Top 10 "Desert Island" CDs

[ChileMass]

Interesting article in the Boston Globe today about your list of 10 "desert island" CDs - in other words, your top 10 music CDs/albums of all time that you would need if sentenced to be stranded on a desert island.

OK - with all of about 15 minutes of reflection, here's my list (in no particular order):

1 - The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
2 - The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
3 - Bruce Springsteen: The River
4 - The Blasters: Over There
5 - Grateful Dead: Europe '72
6 - Grateful Dead: Live/Dead
7 - The Who: Quadrophenia
8 - Emmylou Harris: Spyboy
9 - The Beatles: White Album
10 - Elvis Costello: Armed Forces

If given the choice of one album, it's Europe '72.

Honorable Mention:

Allman Bros. Band - Fillmore East
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
Pink Floyd - Animals
Various - Concert for NYC (2001)
Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
Jefferson Airplane - Bless Its Pointed Little Head
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen - Live from Armadillo World Headquarters


What's your list - ???

 

[awf170]

Alice in Chains- Unplugged
Black Sabbath- paranoid
Nirvana- MTV unplugged
Pink Floyd- wish you were here
Pink floyd- pulse
Metallica- S and M (Disc 1)
Metallica- S and M (Disc 2)
papa roach- infest
godsmack- the other side
jethro tull- the best of jethro tull part 2

and if i had to pick just one it would be alice in chains unplugged

 

[riverc0il]

definitely tool's lateralus without a doubt top pick. i'll fire off a few for laughs and giggles in no particular order except the top pick (i know i am probably missing a few here, but....):

tool - lateralus
hybrid - wider angle
alice in chains - jar of flies/sap
dave matthews band - before these crowd streets
depeche mode - violator
letters to cleo - wholesale meats & fish/aurora gory alice
nin - pretty hate machine
nin - broken
nin - downward spiral
nin - fragile/still


honorable mention to:
tower of power - what is hip anthology
james brown - greatest hits
guns n' roses - appetite for destruction
tool - salival
madonna - ray of light
death cab for cutie - transatlanticism
mad season - above
pearl jam - live on two legs
american hi-fi

 

[Max]

1. Bruce Hornsby - either of his first 2
2. Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen Stills - Super Session
3. Dire Straits - 1st release
4. Doors - Morrison Hotel
5. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
6. Martin Simpson - Cool & Unusual
7. Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
8. Bruce Cockburn - Breakfast In New Orleans, Dinner In Timbuktu
9. J.J. Cale - Really
10. Ozark Mountain Daredevils - self titled

Honorable mentions:

1. Bela Fleck with the Dreadful Snakes - Snakes Alive
2. Tony Rice - Cold On The Shoulder
3. Will Ackerman - Past Light
4. Asleep At The Wheel - Live in Austin Texas
5. Tom Rush - Take A Little Walk With Me
6. Ralph Stanley - Live In Japan
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
8. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Live At The Armadillo World Headquarters

 

[ChileMass]

Max - you're a man after my own heart. I saw Asleep at the Wheel and Commander Cody (separately) at JB Scott's in Albany about 25 years ago, and they were the 2 best club shows I ever saw in my life. We sweated thru our clothes doing the Texas 2-step. Too much fun.......

 

[Max]

Oh yeah, I've never seen Asleep At The Wheel live (only on TV), but Ray Benson is a great guitarist, has a fantastic voice, and really can whip up a crowd!

I worked with a guy who was actually at the Armadillo World Headquarters for the Commander Cody concert, said it was a great experience. Too bad they tore the place down, I believe it's now the location of a shopping mall.

In Cody's words..."There ain't no thing as havin' too much fun!"

 

[dmc]

Phish - "Rift"
CSNY - "Deja Vu"
Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"
Grateful Dead - "Amedican Beauty"
Pat Metheny - "Birght Size Life"
Bob Marely - "Kaya"
Beatles - White Album
Pearl Jam - "10"
Fleetwood Mac - "Rumors"
Led Zepelin - "Physical Graffiti"
The Who - "Quadrophenia"

 

[dmc]

In Cody's words..."There ain't no thing as havin' too much fun!"

I play in a Zydeco band from Long Island sometimes..
They play that song and a couple others.. Big into CC.. They warmed up for him a couple times..

Great band!

 

[ChileMass]

Max - the Commander lives down outside of Woodstock, NY and one of his guitar players (John Tichy, I believe) is from Troy, so they play Albany all the time. I saw AATW twice and the Commander 3 times over the years, and they were always just out of control. I saw the Commander, NRBQ and George Thorogood at RPI a million years ago and it was a $1.00 Bud blast. I'm surprised we made it home. You can't have that kind of fun anymore.....

 

[dmc]

Max - the Commander lives down outside of Woodstock, NY and one of his guitar players (John Tichy, I believe) is from Troy, so they play Albany all the time.

