Desert Island Albums
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Topic: Desert Island Albums
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Desert Island Albums
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 12:59
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Basically just 8 albums you'd take to the "desert island" and why. In no particular order: 1. Genesis - Trespass (favourite album, 'nuff said) 2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (something simple and reassuring) 3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (also a fitting title, but very relatable and loving too, with some angry outbursts) 4. Buckethead - Look Up There (great album to look up to the stars at night time) 5. The Who - Quadrophenia (something a bit heavier, some great sea links, and most importantly 82 minutes long!) 6. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (another album that would be reassuring and relaxing) 7. The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed (a bit of variation, nice to have some classical in there) 8. Iamthemorning - ~ (great to listen to on the beach, away from everything) Other shouts for me include "Agaetis Byrjun", "Islands", "The Geese And The Ghost", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Ommadawn", "Rock Bottom", "Zeit" and "Tales From Topographic Oceans". As always, thanks for any feedback!
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 16:31
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1: Gong : Live ETC 2: Hawkwind: Astounding Sounds 3: Robert Wyatt: Comicopera 4: Tangerine Dream: Ricochet 5: Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Scream 6: Kate Bush: Aerial 7: Soft Machine: Third 8: Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona Because I would need some variety at least but 8 albums is afar too little: 9 would be The Ramones: I'ts Alive on standby in case one of the others gets injured. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 17:58
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1. Pink Floyd - Pulse (it has DSOTM and songs from various albums) 2. Camel - A Live Record (including Snow Goose and some great songs from their classic era) 3. Petrus Castrus - Ascenção e Queda (my favourite concept album and also because I wouldn't want to forget my language  )4. Steven Wilson - The Raven 5. Supertramp - Crime of The Century 6. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 7. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 8. King Crimson - ITCOTCK Another that would be appropriate to the situation: David Gilmour - On An Island  |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 20:39
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1) Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me 2) Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple 3) Dzyan-Time Machine 4) Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond 5) Dirk Steffens-The Seventh Step 6) Libra-Musica e Parole 7) Triumvirat-Spartacus 8) Colosseum Live Whittlled down to 8 albums, these are my favorites, they are records I never tire of-"Life is short, but art is long." |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 20:45
Very true. It was Sergei Rachmaninov who said "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music." ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
presdoug wrote:Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 22:31
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Just eight?
Ozric Tentacles- Jurassic Shift Rick Wakeman- Myths and Legends of King Arthur Yes- Relayer Jon Anderson- Olias of Sunhillow Camel- Dust and Dreams Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun Genesis- Seconds Out King Crimson- Lark's tongues in Aspic |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 09 2014 at 01:25
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Aphrodite's Child - 666 ELP - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends, Ladies and Gentlemen...Yes - Close To The Edge King Crimson - Red Rush - Different Stages Mike Oldfield - Incantations Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 12:45
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Yes - Keys To Ascension Camel - Echoes, A Retrospective PFM - L'Isola Di Niente Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Emerson Lake & Palmer - The Atlantic Years U.K.-U.K. Maxophone - s/t Jethro Tull - Stand Up
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:00
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Can - Future Days Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues (it's like 7 albums in one!) Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Firesign Theatre - Dear Friends (cause I'd need comedy too) Carla Bley - Escalator over the Hill The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles I could probably survive on a desert island with those, at least for a couple of weeks. Provided I also had access to food and water. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:11
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Yes - Close to the Edge Rush - Gold The Beatles - Abbey Road Genesis - Foxtrot Frank Zappa - Mothermania Charts and Maps - Dead Horse maudlin of the Well - Part the Second They Might Be Giants - s/t ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:17
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Appraoching Silence - David Sylvian
Ammerland - Fuhrs & Frohling Incantations - Mike Oldfield The Yes Album - Yes Crime of the Century - Supertramp The Live Anthology - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan ------------- |
Posted By: Ethos
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:39
