Stranded on an island - pick 10 CDs

Deathmetalconga

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Let's say you're stranded on an island and you make take only 10 CDs to listen on a solar-powered stereo. Which 10? I have about 700 CDs so it is VERY hard to limit to 10, These remind me of different times in my life and this music always moves me.

Here's my list, in no particular order:

Perez Prado: Greatest Hits

Tom Ze: The Hips of Tradition

Ana Belen/Victor Manual: Mucho Mas Que Dos

Skeleton Crew/Fred Frith: Step Across the Border/The Country of Blinds

Bhangra is Black: DJ KRS and Lucky Johal

Beirut: Gulag Orkestar

Psychic TV/ Genesis P. Orridge: Ultradrug

Aisha Kandeesha's Jarring Effects: Shabeesation

Gavin Friday: Shag Tobacco

Iron Maiden: Killers
 
Wow. Umm...

Sugarman Three - Sugar's Boogaloo
Dave Douglas Quintet - The Infinite
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Big John Patton - Let 'Em Roll
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread
Charles Mingus - Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Lou Donaldson - Alligator Boogaloo
Nick Rossi Set - On The Outset
Radiohead - Kid A

Of course, ask me next week and it'll be a whole different list.
 
Common dmc, kids have iPods nowadays. How about "Stranded on an island - Pick 120 gigs of Music"?

Here's my 10 for now:
Radiohead - Kid A (high fives crlujan!)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
The Beatles - The White Album
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Erykah Badu - Live
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits (or Live 1969..)
Queen - A Night at the Opera
 
I would make sure to bring a variety of styles to my dessert island!

Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chmabers

Mars Volta- Bedlam in Golaith

The Who- Quadrophenia

Slayer- Reign in Blood

Megadeth- Rust in Peace

Municipal Waste- Hazardous Mutation

Bad Religion- No Control

Jawbreaker- 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Radiohead- OK Computer

Muse- Origin of Symmetry

This was a frikkin' hard question to answer!
 
Ken Tamplin- An axe to grind
Tamplin-Tamplin
Magdallan- big bang
Iona-Iona
Iona-beyond these shores
Lanny Cordola-Electric Warrior,Acoustic Saint
Candy Dulfer-Live at montreuex
Dave Weckl-Synergy
Quiet Riot-Winners take all
Fifth Angel-Fifth Angel
 
George Gerschwin----Rhapsody in Blue et.al.
The first 9 Beatle Albums
 
In no particular order

Pink Floyd - Animals
SRV - In Step
Rush - All The Worlds A Stage
DT - Scenes From A Memory
Arc Angles - Arc Angles
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Counting Crows - August And Everything After
Led Zep - 4
Yes - Fragile
Spock's Beard - V
 
Love Supreme- Coltrane
Kind of Blue - Miles
Koln Concerts- Keith Jarrett
Landscape - Art Pepper
Aja- Steely Dan
Black Market- Weather Report
Romantic Warrior- Return To Forever
Jaco Pastorius- Jaco Patorious
Live at Fillmore East- Allman Bros
Rubber Soul - Beatles
 
Dream Theater - six degrees of inner turbulence
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Coldplay - viva la vida
Eagles - greatest hits volume 2
Angels and airwaves - we don't need to whisper
Angels and airwaves - I-Empire
The essential Toto
Ilse DeLange - World of hurt
Tchaikovsky's 1812, performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Dire straits - sultans of swing (the very best of)

Tough call... these are the first 10 that come into mind... but I wouldn't want to live without Porcupine Tree, the other coldplay and AvA stuff, the other DT stuff, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Marillion, Keane and al the other great artists that I have albums of.
 
American Idol, Greatest Moments
Metallica, St. Anger
Barbara Streisand, A Star Is Born movie soundtrack
'N Sync, No Strings Attached
High School Musical, 1,2 and 3

Wait a minute, aren't we burning the albums so we can get rescued?
 
