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Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:11 PM Apr 2024

You're stranded on an desert island: What 10 albums do you want with you?

Last edited Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Basically, what are your favorite albums

I'll post mine (subject to change, of course and not in any kind of order):

Tapestry - Carole King
Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Hotel California - The Eagles
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Nevermind - Nirvana
American Idiot - Green Day
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor
The Joshua Tree - U2
Harvest - Neil Young
**Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

*Abbey Road - The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles


*Their Own Category

**I couldn't whittle it down so I have 12 on here.....

I forgot one that I have to add: August and Everything After - The Counting Crows

NO GREATEST HITS! (Thanks for the reminder)

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You're stranded on an desert island: What 10 albums do you want with you? (Original Post) Upthevibe Apr 2024 OP
This is kind of easy Goodheart Apr 2024 #1
Goodheart............... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #24
Jimmy Buffett A1A. His best in my opinion chicoescuela Apr 2024 #2
chicoescuela ........ Upthevibe Apr 2024 #25
My favorite for the last 50 years. I was stunned to learn of his passing. chicoescuela Apr 2024 #60
Oh My Friend BOSSHOG Apr 2024 #55
I'll have to give it a listen. Thank you chicoescuela Apr 2024 #66
Lov͟e͟ ͟- F͟o͟r͟ever Changes 1967 / Bee Gees Odessa 1969 / 0:15 / 42:55 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon Goonch Apr 2024 #3
I would probably rank the Bee Gees as having my favorite total body of work.... Goodheart Apr 2024 #8
Goonch.... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #26
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - 1981 As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls- Keith Jarrett - Kln Concert Goonch Apr 2024 #93
"Forever Changes" is a gem. malthaussen Apr 2024 #103
Bowie - Changes blm Apr 2024 #4
blm. Upthevibe Apr 2024 #29
Does the deserted Island have electricity? Srkdqltr Apr 2024 #5
Of course it does. blm Apr 2024 #9
Good to know. LOL Srkdqltr Apr 2024 #10
Pioneer high end? malthaussen Apr 2024 #98
Hey, we're doing our high school dreaming here. ✌🏽 blm Apr 2024 #102
Srkdqltr........ Upthevibe Apr 2024 #31
Solar panels. /nt Buttoneer Apr 2024 #56
Here area few i would like to have coprolite Apr 2024 #6
I miss Dire Straits!! nt ailsagirl Apr 2024 #22
coprolite .............. Upthevibe Apr 2024 #34
A variety of music genres... Jrose Apr 2024 #7
Joni Mitchell is soooooo underappreciated Goodheart Apr 2024 #11
Goodheart....... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #41
JRose...... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #37
I update this list quite often, it seems world wide wally Apr 2024 #12
Love Madeleine Peyroux. blm Apr 2024 #18
I would have to add Dead Live Europe 72 to that collection. Lochloosa Apr 2024 #30
Me too. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #36
Skull and Roses would be one of my choices. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #32
world wide wally Upthevibe Apr 2024 #39
I picked "Live at Montreux" for Rory. malthaussen Apr 2024 #99
I saw him at a small club outside Chicago 2 or 3 times....amazing world wide wally Apr 2024 #111
All of the previous selections plus: Chipper Chat Apr 2024 #13
Tuba Skinny with Maria Muldaur? Do you have a link? I would love to see this. I can only imagine. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #40
Ask and ye shall receive AuntyGravity Apr 2024 #53
Thanks! On my "To Watch" list! OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #58
No particular order if..fish..had..wings Apr 2024 #14
if..fish..had..wings..... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #43
My ten are.. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2024 #15
ProudMNDemocrat Upthevibe Apr 2024 #44
I saw The Long Run tour when it came to southern VA. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2024 #107
Several albums of Dave Brubeck quartet chouchou Apr 2024 #16
chouchou.... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #47
Nice to know that others like classical/jazz music. chouchou Apr 2024 #95
These are my picks today: livetohike Apr 2024 #17
livetohike...... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #48
My Selection Today... LakeVermilion Apr 2024 #19
LakeVermilion. Upthevibe Apr 2024 #51
Takes some serious sacrificing, but...... DFW Apr 2024 #20
