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WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,467
edited January 2009 in Other Music
Tower Records used to do this....the scenario is you're headed for a deserted island (e.g. Gilligan's) and you can take 12 albums with you. You'll have to listen to them for the rest of your life :shock: . Which 12 would you take?

(your turntable is monkey powered and I'm gonna pretend all this stuff is available on vinyl) :D

My Desert Island Discs (in no particular order):

Achtung Baby - U2
Warehouse: Songs and Stories - Husker Du
New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms
Live at the Gorge - Pearl Jam
Black Sheets of Rain - Bob Mould
Let It Bleed - Stones
Live in Aught Three - James McMurtry
Lonesome Jubilee - John Mellencamp
R30 - Rush
SHMC - Black Crowes
Quadrophenia - the Who
Films About Ghosts - Counting Crows

Feel free to rip my choices! Think you can do better? :mrgreen:
If I had known then what I know now...

Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Philly I & II, 16
Denver 22
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    jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    I love to see love for Bob Mould solo records, especially Black Sheets of Rain.
    "Hello Oregonians. Hello Washingtonians. Hello Portland..where the fuck are we? We're in Ridgefield!"
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    GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,908
    imalive wrote:
    New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms
    :shock:
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
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    pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,306
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    The Cure - Disintegration
    The Who - Quadrophenia
    Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (remastered)
    Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
    U2 - The Joshua Tree
    The Tragically Hip - Fully, Completely
    Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
    Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
    Kiss - Live
    Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
    Pearl Jam - Ten

    I'm sure I'll think of a few that I'd trade for what's already on my list but right now thats what I come up with and I'm sure I'm showing my age!
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
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    soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,208
    imalive wrote:
    Live at the Gorge - Pearl Jam

    I'll try to put something together later, but I had to point out that I'm pretty sure a 7-disc box set is kinda cheating ;)
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    stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Beck:Midnight Vultures
    Pink Floyd:Meddle
    Lynyrnd Skynyrd:One More For The Road
    Pearl Jam:Live at the Gorge
    White Stripes:Elephant
    Jimi Hendrix:Electric Ladyland
    Black Crowes:Southern Harmony and the Musical Companion
    Ray LaMontagne:Till The Sun Turns Black
    Sigur Ros:Takk
    Eels:Electro Shock Blues
    Bill Hicks:Shock and Awe
    Neil Diamond:Essential
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
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    EBowieEBowie Posts: 529
    How can we count Live at the Gorge? It's like what, seven discs...................
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    intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I will exclude compilations and live albums:

    Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
    Neil Young- On the Beach
    Pearl Jam- Ten
    Dinosaur Jr- You're Living All over Me
    Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Alice in Chains- Dirt
    Kyuss- Welcome to Sky Valley
    Modest Mouse- Oh Lonesome Crowded West
    Radiohead- Ok Computer
    Neil Young- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
    Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
    Arcade Fire- Funeral
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
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    chimpatchimpat Posts: 590
    Pearl Jam - No Code
    Live - Throwing Copper
    Counting Crows - August & Everything After
    The Samples - Transmissions in the Sea of Tranquility
    Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
    RATM - The Battle of Los Angeles
    Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
    DMB - Under the Table and Dreaming
    U2 - Achtung Baby
    Jeff Buckley - Grace
    "This is about as perfect a crowd as you can get. I hate to placate, I ain't placating...." - EV, 9/29/96


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    Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music...Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop
    Soundgarden - Superunknown
    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
    Weezer - Pinkerton
    Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
    Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
    Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
    Scott Weiland - 12 Bar Blues
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
    "Vinyl or not, you will need to pay someone to take RA of your hands" - Smile05
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    NE280850NE280850 Posts: 6
    Pearl Jam - Vs
    Soundgarden - Superunknown
    Blind Melon - Soup
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
    Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
    Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
    The Strokes - Is This It?
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
    Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible
    The Who - Who's Next
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    Pearl Jam - No Code
    Heatmiser - Mic City Sons
    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
    N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
    Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Links
    My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
    Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
    Alice In Chains - Dirt
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    NERDS!
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,720
    About a week ago, a friend of mine asked me if I remembered Tower Records free Pulse magazine.   Pulse! included a section devoted to readers' submitted lists of their "desert island discs" - the ten albums that they would take with them if stranded on a desert island. 
    I remembered seeing a similar thread here and decided to resurrect this one by Rob and update my Desert Island Disc list (which must be on a different thread somewhere in the heaps of threadage).   
    My current list does not include what are necessarily my favorite albums but are a mix of things that would give me some variety while stranded.  Like most of us, my list changes over the years.  Thankfully, there are lots of Islands!

