's) Some Kind Of Wonderful' and 'In The Midnight Hour'. Like Guy Sebastian's The Memphis Album, but cooler.