Good to see The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - a great piece hardly known at all. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2024 #45
It doesn't seem to have withstood the passage of the decades DFW Apr 2024 #88
DFW............... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #54
I first saw/heard her in April, 1970 DFW Apr 2024 #89
And as a bonus, you got turned onto Cat. malthaussen Apr 2024 #100
The kind that will play on a windup phonograph keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #21
If I Couldn't Have My Own, I'd Take Your List ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #23
ProfessorGAC..... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #57
4 Dead, 3 Hot Tunas - 1 Bob Marley - 1 Jimmy Buffet ( VHS - Live By the Bay) - and 1 Lou Reed. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #27
Hot Tuna acoustic or electric? Lochloosa Apr 2024 #33
Both are represented! OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #42
Saw Jorma about a year ago. Small 400 seat venue. Acoustic. Lochloosa Apr 2024 #64
My last show was Dave Bromberg, playing at musical arts place in Central Maine. Maybe 300. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #67
I was a little late jumping on the Hot Tuna wagon. Mid 80's for me Lochloosa Apr 2024 #72
OAITW r.2.0 ......... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #59
45% Dead, 50% Other, 5% evolving. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #78
I would rather have a satellite phone and some food. Sneederbunk Apr 2024 #28
Does my desert island have electricity and a way to play the albums? Ocelot II Apr 2024 #35
Ocelot II Upthevibe Apr 2024 #68
How do you feel about Muzio Clementi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier? malthaussen Apr 2024 #101
Hold on a minute, Upthevibe! True Dough Apr 2024 #38
True Dough ......... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #65
Well, if it's just fantasy True Dough Apr 2024 #79
I was assuming, you'd have a Starlink sonnection directly comm'd into my Elon Musk brain chip that OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #46
OAITW r.2.0..... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #61
Thanks, not a bad post, for me! OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #69
Let's see here... OldBaldy1701E Apr 2024 #49
OldBaldy1701E........ Upthevibe Apr 2024 #70
In no particular order, today's selections would be ms liberty Apr 2024 #50
ms liberty........ Upthevibe Apr 2024 #71
My favorite genre is prog rock and when I listen on my treadmill ms liberty Apr 2024 #86
I listen on my treadmill every morning and since I'm mostly a prog rock fan ms liberty Apr 2024 #87
Hmmmm ... marble falls Apr 2024 #52
marble falls ......... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #74
There's ten Beatles albums I'd take, ten Stones, ten Dead, ten Airplane, ten ... marble falls Apr 2024 #92
You'd be amazed how quickly that 100 would run out. malthaussen Apr 2024 #104
I'd be heavy on some of my favorite double live albums so I get more music. Kansas-Two for the Show, BOC-ETI, brewens Apr 2024 #62
brewens ...... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #73
You should try to squeeze in Jimmy Buffett's live double album, then... malthaussen Apr 2024 #105
That's a close call and I have it. I also have his live at Wrigley DVD and what I think is his last brewens Apr 2024 #109
Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense" Buttoneer Apr 2024 #63
Buttoneer... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #76
Having those albums and a broken needle would be like having an entire library and broken reading glasses. Marcuse Apr 2024 #75
Just watched this a couple of days ago... AuntyGravity Apr 2024 #80
Marcuse............. Upthevibe Apr 2024 #82
If I can only have 10 albums ... DJ Synikus Makisimus Apr 2024 #77
DJ Synikus Makisimus Upthevibe Apr 2024 #83
Albums enid602 Apr 2024 #81
enid602.... Upthevibe Apr 2024 #84
How long am I going to be on that desert island? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #85
*sets down the Cowboy Bebop box set* This counts as a single album! sakabatou Apr 2024 #90
Most egregious omissions so far: Goodheart Apr 2024 #91
Pink Floyd and Beatles heavy -misanthroptimist Apr 2024 #94
Quadrophenia- The Who Doc_Technical Apr 2024 #96
I dunno. Do I get electricity and a record player, too? malthaussen Apr 2024 #97
Here's what I'm thinking. Niagara Apr 2024 #106
If Gilligan is there he will break the record player. nt doc03 Apr 2024 #108
Mixed bag bif Apr 2024 #110
Hmmm.. this is a tough one. Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #112
Mostly double albums for me maxrandb Apr 2024 #113
 

