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Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Quixie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:19:39 -0000

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

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Drew Tatusko — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:42:18 -0000

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

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

steve — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:07:12 -0000

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".

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

steph — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:50:08 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Blake — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:32:54 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Drew Tatusko — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:06:29 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Drew Tatusko — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:04:54 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Blake — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:34:17 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Doug Chaplin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:45:50 -0000

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

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

Drew Tatusko — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:30:31 -0000

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.

Re: Five Albums on a Desert Island…

steve jenkins — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:10:30 -0000

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.