Top 25 "Desert Island" Albums

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

It's supposed to nearly impossible so no cheating with some various artist BS or "best of" compilation.

You get 25 and ONLY 25. Choose.

 

[james]

25! :shock: I'd have a hard enough time doing 10.

John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and The Velvet Underground & Nico are the only guaranteed spots in this lifeboat. The rest depend on what I had for breakfast.

 

[11top]

In no particular order:

1. Lean Into It- Mr. Big
2. Outside Inside- The Tubes
3. Phsysical Graffiti- Zep
4. The Yes Album- Yes
5. Wildflower- Sheryl Crow
6. Souvenirs - Dan Fogelbert
7. The White Album- Beatles
8. Rubber Soul- The Beatles
9. Leap of Faith- Kenny Loggins
10. Giant- Giant
11. Drops of Jupiter- Train
12. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
13. Wasted Light- Foo Fighters
14. 5150- Van Halen
15. The Deep End- Gov't Mule
16. Kansas- Kansas
17. ONe- The Panic Channel
18. Golden Road- Keith Urban
19. Toulouse Street- Doobie Bros.
20. Pump- Aerosmith
21. Songs for the Deaf- Queens of the Stone Age
22. Empire- Queensryche
23. Phobia- Breaking Benjamin
24. Tea for the Tillerman- Cat Stevens
25. A Night to Remember- Cyndi Lauper
25. Nobody's Perfect- Deep Purple
25. Spirit of Roth- TBD

Added later (see later post) because I like breaking Han's rule limiting to 25:

Derek and the Dominoes
Manassas (1st)

 

[Shawn@PRS]

In no particular order:

1. Lean Into It- Mr. Big
2. Outside Inside- The Tubes
3. Phsysical Graffiti- Zep
4. The Yes Album- Yes
5. Wildflower- Sheryl Crow
6. Souvenirs - Dan Fogelbert
7. The White Album- Beatles
8. Rubber Soul- The Beatles
9. Leap of Faith- Kenny Loggins
10. Giant- Giant
11. Drops of Jupiter- Train
12. The Dance- Fleetwood Mac
13. Wasted Light- Foo Fighters
14. 5150- Van Halen
15. The Deep End- Gov't Mule
16. Kansas- Kansas
17. ONe- The Panic Channel
18. Golden Road- Keith Urban
19. Toulouse Street- Doobie Bros.
20. Pump- Aerosmith
21. Songs for the Deaf- Queens of the Stone Age
22. Empire- Queensryche
23. Phobia- Breaking Benjamin
24. Tea for the Tillerman- Cat Stevens
25. A Night to Remember- Cyndi Lauper
25. Nobody's Perfect- Deep Purple
25. Spirit of Roth- TBD

Wow, you put some thought into this.

I'd have really sit down and think long and hard about my "25", but one of my choices would most certainly be Buena Vista Social Club and probably the Decemberist's entire catalog

 

[Goldtop]

I can confirm the 'nearly impossible' thing in my case. The stipulation about no Greatest Hits, Best Ofs, etc. really threw me. Anyway, here is my list (as of today anyway):

1. Chuck Berry - Live at The Fillmore
2. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
3. Johnny Cash - Live at San Quentin
4. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
5. Dread Zeppelin - Un-Led-Ed
6. Dread Zeppelin - 5,000,000
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8. Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
9. KISS - Destroyer
10. Led Zeppelin - IV/Zoso/Runes/Whatever
11. Motorhead - 1916
12. Willie Nelson - Stardust
13. Les Paul - Chester and Lester
14. Elvis - On Stage
15. Elvis - The Alternate Aloha
16. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
17. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
18. Frank Sinatra - Live at The Meadowlands
19. Storyville - A Piece of Your Soul
20. UFO - Obsession
21. UFO - Strangers in the Night
22. Stevie - Texas Flood
23. Howlin Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight
24. ZZ TOP - Deguello
25. ZZ TOP - Rhythmeen

Alternates:
Amazing Rhythm Aces - Stacked Deck
Elvis - From Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis Tenn.
Howlin Wolf - London Sessions
ZZ TOP - XXX, El Loco
And too many others to list...

Many thanks for a great question/subject.

Goldtop

 

[11top]

Wow, you put some thought into this.

Well, yeah...................This is serious stuff. :shock:

 

[sergiodeblanc]

1. Earth Wind and Fire "I Am"
2. Nigel Kennedy "Vivaldi's Four Seasons"
3. The Cure "Seventeen Seconds"
4. AL, John, & Paco "Friday Night in San Francisco"
5.Marvin Gaye "Here, My dear"
6. Chic "C'est Chic"
7. Slayer "Reign in Blood"
8. The Clash "Sandinista" ( a little cheating, thats a triple album)
9. George Benson "Brezzin"
10. DeeLite "Dew Drops in the Garden"
11. Bad Brains "I against I"
12. Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life"
13. The Pharcyde "Lab Cabin California"
14. Bob Marley and the Wailers "Uprising"
15. Refused "The Shape of Punk to Come"
16. Donna Summer "Bad Girls"
17. Herbie Hancock "Headhunters"
18. Wham! "Make it Big" (I can't live my whole life without hearing "Careless Whisper")
19. Lee "Scratch" Perry "Son of Thunder" (same as above but "Bathroom Skank")
20. Metallica "Master of Puppets"
21. Kool & the Gang "Something Special"
22. Amy Winehouse "Back in Black" (Yeah, I said it)
23. Kool Keith "Black Elvis"
24. Carl Orrf "Carmina Burana"
25. Prince "Purple Rain"

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Hey where is Hans'ssss list? You can't just fart in a room and leave. This was kind of hard!