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)
1. This is kind of easy
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:28 PM
Apr 2024

My self-imposed rules here: no greatest hits albums, and no second album from the same artist

New Order: Power, Corruption, and Lies
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Beatles: Abbey Road
Pink Floyd: The Division Bell
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Toad the Wet Sprocket: Dulcinea
10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden
Supertramp: Breakfast in America
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
24. Goodheart...............
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:36 PM
Apr 2024

These were also a consideration for me:

Pet Sounds
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Breakfast in America

Thank you!

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
55. Oh My Friend
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:22 PM
Apr 2024

If it’s anything Jimmy Buffet it’s his best to me. His last CD, Equal Strain on all Parts is a wonder to listen to. Released after his death. Check out the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster.

Goonch

(4,991 posts)
3. Lov͟e͟ ͟- F͟o͟r͟ever Changes 1967 / Bee Gees Odessa 1969 / 0:15 / 42:55 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:34 PM
Apr 2024






 

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)
8. I would probably rank the Bee Gees as having my favorite total body of work....
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:43 PM
Apr 2024

just can't find one album to crack my top ten.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
26. Goonch....
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:40 PM
Apr 2024

As I said in another post, Breakfast in America was on my short list.

Thank you...

Goonch

(4,991 posts)
93. Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - 1981 As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls- Keith Jarrett - Kln Concert
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 09:16 AM
Apr 2024


malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
103. "Forever Changes" is a gem.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:22 PM
Apr 2024

Hard to believe Love was what, the "third-best" group in LA at the time?

-- Mal

blm

(114,648 posts)
4. Bowie - Changes
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:35 PM
Apr 2024

Prince - Purple Rain
Roxy Music - Avalon
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd -Dark Side of the Moon
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Chess Record Collection
American Music Club - Everclear
INXS - Kick
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Gotta add Joe Cocker and Leon Russell - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
and Queen - Night at the Opera

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
29. blm.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:44 PM
Apr 2024

Purple Rain was on my short list. I've been to a lot of concerts and the best one I've ever been to was Prince in Los Angeles around 2011!

Seven year Ache - Roseanne Cash! She's wonderful...And, she's an amazing progressive. That was a great album.

Thank you!

blm

(114,648 posts)
9. Of course it does.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:45 PM
Apr 2024

Every deserted island has electricity and a high end Pioneer stereo set up just waiting for you. 😉

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
98. Pioneer high end?
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:05 PM
Apr 2024

I will have to insist on McIntosh tube components, thanks.

-- Mal

coprolite

(365 posts)
6. Here area few i would like to have
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:37 PM
Apr 2024

Dire Straits
Dire Straits Communique
Dire Straits Telegraph Road
Bruce Springsteen The Seeger Sessions
Journey Escape
Mark Knofler Sailing to Philadelphia
Jim Croce Life and Times
Dobbie Brothers The Captain and Me
Chicago IX
Electric Light Orchestra Out of the blue

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
34. coprolite ..............
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:48 PM
Apr 2024

Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen was on my short list. And ELO, Out of the Blue was as well! Also, I LOVE the Dire Straits.

Thank you!

