Uhhh.. its "Picaresque"... but its your desert island.

The order here could be flipped completely on any one day but I'd be diggin on
1. The Chills - Submarine Bells
2. The Go Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
3. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Song (cheating a bit here but if I had to pick one it would be Disc 2)
4. The Kinks - Village Green
5. Augie March - Moo You Bloody Choir
6. Built to Spoill - Keep It Like a Secret
7. Love - Forever Changes
8. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
9. Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
10. Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World

Alice-Tom Waits
Brian Eno-Another Green World
Pet Sounds-Beach Boys
Belle and Sebastian-If You're Feeling Sinister
Blonde on Blonde-Dylan or the Live 66 Bootleg
Marquee Moon-Television
VU and Nico-Velvet Underground
Astral Weeks-Van Morrison
Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
Songs of Leonard Cohen-Leonard Cohen

I would have put the Beatles on here too. But I think their music is so engrained in my DNA that I no longer need to listen to it.

AC/DC- Back In Black
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of The Moon
- Wish You Were Heer
- The Wall
The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
The Doors- The Doors
Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
- Use Your Illusion I
Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic
The Eagles- Hotel California

Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
Blood Brothers - Crimes
Radiohead - Kid A
Joseph Arthur - Come To Where I Come From
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow

Blood Brothers might be a strech but if I was leaving today...

This is HARD!!! But here goes:

Rhythm of the Saints ~ Paul Simon
Endless Summer ~ Fennesz
Tri Repetae++ ~ Autechre
The Hissing of Summer Lawns ~ Joni Mitchell
The Cold Vein ~ Cannibal Ox
Discovery ~ Daft Punk
Rubber Soul ~ The Beatles
Power, Corruption, and Lies ~ New Order
Blue Lines ~ Massive Attack
The Very Best of Prince ~ Prince (gotta have it!!!!)

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Rhythm of the Saints ~ Paul Simon

Nice call. I absolutely love that album. I'm one of the few people I now who prefers it to Graceland.

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Rhythm of the Saints ~ Paul Simon


Nice call. I absolutely love that album. I'm one of the few people I now who prefers it to Graceland.

I like it more too

The Beatles: 1
Tracy Chapman: Self-titled
Pink Floyd: Animals
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live (2 discs in 1, sweet!)
Nirvana: In Utero
Blackhawk: self-titled
Nickel Creek: self-titled
Pearl Jam: Ten
Tim McGraw: Greatist Hits

Ten Eleven CDs that I MUST take with me.

1. Propaganda- Sparks
2. Seance- The Church
3. The Move (self titled)
4. Odgen's Nut Gone Flake- The Small Faces
5. S.F. Sorrow- The Pretty Things
6. The Slider- T. Rex
7. Curtis- Curtis Mayfield
8. Mind Bomb- The The
9. Roxy Music (self titled)
10. Songs from the Big Chair- Tears For Fears
11. Peter Gabriel 3

Ok, Linn, since we have moved the greatest ever here, I've deleted my original ten island albums and posted my top ten ever.

Revolver - The Beatles
Weezer(Blue) - Weezer
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Aftermath - Rolling Stones
Who's Next - The Who
The Undertones - The Undertones
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Achtung Baby - U2

I must still keep the A Mighty Wind soundtrack as an inclusion exclusive to the desert island. I'll need something to make me laugh.

I suppose the nice thing about this topic is that it doesn't have to mean music that squared the circle, re-invented the wheel, or stopped the downtown traffic, just stuff you love, for whatever reason. Right?
So, without further ado, and making no apologies for what's been left out, cause on another day they might've been put in, here goes...


Is A Woman - Lambchop
Alice & Raindogs - Tom Waits
Bachelor No.2 - Aimee Mann
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan
Songs Of Love & Hate - Leonard Cohen
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Greatest Hits - The Beach Boys (I'm thinking of a particular light blue compilation with an incredible track list. Every song seems like it's where it should be)
The Living Road - Lhasa
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues
The Salesman & Bernadette - Vic Chesnutt

Physical Graffiti - Led Zep
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
No Code - Pearl Jam
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Live from Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - The Black Crowes
Music from Big Pink - The Band
Selections from the Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
Greatest Hits, Vol. I - The Eagles
Giant Steps - John Coltrane

Being the clever guy that I am, I was able to put two cd's in one case, laying the other cd upside down on top of the original cd. I'm all about cheating:

Willie and Family Live (2 cd set - I put it with Physical Graffiti)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson
Singles - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Dazed and Confused Soundtrack, Vol. II
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
On the Beach - Neil Young (glad that others have already mentioned this gem)
Aja - Steely Dan
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
Disc 1 of his greatest hits burned to a disc including "Farther On" and "Shaky Town" - Jackson Browne

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The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
New Morning - Bob Dylan
Live 1966 - Bob Dylan
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
GP - Gram Parsons
Chant and Be Happy! - London Radha-Krishna Temple
Live In Europe - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1931 Recordings - Skip James

oK i'll try...

Audioslave - Audioslave
Beck - Sea Change
The Hip - In Violet Light
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium/Arcadium (its a classic fo sho)
John Frusciante - The Will to Death
Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter
UNKLE - Never Never Land
David Usher - Hallucinations
DAFT PUNK - HOMEWORK
MASSIVE ATTACK - 100th Window

Most of these albums trip me out, so hopefully I can take my mind away from this Bloody Island!

Hmm, how about...

1. Help!, the Beatles
2. I'm Stranded, The Saints
3. On an Island, David Gilmour
4. Please, Pet Shop Boys
5. Rescue Me, Roy Buchanan
6. So, Peter Gabriel
7. Sick and Tired, Anastacia
8. (of) Coconuts, Jim Thorburn

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Originally posted by Arthur2Sheds:
Hmm, how about...

Well played, sir. Well played.

But tell me, did you write this list in the shed?

Now Playing: Deep Space Nine on Spike

And to think, I was about to question the Gilmour selection.

I may be slow but, when I get it, I get it. Well done Arthur.

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Originally posted by Arthur2Sheds:
Hmm, how about...

1. Help!, the Beatles
2. I'm Stranded, The Saints
3. On an Island, David Gilmour
4. Please, Pet Shop Boys
5. Rescue Me, Roy Buchanan
6. So, Peter Gabriel
7. Sick and Tired, Anastacia
8. (of) Coconuts, Jim Thorburn

Very nice. Very nice.

I think it's perfect.

Not even this could make it any better. Shut up, mark.