10 Albums I Would Take to a Desert Island

[skyrick]

Six months ago or six months from now these selections might be very different. Today, in no particular order, my choices would be:

1. Revolver - Beatles
2. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
3. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
4. Electric Ladyland - Hendrix
5. At Carnegie Hall 1938 - Benny Goodman
6. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Kiko - Los Lobos
8. Symphony # 9, Deutsche Grammophon version - L van Beethoven
9. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
10. Take It From The Man - Brian Jonestown Massacre

Rick

[gen70]

Six months ago or six months from now these selections might be very different. Today, in no particular order, my choices would be:

1. Revolver - Beatles
2. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
3. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
4. Electric Ladyland - Hendrix
5. At Carnegie Hall 1938 - Benny Goodman
6. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Kiko - Los Lobos
8. Symphony # 9, Deutsche Grammophon version - L van Beethoven
9. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
10. Take It From The Man - Brian Jonestown Massacre

Rick

Good choice. I could live on that island. I'll get back with my top ten.

[gen70]

1. Electric Ladyland..JH
2. Band of Gypsies..JH
3. Exile on Mainstreet..Stones
4. White Album..Beatles
5. The Worst of Jefferson Airplane..JA
6. Happy Trails..Quicksilver Messenger Service
7. Let it Bleed..RS
8. Mars Hotel..Grateful Dead
9. Blood on the Tracks..Bob Dylan
10. Any Hank Williams Sr.
Man...I could hunt coconuts and fish to those tunes for a very long time. (Peace)

[skyrick]

1. Electric Ladyland..JH
2. Band of Gypsies..JH
3. Exile on Mainstreet..Stones
4. White Album..Beatles
5. The Worst of Jefferson Airplane..JA
6. Happy Trails..Quicksilver Messenger Service
7. Let it Bleed..RS
8. Mars Hotel..Grateful Dead
9. Blood on the Tracks..Bob Dylan
10. Any Hank Williams Sr.
Man...I could hunt coconuts and fish to those tunes for a very long time. (Peace)

Saw your Exiles (excellent album, best sax solo ever, "Rip This Joint") and realized there were no Stones on my list. If not Exiles, then Beggar's Banquet.

[gen70]

Saw your Exiles (excellent album, best sax solo ever, "Rip This Joint") and realized there were no Stones on my list. If not Exiles, then Beggar's Banquet.

"Beggar's Banquet" excellent choice. I wouldn't mind if Europe 72-GD washed ashore either.

[gen70]

When I'am on the island I also like to listen to: The Kinks, The Doors, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Byrds, Canned Heat, U2, Eric Clapton, The Creem, The James Gang, Neil Young, Johnny Winters, Traffic, The Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield, Jimmy Buffett, David Allen Coe, Led Zep, BB King, Muddy Waters, Howl'n Wolf, Steppenwolf, The Beach Boys, The Clash, The Talking Heads, Janis Joplin, Garth Brooks(forgive me), Waylan Jennings, Vassar Clemetts, Hank Williams Jr., Frank Zappa, Crosby Stills Nash and (sometimes Young), Charlie Pride, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yokum, Buck Owens, Porter Wagner, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, The Band, Grand Funk RR, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Four Tops, The Temtations, Eric Burton, The Momma's and the Poppa's, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Alvin Crow, Ray Wylee Hubbard, It's A Beautiful Day, Earl Thomas Conley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Patsey Cline, and some others.

[skyrick]

When I'am on the island I also like to listen to: The Kinks, The Doors, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Byrds, Canned Heat, U2, Eric Clapton, The Creem, The James Gang, Neil Young, Johnny Winters, Traffic, The Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield, Jimmy Buffett, David Allen Coe, Led Zep, BB King, Muddy Waters, Howl'n Wolf, Steppenwolf, The Beach Boys, The Clash, The Talking Heads, Janis Joplin, Garth Brooks(forgive me), Waylan Jennings, Vassar Clemetts, Hank Williams Jr., Frank Zappa, Crosby Stills Nash and (sometimes Young), Charlie Pride, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yokum, Buck Owens, Porter Wagner, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, The Band, Grand Funk RR, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Four Tops, The Temtations, Eric Burton, The Momma's and the Poppa's, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Alvin Crow, Ray Wylee Hubbard, It's A Beautiful Day, Earl Thomas Conley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Patsey Cline, and some others.

Sounds like a decent list; where you go towards country I veer towards jazz though. Good music is just good music.

[gen70]

Sounds like a decent list; where you go towards country I veer towards jazz though. Good music is just good music.

