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    Desert Island Top 10 w/ rules...

    Ok, what is everyones 10 albums that they would take if they knew that they were going to be stranded on an Island for a lengthy period of time. The rules are:

    You must choose 10 albums from any generation, no compilations (soundtracks are not allowed unless it's a score) or greatest hits albums.
    You cannot choose any artists more than once.
    Other than that...pick away and provide at least some reasons for your selections....

    Here are my choices:

    David Bowie: ZIGGY STARDUST - so many great albums to choose from, but this one takes the cake mainly for the songs It Aint' Easy and Lady Stardust

    Jocelyn Pook's UNTOLD THINGS - great laid back and mellow for those evenings of contemplation on the island.

    Philip Glass THE HOURS soundtrack - superb contemplative recording.

    Stevie Wonder's INNERVISIONS - bring some funk and reality into the picture for those ocassions of joy.

    Sigur Ros AGAETIS BYRJUN - just something fun to listen to.

    Jimi Hendrix BAND OF GYPSIES - one of my favorite guitar-driven recordings.

    Alan Parsons Project EYE IN THE SKY - Hmmm. I just like this album for some odd reason.

    Nada Surf LET GO - just a cool album with loads of memories.

    Elliott FALSE CATHEDRALS - also many memories.

    Paloalto SELF TITLED - memories and hope.

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    BOSTON - The first one (one hit after another)
    RUSH - Tough call but I'll say Moving Pictures. (it's the one I'm listening to now)
    YES - Tomato (blast from the past)
    PF- Wish You Were Here. (great tunes)
    VH - Women & Children First (love Eddie's work here)
    Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock&Roll. (nuff said)
    The Eagles - Hotel California (I was a young teenager in lust)
    Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward (So I had to grow a little)
    ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (Killer CD)
    Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    BOSTON - The first one (one hit after another) ABSOLUTELY!
    RUSH - Tough call but I'll say Moving Pictures. (it's the one I'm listening to now) GREAT CHOICE.
    YES - Tomato (blast from the past) YEP!
    PF- Wish You Were Here. (great tunes) SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM MY HEAD HURTS
    VH - Women & Children First (love Eddie's work here)
    Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock&Roll. (nuff said)
    The Eagles - Hotel California (I was a young teenager in lust) FAVORITE TRACK IS #2
    Spyro Gyra - Fast Forward (So I had to grow a little)
    ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (Killer CD) AGREED
    Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
    Nice selection...that Island will be rockin'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Kansas - Leftoverture (yeah yeah, I know the one track is played. but I love side 2)
    I knew there was a reason that I liked you! If you check the archives for similar threads, you'll see that Leftoverture always, always, always is at the top of my Desert Island list.

    I'll give you my top five for now, because I don't have time to come up with ten before Lost starts.

    Kansas - Leftoverture - the best album ever made IMO. Great music, great lyrics, killer album. And, yeah, I'm sick of Carry On, but it's a solid song that's been ruined by classic rock stations that refuse to recognize the greatness of the other tunes on this album.

    Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Welcome To The Machine. 'nough said.

    David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - This album changed my life.

    Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs - This album excited me in a way that music hadn't excited me in years.

    Hem - Rabbit Songs - This CD is my favourite stress reliever. The music, the songwriting, and Sally Ellyson's incredible voice all work together to sooth the savage beast within.

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    Amon Duul II - Wolf City
    Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
    Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
    Smiths: Greatest Hits (The Austrailian remaster with 20 songs...lol)
    Echo & the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (Remaster)
    Camel: Mirage
    T. Rex: Electric Warrior
    Robin Trower: "2-on1 CD" Twice Removed from Yesterday & Bridge of Sighs
    Durutti Column: The Return of the Durutti Column
    Genesis: Foxtrot

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn

    David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - This album changed my life.
    I gotta hear more about his one...as it is also on my list...

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    Tool - aenima - my all-time favorite band
    Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
    Clutch - self titled - one of my fave bands
    fu Manchu - action is go - same as above
    Pantera - Vulgar display of power - insane disc
    Black sabbath - paranoid - gotta have the almighty sabbath with ya!
    Metallica - master of puppets - top 5 metal disc of all time
    Corrosion of conformity - wiseblood - love em
    Down - nola - band made up of pantera and corrosion members, great cd
    Pink Floyd - WYWH - duh

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    Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
    Pixies - Doolittle
    Luna - Bewitched
    Laika - Silver Apples of The Moon
    Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
    Mink DeVille - Cabretta
    Paul K & The Weathermen - Love Is A Gas
    Califone - Roomsound
    David Bowie - Low
    The Notwist - Neon Golden

