IF YOU COULD ONLY HAVE 20 ALBUMS WHAT WOULD THEY BE? - Page 2

My friends and I always talk about which 10 albums we would bring to a desert island (Desert Island Discs), and I would update my list every now and then. We agreed that the list should not include compilations like Greatest Hits or Best Of discs, live albums, or box sets. We're still unsure whether to allow remastered albums with bonus tracks, and if double albums should count as two discs. Anyhoo... 20 albums does open up a lot of options so I'll need to think about it. Here's my 10 DIDs:

EDIT: Oh, we were supposed to explain why...

Joy Division - Closer (1980) I grew up listening to a lot of Post-Punk stuff, I can say it's like my bread and butter. People always go for Unknown Pleasures but I feel Closer is a better album... better songwriting and instrumentation, amazing production, and very haunting.

The Cure - Pornography (1982) Still remains The Cure's darkest album, and is always a captivating listen from start to end.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships (1983) OMD are often overlooked as a band, and Dazzle Ships is even more overlooked as an album. Some call it self-indulgent, some say it's unlistenable, but this album was miles ahead of it's time. The Kid A of the early 80's.

Ride - Nowhere (1990) I'm the biggest Ride fan I know. Dare I say it's the best Shoegaze album?

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) Highly regarded as the seminal Shoegaze album... 'nuff said.

Catherine Wheel - Chrome (1993) Great combination of Shoegaze, Rock, and atmosphere. Awesome.

Starsailor - Love Is Here (2001) Utterly one of the most heartfelt albums I've heard.

The Tears - Here Come The Tears (2005) I'm a huge Suede fan, but I feel this is the best combination of pre-split grandiose Suede and the post-Butler pop Suede. I wish Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler will work together again because there's this magic that happens when they do.

Editors - In This Light and On This Evening (2009) I love Editors... I wouldn't think they would top The Back Room but I stand corrected.

White Lies - To Lose My Life (2009) One of the best debut albums I've heard in a long time.

Miles davis did a tribute to Jack Johnson?    LOL

EXTREMELY HARD! Going with my "go-to" albums when I don't have anything else to listen to out of my 2,000 + album collection:

01. Paul Simon - Graceland

02. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

03. Dave Brubeck - Time Out

04. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

05. The Beatles - Love Songs

06. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's

07. Francesco Durante - Magnificat In B

08. W.A. Mozart - Requiem (Levin Edition, Macerras, SCO)

09. Pink Floyd - The Wall

10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon

11. J.S. Bach - Solo Suites for Cello (Starker, MLP)

12. J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations (Gould, 1955)

13. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue (Miller)

14. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby - Bing & Satchmo

15. Bing Crosby - Bing With A Beat

16. Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney - Fancy Meeting You Here

17. Dexter Gordon - Ballads

18. John Coltrane - Blue Train

19. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers

20. Ella Fitzgerald - The Gershwin Songbook

Posted by bong:

Fairwell to the playground...two interesting picks there. The Back Room was such a great album, it's odd that An End Has to Start never quite worked for me. So I didn't rush to hear Evening, so imagine my surprise when I thought it was great. Still can't fathom why the press was so lukewarm toward it. Part of it for me, may be Flood. I always loved that guys layered production.

BT - This Binary Universe

Minus The Bear - Acoustica

Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice

Jay Malinowski - Bright Lights and Bruises

Joel Plaskett - Three

Neil Cowley Trio - Displaced

Neil Cowley Trio - Loud...Louder...Stop!

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

The Trews - No Time For Later

Josh Garrels - Jacaranda

Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild

Said the Whale - Islands Disappear

Broken Bells - Broken Bells

Jet - Shine On

Jet - Get Born

Default - One Thing Remains

The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes - By Your Side

Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

In no particular order...

1.Aquarium Rescue Unit - In a Perfect World
2.John Coltrane - Blue Train
3.Miles Davis -  A Kind of Blue
4.Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
5.Dixie Dregs - Bring Em' Back Alive
6.The Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East
7.Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
8.Lawn Boy - Rift
9.Viktor Krauss - II
10.Hank Mobley - Soul Station
11.Dream Theater - Awake
12.Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
13.Joshua Redman - Moodswings
14.U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
15.Led Zeppelin - I
16.The Beatles - Revolver
17. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
18.Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
19. John Scofield w/ Medeski,Martin & Wood - A Go-Go
20.BT -  This Binary Universe

This was extremely hard, this really made me think! It made me realize how much good music I have listened to over the years. Great thread!!

