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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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
That would be Siouxsie, and she was great in the 80's.
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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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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