Here is an attempt to corral the various musical enthusiasms. I am surely culprit #1 in starting threads on that note. Here is a middle ground, I think -- a thread to recommend without polluting the thread count.
Post #1 are two of my old favorites, Richard and Linda Thompson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payivmhyrIIThey were matches in love as well as music, until it stopped. Their breakup album, see above, regularly lands on the lists of best rock albums. Not bad for an English couple with issues.