Jrose

(1,531 posts)
7. A variety of music genres...
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:38 PM
Apr 2024

-Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'
-Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'
-John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'
-The 'Sgt. Pepper' album by the Beatles
-Joni Mitchell's 'Court and Spark
-Santana's 'Abraxis'

 

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)
11. Joni Mitchell is soooooo underappreciated
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 03:52 PM
Apr 2024

Great songwrither, and that stop and go voice of hers... what more to say.

world wide wally

(21,836 posts)
12. I update this list quite often, it seems
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 04:01 PM
Apr 2024

Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore East
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
New Riders of the Purple Sage Gypsie Cowboy
Grateful Dead- Skull Album
Madeline Peyrou
Santana - Caravanserai
Rory Gallagher- Europe 71
How Blue Can We Get- Various old blues guys
James Taylor-Sweet Baby James
Led Zeppelin III

OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
36. Me too.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:49 PM
Apr 2024

But, seriously, it's difficult to judge the Dead by albums as there is so much choice audio content to listen to. Even today, I hear a tune, in a show I never heard, and say...whoa. sweet.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
32. Skull and Roses would be one of my choices.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:46 PM
Apr 2024

1971 - brilliant fucking live sound capture. The fucking audio wizards were a serious part of the Dead.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
39. world wide wally
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:52 PM
Apr 2024

Sweet Baby James is one I listened to over and over when I was in Jr. High. I love that album.

Thank you!

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
99. I picked "Live at Montreux" for Rory.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:10 PM
Apr 2024

Maybe cheating a little, it's a double dvd -- but it has the video of him doing "Shadow Play" in 1979, which I could watch forever.

-- Mal

Chipper Chat

(10,862 posts)
13. All of the previous selections plus:
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 04:03 PM
Apr 2024

Ferde Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite (Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra)
.
Manhattan transfer live album
.
Tuba Skinny with Maria Muldaur
.
Camille Saint-saens - Organ Symphony
(any artist).
.
Best of Cole Porter - various artists.
.
Country joe and the Fish - Electric music for the mind and Body.
.
O Brother Where Art Thou - soundtrack.
.
Hank Williams Jr - greatest hits.
.
Metallica- the Black album.
.
Frank Sinatra - ANY album.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
40. Tuba Skinny with Maria Muldaur? Do you have a link? I would love to see this. I can only imagine.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:52 PM
Apr 2024
14. No particular order
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 04:04 PM
Apr 2024

The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Ludwig von Beethoven: Sympony no. 9 "Choral", Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Philharmonic
Simon & Garfunkle: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Charles Mingus: Mingus Plays Piano
The Mothers of Invention: Freak Out!
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado
Stan Kenton: City of Glass
Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,879 posts)
15. My ten are..
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 04:16 PM
Apr 2024

1. The Works...Queen
2. A Night At The Opera...Queen
3. Hollywood Nights...Bob Seger
4. 52nd Street...Billy Joel
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...The Beatles
6. Hotel California...The Eaglea
7. Born In The U.S.A....Bruce Springsteen
8. Rebel Yell...Billy Idol
9. Purple Rain...Prince
10. The Long Run...The Eagles

OldBaldy1701E

(11,089 posts)
107. I saw The Long Run tour when it came to southern VA.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 03:45 PM
Apr 2024

At Norfolk Scope. What a show! They opened with 'Hotel California'.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
47. chouchou....
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:06 PM
Apr 2024

I very much enjoy classical piano music too. Sometimes I listen when I'm reading something I need to concentrate on.

Thank you!

livetohike

(24,267 posts)
17. These are my picks today:
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 04:30 PM
Apr 2024

Axis: Bold As Love - Hendrix
Cheap Thrills - Janis Joplin
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot
Ssssh - Ten Years After
4 Way Street - Crosby, Stills,Nash and Young
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Eat A Peach - Allman Brothers
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Electric Ladyland - Hendrix

This list would have easily been all Hendrix, but I limited myself to two 🙂.






Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
48. livetohike......
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:09 PM
Apr 2024

I hear ya about Jimi Hendrix! IMHO, he's the best guitarist ever.

Thank you!