    And because it's just so new, and just so charmingly good ...
    Blonde Redhead - 23

    And a special mention for one that's been in very heavy rotation lately ...
    Signal To Trust - Golden Armour (I'd say that Sloshy and Mason and Stoney and some of you other mathy but melodic guitar lovers, Crazy Rhythms Feelies meet the Daydream Nation Sonic Youth-type rock fans should hear this, even if it does borrow a little more than it should from Albini's Shellac mold, with a bit of that early Clean sound too, all taking it back in an incestuous path toward the VU, but stopping closer to those Wire heads, but I know that most of you already have heard these guys, and I just need to pay more attention ... http://archive.audioreview.com/10/0EF95646.php ... do a ctrl-A to highlight text for contrast)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    I knew there was a reason that I liked you! If you check the archives for similar threads, you'll see that Leftoverture always, always, always is at the top of my Desert Island list.
    That can't be the only reason.
    Last edited by GMichael; 04-12-2007 at 11:08 AM.
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    Hmmm...

    Beach Boys Pet Sounds

    Dylan Blonde On Blonde

    Beatles Rubber Soul

    CSN Crosby, Stills And Nash

    Beethoven Piano Concerto #5, "The Emperor" Ozawa & Serkin

    Mozart Die Zauberflote

    Davis Kind Of Blue

    Evans Portrait in Jazz

    Byrd The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd

    Nakai Canyon Trilogy

    jimHJJ(...off the top of my head anyway...Reasons? They're all good...)
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    If you repeat a lie often enough, some will believe it to be the truth...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duds
    Tool - aenima - my all-time favorite band
    Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
    Clutch - self titled - one of my fave bands
    fu Manchu - action is go - same as above
    Pantera - Vulgar display of power - insane disc
    Black sabbath - paranoid - gotta have the almighty sabbath with ya!
    Metallica - master of puppets - top 5 metal disc of all time
    Corrosion of conformity - wiseblood - love em
    Down - nola - band made up of pantera and corrosion members, great cd
    Pink Floyd - WYWH - duh
    hopefully you'll be on the other side of the island so I can borrow your stuff..

    -jar
    If being afraid is a crime we'll hang side-by-side,
    at the swingin' party down the line..


    The Replacements

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    Husker Du - New Day Rising
    Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
    Mahler 9th - Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic
    Mahler 6th - Sinopoli/Philharmonia
    Hum - Downward is Heavenward
    Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
    Slint - Spiderland
    Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
    Bark Psychosis - Hex
    The Cure - Disintegration

    this isn't easy.

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    I'll try this without giving it much thought:

    Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
    Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
    Bob Marley - Catch a Fire
    Ramones - Leave Home
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Fugazi - Repeater
    Beatles - Rubber Soul
    Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
    Devo - Freedom of Choice
    Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
    And the world will turn to flowing pink vapor stew.

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    Of course, come on down, i'll be roasting a wild boar over an open flame.

    Quote Originally Posted by -Jar-
    hopefully you'll be on the other side of the island so I can borrow your stuff..

    -jar

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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    That can't be the only reason.
    Also, you'll kill spiders for me.

    Quote Originally Posted by Peruvian Skies
    I gotta hear more about his one...as it is also on my list...
    Ziggy Stardust was my first real rock album. I bought it because I liked the cover and it was on sale. It started a life long love affair with Bowie's music. And it forever changed the way that I listened to music and the type of music that I listened to.

    Quote Originally Posted by Duds
    Kyuss - welcome to sky valley - awesome disc to listen to sitting around a fire
    ...nice call on the Kyuss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davey
    And a special mention for one that's been in very heavy rotation lately ...
    Signal To Trust - Golden Armour (I'd say that Sloshy and Mason and Stoney and some of you other mathy but melodic guitar lovers, Crazy Rhythms Feelies meet the Daydream Nation Sonic Youth-type rock fans should hear this, even if it does borrow a little more than it should from Albini's Shellac mold, with a bit of that early Clean sound too, all taking it back in an incestuous path toward the VU, but stopping closer to those Wire heads, but I know that most of you already have heard these guys, and I just need to pay more attention ... http://archive.audioreview.com/10/0EF95646.php ... do a ctrl-A to highlight text for contrast)
    Funny, but when Rae was street-teaming Folklore (no, not the 16 Horsepower album) I happened to get in a conversation with someone at a record store and described it as The Dismemberment Plan mixed with Shellac. And I thought I was the weird one

    Since I'm here my DIDs (of the moment):

    Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
    The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
    Grandaddy - Sumday
    Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
    Les Savy Fav - Inches
    Pinback - Summer In Abaddon
    Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Sepultura - Chaos AD (need my metal fix)
    Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (Yeah, it's new. Yes, it is that good.)

