Desert island albums

[kenlackly]

Probably change week to week but....

them crooked vultures - them crooked vultures

joy division - unknown pleasure

queens of the stone age - songs for the dead

the clash - the clash

arcade fire - funeral

massive attack - blue lines

killing joke - killing joke

stone roses - stone roses

new order - technique

british sea power - do you like rock music?

[nikkic]

3 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Most of these are in my favourite ever albums top 10, but if you are on a desert island, I want a bit of variety, so dropped a few. Appitite for Destruction, Dark Side of the moon and Parallel Lines could have all made it:

My list:

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

The Prodigy - Jilted Generation

Ok Computer - Radiohead

Different Class - Pulp

Back in Black - ACDC

Sign O The Times - Prince

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

Honky Dory - Bowie

Play - Moby

Gatecrasher Red 

Gatecrasher Red, now that's a throwback. What an album that was. 

[mungo57]

1 hour ago, Kizzie said:

I love em all, sometimes no.1 is Close to the Edge sometimes it's Fragile, quite often The Yes Album.  I always say when senility finally kicks in someone should put all Yes albums on and I reckon I'll still know every word so deeply embedded they all are.  Mind you I was 12 when I started buying Yes albums.

I heard Fragilefirst when I was around 18 and just getting truly into Prog music (Tool were my first 'prog' experience when Lateralus came out..... I was 14 then and it changed the way I view music) and I remember not liking it at the time. I think it was the voice that put me off.

I came back to yes a few years later and was instantly hooked - close to the edge is just amazing all the way through and it was an eye opener. Last year I resurrected my vinyl collection and the first LP I bought to spin was close to the edge. Comes alive on vinyl

 

If you're into Yes give Steven Wilson a go if you haven't already - the man is basically my god and he's remixed a few old yes albums in 5:1 over the last few years

 

Just to add I am now 29 so I've only got into Yes reasonably recently and they've clearly split up now typically

 

[Hutchmaster]

God, this is more difficult than I thought. I've set myself the rule of only one album per artist and trying to make it as diverse as possible..

 

1.) Radiohead- In Rainbows

2.) M83- Saturdays=Youth

3.) The Antlers- Hospice

4.) The Waterboys- This is the Sea

5.) Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

6.) Arcade Fire- Funeral

7.) Glass Animals- How To Be A Human Being

8.) Lisa Hannigan- At Swim

9.) The Maccabees- Given To The Wild

10.) Klaxons- Myths of the Near Future

11.) Bjork- Greatest Hits

12.) LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver

 

 

Edited February 4, 2017 by Johnkhutch

[FuzzyDunlop]

11 hours ago, henry bear said:

Was this from his 'plastic soul' phase? 

Whoops!

[giantkatestacks]

Ok, lets have a go then:

Prince, Purple Rain

Prince, Sign of the Times

The Sundays, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

GNR, Appetite for Destruction

Jeff Buckley, Grace

ABC, The Lexicon of Love

Amy Winehouse, Back to Black

Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack

Red, Hot + Blue

Westminster Abbey Choir, Allegri, Miserere

thats only 10 so still pondering the other 2

[LeeGalvin]

15 hours ago, tozpot said:

Who's your favourite artist then mate? 

Radiohead

13 hours ago, brandycoke said:

A Bowie top 12 without Aladdin Sane 

Haha, I stand by that. Though Lady Grinning Soul alone could possibly push it into the top 12. Hmmmm...

[addicted2noise]

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

Highway 61 - Bob Dylan

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Illmatic - Nas 

What's The Story - Oasis

Endtroducung - DJ Shadow

OK Computer - Radiohead

Is This It? - The Strokes

Funeral - Arcade Fire

Shrines - Purity Ring ("a sly declaration of new classic status slipped into a list of old safe ones")

 

[Jobseeker]

1) Radiohead - Kid A

2) Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues

3) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

4) Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 

5) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

6) Outkast - Aquemini

7) LCD - The Long Goodbye

8 ) Nina Simone - Pastel Blues

9)  Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit 

10) Kendrick Lamar - TPAB

[leekstokie]

1 - Pearl Jam - Ten

2 - Pearl Jam - No Code

3 - Pearl Jam - Live at Benaroya Hall

4 - U2 - The Joshua Tree

5 - Pink Floyd - DSOTM

6 - Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here

7 - Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits

8 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe 

9 - Oasis - Whats the story morning glory

10 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am That is What I’m Not

11 - Radiohead - The Bends

12 - Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

 

[priest17]

1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

2. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

3. The Beatles - White Album

4. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour

5. Kendrick Lemar - To Pimp a Butterfly

6. The Avalanches - Since I Left You

7. Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits

8. Madvillain - Madvillainy 

9. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope

10. Arctic Monkeys - WPSIATWIN 

11. Meatraffle - Meatraffle 

12. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

 

Could be 12 different albums on a different day, I'd need 5 white boards, 50 grams of tobacco and a few crates of beer to really work out which albums I'd take. There's a decent mix there, I'd be alright with that. There's lots I'd miss though.

