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
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 shavixmirHaa! Spotted a fellow Waits fan! 🙂
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
My list (Waits first 🙂 ):
1. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
2. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
3. Alice - Tom Waits
4. Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits
5. Live One Summer Night - Paco De Lucia sextet
6. Symphony No. 9 "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven
7. Boys for Pele - Tori Amos
8. Frida - Movie soundtrack cd, various artists
9. "Great recordings of the century" cd of Erik Satie's music
10. A "best of" collection of Leonard Cohen.
Really tough choises!
-Jarno
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 wucky3Yay! We're popping up left and right! 🙂
Hi Jarno...another tom waits fan here
Now we've only got to spread the Waits-bug to others here. 😏 Through persistant and repeated exposure, I've managed to convert one of my friends to the priviliged fold, one is "curious", and the rest think I'm mad. 🙄
-Jarno
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
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!