It's the one my dad listened to the most when i was growing up. The Innocent Age (or Nether Lands) is his best but, even though I said compilations are for cowards, that's the one I'm most attached to. I figured I'd toss it in cause I'm likely to be the one of only two people to mention him so it doesn't matter much. If it's a problem (@phaynes12) i'll switch it to The Innocent Age though.
Hot damn @jorbjorb thanks for the inadvertent Odetta rec. She’d been on my radar for years and I’d never really known where to start but this album is fantastic. What a goddamn voice Hah you and me alone weren’t getting him on the list, sadly, and even if we could, you gotta vote your heart I was just curious
my ruling was do whatever you want. you were the one that came in trying to put rulings on the thread
Fucking hell Moondance should at least be in my honorable mentions. Astral Weeks I don't quite love as much (heresy!!!) but maybe that one too
I spy a bunch of My Back Pages picks! A few on here that I wanted to find room for, particularly Automatic for the People and A Sailor's Guide to Earth. Some bold choices here! Particularly Punisher in the top five and a b-side as your favorite Rumours song. I respect it! Thanks Steve, loved yours too. I'm sure Dusk and Summer really sealed the deal for you.
@CarpetElf Just wanna say that I fully expect Punisher to be in my top 10-15 (at least) if we do this again in a few years so I appreciate you being bold enough to just go there now Yep I was kinda surprised at how much of this list has probably been pretty consistent for me for 6-7 yrs or so. Although I think it's probably even more "alt-country/americana/whatever" dominated than it would've been a few yrs back