[Woffy]

All Stereolab

All Grandaddy

Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther

 

More than 12, but I'd smuggle some up my bum before embarkation.

[Woffy]

Just now, Scruffylovemonster said:

Always thought you liked shit music!

Wahay!

Fuckin hell, Scruff. How many coats have you fetched today, dude?

[Woffy]

Just now, Scruffylovemonster said:

Blame my boring work!

Slow day in Gotham?

[Quark]

Tried doing this on the basis of only having these to listen to rather than 12 favourite albums. Bit of variety, something to cover different moods.

Adore - Smashing Pumpkins

Positive Songs For Negative People - Frank Turner

Levelling The Land - Levellers

Etherwood - Etherwood

Appetite For Destruction - Guns n Roses

Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Violator - Depeche Mode

OK Computer - Radiohead

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Discovery - Daft Punk

Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus

[eFestivals]

21 hours ago, Jobseeker said:

5) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

an album people only recommend if they don't know the others.

[stuartbert two hats]

50 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

an album people only recommend if they don't know the others.

Go on then Oracle, which would you recommend?

[Wooderson]

Fear of Music or Remain in Light are their best records.

[Jobseeker]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

an album people only recommend if they don't know the others.

Lol, I nearly put Fear of Music if that makes you feel any better! I thought you would be all over Stop Making Sense?

[GlastoEls]

Good thread!

Top 12 in no order apart from early Oasis at the top:

1) Oasis : Definitely Maybe

2) Oasis : Morning Glory

3) Faith No More : Angel Dust

4) Philip Glass : Aguas Da Amazonia

5) Pink Floyd : Dark Side Of The Moon

6) Monochrome Set : The Lost Weekend

7) John Williams : Star Wars Suite

The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses

9) The Beta Band : The 3 EPs

10) Ian Brown : Unfinished Monkey Business

11) Waylon Jennings : Lonesome Onry & Mean

12) Morrissey : 1991 Best Of

=)

[eFestivals]

4 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Go on then Oracle, which would you recommend?

'The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads' is a better live album (tho it's better in its original vinyl form than the extended CD available now).

As for the rest, it depends what the appeal is for you, but it would fall as 'Remain In Light' or 'Speaking In Tongues' I'd say.

[eFestivals]

3 hours ago, Jobseeker said:

Lol, I nearly put Fear of Music if that makes you feel any better! I thought you would be all over Stop Making Sense?

My studio fav tends to move between and 2nd to 4th, depending how I'm feeling that day. Poor old 'More Songs About Buildings and Food' barely gets a mention.

I gave Catherine Wheel a spin last weekend, first time for ages. I'd forgotten how good that is.

[Jobseeker]

6 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

'The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads' is a better live album (tho it's better in its original vinyl form than the extended CD available now).

As for the rest, it depends what the appeal is for you, but it would fall as 'Remain In Light' or 'Speaking In Tongues' I'd say.

Does the original vinyl have 'Electricity' on it? One of the main reason I went for SMS over Fear of Music was I much prefer the stripped back version of Heaven on it, but then again I lose Cities and I Zimbra.. Decisions decisions.

[eFestivals]

17 hours ago, Jobseeker said:

Does the original vinyl have 'Electricity' on it? One of the main reason I went for SMS over Fear of Music was I much prefer the stripped back version of Heaven on it, but then again I lose Cities and I Zimbra.. Decisions decisions.

just checked, no it doesn't. You lose out on tracks with the vinyl, but it has a much better flow.

[Avalon_Fields]

18 hours ago, eFestivals said:

My studio fav tends to move between and 2nd to 4th, depending how I'm feeling that day. Poor old 'More Songs About Buildings and Food' barely gets a mention.

I gave Catherine Wheel a spin last weekend, first time for ages. I'd forgotten how good that is.

More Songs... is stunning. Stay Hungry, leading into Take Me To The River is just ace. I'll still go for Fear of Music overall, partly for the lyrics.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts is surely one of the most important albums, an early pioneer, fusing electronics, African and Middle Eastern influences.