Desert Island Albums

I'd probably go with Surfacing from Sarah myself. But also:

1. Tiger Lilly, Natalie Merchant (for the mellow moments)
2. Eruption, Bob Marley (in case there happens to be a big pot field on the island)
3. Bat out of Hell, Meatloaf (for when I want to sing my head off and be depresesed, given that I'm on an island all alone)
4. Relish, Joan Osborne (so good rockin bluesy mood stuff)
5. The Wall, Pink Floyd (does that count as two?, for the I can't take it here any more, it's time to kill myself moods)

There are lots of other specific songs I'd like to have, but those would be a good variety to cover a lot of moods. Hard to leave out all The Beatles' albums of course.

Great question Jessie, tough to limit it to five though!

These would definitely go with me, no particular order so alpahabetically by band:

* The Clash ------ The Clash [1977]


* Ian Dury ------- New Boots and Panties [1977]


* Judas Priest --- Sad Wings of Destiny [1976]


* Pink Floyd ----- Wish You were Here [1975]


* The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus [1977]



If I could smuggle in another 10, these would go too:

* Fleetwood Mac -------- Rumours [1977]


* Iron Maiden ---------- Iron Maiden [1980]


* Judas Priest --------- Painkiller [1990]


* Gary Moore ----------- Still Got the Blues [1990]


* Motörhead ------------ Overkill [1979]


* Pink Floyd ----------- Dark Side of the Moon [1973]


* Sex Pistols ---------- Never Mind the Bo****ks, here's the Sex Pistols [1977]


* Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material [1979]


* Thin Lizzy ----------- Live and Dangerous [1978]


* Van Halen ------------ Van Halen [1978]

Love this post.................

Jon Oliva.......Jon Olivas Pain

Black Sabbath Master of Reality

Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell

Savatage Hall of the Mountain King

Jim Croce ................Greatest Hits


The SteveStrummer smuggler list.............

Ted Nugent .....Double" Live" Gonzo
Pat Travers ......."Live" Go For What You Know
Halford ................."Live Insurrection"
Judas Priest............Unleashed in the East
Styx...........Grand Illusion
Black Sabbath..........Sabotage
Elvis Presley....Live In Las Vegas.....................not viva............ Las Vegas
Savatage.....Streets a Rock Opera

I have to agree that Rob's 'Live Insurrection' is pure quality -

Oh hell yeah!

The first five tracks on Disc 1 are just smokin...........the poduction is awsome.............a little touched up in the studio, but I don't care.

Have you listened to Jon Olivas Pain ?..............excellent production.

First and foremost - Baby Animals debut CD - simply some of the best rock ever, not a bad track on the album




Secondly - I know it's a Greatest Hits album but it features Peter Green at his best




Thirdly - Jeff Lang - Disturbed Folk 2. Lang is awesome




I've been listening to this album forever, couldn't do without it




Lastly - One of the coolest jazz albums ever by one of the best jazz singers ever

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***High Tension Wires--Steve Morse
Scenario--Al DiMeola
A Farewell To Kings--Rush
Feeding The Wheel--Jordan Rudess
Bursting Out Live--Jethro Tull

Smuggler's list...
Rust In Peace--Megadeth
Flamenco A Go Go--Steve Stevens
Stained Class--Judas Priest
Crystal Planet--Joe Satriani
Adam and Eve--The Flower Kings
Feel Euphoria--Spock's Beard
Meddle--Pink Floyd
All the Worlds A Stage--Rush
Dig--I Mother Earth
Yessongs--Yes

*** = if I could only bring (shudder), one disc

albums is a tricky for me, since a lot of the tunes that would make my top 50 EVER only feature in single format. Also now SO MANY albums have 2-3 decent tracks and the rest are filler.

one album I bought 2 times was massive attacks blue lines. So I guess that would feature.

Prodigy's "prodigy experience"

Moby's Play album I liked (BUT you heard some songs everywhere and it got OVER played)

Kate Bushs stuff I liked, but again which album

at least 1 of 4hero's albums would feature, but their remix of "black gold sun" I will never tire of and it didn't feature on their albums.
Deffo something by Stevie wonder, but which album ? songs in the key of life.. (not the 80's stuff )

u2.. again which album?!?!

Daft punk.. like their work

the obvious names mentioned before me, are to my taste also. I like the kinks for some of their work also. It's impossible for me to choose to be honest. Sampling years ago has got me to listen to all sorts of music I wouldn't have listened to.

A lot of younger peoples i-pods now feature music their parents used to listen to.. says a lot about the music around now.hehe

one album that would never feature.. anything by james blunt.. his voice grates my teeth.

ORIGINAL: FingerBone Bill

Mine features stuff from the 1930's even the 1830's. I would easily replace one of my Desert Island disks with Beethoven's 9th.

Wow, my first choice would be a copy of Beethoven's 9th symphony, or even just the last movement of that titanic composition.

I'd also include:

Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark

Lyle Lovett: Ponitac (or Joshua Judges Ruth)

B.B. King: Live At The Regal

Wow, number 5 is a tough one. I'd probably have to choose from one of these:

REM: Automatic For The People, or;

Red Hot Chile Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik, or;

Counting Crows: August And Everything After, or;

Walter Becker: Eleven Tracks Of Whack, or;

Mozart: Requiem, or;

Cream: Live Volume II, or............

This could go on forever, of course..... ;>)

Best regards,
Bill

ORIGINAL: Rbh

hmmmm
Walter Becker - 11 tracks of whack

Hi, Rbh,

Glad to see someone else mentioning "Eleven Tracks Of Whack". One of my all-time favorite albums. Yet, most of my Steely Dan-loving friends hated Walter's album for some reason. I thought I'd lost my mind because I only know one other person who really liked "Whack". All my other friends said I was nuts for being such a big fan of this album. Maybe I'm just a sucker for sad, broken relationship, heroin addiction songs..... ;>)

Best regards,
Bill

I think my mood range would be pretty much covered if I brought:
- Steely Dan, Aja
- The Smiths, Louder than Bombs (a B-side compilation but still the most coherent collection of songs they ever managed to put on a single disc).
- Joy Division, Closer
- Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
- Talking Heads, Remain in Light


Arrgh, this became a nauseatingly politically correct list! Better go listen to Lenny Kravitz...

Sven

Little Earthquakes would have been high on my backup team as well, as would Tidal. Both are great albums. If compilation albums count, then I'd probably throw the Garden State soundtrack album in there. Lots of good stuff on there.

I'd have to settle for the following:

Alan Parsons - I Robot
Phil Collins - Face Value
Foreigner - 4
Michael McDonald - If That's What It Takes
Rush - Signals

Lol, I actually had to think about this one (a good thing).

1. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
3. Roxy Music - Live (2001)
4. The Clash - From Here To Eternity
5. U2 - Achtung Baby

But I'm sure tomorrow I'd have 3 of the 5 different...