1.) Flesh Caffeine - John Christ
2.) Moving Pictures - Rush
3.) Double Live Gonzo - Ted Nugent (does this count as 2 cds? It is a two disc cd)
4.) Exit...Stage Left - Rush (see # 3 note)
5.) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
6.) Hemispheres - Rush
7.) Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) - Eagles
8.) The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - SRV (see # 3 note)
9.) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
10.) Unplugged - Eric Clapton
 
Ok, so the deal is to bring double live CD's or greatest hits, so I can have more to listen. But I guess it would be cheating.

1) Genesis - Trick of a tail
2) Genesis - Foxtrot (suppers ready yeah!)
2) Pink Floyd - The wall
3) Rush - Moving Picture
4) Metallica - master of puppets
5) Rush - Hemisphere (cant live without ''La villa Strangiato'')
6) Dream Theater - A train of thought
7) Queen - a night at the opera
8) Iron Maiden - number of the beast (a guilty pleasure!!)
9) Porcupine tree - fear of a blank planet
10) Fu man Chu - Robert Charlebois (all right, I need an album in French)
 
1. Live at Leeds- The Who
2. Abraxas- Santana
3. Abbey Road- The Beatles
4. In the Jungle Groove- James Brown
5. 102%- The New Mastersounds
6. Best of Aretha Franklin
7. Back in Black- AC/DC
8. The Last Concert- Modern Jazz Quartet
9. Twenty-Five- Yellowjackets
10. Cross-Country Tour 1958-1961- Ahmad Jamal Trio
 
Iron Maiden: Live After Death
Slayer: South of Heaven
Slayer: Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth: Youthanasia
Metallica: Kill 'Em All
AC/DC: Powerage
Rush: Chronicles
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Warrior Soul: Salutations from the Ghetto Nation
John Prine: Great Days
 
Grand National- John Butler trio
TRY!- John Mayey trio
Snakes and arrows- Rush
We sing, we dance, we steal things- Jason Mraz
Edward the great- Iron Maiden
Meshuggah- Obzen
- Catch 33
- Nothing
Systematic chaos- Dream Theater
Puzzle- Biffy Clyro

Thats my 10.
 
Ken Tamplin- An axe to grind
Tamplin-Tamplin
Magdallan- big bang
Iona-Iona
Iona-beyond these shores
Lanny Cordola-Electric Warrior,Acoustic Saint
Candy Dulfer-Live at montreuex
Dave Weckl-Synergy
Quiet Riot-Winners take all
Fifth Angel-Fifth Angel

Great album right there.

Now for the question. I would have no idea what to bring. I love so much stuff. I don't think I can narrow it down to just 10.
 
We sing, we dance, we steal things- Jason Mraz

Stranded and you bring Jason Mraz?? You do know what stranded means right?

Umphrey's McGee- Anchor Drops
The Beatles- Rubber Soul
Andrew Lloyd Webber- Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack
Frank Zappa- One Size Fits All
Herbie Hancock- Maiden Voyage
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Phish- Junta
The Presidents Of The United States of America- Self titled
Tony Williams- Young At Heart
Weezer- Weezer (The Blue Album)
 
Great album right there.

Now for the question. I would have no idea what to bring. I love so much stuff. I don't think I can narrow it down to just 10.

You can do it if you really try. It makes you think about what you like, and why.

For everyone who has already answered the question, you may now pick another 10. You have 20 CDs you make take, and you've already picked 10.

Here are my next 10:

U2: The Unforgettable Fire

U2: The Joshua Tree

Motorhead: Iron Fist

Ornette Coleman: The Art of the Improvisers

Batacumbele: En Aquellos Tiempos

Munequitos de Matanzas: Oyelos de nuevo

Diamanda Galas: Plague Mass

Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage

The Modern Jazz Quarter: Pyramid

Public Enemy: It Take a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
 
London Calling - The Clash
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Police - The Police (compilation)
The Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Soundtrack
Rush - Moving Pictures
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Oasis - (Whats the Story) Morning Glory

I'll get sick of them all probably. =p
 
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