LakeVermilion

(1,577 posts)
19. My Selection Today...
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 05:43 PM
Apr 2024

1. Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
2. Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night
3. The Beatles: Rubber Soul
4. Carole King: Tapestry
5. Bruce Springsteen: The Seeger Sessions
6. Donald Fagen: The Nightfly
7. The Manhattan Transfer: Vocalese
8. Willie Nelson: Willie and Family Live
9. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
10. Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard

DFW

(60,158 posts)
20. Takes some serious sacrificing, but......
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 05:52 PM
Apr 2024

Last edited Sun Apr 14, 2024, 04:03 AM - Edit history (4)

My Feet Are Smiling--Leo Kottke
Younger Than Yesterday--The Byrds
Revolver--The Beatles
Luck of the Draw--Bonnie Raitt
The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus--Spirit
Katy Lied--Steely Dan
Sailing to Philadelphia--Mark Knopfler
Scenes From The South Side--Bruce Hornsby
Disraeli Gears--Cream
Wind Tegen-Wolverlei

**many typos to correct!

I'd hate to sacrifice all my Russian, Celtic and Balkan folk music, though. I think I'd need another island just for them. I’d hate to lose Maddie and the Two Magicians or Sasha Zelkin’s Razgavor.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
45. Good to see The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - a great piece hardly known at all. . . nt
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:01 PM
Apr 2024

DFW

(60,158 posts)
88. It doesn't seem to have withstood the passage of the decades
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:42 AM
Apr 2024

I always thought it was an iconic sixties album, certainly a pinnacle for spirit. Maybe it was because Randy Wolf (“California” ) died so early in that drowning accident, and there was no one left to keep the band’s name alive to the degree necessary for lasting recognition?

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
54. DFW...............
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:18 PM
Apr 2024

Bonnie Raitt's Luck of the Draw and Nick of Time were on my short list as well!

Thank you!

DFW

(60,158 posts)
89. I first saw/heard her in April, 1970
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:58 AM
Apr 2024

She was one of three acts at a benefit concert outside of Boston, and I knew star quality when I heard it. After it was over, I went up to her and asked if she had any records out. She said, “oh, no, I’m nowhere near that stage, yet.”

That fall, in my freshman year of college, there was a concert by Cat Stevens, whom I had never heard of. The opening act was Bonnie Raitt, so, I went. While waiting in line, some of my fellow students asked me what my favorite Cat Stevens songs were. I said none, and I had never heard of him. Then why was I there? I said I was there to hear the opening act. Who? Never heard of her. I said just wait til you hear her sing. Afterward, the universal reaction was, “WOW, you were right!” It didn’t take long for her to become the lead act, and the Grammy nominations to roll in—most deservedly, too.

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
100. And as a bonus, you got turned onto Cat.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:16 PM
Apr 2024

It's kind of amazing the opening acts some of these cats had.

-- Mal

ProfessorGAC

(76,643 posts)
23. If I Couldn't Have My Own, I'd Take Your List
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 07:35 PM
Apr 2024

Except for Harvest & Yellowbrick Road. If forced to pick a Elton record, I'd take Honky Chateau. You have some good choices.
Here's my list, sticking with rock (no jazz)
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Reach The Beach - The Fixx
Surfing With The Alien - Satriani
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Beat - King Crimson
Yessongs- Yes
Desolation Boulevard - The Sweet
Synchronicity- The Police
X - INXS
Black Sabbath First Album


OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
27. 4 Dead, 3 Hot Tunas - 1 Bob Marley - 1 Jimmy Buffet ( VHS - Live By the Bay) - and 1 Lou Reed.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:42 PM
Apr 2024

Lochloosa

(16,731 posts)
64. Saw Jorma about a year ago. Small 400 seat venue. Acoustic.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:36 PM
Apr 2024

Needless to say it was smoking.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
67. My last show was Dave Bromberg, playing at musical arts place in Central Maine. Maybe 300.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:40 PM
Apr 2024

Whatta show....but not like in '75.

