Mike Martin
Cardiff
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
Electric Ladyland

A timeless album that calms, lifts and touches my soul, full of tunes that you can immerse yourself in. It makes the darkest of days bright, the brightest of days incandescent and keeps me connected with the beauty and joy of life. "The magic carpet waits for you, so don't you be late!"
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Rhia Stankovic-Jones
Bridgend
ALANIS MORRISETTE
Jagged Little Pill

I found this album very enlightening as a teenager when you're fighting against the world. I spent many happy times listening to the music stressing about when we would next be going out and what we would wear. We felt we had the world on our shoulders... if we only knew the real worrying would start when we got into the real world!
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Sue Stride
Porthcawl
PEARL JAM
Ten
For me it's got to be Pearl Jam's Ten. As a child of the Grunge era these songs echoed throughout my life in the early 90's. An angsty soundtrack for my transition into adulthood - festivals, first kisses, long hair, long summers, rolling waves... ahh those were the days...
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Spiro Gauci
Cardiff
OASIS
What’s The Story Morning Glory

The sort of album you just sit back with your hifi cranked up and appreciate an album crammed with real, true classic stadium anthems! This album introduced me to a great selection of similarly guitar driven artists like Radiohead, Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers... I highly recommend it.
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Tony King
Penarth
BRUCE COCKBURN
Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaw

I heard the unlikely single, Wondering Where The Lions Are, when I was eighteen and immediately bought the album on import. Out of all the music I own, this album changed the way I looked at lyrics and, perhaps, more importantly completely changed the way I played the guitar.
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Ian Shearn
Wick
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
Are You Experienced

This album blew me away. Played by an electric guitar genius with dexterity never experienced before - psychedelia in full flight. Opening with Foxy Lady, followed by such brilliant tracks as Red House and Third Stone From The Sun, a near seven minute track, to carry you off to a new galaxy you did not know existed!
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Jenny Rolfe
Llantrisant
SANTANA
Abraxas

If music be the food of love then Abraxas is, for me, the wagging finger of Nanny to "eat slowly or you'll get indigestion." But, fools rush in, which I did to this album, had my heart broken and swore never again to be so impetuous. Did it work? Pretty much. Every time I hear it I smile at the warning that sorted the bad boyfriends from the good ones!
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Matt Powell
Bridgend
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
The Holy Bible

This album made me realise there was actually an intelligent band in Wales. They say it was Richey Edwards' note before he went missing. It's dark with very deep, intelligent and meaningful lyrics. I Listened to the Manic Street Preachers right through my early days as a chef. They kept me going!
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Andrew Hick
Liskeard
THE CLASH
THE CLASH

Introduced to me by a mate who I played football with in the street and had moved down from London. It introduced me to a love of both music and fashion which continues to this day, some thirty or so years later.