Inspired by the chat in the Graceland thread, here is a place to nail down to the definitive list of albums that seemingly spontaneously generate in the glovebox of all mid-range family saloons. Obviously age will play a part here, but I think there’s a certain canon we can easily identify. For starters, I’d suggest:
Paul Simon - Graceland
Queen - Queen II
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Happy to also accept a range of compilations of hits of the 60s / 70s - my dad had this one:
My parents never listen to music in the car. At best local or sport radio after a football match. My mother is entirely unbothered by any music, not something that makes sense to me at all. My Dad’s tolerance for “pop” music ends somewhere around 1968. Queen. Meatloaf, Zeppelin - all too raucous for him. I used to spend car journeys with my own music, often just however many tapes I could carry even for weeks away.
Can’t remember which ones my mum chose or my dad chose, because many of the cassettes had probably been in the car since before I was born. So here’s a little list:
Depeche Mode- Songs of Faith and Devotion
Mike and the Mechanics- Beggar on a Beach of Gold (this had been played so much it started to squeak)
Seal- S/T
Anything by Enigma, Enya or Deep Forest
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Madonna- Ray of Light