There are too many too choose from, too many albums I love to the same degree, for example
Rory Gallagher - Top Priority (contains some of my favorite guitar riffs)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Carole King - Tapestry (perfect songwriting from the first to the last track)
Elton John - Madman Across The Water (long before Elton sang schmaltzy songs for Disney movies)
Billy Joel - The Stranger (an album like a movie)
Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact
...
But if I have to pick just one, I'll decide for
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Some of the best songwriting and storytelling I've ever heard. I especially dig Werewolves Of London, Lawyers, Guns And Money and Roland, The Headless Thompson Gunner (brilliant lyrics, I could listen to that song all day, I never get tired of it). I like Zevon's dark humor and cynicism.
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