Although my top 20 of all time has about a hundred albums in it, I could survive nicely on these (no order except #1):

1 Rolling Stones-Exile on Main St

2-3 Beatles-Rubber Soul, Revolver

4 Clash-London Calling

5-6 Elvis Costello-Get Happy, This Year's Model

7-8 Graham Parker-Squeezing Out Sparks, Howling Wind

9 Big Star-#1 Record\Radio City

10 Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run

11 The Who-Who's Next

12 REM-Murmur

13 Warren Zevon-Warren Zevon

14 Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited

15 Steve Earle -Guitar Town

16 Marah-Kids in Philly

17 Kinks-The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society

18 The Jam-All Mod Cons

19 Nick Lowe-Jesus of Cool

20 Los Lobos-How Will the Wolf Survive?

Joel Plaskett? Awesome. Down at the Khyber is my JP fave.

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Originally Posted by virometal 

Fairwell to the playground...two interesting picks there. The Back Room was such a great album, it's odd that An End Has to Start never quite worked for me. So I didn't rush to hear Evening, so imagine my surprise when I thought it was great. Still can't fathom why the press was so lukewarm toward it. Part of it for me, may be Flood. I always loved that guys layered production.

I wholeheartedly agree. Since day one, The Back Room has remained one of my favorite albums. An End Has a Start has some really great moments, but it sound a bit, umm.... Coldplay-ish. I love the slightly darker sounding stuff on The Back Room, especially songs like "Fall" and "Camera." Evening definitely returns to the darker feel (it sounds like they used "Camera" as a blueprint actually), adding some more electronic production; like you said, maybe Flood's influence. Regardless, it's not just the style and production, Evening has great songs from start to finish.

As for White Lies, with a debut album as good as To Lose My Life, they have their work cut out for themselves with their second album.
 

Really terrible question!

No order.

My beloved albums are

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

I am young, but I think, the grooviest groove in the world was produced by Black Sabbath, especially in this album.

The Stooges - The Stooges

I love all albums of them, but I wanna be Your Dog track is the best.

The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

This group was my door to electronic mysic. This album was the key.

Horse the Band - R.borlax

Eclectic hardcore. Hard, fast, but I really remember most of tracks from this album.

Lara Fabian - Longbox 3 cd. Consider as one position)

Perfect vocal as for me. Like Agel.

Metallica - Black Album

I hate smooth guitar sound but I love this album. Paradox, that is why this is my choice.

Cannibal Corpse - Live Cannibalism

This is live perfomance, not album. CC are classic, like Mozart, but in death metal. Very good song selection.

Bong Ra - Full Metal Rocket

Awesome breackore. Pure energy.

Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss

Brilliant melodies wrapped in the power of natural guitar sound.

Scang - His Own Enemy

Russiam alernative. Roughly speaking sounds like SOAD but much havier and faster. Memorable melodies. Vocalist sings in russian, english and spain.

Tatu - 200 km\h in the Wrong Lane

Really love their cover of the Smiths track How Soon is Now.

John Coltrane - the Olatunji Concert

Such music like time machine cause musical thought ahead of time when it performs.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity

Programmed infinity of broken guitar rhythms & lost bits & suffering vocals. Soulless but emotional music.

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

On my mind, Pantera is a modern form of Black Sabbath's groove, also I like ballads from this album such as Hollow.

Sepulrura - Under a Pale Sky...

Live perfomance, not album. I have no words, just the best tribalcore ever made.

Bad Sector - Xela

No vocal, no hope, no end. Just sounds but configured genius.

Sadist - Tribe

Unusual form of usual music.Oriental death with keyboards.

Cynic - Focus

The best focus in te world. Even Harry Houdini's were not so imressive.

Tool - Lateralus

I think that guitar riff in Schizm track is the best.This album is a good example of balance between guitar drive & melodies.

Nosromo - Hysteron\Proteron

Hardcore performed acoustically.

In order to choose 20, I didnt note many very good music.