After having a blowout on a few JJ Cale albums I thought I’d canvas opinion on forum members favourites.
I think my personal favourite is the “Gaulois” album Shades.
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Does this count? Or am I cheating?
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No compilations allowed!
Naturally, naturally!
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Aaawwww, there was no fine print in to post! 
Then I have to go for Naturally!
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I don’t count compilations as albums but YMMV.
Yeah you are right.
It’s a killer vinyl though, IMHO.
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I used to find that in my days of vinyl playing, compilations generally sounded worse than albums because they try and pack so many tracks onto each side.
Even with CD’s it’s an issue for some players to read all the tracks successfully especially when trying to rip onto a drive.
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On my kit I can’t complain about this one though. Got an older copy of Naturally and to my ears the tracks on the comp compares very favorably. They stretched it over three lp’s at least.
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An all time classic.
However, we should not forget the great guitar playing of Mac Gayden on the early albums and of course his work in the Velvet Underground 
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Listening to this right now!
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Have you tried the reissue, recently sorted? I don’t remember if it’s Analogue Production or Speakers Corner.
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No alas I’m not a vinyl person.
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I love every album of his. But if I had to choose just one, it would be Naturally
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This seems to be the “natural” choice for most so far.
I agree.
I like a lot one track in it. Don’t remember the name.
The last track, “Cloudy Day” is probably my favourite with a particularly fine sax solo in it.
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