    My current list, I includes double albums but no box set, and one "cheat" (guess?):

    Sandy Bull:  E Pluribus Unum
    Miles Davis:  Bitches Brew
    The Dream Syndicate:  The Complete Live at Raji's
    Slim Dunlap:  The Old New Me/ Times Like This
    Japan:  Quiet Life
    Joy Division:  Substance
    Harvey Mandel:  Cristo Redentor
    Ornette Coleman:  This is Our Music
    The Replacements:  Tim
    Neil Young:  Tonight's the Night


    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,937
    Right now it would be:

    Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
    The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
    RHCP - Stadium Arcadium
    Spiderbait  - Ivy and the Big Apples
    Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique 
    Grinspoon - Guide to Better Living
    Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    Kiss - Alive
    Led Zeppellin - Physical Graffiti 
    Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
    Tool - Lateralus 
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,625
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,720
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.

    Yeah, for sure, so darned many options!  My list is a lot different than it used to be because I went with a different strategy and made a mix of styles of music.  I left out some favorites, including one of biggest, longtime favorites, Jimi Hendrix.  I figured since I know all of the best Hendrix albums so well, I could just play them in my head.  But sure enough, at some point on that island I would be kicking myself for not including the first one or Axis.  Tough choices to make!  And just remembered that I want Brian Eno's Another Green World on my list. 
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,625
    brianlux said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.

    Yeah, for sure, so darned many options!  My list is a lot different than it used to be because I went with a different strategy and made a mix of styles of music.  I left out some favorites, including one of biggest, longtime favorites, Jimi Hendrix.  I figured since I know all of the best Hendrix albums so well, I could just play them in my head.  But sure enough, at some point on that island I would be kicking myself for not including the first one or Axis.  Tough choices to make!  And just remembered that I want Brian Eno's Another Green World on my list. 
    There was a spot in college where I listened to Axis at least once a day, normally more than that.  This, to me, is one of the all time great records and encapsulates everything I love about Jimi.

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,720
    F Me In The Brain said:
    brianlux said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.

    Yeah, for sure, so darned many options!  My list is a lot different than it used to be because I went with a different strategy and made a mix of styles of music.  I left out some favorites, including one of biggest, longtime favorites, Jimi Hendrix.  I figured since I know all of the best Hendrix albums so well, I could just play them in my head.  But sure enough, at some point on that island I would be kicking myself for not including the first one or Axis.  Tough choices to make!  And just remembered that I want Brian Eno's Another Green World on my list. 
    There was a spot in college where I listened to Axis at least once a day, normally more than that.  This, to me, is one of the all time great records and encapsulates everything I love about Jimi.


    I hear ya!  It's hard for me to list a favorite Jimi, but if I had to , it would be Axis!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,017
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.
    I think you are the first person I have seen on here that has listened to Jon Spencer!
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,720
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.
    I think you are the first person I have seen on here that has listened to Jon Spencer!

    Add me to the list. 
    I have these:



    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,017
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Faith No More - Angel Dust
    Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
    Led Zeppelin - 1
    Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
    System of a Down - Toxicity
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Pearl Jam - Yield
    Jimi - Axis Bold As Love
    Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 

    So many options but I'm good with this ten.
    I think you are the first person I have seen on here that has listened to Jon Spencer!

    Add me to the list. 
    I have these:



    Oh wow.  Great!!!
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,625
    Have a handful (or, a Pocketful) and JSBX lead me to RL Burnside, for which I will forever be happy about.  A number of his records as well and I love them.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,625
    Also, Orange is a nearly perfect record.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Have a handful (or, a Pocketful) and JSBX lead me to RL Burnside, for which I will forever be happy about.  A number of his records as well and I love them.
    A Ass Pocket of …?
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,625
    dankind said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Have a handful (or, a Pocketful) and JSBX lead me to RL Burnside, for which I will forever be happy about.  A number of his records as well and I love them.
    A Ass Pocket of …?


    You know it!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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