My younger adolescence was filled with a pretty limited understanding of what good music was and could be. I liked heavier music, but the album that really lit my passion was Helloween's Master of the Rings. Where the Rain Grows was one of the first songs i learned to play on the bass guitar.
My dad and I bonded over the band Rush when i was around grade 9 or so. In honor of their return from hiatus he gave me some of their classics and their (at the time) newest album, Vapor Trails. That one stuck out in my musical memory and to this day is on my list of most underrated albums. This song is always guaranteed to make my car go faster.
For those of you that know me, yeah, you knew there was going to be a Dream Theater album on my list. I bought Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence just before my trip to Europe. I listened to it constantly and really shaped my direction as a musician. This remains as my favourite track off the album. It's kind of long, but it covers more musical ground than most bands do in their entire career.
Jam it back in, in the dark.