Desert Island Discs - Albums

If you were to be stranded on a desert island and were restricted to only ten albums, what would you take? I've been trying to come up with a definitive list for some time now. The following is what I have so far, but remains far from definitive, (in fact the last two, excellent though they are, are pretty much only making up the numbers because I can't think of anything else off the top of my head):

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Led Zeppelin II
4. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
5. The Eels - Daisies of The Galaxy
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
7. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
8. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
9. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
10. The Foo Fighters - There is Nothing Left To Lose

Don't want to think that nobody is interesting in your thread. I'm just thinking and will post something eventually. 😀

-Ray.

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order:

1. Pink Floyd: Time
2. Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower (might be the best solo of all time)
3. The Tea Party: Temptation
4. Dream Theater: Lifting Shadows off a Dream
5. Rush: Natural Science (shockimg, no?)
6. Rush: 2112
7. The Looking Glass: Brandy (it may be their only hit, but it's stilla great song)
8. Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
9. The Who: The Seeker
10. John Lennon: Instant Karma

Probably:

10. The best of - Billy Bragg
9. Rum, sodomy & the lash - The pogues
8. Stop making sense - Talking heads
7. The velvet underground & Nico - The velvet underground
6. Sheik yer bouti tango - Frank Zappa
5. Rain dogs - Tom Waits
4. The wild, the innocent & the E-street shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
3. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
2. Live parts 1,2,3 and 4 - The Corries
1. Bone machine - Tom Waits

Ok - a quick braindump, this is what I'd pick if I only have five minutes to make up my mind!

The Rainmakers - The Rainmakers
A Kind of Magic - Queen
Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
2002 - Dr Dre
Back to Basics - Billy Bragg
Complete Madness - Madness
Utter Madness - Madness
Variations - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Hull 4 London 0 - The Housemartins
Tenacious D - Tenacious D

in no order:

iron maiden-number of the beast
iron maiden-rock in rio
megadeth-...rust in peace
dream theatre-images and words
sex pistols-never mind the bollocks
three inches of blood-battlecry under a winter sun
AC/DC-back in black
metallica-ride the lightning
greenday-internation superhits
van halen-van halen

Originally posted by shavixmir
Probably:

10. The best of - Billy Bragg
9. Rum, sodomy & the lash - The pogues
8. Stop making sense - Talking heads
7. The velvet underground & Nico - The velvet underground
6. Sheik yer bouti tango - Frank Zappa
5. Rain dogs - Tom Waits
4. The wild, the innocent & the E-street shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
3. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
2. Live parts 1,2,3 and 4 - The Corries
1. Bone machine - Tom Waits

Hi Jarno...another tom waits fan here . heres my selection ( in no particular order)

1. tom waits - bone machine 😉
2. van morrison - astral weeks
3. nick drake - bryter layter
4. the verve - urban hymns
5. the smiths - strangeways here we come
6. echo & the bunnymen - ocean rain
7. the who - quadrophenia
8. snow patrol - final straw
9. john lennon - the best of..
10. richard ashcroft - alone with everybody
...........
joanna 🙂

Originally posted by wucky3
Hi Jarno...another tom waits fan here

Originally posted by wucky3
2. van morrison - astral weeks
7. the who - quadrophenia
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No order whatsoever

Albums
Live after Death - Iron Maiden
7th Son of a 7th Son - Iron Maiden
Hysteria - Def Leppard
New Jersey - Bon Jovi
1984 - Van Halen
Back in Black - AC/DC
Nevermind - Nirvana
Rage against the machine - Rage Against The Machine
Fair Warning - Van Halen
The Real Thing - Faith No More
Come Clean - Puddle of Mudd

I know there is 11 here, but like Spinal Tap says, 11 is better as its one more than 10

My bad...I should have posted my list in the "desert island tracks" thread....

My list has changed already. Dropped the foos and white stripes for 1 Giant Leap and Neil Young Harvest.

That's a good question. I'd die if I could only pick ten.

Derek and the Dominos: "Layla and other Assorted Love Songs"
Pink Floyd: "Animals"
Pink Floyd: "Atom Heart Mother"
Phish: "Rift"
Rush: "Presto"
Blind Melon: "Nico"
moe.: "dither"
The Alman Brothers Band: "Hittin' the Note"
Gov't Mule: "Dose"
Steely Dan: "The Royal Scam"

My personal list, not being a Tom Waits fan thereby freeing up some slots (!), is

1. Stone Roses (self titled first album)
2. Talulah Gosh - Rock Legends Vol 59
3. Primal Scream (self titled second album)
4. The Brilliant Corners - Hooked
5. The Smiths - Strangeways here we come
6. Radiohead - the bends
7. Birdland (white album)
8. The Adventure Babies
9. Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
10. The Boo Radleys - Giantsteps

If you were ever wandering what all the fuss was about British indie music of the late 80s and early 90s, pick any of these albums and have a listen. This was a time and style when all that mattered was the songs. Does it really matter if you aren't a virtuoso on your instrument? Course not, it's the songs that count!