Adam Green - Gemstones
One of my favorite albums of all time. The way I discovered it was kinda funny, I read a kinda positive review of the album in the trashy German "Bravo" magazine that just follows any trend and has no idea about music whatsoever (and I also saw this guy in some obscure TV show) and then I dreamt of the album. In my dream I think someone gave it to me as a gift and I think I liked it. In reality, I didn't know what kind of genre it was, nothing, but I felt like I needed to listen to this, for whatever reason. So I decided to check it out and initially fell in love with it.
The songwriting (brevity of the songs, simple yet awesome chord progressions), the lyrics (his wordplay and humour), his voice, the sound of the acoustic guitar, the beautiful melodies accompanied by a beautiful Wurlitzer piano, the production - just an absolutely incredible album.