That influenced/inspired you the most, which one would it be?
(something that still makes you say wow!)
 
For me, I have to say it was VH 1.......that brown sound was just fantastic (still is), and their following albums didn't quite have "that" same sound.

Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms.
Top-notch songwriting, performance that I STILL can't approach after 30 years of playing, and perfect production.
 
And that was a REALLY hard question!
The Stones' Let It Bleed, James' Laid, Bowie's Diamond Dogs, U2' The Joshua Tree, Roxy Music's Avalon were all typed before I decided on BIA.
 

VH1 sure was a turning point. 
 
I've had a few personal musical turning points in my life but the most crucial one would probably be Creatures of the Night, by KISS. That was the first time I ventured outside of my parents record collection and discovered that there was a world out there, besides Elvis and the Beatles. Then I discovered VH and Ozzy and all those guys.
 
Funnily enough, I was listening to that KISS album yesterday, and my cat Googlie seemed to really like that CD. Don't know if she liked the music, but she sure liked the CD. :P


 

 
Otherwise, Diary of a Madman by Ozzy - the reason I play guitar, the reason I studied classical guitar, and still a huge influence.
 
But none of the would have happened without that KISS record.

In the Court of the Crimson King

Diary of a Madman was definitely my other choice. The garage band I was in at the time, favoured Ozzy and JP a lot....being the lead guitarist, it was super easy to like them. :)  

Tubular Bells.

 
Tough call.
 
It's one of these three though:
 

Since Straummer chose 3 I'll do juan better and only select two (each in two categories). 


 
Those are my "instrumental influences".
 
The band influences are:


 
 

yea, tough question...
i could have just as easily gone with either "Sgt Peppers", 3 dog night "Naturally", or Todd rundgren's "Todd"