Cool!!! Maybe I'll run into him someday... I got a few friends in Woodstock..

Going to see a cool band this Saturday in Kingston with Woodstock luminaries..
Uncle Funk with The Levin Brothers (Tony and Pete)and Jerry Marotta.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Led Zep: II
Grateful Dead Europe 73
Phish: Live Phish 5
Beatles: Sgt. Peppers
Beatles: Abbey Road
Notorious BIG: Ready to Die
Snoop Dog: Doggystyle
Garden State Soundtrack
Dylan: Live 1964
Wu Tang Clan: Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)


This is the 10 if I stranded TODAY. This of course is subject to change at any point.

 

[Paul]

Rush - Different Stages
Led Zep - Physical Graffitti
Stones - Exile on Main St. (Actually, 4 way tie, Beggars, Sticky, and Let it Bleed)
Fishbone - Fishbone 101 Nuttasaurus Meg : Fossil Fuelin' the Fonkay
Pink Floyd - The Delicate Sound of Thunder
U2 - Achtung Baby (tough call, too many to choose)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Zappa - Sheik Yer Bootie (or Bongo Fury w/Beefheart)
Faith No More - Angel Dust
SRV - Texas Flood

 

[Joshua B]

So far rivercOil is the only member who's list I can somewhat identify with, simply because he chose Depeche Mode - Violator.

Here's my list (and this is really fun to think about):

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
The Sundays - Reading Writing & Arithmetic (1990)
The KLF - The White Room (1992)
New Order - Technique (1989)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
Ivy - Long Distance (2001)
Duran Duran - Greatest (2005)
Beres Hammond - Love from a Distance (1996)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (1990)
Boston - Third Stage (1986)

 

[ChileMass]

Zappa - Sheik Yer Bootie (or Bongo Fury w/Beefheart)

2 of my favorites! City of Tiny Lights and Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy are two of Zappa's best....

 

[ChileMass]

So far rivercOil is the only member who's list I can somewhat identify with, simply because he chose Depeche Mode - Violator.

Josh B - The rest of us are showing our age.... :blink:

 

[riverc0il]

U2 - Achtung Baby (tough call, too many to choose)

oh man, how did i miss that. definitely a must have top 10 album.

 

[awf170]

So far rivercOil is the only member who's list I can somewhat identify with, simply because he chose Depeche Mode - Violator.

Josh B - The rest of us are showing our age.... :blink:

hey, i got some new CD's and im only 16, just seem to like some older music. This has to be one of the most fun posts ive seen, very fun thinking of ur favorate cds... now only if i could have an i-pod on the island...
oh ya does anyone else agree that almost everything that came out since 2000 has been crap, i thought 90's were awsome for rock, but this decade doesnt seem like it is going to well for music

 

[riverc0il]

So far rivercOil is the only member who's list I can somewhat identify with, simply because he chose Depeche Mode - Violator.

Josh B - The rest of us are showing our age.... :blink:

violator isn't exactly new but i do see a lot of "classic rock" tunes in the lists. not a lot of newer music from most folks though! i couldn't get into black celebration like violator for some reason. the title track is really good, plus maybe one more i like. new order - substance almost made the list. that's good for long ski trips.

 

[Joshua B]

oh ya does anyone else agree that almost everything that came out since 2000 has been crap, i thought 90's were awsome for rock, but this decade doesnt seem like it is going to well for music

I don't agree. And I think this is really dependant on what you consider "rock." How wide or narrow is your definition of rock? For example, I love the Killers.

I hated rock in the 90s after 1992, when Nirvana and the Seattle scene pushed out the music I loved earlier in the decard like Ride, Charlitans, Stone Rodes, the Farm, Primal Scream, and the other English bands like them.

 

[Joshua B]

i couldn't get into black celebration like violator for some reason. the title track is really good, plus maybe one more i like.

Steve, I like Black Celebration because it has more Martin Gore-sung tracks than any other Depeche Mode album. He's my favorite voice in the group, and I generally like his Depeche Mode originals more than the covers on his solo albums.

I really love Violator too. When it came out, I used to listen to it in my car whenever I'd go out to a dance club. I love the dance hits like "Enjoy the Silence" and "World in My Eyes," plus the slower, more sensitive songs like "Waiting For The Night" and "Blue Dress." I used to LOVE singing harmony along with Depeche Mode music.

Last month I bought a number of their CDs to bring my collection more up to date--Violator, Music for the Masses, and Some Great Reward. I dropped off as a current fan when they went rock and added more guitars. But I've recently learned that Martin sings some great songs on the later albums so I'll be buying those as my funds allow. OK I'll let the cat out of the bag, my goal is to have all their music and then compile a great Martin Gore mix.