" My country" is is listed. I never could figure out Jazz. Miles Davis? "Good Music Is Good Music." ( I Agree)

[decepticobra]

When I'am on the island I also like to listen to: The Kinks, The Doors, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Byrds, Canned Heat, U2, Eric Clapton, The Creem, The James Gang, Neil Young, Johnny Winters, Traffic, The Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield, Jimmy Buffett, David Allen Coe, Led Zep, BB King, Muddy Waters, Howl'n Wolf, Steppenwolf, The Beach Boys, The Clash, The Talking Heads, Janis Joplin, Garth Brooks(forgive me), Waylan Jennings, Vassar Clemetts, Hank Williams Jr., Frank Zappa, Crosby Stills Nash and (sometimes Young), Charlie Pride, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yokum, Buck Owens, Porter Wagner, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, The Band, Grand Funk RR, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Four Tops, The Temtations, Eric Burton, The Momma's and the Poppa's, Donovan, Arlo Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Alvin Crow, Ray Wylee Hubbard, It's A Beautiful Day, Earl Thomas Conley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Patsey Cline, and some others.

damn, thats a big ole island

[circled9]

I would cheat a little and take:

Tom Pettys Greatest Hits
Don Henleys Greatest Hits
Beatles Greatest Hits
Sades Greatest Hits (New CD Coming Out Next Month)
Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall
Bob Segers Greatest Hits
Long Road out of Eden (Last one from the Eagles)
Hank Seniors Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash Live at Folsolm Prison

[skyrick]

" My country" is is listed. I never could figure out Jazz. Miles Davis? "Good Music Is Good Music." ( I Agree)

I've got some Miles, but he's not my favorite jazz artist. I lean more toward the great sax players like Charlie "Bird" Parker, Lester "the President" Young, and Dexter Gordon. I have about six albums (78rpm, 4 records to an "album") of Norman Granz' 13 volume "Jazz at the Philharmonic" set. These were recorded live in the late '40s... just some incredible jamming.

Rick

[skyrick]

I would cheat a little and take:

Tom Pettys Greatest Hits
Don Henleys Greatest Hits
Beatles Greatest Hits
Sades Greatest Hits (New CD Coming Out Next Month)
Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall
Bob Segers Greatest Hits
Long Road out of Eden (Last one from the Eagles)
Hank Seniors Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash Live at Folsolm Prison

Oh yeah, there's definitely room for you on the island, huh Gen70?

[circled9]

The island is simply going to have to get bigger. After looking at my list, it was depressing to note that i would never be able to hear Francis Albert Sinatra again, CCR, the Guess Who, Heart, Tony Bennet, Annie Lennox, Elton John, Journey, Dylan, Simon and Garfunkle,Garth, etc, etc, etc.

My day is now ruined and its only noon.

[gen70]

Oh yeah, there's definitely room for you on the island, huh Gen70?

10-Roger that!

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[stratosphere]

can i just fill up my ipod instead? 10 albums wouldn't last long...

[skyrick]

can i just fill up my ipod instead? 10 albums wouldn't last long...

Only if you have a docking station for the ipod, so we can listen too!

[mooshie]

The last 10 "Now That's What I call music: Volume #"

[stratosphere]

Only if you have a docking station for the ipod, so we can listen too!

sure thing, there better be plenty of booze on that island too

[gen70]

sure thing, there better be plenty of booze on that island too

If there's not we'll make our own.

[citizenkane]

Here are my top 10 in no particular order:

1. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
2. Fun House - The Stooges
3. The Flowers Of Romance - Public Image Ltd.
4. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
5. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
6. Doolittle - The Pixies
7. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
8. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
9. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
10. London Calling - The Clash

[gen70]

Here are my top 10 in no particular order:

1. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
2. Fun House - The Stooges
3. The Flowers Of Romance - Public Image Ltd.
4. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
5. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
6. Doolittle - The Pixies
7. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
8. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
9. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
10. London Calling - The Clash

Very interesting top 10 there citizenkane.

[sam greenroyd]

Just about any Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Beatles, Robert Cray, Eagles, Moody Blues, James Gang Rides again.

[trousers]

Here are my top 10 in no particular order:

1. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
2. Fun House - The Stooges
3. The Flowers Of Romance - Public Image Ltd.
4. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
5. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
6. Doolittle - The Pixies
7. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
8. Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
9. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
10. London Calling - The Clash

As far as the Pixies go I would hate to pick any single one, my favorite changes from month to month. Been listening to Bossanova lately, Cecilia Ann is one of my favorite opening tracks for any album.

[trousers]

Six months ago or six months from now these selections might be very different. Today, in no particular order, my choices would be:

1. Revolver - Beatles
2. American Beauty - Grateful Dead
3. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
4. Electric Ladyland - Hendrix
5. At Carnegie Hall 1938 - Benny Goodman
6. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Kiko - Los Lobos
8. Symphony # 9, Deutsche Grammophon version - L van Beethoven
9. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
10. Take It From The Man - Brian Jonestown Massacre

Rick

Good call with Take it from the Man, really good album. The newest stuff from BJM, not so great.