Lochloosa

(16,731 posts)
72. I was a little late jumping on the Hot Tuna wagon. Mid 80's for me
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:49 PM
Apr 2024

I didn't see the marathon shows.

Ocelot II

(130,465 posts)
35. Does my desert island have electricity and a way to play the albums?
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:48 PM
Apr 2024

If so, then:

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov
J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations
J.S. Bach, St. Matthew Passion
W.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni
W.A. Mozart, Requiem
Beethoven, piano sonatas op. 109, 110 and 111
Brahms, German Requiem
Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo
Henryk Górecki, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Heinrich Schütz, Psalms of David


malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
101. How do you feel about Muzio Clementi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier?
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:19 PM
Apr 2024

Couple of guys I learned about when I was a member of the Musical Heritage Society. Loved them ever since. Still think Charpentier's "Te Deum" is one of the best ever.

-- Mal

True Dough

(26,603 posts)
38. Hold on a minute, Upthevibe!
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 09:51 PM
Apr 2024

I'll have 10 albums, but is there a record player on this deserted island? And is there electricity to power the record player?

How cruel would that be to have 10 amazing albums and no way to listen to them.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
65. True Dough .........
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:38 PM
Apr 2024

Nope! This is just a fantasy.

I used to listen to an awesome D.J., Jim Ladd on KLOS 95.5 here in Los Angeles years ago (I think he retired and he passed away just a couple of years ago).

If memory serves, he was the late night on air guy and he'd have listeners call in with their selections.

True Dough

(26,603 posts)
79. Well, if it's just fantasy
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:04 PM
Apr 2024

then I submit that this song belongs on the island...

&ab_channel=nothinrunslikeadeer2

OAITW r.2.0

(32,107 posts)
46. I was assuming, you'd have a Starlink sonnection directly comm'd into my Elon Musk brain chip that
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:03 PM
Apr 2024

would allow me to stream my Google Music App inside my head.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,089 posts)
49. Let's see here...
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:12 PM
Apr 2024
SPECIFIC LIST
Pink Floyd
*Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
*Dark Side Of The Moon
*Animals
*The Wall
*Wish You Were Here
*The Division Bell

GENERAL LIST
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination-The Alan Parsons Project
So-Peter Gabriel
In Visible Silence-The Art Of Noise
Daft-The Art Of Noise
Supreme Beings Of Leisure-Supreme Beings Of Leisure
Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys
The Cars-The Cars
Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Motion Picture Soundtrack-John Williams and the London Symphony
Joe's Garage Act One-Frank Zappa
Fashion Nugget-Cake

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
70. OldBaldy1701E........
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:44 PM
Apr 2024

The Cars - The Cars was on my short list too! As was Pet Sounds

Thank you!

ms liberty

(11,227 posts)
50. In no particular order, today's selections would be
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:13 PM
Apr 2024

The Tubes, Completion Backward Principle
Roxy Music, Avalon
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel 4 (Security)
Peter Gabriel, So
Genesis, Selling England by the Pound
Pink Floyd, Animals
Yes, Yessongs
Rush, 2112
Rush, Moving Pictures


Yea, I can't do this, this list is not complete...

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
71. ms liberty........
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:48 PM
Apr 2024
I know! It's impossible....

But I just thought of the music I still listen to on a regular basis that I can pull up on YouTube (for example) while I'm grocery shopping and these are the albums I often go with.

Thank you!

ms liberty

(11,227 posts)
86. My favorite genre is prog rock and when I listen on my treadmill
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:41 PM
Apr 2024

I'm lucky if I get 4 songs in 45 minutes

ms liberty

(11,227 posts)
87. I listen on my treadmill every morning and since I'm mostly a prog rock fan
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:42 PM
Apr 2024

I'm lucky if I get 4 songs in 45 minutes

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
74. marble falls .........
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:54 PM
Apr 2024

Well, I cheated at my own game.