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Hey where is Hans'ssss list? You can't just fart in a room and leave. This was kind of hard!

It's coming. I need to get my iPod charged and make sure I didn't miss anything. I see 2 of mine on your list.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Hey where is Hans'ssss list? You can't just fart in a room and leave. This was kind of hard!

It's coming. I need to get my iPod charged and make sure I didn't miss anything. I see 2 of mine on your list.

I know Wham! is one of them.

 

[veinbuster]

Things that would definitely make the cut (not ordered):
Michael Jackson Triller
Led Zeppelin 3
Hendrix Are You Experienced
Friday Night In San Fransisco
Guess Who American Woman
Beatles Rubber Soul
Al Di Splendido Hotel
Thornley self titled
Keith Urban Be Here
Bonnie Raitt Luck of the Draw
Jeff Healey See the Light
Natalie Merchant Tiger Lilly
Ramones self titled
Santana Supernatural
Stone Roses self titled
Tea Party Edges of Twilight
Sting Ten Summoners Tales
Robert Cray Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Portishead Dummy
Meryn Cadell Bombazine
Cracker Kerosene Hat

probably pick the rest to include a Satriani, Stones, Clapton, Beck but I'm too lazy to decide which one right now

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Man... there are some seriously great albums making lists - and it is causing me to give them another listen.

I'm going to vibe to some Portishead after I post this. Thanks Peter (veinbuster)!

 

[11top]

Gosh darn it to heck! I forgot:

Derek and the Dominoes (Cause I heard Bell Bottom Blues on the radio today)
and the 1st Manassas record.

 

[veinbuster]

Gosh darn it to heck! I forgot:

Derek and the Dominoes (Cause I heard Bell Bottom Blues on the radio today)

Great album and good odds it would be my Clapton choice.
It has lots of good stuff but Thorn Tree In The Garden always wins out for me and is on my "Stranded" play list - which I forgot to consult when writing my list.

 

[11top]

Actually, this post is a bit irrelevent to me as I really don't think of music in terms of albums any longer. It's so easy now to just pick songs that I'd really put together a list of songs to take with me as opposed to complete albums. That's why greatest hits would actually be nore appropriate choices.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Steve, your point speaks to the heart of this thread. Everyone seems to think in terms of the individual song now. I suppose iTunes has a lot to do with that. I'm not knocking it. It is what it is.

But there are still artists who prefer to think about their music in terms of the album - with each song in context of the other. There are listeners who also prefer that perspective. But most people are focused on individual songs and compilations/playlists. That is why I think a great album has become a hard find.

 

[Sherpa]

Allman Brothers Band - live at Fillmore East
Steely Dan - citizen Steely Dn
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - rubber Soul
Kinks - Kink Kronikles
Kelly Joe Phelps - Shine-Eyed Mr. Zen
Pink Floyd - DSotM
Wilson Pickett - Pickett in the Pocket
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix in the West
Neil Young - Decade
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Tom Petty - Wildflower
Led Zeppelin - II
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Yes - Yessongs
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
George Harrison - All Things must Pass
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
ZZ Top - BBQ Smoke & Chrome
James Taylor - Mudslide Slim ...
Santana - IiI
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
James Montgomery Blue Band - First Time Out
U2 - War
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

 

[sergiodeblanc]

If the cassette had one redeeming characteristic, it would be all the great tunes that I only came to love from being to lazy to fast forward. I kind of miss full albums, with the exemption on Wham! all the ones I had listed are great front to back, for me at least. I feel my list would be totally different if it was top 25 singles, and would almost be exclusively Motown.

 

[veinbuster]

Steve, your point speaks to the heart of this thread. Everyone seems to think in terms of the individual song now. I suppose iTunes has a lot to do with that. I'm not knocking it. It is what it is.

But there are still artists who prefer to think about their music in terms of the album - with each song in context of the other. There are listeners who also prefer that perspective. But most people are focused on individual songs and compilations/playlists. That is why I think a great album has become a hard find.

I really like albums. Its very hard to tell who somebody is from one song, or even the collections of one songs that many albums are these days.

All the visual artists I know think in terms of a 'body of work' and that is what they want to have seen. For me music is the same. Though I do also assemble playlists that are mostly background; i.e. they play while I'm doing something else.

 

[swede71]

1.Jan johansson-Jazz in swedish
2.Pink Floyd-Dark side of the moon
3.MSG-Assault attack
4.Uli Jon Roth-Beyond the astral skies
5.Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force
6.Ozzy Osbourne-Diary of a madman
7.Bob Marley-Uprising
8.Opeth-Deliverance
9.Prince-Around the world in a day
10.Carlos Santana-Blues for Salvador
11.Van Halen-1984
12.Dokken-Under lock and key
13.Thin Lizzy-Bad reputation
13.Kate Bush-The red shoes
14.Black Sabbath-Sabbath bloody Sabbath
15.Chris Thomas-Cry of the prophets
16.Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland
17.Mercury Rev-Deserter´s songs
18.Robin trower-Bridge of sighs
19.Robben ford-Talk to your daughter
20.Michael Landau group-Live
21.The Who-Who´s next
22.Frank Zappa-Joe´s Garage
23.The soundtrack of our lives-Behind the music
24.King´s X-Ear Candy
25.Alan Haynes-Live at the big easy