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What are your desert island choices? Feel free to use any criteria in choosing them (critical picks or personal favorites). The only "requirement" is that you can't select the same artist twice. Former members of bands, who later went solo, are fine.

My Desert Island List:

Revolver-The Beatles

Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones

Who's Next-The Who

IV-Led Zeppelin

Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd

The Joshua Tree-U2

Violator-Depeche Mode

British Steel-Judas Priest

The Ramones-The Ramones

Day & Age-The Killers

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at the moment ;

The Construction of Light - King Krimson.

Discipline - King Krimson.

Utopia - Todd Rungdgren.

Osibisa - Osibisa.

Small Craft Rough Sea - Prop.

Massive Attack ...'best of''

Beirut by Night.

Sacred Spirit 2

Tool - Lateralis

Hallucination Engine - Material

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Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

Bad Religion - No Control

Led Zeppelin - 2

Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

Reverend Horton Heat - Smoke Em If Ya Got Em

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House

The Misfits - Static Age

Tiger Army (Self Titled)

Tool - 10,000 Days

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1. john coltrane - giant steps

2. john coltrane - giant steps

3. john coltrane - giant steps

4. john coltrane - giant steps

5. john coltrane - giant steps

6. john coltrane - giant steps

7. john coltrane - giant steps

8. strong bad sings and other type hits

9. john coltrane - giant steps

10. john coltrane - giant steps

i tend to be a bit obsessive with music, see.

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In no particular order:

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

Led Zeppelin - IV (also known as Zoso)

The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

The Moody Blues - For Our Children's Children's Children (really any of the Moody's "Core 7" albums)

Clannad - Landmarks

Santana - Abraxas

Al Stewart - The Last Days of The Century (or Past, Present and Future - it's really a toss up)

Horslips - The Book of Invasions (or The Tain - another toss up)

Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective

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the Monks - black Monk time

Ramones - Rocket to Russia

Led Zeppelin -II

the Hives - veni, vidi, vicious

the Sonics - here are the sonics

Jonah Gold & his Silver Apples - pollute the airwaves

the cramps - bad music for bad People

Manolis Chiotis - 30 chronia chiotis

Trio - Trio

Link Wray - Singles collection

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What are your desert island choices? Feel free to use any criteria in choosing them (critical picks or personal favorites). The only "requirement" is that you can't select the same artist twice. Former members of bands, who later went solo, are fine.

My Desert Island List:

Revolver-The Beatles

Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones

Who's Next-The Who

IV-Led Zeppelin

Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd

The Joshua Tree-U2

Violator-Depeche Mode

British Steel-Judas Priest

The Ramones-The Ramones

Day & Age-The Killers

In an effort to revive a dying thread, I'll add something else to the mix. Why did you choose your selections? I mean other than the fact that you like the albums and artists. Why would you take your top ten to a desert island? I chose the classics at first and then chose albums that represented varied rock genres. For instance, I made sure to include token heavy metal and punk rock albums. Depeche Mode filled the synth pop category, and it also always was one of my fav' bands. I brought in Pink Floyd in case the desert island TV station aired "The Wizard of Oz". :P

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i chose mine because it's music to have a good time with, some uplifting stuff. Giving it a second thought, maybe i'd rather take my guitar with me, so i can play anything i want and avoid going completely bonkers gradually.... If you're stuck on an island with only ten Albums, you might get tired of them.

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i picked mine because naima is one of my favorite songs of all time.

and, ok, because i was being silly.

i'll probably try to make a more serious list some time later.

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Chose mine because i can listen to those albums over and over again and not get tired of them. Also its a little bit of everything i like rock and roll, punk, rockabilly, prog rock and tom waits lol

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i'll probably try to make a more serious list some time later.

i could do that EVERY DAMN DAY and it would be different all the time.....

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Years ago I could have made a top 10 list, but now I've heard alll my favorite songs and albums so many times I can only occasionally listen to them anymore.

Now I'd have to include some jazz albums and some classical music albums. Music complex enough and with enouth depth that I could discover something new in them while listening to them over and over.

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Years ago I could have made a top 10 list, but now I've heard alll my favorite songs and albums so many times I can only occasionally listen to them anymore.

Now I'd have to include some jazz albums and some classical music albums. Music complex enough and with enouth depth that I could discover something new in them while listening to them over and over.

That's one of my issues or problems too. Chewing gum looses its flavor after you chew the same stick for a long time. I had to take a long break from the Fab Four for that reason. You can hear too much of a good thing.

