yorolpal
Gee Daryl...great minds think alike...Thomas Dolby's Aliens Ate My Buick mixed by Bill Botrell is my number one mix standard followed closely by Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" mixed by Roger Nichols.

Love Nightfly Myolpal very subtle and groovy

My newest contemporary reference is Hand.Cannot.Erase. by Steven Wilson.
 
For acoustic music, I like New Favorite by Alison Krauss & Union Station.
 
For classic R&B/Soul done to modern standards, it's Soul by Seal.
 
For clean pop (I don't know what else to call the genre), I do like Donald Fagan's Nightfly. Also Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits.
 
Dark Side of the Moon remains the gold standard for classic rock. The first Heart album is another good one.
 

Yes anything by Steely Dan sounds sublime. 
 
I really like the sound of Talking Heads in the early 80's, specifically Remain In Light and Speaking In Tongues (not the remasters though). Tracks like "Born Under Punches" and "This Must Be The Place" have a wonderfully crisp, open sound to them. "Stop Making Sense" is perhaps one of the most well recorded live albums in existence, I love it. 
 
Also Joe Jackson's "Body And Soul" is a great one, full of dynamics (you have to really crank up that volume). It has the single "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" on it, fantastic sounding track on a good system. 

FWIW I remember reading an interview in an audiophile magazine with this guy who had the most amazing hi-fi setup in his basement. He said that he considers the greatest recordings ever made to be the BBC's orchestral stuff from the 1950's, especially the Last Night Of The Proms. 
 

Hey guys, 
YouTube links to your suggestions would be awesome. Try to pick the HD versions. 
I would love to review these. 
Great thread!

 
Brothers Osborne "Stay A Little Longer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwVbBJmZ4k
 
Nirvana "Never Mind" album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Q3m9ikNkw
 
Pink Floyd "Lost For Words" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kd_Do4AFhY
 
Ozzy Osbourne "Dairy of a Madman"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OozIDOzGWH4
 
Boston "More Than a Feelin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7qYD--ci78
 
Sorry, ran out of time. Maybe someone can keep this up!

In addition to a few already posted (some more than once), I'll add Steely Dan's Aja.

Money for nothing

https://youtu.be/wTP2RUD_cL0

Peter Gabriel's 'Up', the track 'I Grieve' is a standout for me, in the way it builds from almost nothing.
 

 
Yes, pretty much anything by Steely Dan but 'Aja' and 'Two Against Nature' are particularly sublime recordings.
 
Trevor Horn's production on ABC's 'Lexicon of Love' and most of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's tracks.
 
Mark Knopfler's 'Privateering' is a great sounding record too.
 
A few years back I bought a CD called 'Monjour' by a couple of guys who used to frequent this forum, it's a stunning piece of work;
 
http://music.anawatyrussell.com/

TBH for the firt 50 years of my life it was the (dash the production as I only listened on cheap phonographs).
 
Now that I'm into learning about production all of the above (that I've heard) are certainly on the list.
 
The one thing that I rarely do is use a ref track when mixing. Mostly I just decide my mixes are produced fair enough when I can play them in the car and then switch to SiriusXM and not hear a DRAMATIC difference; and if I do it's usually my fault (DUH!).