I put The Beatles in their own category and ended up having 11 on my list. AND..........now I've thought of another that I'm gong to add.

marble falls

(71,886 posts)
92. There's ten Beatles albums I'd take, ten Stones, ten Dead, ten Airplane, ten ...
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 08:24 AM
Apr 2024

... can I list 100? Maybe a couple more?

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
104. You'd be amazed how quickly that 100 would run out.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:26 PM
Apr 2024

You'd be begging for another hundred in moments.

-- Mal

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
62. I'd be heavy on some of my favorite double live albums so I get more music. Kansas-Two for the Show, BOC-ETI,
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:34 PM
Apr 2024

Deep Purple-Made in Japan, Cheap Trick-Budokan, Wings-Over America (three record set), Chicago at Carnagie Hall (four record set), Skynard-One More From the Road, Dire Straits-Alchemy, Heart Greatest Hits (double album) and Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
73. brewens ......
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:52 PM
Apr 2024

I love the Wilson Sisters! I didn't want to go with greatest hits so if I had to pick one Heart album I think I'd go with Dreamboat Annie.

Thank you!

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
105. You should try to squeeze in Jimmy Buffett's live double album, then...
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:29 PM
Apr 2024

"You Had to be There," 1978.

-- Mal

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
109. That's a close call and I have it. I also have his live at Wrigley DVD and what I think is his last
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 04:14 PM
Apr 2024

live CD.

I saw Jimmy at Washington State University in 1978. In the middle of the winter and they promoted it as Tequila Thursday. The roads were terrible for the crowd coming south from Spokane, but we were way closer. The place was only half full and just after Jimmy came on, he told all of us sitting higher to come on down! We ended up in way better seats.

Great show. I got the live album right after it and have been a fan ever since.

Buttoneer

(971 posts)
63. Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense"
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:35 PM
Apr 2024

Aerosmith's Live Bootleg
Van Halen I
Van Halen II
Barry Manilow Tryin' to Get the Feeling
Beatles Rubber Soul
John Denver Poems, Prayers & Promises
Rolling Stones' Tattoo You
Billy Joel's The Stranger
Blondie Parallel Lines

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
76. Buttoneer...
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:57 PM
Apr 2024

Van Halen was on my short list as was Blondie's Parallel Lines.

Thank you!

Marcuse

(8,997 posts)
75. Having those albums and a broken needle would be like having an entire library and broken reading glasses.
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 10:55 PM
Apr 2024

Pure torture.

Upthevibe

(10,172 posts)
82. Marcuse.............
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:15 PM
Apr 2024

I know!

This Twilight Zone episode really gets to me. I'm an avid reader (but now I do audio). I think this episode is called All The Time In The World....

enid602

(9,681 posts)
81. Albums
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:12 PM
Apr 2024

Gonna Take a Miracle-Laura Nyro and Labelle

Land of Make Believe-Chuck Mangione featuring Esther Satterfielf

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
85. How long am I going to be on that desert island?
Sat Apr 13, 2024, 11:30 PM
Apr 2024

Realistically, anything over a week means I'll go batshit crazy with only ten albums. Twenty, maybe one hundred would last me several months. But ten? Are you serious?

 

Goodheart

(5,760 posts)
91. Most egregious omissions so far:
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 06:35 AM
Apr 2024

Any of these three albums by Bob Dylan: Hwy 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde

Any of these five consecutive (yes, five consecutive!) works of brilliance by Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs in the Key of Life

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

-misanthroptimist

(1,601 posts)
94. Pink Floyd and Beatles heavy
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 09:38 AM
Apr 2024
Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon
Animals
Wish You Were Here
Meddle

Beatles
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper

Klaatu
Hope

Supertramp
Breakfast in America

Tom Waits
(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night

Doc_Technical

(3,759 posts)
96. Quadrophenia- The Who
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 12:44 PM
Apr 2024

Surrealistic Pillow- Jefferson Airplane
To our Children's, Children's, Children- Moody Blues
Strange Days- The Doors
Soundtrack- A Clockwork Orange
In the Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson
Moonmadness- Camel
Nantucket Sleighride- Mountain
Brain Salad Surgery- Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Court and Spark- Joni Mitchell

malthaussen

(18,563 posts)
97. I dunno. Do I get electricity and a record player, too?
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 01:59 PM
Apr 2024

How does a desert island get a power grid, anyway? Do I have the Professor make a generator that runs on Gilligan-power?