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This would be my the best of list.

Scooter - Back to the Heavyweight Jam

Ice T - VI Return to the Real

2Pac - All eyez on Me

Carl Cox - Chicago live @ Crobar club 1996

Jeff Mills - Liquid Tokio 1997

Dusk till Dawn - Tito & Tarantula - Not sure if this is album name but its fantastic!

Norah Jones - Hits ( one with 'don't know why' song )

Baxter - Baxter

Crvena Jabuka - Tamo gdje ljubav počinje

Dino Merlin - Greatest Hits

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I have agonized long and hard to whittle things down to a 10 ~

and I failed miserably ~

so here is my expanded not final list ( I'll toss out the rest when I get off the boat )

Pink Floyd - The Wall / Final Cut

Roger Waters - Amused to Death / Pro and Cons of hitch hiking

Prince - Sign o' the Times / Purple Rain

Deep Purple - Machine Head / Deepest Purple

Led Zeppelin - Light and Shade I . II . III . IV

OST My Fair Lady / Camelot

Barbara Streisand - Collective Broadway and Best of

Viktor Lazlo - Alison Moyet - Sade - Norah Jones - Sinead O'Connor - Tracy Chapman - Mary Chapin Carpenter - .... on second thought ... I ain't gonna make it ... :lol:

I haven't even got to Elvis, BB King and Bob Dylan ....

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Okay... Supplimental list...

Don McLean - American Pie

America - Greatest Hits (is a greatest hits album cheating?)

Emerson Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition

Simon and Garfunkle - Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme

The Doors - Morrison Hotel

Klaatu - 3:15 EST

Maire Brennan - Maire

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

Thin Lizzie - Jailbreak

Procol Harum - Live in Concert

Of course this changes every day....

Edited by Taun
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One album per artist k?

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights

The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

The Doors - Strange Days

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains

R.E.M - Murmur

The Replacements - Tim

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

These are my top 10, even though I listen to Metal most of the time.

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Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon

Metallica-Black Album

LZ- 1-4

Santana-Supernatural

SRV-The Sky Is Crying (and In Step)

Eric Clapton-From The Cradle

Alice Cooper-Killer

Soundgarden-Greatest Hits

Janis Joplin-Greatest Hits

Jimi Hendrix-Greatest Hits

Edited by scorpiosonic
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In no particular order:

The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquette

The Beatles – The White Album

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog

Procol Harum – Home

The Band – Rock of Ages

Spirit – The Family That Plays Together

King Crimsom - In The Court of the Crimson King

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers

The Eagles – Hotel California

Radio station in San Francisco (KRQR) The Rocker, would ask what album you would want if you were on a deserted island. If you were selected they played the entire thing.

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Mary J Blidge "What's the 411"

Jodeci's first album

Bob Marley "Exodus"

Ciara "My Goodies"

Whitney Houston :-/ the one with Greatest Love of All on it

thats all I have time to tell you about for now, I have several other favorite songs but just not the whole album. This may not reflect it but I do have other kinds of music I like namely Contemporary Gospel. Also like Cooley Budz :-)

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Or is it Bob Marley "Legend" :-/

Also love Tupac but not when he calls women hoes.

Lyfe Jennings

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Or is it Bob Marley "Legend" :-/

Also love Tupac but not when he calls women hoes.

Lyfe Jennings

That is why he made a song called ' Keep ya head up ' to show respect and to clear misunderstanding :) He was called out because, mostly, track ' I Get Around '. There is a difference between a b**** ( pardon my lang ) and a woman and that is what he is saying. ' Brenda's got a baby ' is heartbreaking song, nice video too.

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Deserted Island. This means more than just a "top 10" list in my view but something that can keep my attention for days or even weeks at a time. This means diversity. With that in mind, I have chosen some varied music to keep me entertained on a deserted island.

1- Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

2- Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack.

3- Strapping Young Lad - City

4- Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom

5- Beach Boys - Greatest Hits

6- Pan's Labyrinth Soundtrack

7- Nicky Chiswell - Resurrection (the token Christian album on the list)

8- Elvis' Christmas Album

9- The Beatles - "Revolver". Very very tough choice, so many great albums :(

10- The Offspring - Smash (massive input in my childhood).

There's so many missing from this list, but being that I am on a deserted island I did need to diversify and try and make a list that would keep me occupied for literally years. The "greats" from just one genre couldn't all be represented. I hope this is of interest, it's taken me a very long time to come up with this list of ten.

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