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Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 9:07 pm Posted in Life, Music

If you could take only five albums with you to a desert island for a year, what would they be?

Welcome to my eclectic jungle.

Radiohead - OK Computer
- It is a sublimely constructed piece that seamlessly fits each song together. Nothing is quite as brilliant in form from the 1990’s save Ladies and Gentlemen… by Spiritualized.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Because I have a penchant for space rock this is the source and still moves me. I almost cannot bear listening to any of the tracks unless in the company of all the others.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
- This is the birth of the cool. If we mix blues and bop, this is the origin of it all. A sick lineup made something with depth and it’s so damn chill.
Meshuggah - Catch 33
- I need heavy music and nothing is as abstract, strange, and mesmerizing as this one. Great for those really late nights where exhaustion becomes the best narcotic one could intake.
Neville Brothers - Live on Planet Earth
- This is a funky zydeco with all the right fixins’ for a soulful New ‘Awlins music gumbo. These guys bring the soul, the funk, and the party all at once.

And that’s just what I would bring today!

So what would you bring with you?

Not tagging anyone in particular, but I would be interested to see what you think!

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Quixie 4 months ago 1 point
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Off the top of my head (today):

• Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
• Rubén Blades - Mundo
• Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
• Erik Satie - Complete Piano Works
• Jaco Pastorius - Word of Mouth

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swallison50 4 months ago 1 point
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Kid A
Kind of Blue
Brahms 2nd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Ju Ju - Sioux Sioux and the Banshees because there's some metaphysical teaching, I dunno what, about "Into the Light".

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Drew Tatusko 4 months ago 1 point
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That would be Siouxsie, and she was great in the 80's.

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steph 4 months ago 1 point
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Why take anything to disturb the sound of silence, the songs of birds, sea and trees? If I really had to I'd take the Sex Pistols, Split Enz, David Bowie, Mozart and Elgar's Cello Concerto. But desert islands are for peace and quiet - the bliss of isolation.

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Blake 4 months ago 1 point
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This is quite possibly the most difficult question to answer, ever. But I'll go ahead and take a stab at it anyway.

1) Shearwater - Palo Santo
2) Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
3) The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
4) mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
5) Paulson - All At Once

HM: Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me, This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain, Radiohead - In Rainbows, Minus The Bear - Planet Of Ice, Dredg - El Cielo, Bishop Allen - The Broken String

These albums are, of course, interchangeable with a million others. Impossible question to answer, but fun to try.

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Drew Tatusko 4 months ago 1 point
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Good choices. Planet of Ice and El Cielo are interesting. I thought about that Dredg album in particular, especially since Catch without Arms so kind of disappointing. I have never gotten the vibe of either The Decemberists or Spoon (or TV on the Radio). I am less folk and more space.

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Blake 4 months ago 1 point
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Ya know, I don't know what it is about Spoon. Every album of theirs I've listened to I was "meh" about at first, but after repeated listens I grew to love each of them. Go figure.

I don't listen to a ton of heavy music, but one album I think I'd include on the list, in retrospect, would be Between The Buried And Me - Colors. It's a very diverse album, as far as heavy music goes.

Also, I'm not sure if this album would fall under your definition of space-rock (seems to be a pretty diverse genre), but In Reverent Fear put out a wonderful album a couple of years ago called Stomacher. Definitely worth checking out.

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Doug Chaplin 4 months ago 1 point
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I'm with you on the first two. I'd also add Faithless -- Sunday 8pm, Bjork – Debut and probably Sgt Pepper's for a more upbeat classic

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Drew Tatusko 4 months ago 1 point
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I was going to put both Revolver and Sticky Fingers there, but I feel like I need both to be truly happy. If I listen to one, I need to listen to he other like moth to flame.

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steve jenkins 4 months ago 1 point
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1)Slayer-Reign in Blood
-Most people would say Metallica's Master of Puppets is the #1 thrash album of all time. I would have to disagree. It's a close call, as I love that album as well. Slayer perfected and upped the stakes with this one album. And Dave Lombardo would raise the bar for drummers with the "double-bass break" shot heard around-the-world in "Angel of Death."
2)Herbie Hancock- Thrust
The best thing he ever recorded with the Headhunters band....also the funkiest.
3)Purple Rain-Prince
-nuff said.
4)Led Zeppelin IV- Is this the best Zeppelin album? Not sure. But it does have a good representation of how dynamic that band was. I like how it is paced. Good song order and some of their best songs.
5)Kid A- The only way to follow a masterpiece is to do something completely different and unexpected. There is something completely unsettling about this album from start to finish. But its amazing.

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Drew Tatusko 4 months ago 1 point
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I am there with you with Kid A for sure. Like Dark Side, I am compelled to listen to the whole thing. Reign in Blood is the best thrash album. The whole thing set the bar for everyone and redefined a nascent genre as it was.

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