    NP: Wilco (live boot)
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Thanks FA!



    ...nice call on the Kyuss.[/QUOTE]

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    Also, you'll kill spiders for me.
    .
    I feel so...
    so used.
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    some really great choices...

    I always find myself picking different things when it comes to ...let's say a Desert Island than what I listen to on a day-to-day basis. I think that all of us have our 'sacred' stash of albums that we frequently visit and re-visit, but if I know that I only have a few to listen to for quite some time it becomes a whole different beast. I suppose when I think about it I really want to be able to listen to songs that paint vivid pictures for me and things that are reflective and personal for me. Yet at the same time, songs that don't grow tiresome, which even the best ones do at times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    Also, you'll kill spiders for me.



    Ziggy Stardust was my first real rock album. I bought it because I liked the cover and it was on sale. It started a life long love affair with Bowie's music. And it forever changed the way that I listened to music and the type of music that I listened to.



    ...nice call on the Kyuss.
    Well for me, I guess ZIGGY STARDUST was the first album that when I listened to it, at first, was rather average. I skipped through it a bit and found a few tracks that I could enjoy, but then something magical happened. I found myself craving it. It was a rock album that had this beautiful nature to it that nothing else quite had before. It also is the first and only album that I am aware of where songs like IT AIN'T EASY truly sound more like a whole rock choir vs. just one man singing out. It's just an amazing record with such passion and mystery. I, of course, love just about every other Bowie album, but this one I always come back to and each time fall in love again.

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    Haven't done one of these for a long time...but what the hell

    and, yeah, it's basically impossible


    The Clash: London Calling
    Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime
    Marvin Gaye: Superhits
    The Upsetters: Super Ape
    Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Blues Summitt
    Chuck Berry: Anthology
    Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
    Love & Rockets: Express
    Massive Attack: Protection
    OutKast: ATLiens

    or...if we could do box sets (really cheating for this one)

    Clash (Singles Box)
    Stax Collection Vol. 1
    Black Box: Wax Trax Box Set
    Hitsville USA Motown Collection
    Miles Davis & John Coltrane Columbia Recordings
    Beethoven Symphony Box (probably von Karajan's, but not picky)
    Lee Perry: Arkology Box
    Nuggetts (original 4 disc box)
    Massive Attack Singles 90/98 Box
    Velvet Underground: Peel Slowly and See Box
    No Thanks: The 70s Punk Rebellion Box Set

    and, ya know, I'm still missing a bunch of ****.

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    Let me pretend I had to run to this desert island quickly and didn't have too much time to analyze this or make it perfect; here' an off-the-top-of-my-head list:

    The Smiths -- Louder than Bombs
    Velvet Underground & Nico (s/t)
    Jay-Z -- The Blueprint
    Miles Davis -- *****es Brew
    Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main Street
    Talking Heads -- More Songs About Buildings and Food
    David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (I'm sure it was the power of suggestion, but that is an excellent choice)
    Billie Holiday -- Love Songs compilation or any other disc of hers I could find from the late 30s or early 40s
    Louvin Brothers -- When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers
    Daft Punk -- Discovery

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    Ziggy

    Can't help but notice that this one keeps coming up. I wonder if Bowie and Islands is just a natural thing. Hmmm. Anyway, I am listening to the SACD of ZIGGY STARDUST now because it's been on my brain with this thread. Lovin' the sax....wooot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DariusNYC
    Let me pretend I had to run to this desert island quickly and didn't have too much time to analyze this or make it perfect; here' an off-the-top-of-my-head list:

    The Smiths -- Louder than Bombs
    Velvet Underground & Nico (s/t)
    Jay-Z -- The Blueprint
    Miles Davis -- *****es Brew
    Rolling Stones -- Exile on Main Street
    Talking Heads -- More Songs About Buildings and Food
    David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (I'm sure it was the power of suggestion, but that is an excellent choice)
    Billie Holiday -- Love Songs compilation or any other disc of hers I could find from the late 30s or early 40s
    Louvin Brothers -- When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers
    Daft Punk -- Discovery
    Oops, you said no compilations or greatest hits in your "rules". Sorry. Only problem is, when you're picking albums from the "pre-album" era, it is impossible. Louder than Bombs was sort of like its own album. Anyhow, the rules kinda suck for me, but thanks for starting the thread.

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