I'd need a variety of genres.

Beethoven's 9th by Solti/Chicago, still my favorite of this old chestnut.

The "Complete Massey Hall Recordings" of the Quintet: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, and Bud Powell, Massey Hall, Toronto, 15 May 1953. One of the best gigs ever, even with Diz leaving the stage periodically to check out the fight between Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott and Bird playing a cheap plastic sax he picked up just before the gig started.

"Meet the Beatles" by the Rolling Stones.
"Rubber Soul" by the Beatles
"Abbey Road," by you know who (actually, I'd like to squeeze in all their albums, but you did say ten)

"Court and Spark," Joni Mitchell
"Tapestry," Carole King
"4 Way Street," CSNY

"Led Zep IV," by some band whose name eludes me.
"Days of Future Passed," Moody Blues
"Rory Gallagher Live at Montreux" which contains the video of his "Shadow Play" encore in 1979, which everybody should watch.

Mind you, I could pick another ten just from those mentioned by other people in this topic that didn't make the cut for me.

That's ten.

-- Mal

Niagara

(11,814 posts)
106. Here's what I'm thinking.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 02:59 PM
Apr 2024

We must be on a deserted island with electricity, little pre-built cottages with a black smoke security system (ahem, think the television series Lost).


If everyone brings 10 different music albums we can borrow those albums from each other, as long as the albums are returned to the original owner.


Here are the 10 albums that I'm bringing. I'm totally borrowing your Elton John, Nirvana and Amy Winehouse albums.


1. The Cars -The Cars (1978)
2. Rick Springfield -Working Class Dog
3. Stone Temple Pilots -Purple
4. Led Zeppelin -Physical Graffiti
5. Helix -No Rest for the Wicked
6. Footloose Movie Soundtrack
7. The Doors -Absolutely Live
8. NIN -Pretty Hate Machine
9. The Scorpions -Crazy World
10 The Scorpions -Animal Magnetism

bif

(26,982 posts)
110. Mixed bag
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 04:15 PM
Apr 2024

Mahler Symphony No. 2
Bach Sonatatas and partitas for solo cello (janosz Starker)
MC5 "Kick out the Jams"
The Who "Live at Leeds"
Bill Evans Trio Live
Dave Brubeck quartet "The Last time we saw Paris"
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"
John Coltrane "Blue Trade"
Leo Kottke Live
Any Django Reinhard album

Elessar Zappa

(16,385 posts)
112. Hmmm.. this is a tough one.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 04:30 PM
Apr 2024

Ok I’ll give it a shot.

1. One Size Fits All-Frank Zappa
2. Joe’s Garage- Frank Zappa
3. Paranoid-Black Sabbath
4. Nevermind- Nirvana
5. Ride the Lightning- Metallica
6. Reign in Blood- Slayer
7. Magical Mystery Tour- Beatles
8. Revolver- Beatles
9. Surfer Rosa- Pixies
10. Doggystyle- Snoop Doggy Dogg

Honorable mentions:
Läther- Frank Zappa
Anything by Prince
Straight Outta Compton- NWA

maxrandb

(17,418 posts)
113. Mostly double albums for me
Mon Apr 15, 2024, 08:50 AM
Apr 2024

Quadrophenia - The Who
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Welcome to the Club - Ian Hunter Live
Close to the Edge - Yes
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Who's Next -The Who
Live at Tull - The Who
Stand Up - Jethro Tull
Rock and Roll Animal - Lou Reed Live
Overnight Sensation - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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