Jack White Blunderbuss. It was the first CD I bought where I had really started branching out from focusing on the style and lyrics of the music and focusing more on the quality. I'd gone through a heavy rock phase, but only liked the more popular songs,, which lead to buying an embarrassing number of "Best of" CDs. Blunderbuss seemed to be much more about achieving a certain quality than conforming to a certain genre, and it's not like most of the lyrics make much sense. I started to see albums as coherent works of art, designed by the musicians as a holistic piece, rather than just being carriers for various seperate art works. I eventually realized writing, visual art, learning, and life in general can be viewed in a similar way. Take things as just parts in a grand opus, and try to find the quality works.