XMTS Desert Island Discs

[IRISH]

southern breeze got a good thread going with his "what are you listening to..." post, but it's somewhat become a what's your favorite music thread. So let's get right down to it with a proper desert island discs thread.

a lot of these types of lists usually come with a lot of rules like only one album per artist, no compilations, etc... the only rule here will be that we list ten favorite albums with which to be stranded on a desert island.

so i'll kick it off. listing only ten albums was very difficult for me. i started with twenty and had to cut it back down to ten. i'm sorry to say that i'll live out the rest of my days on the island without any motorhead, ewan maccoll, ramones, elvis costello or happy mondays ... so then, my list is heavy on the punk and pop, so i'm hoping to bump into someone on the other side of the island who is well versed in jazz and classical, erm...preferably a female. happy thanksgiving, all.

1. aztec camera- high land, hard rain
2. replacements- let it be
3. nick lowe- jesus of cool
4. clash- london calling
5. the stone roses
6. the pogues- rum, sodomy and the lash
7. billy bragg- workers playtime
8. the waterboys- this is the sea
9. johnny cash- live at san quentin
10. echo and the bunnymen- ocean rain

[Phogfan86]

The Who -- Tommy
The Beatles -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Elvis Costello and The Attractions -- Armed Forces
The Voices of Ascension -- Songs and Hymns in Praise of Mary
Winter Storm 2008 pipes and drums concert CD
Berlin Philharmonik -- Handel's Messiah
The Clash -- London Calling
Benny Goodman Orchestra -- 1939 concert at Carnegie Hall
Public Enemy -- Fear of a Black Planet
Bob Newhart -- The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart

[Kerr the Walker]

Boston - Boston
Disturbed - Indestructible
Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
Pepper - Kona Town
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Frank Sinatra - Anthology
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
King's X - Dogman
Metallica - Garage Inc.
Beethoven - 9th Symphony

[sydnie7]

California Bloodlines -- John Stewart
King of California -- Dave Alvin
Best of Ian and Sylvia V1
Anthology (just got it at his concert Friday night, on the deck as I type) -- Tom Russell
Bonnie Raitt Collection (not sure of the title)


Have to think about the next five. . .

[Darkislander]

This is a hard one. I think my best bet would be Greatest Hits or Best of compilationsof the following. In no particular order:

Gino Vannelli
Barbra Streisand
Neil Diamond
Trisha Yearwood
Wynonna Judd
Collin Raye
The Eagles
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Michael Buble
Brooks and Dunn

This is my list today, it could all change !

[herminator]

Pablo Casals: J. S. Bach sonatas for Cello
Erik Upsmark: Dram (swedisch pipes and harp)
Don Francisco: Lice Concert
Rolf Harris: Platinum Collection
Rich Mullins: Songs
Tony Scott: Music for Zen meditation
Dropkick Murphys: Live on St. Patrick´s day
Bee Gees: Spirits having flown
Carlos Nunez: Un Galicien en Bretagne
Helmuth Rilling: J. S. Bach`s Mass in B

[Haegl]

Tough Call, Here are my favs.

1. Sinead O'connor - Sean-Nos Nua
2. Ethan Daniel Davidson - Ring them Bells
3. Dropkick Murphys - Blackout
4. Lone Justice - Lone Justice
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
6. Sarah McLachlan - Mirror ball
7. The Cranberries - Best of/20th Eco
8. Mark Collie - even the Man in the Moon is cryn'
9. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
10. Webb Wilder - I came From Nashville / The deluxe full grown edition
With an Honorable mention to Liz Phair

[Alan H]

Brahms Fourth Symphony; Sir George Solti and the Chicago Symphony

Ralph Vaughan Williams; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Samuel Barber; Adagio for Strings...Telarc, Saint Louis symphony

Time Out: Dave Brubeck Quartet

Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Dies Natalis, Farewell to Arms: Michael Collins, clarinet

"Breakthrough"...Eddie Daniels, clarinet

MF Horn 5-6: Maynard Ferguson Orchestra

The Ultimate Guitar Collection ...John Williams

"Metropolis"...Turtle Island String Quartet

Boston...Boston

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Pastoral" by Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert von Karajan, and Berliner Philharmoniker

[bowser]

Here goes, dont know what is says about me though ?

1. When the lady smiles – Golden Earring
2. Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
3. City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
4. Child in time – Deep Purple
5. Heavy Horses – Jethro Tull
6. Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue oyster cult
7. Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits
8. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. The Planet suite – Holst
10. Die Alte Kameraden - Carl Teike

[Spc. Scott]

1. Phish-Rift/Lawn Boy (I can't decide)
2. Led Zep.-BBC Sessions
3. Warren Zevon-The Wind
4. Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
5. Rev. Horton Heat-Holy Roller
6. Grateful Dead-Workingman's Dead
7. Nick Ippoliti-Who I Am
8. Rush-2112
9. Woodstock: 3 Days Of Peace & Music (box set...hope it counts)
10. Santana-The Best Of Santana

That's likely to change very often but I think this would carry me over for quite a while.