The first album I was ever given was Cat Stevens "Teaser and the FireCat", for the songs Moonshadow and Peace Train. I still love that album.
The first album I ever bought was Rush, "Hemispheres", because I had piled up in a van with all my buds and gone to see the show. It was a transforming experience.
“Music, the greatest good that mortals know,
And all of heaven we have below.”
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)