'Mass in F Minor' by the Electric Prunes...basically a 60's garage band tripping out on Catholic chanting. i make it sound bad but it's worth it for 'Kyrie Eleison' (the Easy Rider one), it's transcendent on big speakers.
there was a thread on here that turned me onto the 'Ethiopiques' series. i'd not really given Ethiopian jazz-folk the time of day before so cheers for that
and erm 'Camel' by Camel. it's prog, it's brain music, it's probably lame, but i like it; Gong's 'radio gnome' trilogy is also great.
the Byrds, particularly 'Fifth Dimension'.
in the prog vein, i heard Magma for the first time recently, it had me in stitches..it's like the ultimate end to experimentation in rock music as it was started in the mid-60's
I swear poptones is designed to be listened to over and over on repeat. Everything about it is circular. One of my favourite records.
metal box is timeless, an otherworldly classic. i like the 'Radio 4' instrumental...the whole record is just Lydon wearing these diverse and brilliant influences on his sleeve but building something totally unique - dub, Can, reggae, disco, krautrock. it's a very emotional record in places aswell, and is almost totally crap without the bass throb reverbing about the room