Linda Perhacs Parallelograms

One of my favorite albums of all time. I love this album because it takes you to so many different places. Sometimes stripped down, sometimes downright trippy, she is not trying to fit into some traditional mold. It's new and exciting every time I listen to it. Every time I drive through Chimacum on the Washington peninsula I put it on, and it pairs so perfectly.

Judee Sill Heart Food

Judee Sill is getting some much deserved attention right now (though I haven't watched the new doc yet), and this record is an example of some of her crystalline songwriting. The arrangements are always there to real you in, but always letting the lyrics take the spotlight.

  

Ted Lucas Ted Lucas

I came upon this record at a pivotal time, and the song "Baby Where You Are" still makes me cry every time I hear it. The lyrics throughout the record are so simple that it's almost like a nursery rhyme at times, but layered in with his harmonies it's so much deeper.

  

Jim Croce  You Don't Mess Around with Jim

I love Jim Croce and everything he does, but this record is such a perfect example of his lyric genius and earworm melodies. 

  

Chris Weisman Transparency

Chris is such a prolific and thoughtful songwriter, but this is my favorite record of his (that I've listened to, I'm still working through his oevre). A mix of catchy hooks and instrumental oddities, it aligns with my listening taste and my favorite parts of lyrics like plays on words and just plain having fun with words.

  

runner up:

Michael Hurley Ida Con Snock

Not much to say that hasn't been said about Michael Hurley. Like sipping an iced tea on the porch in the summer. Refreshing but still so very much at home.