What would your 8 "Desert Island discs" be?

Mine are...

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (preferably the collectors edition with bonus tracks!)

Nick Harper - Harperspace

Virgin Prunes - Heresies

Sponge - any one of Moray Hose, Potterrow or the Cavern

Inner City Unit - Passout

Jon Wayne - Two Graduated Jiggers

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call


Some of those are "right now" choices but... right now that's what I felt like!!!

 

Alright... I'll try to choose albums from 8 different bands... and no best of collections.

The Boo Radleys / Giant Steps
Super Furry Animals / Radiator
David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust
Elliott Smith / Figure 8
T.Rex / Electric Warrior
Wilco / A Ghost Is Born
The Beatles / The White Album
bravecaptain / distractions

Gah... That was 8 already..!

 

Difficult isn't it?!!

I seem to have about 20 "almosts"!!

 

The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Sundowner - 4152
A Wilhelm Scream - Career Suicide
The Flatliners - The Great Awake
Street Dogs - Fading American Dream
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
Leftover Crack - **** World Trade
The Lillingtons - Death By Television

 

only 8, this is hard! So then.....

Placebo - "Placebo"
Oasis "What's The Story, Morning Glory"
REM "The Best of REM" (this has the most tracks on so offers better value than any of their albums when limited! If I had to pick one album it would probably be Life's Rich Pageant)
Paul van Dyk "The Politics Of Dancing"
Sasha & Digweed - "Renaissance - The Mix" (this is also a triple disc set, hehehe!)
Zemifira "Zemifira"
The Pixies "Surfer Rosa"
Kaiser Chiefs "Yours Truly Angry Mob"

These aren't neccessarily my 8 favourite albums of all time, but I reckon these would be a good cross section for a desert island. Manic Street Preachers' "Holy Bible" is awesome for example, but not what I'd need when stranded and in need of hope and inspiration!

 

As you say its difficult.</p>

I tried to pick a selection which has special meaning and brings back memories, some good, some bad. Some I just like.</p>

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1. Donovan - Catch the Wind </p>

2. Damned - New Rose </p>

3. Stranglers - Walk on By. </p>

4. Bob Dylan. Lay Lady Lay. </p>

5. Saw Doctors - The Green and Red of Mayo ( Live version) </p>

6. Dolly Parton - I will always love you. </p>

7. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman. </p>

8. James Blunt - You're Beautiful.</p>

 

At the moment, 'cos my favourites change day by day...

Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
Redefine Me - Mercenary
F**k Authority - Pennywise
Another Day - Dream Theater
Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
Broken - Bad Religion

...and I've thought of about another 60 that should be in there too.

 

1, Oasis - Be Here Now

2, The Libertines - Up The Bracket

3, Stone Roses - Second Coming

4, Babyshambles - Shotters Nation

5, Babyshambles - Albion

6, The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

7, Pulp - Different Class

8, British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power

 

Child in Time-Deep Purple
Green Grass and High Tides- The Outlaws
White Punks on Dope- The Tubes
Stargazer-Rainbow
Cheerleader-White Cowbell Oaklahoma
Too Much Pressure-The Selector
Barracuda-Heart
Stranglehold-Ted Nugent

 

FREEBIRD, you forgot FREEBIRD

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Argus - Wishbone Ash
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
Foxtrot - Genesis
US - Peter Gabriel
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
Subterranea - IQ

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

prefer No Control by Bad Religion

 

Signify - Porcupine Tree
Seventh House - IQ
Posthumous Silence - Sylvan
Embrace the Storm - Stream of Passion
Trying to Kiss the Sun - RPWL
Rapid Eye Movement - Riverside
Delicate Flame of Desire - Karnataka
More tha Meets the Eye - Jadis

Somebady stop me please!

 

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Shadows Fall - Art Of Balance

Kyuss - Sky Valley

Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

Megadeth - Rust In Peace

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Cynic - Focus

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

 

Songs of Love &amp; Hate - Leonard Cohen</p>

King Of America - Elvis Costello</p>

Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins</p>

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco</p>

Sky Motel - Kristin Hersh</p>

New Adventures in HiFi - REM</p>

Workers Playtime - Billy Bragg</p>

I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused - David Ford</p>

 

well, 10 of my favs

Hot August Night--Neil Diamond---top of any music poll
Sheet Music--10cc----all round genius
Stone Roses---debut album
Graceland Paul Simon
Crocodiles--Echo and the Bunnymen
Rust Never Sleeps---Neil Young
A Gift From a Flower to a Garden----Donovan
Ziggy Stardust---Bowie

Sweetheart of the Rodeo--The Byrds
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy--Elton John

but theres a whole lot more, nanci griffith, Gretchen Peters, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce.....

 

Its a dilema

I thought I'd only go for one Southern Rock classic, somedays its Freebird today it was Green Grass and High Tides

 

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Bad - U2
Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zep
Heroes - Bowie
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden

 

Rain - Martin Stephenson & The Daintees

Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely - Husker Du

The Only Looney Left In Town - Carter USM

Doesn't Make It Alright - The Specials

One Step Beyond - Madness

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

Lot 49 - The Jazz Butcher

Waltzing's For Dreamers - Richard Thompson

 

1. Bat out of Hell- Meatloaf
2. Back in Black- AC/DC
3. Gracelands- Paul Simon
4. Like Clockwork- Boomtown Rats
5. Nevermind the B*ll*cks- Sex Pistols
6. 68 Comeback Special- Elvis
7.Swing When You`re Winning - Robbie Williams
8.Soundtrack from Life of Brian- Monty Python