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1. Maria - Jane Siberry 2. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 3. The Four Seasons - Vivaldi 4. Foxtrot - Genesis 5. Aerial - Kate Bush 6. The Complete Villiage Vanguard - Bill Evans 7. The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby 8. Whirlwind - Transatlantic ------------- "As sure as Eggs is Eggs." |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:40
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1. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (assuming I can't have boots, or it'd be Sheffield 22-12-70) 2. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club. (best live album ever!) 3. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 4. Boredoms - Pop Tatari 5. The Fall - Peel Sessions boxset (cheating, but hey) 6. Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith 7. Can - Tago Mago 8. Focus - 3 Ask me again tomorrow and half these would be replaced.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:45
yep! Box sets are definitely cheating big time!  But you reminded me no Fall in my list and that will not do> So i would add Hex Enduction Hour or the Peel Box Set  too!!! Motorhead is good choice too for those moments for head banging on the beach. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 13:48
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Well if I have electricity to listen to said albums I would bring along zero albums and just make 8 to listen to while I'm there. ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 14:05
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Mind_Drive
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 14:17
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just 2 days ago or so i thought of creating similar thread
1. Metallica - S&M (is just HUGEE!! best and coolest bombast )2. Genesis - Lamb Lies Down.. (feels like home  )3. Yes - Keys to Ascension 2 ( most touching...) 4. Petrucci & Rudes - An Evening With... (memories...  )5. Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome (sometimes i want to feel my anger and scream at my inner deamons!  plus this is just ultra! )6. Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream (just soothing and comfortable) 7. Karnivool - Sound Awake (party in the sands  )8. Frequency Drift - Over (beautiful female vocals to fill the void^^) but i would probably switch at least 1 album for a decent progressive psytrance mix  ------------- It's just a ride... <3 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 18:58
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I generally try to pick comp albums and/or box sets for these things but I'll restrain myself from doing so this time.
KC - Discipline Agalloch - The Mantle Henry Cow - Western Culture VDGG - Pawn Hearts FZ - Make A Jazz Noise Here P Brotzmann - Machine Gun Soft Machine - Third Matching Mole - S/t ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 10 2014 at 19:30
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 15:02
Good album
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 17:46
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Astounding sounds amazing music-hawkwind
Thick as a brick-jethro tull Gentle giant-power and the glory Godbluff-van der graaf generator Magma-wurdah itah In the land of grey and pink-caravan Better land-Oblivion express The yes album-yes In the wake of Poseidon-King crimson Atomic rooster-atomic rooster On the avenue-ronnie foster Moonmadness-camel Rotters club-hatfield and the north Polite force-egg Elp-elp Master of reality-black sabbath Born again(remaster bonus tracks)-rarebird Stormbringer-deep purple Trespass-genesis Wheels of fire-cream Time to turn-eloy Signals-rush Greenslade-greenslade Over nite sensation-zappa Zao-zao Grobschnitt-jumbo Led zeppelin-houses of the holy Pink Floyd-animals Abacus-midway Gong-you Banco-io Sono Goblin-contamination Jean luc Ponty-cosmic messenger National health-national health Heldon-interface Samurai-samurai Gilgamesh-another fine song Schick fuhrs and frohling-sunburst Iron butterfly-ball Jimi Hendrix-cry of love Happy the man-crafty hands Renaissance-Scheherazade Devo-freedom of choice Weidorje-weidorje Jean Philippe house-drones Uk-uk Shylock-fever island Trinity-befour Morpheus-rabanteur Eskaton-eskaton Thirsty moon-thirsty moon Triumvirat-spartacus Rick Wakeman-no earthly connection Strawbs-hero and heroin Over 50 different albums by over 50 different bands. This isn't my top 50 albums though but variety is good on an island ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 18:30
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^ Hardly 8 albums mate! As it stands: Genesis - The Lamb Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Yes- Yessongs Caravan - Waterloo Lily Camel- Moonmadness Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece Talking Heads - Remain In Light ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 18:43
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If I'm stuck on an island I want more than 8 albums MATE ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 18:50
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: June 11 2014 at 20:18
Nice list, especially the Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Camel. Don't know if I've heard Yessongs. This is a live album, correct? I can't remember. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 01:12
It is although the production is a bit sh*t even for a live album I actually prefer Yesshows with superb renditions of Ritual and Gates Of Delirium.
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 02:14
I prefer Yesshows too. It's just better all round ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 02:17
I like Keys To Ascension a lot, which has great versions of Siberian Khatru, America and Starship Trooper.
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 02:18
I love both live Yes albums but the Yessongs by association I guess. No doubt YesShows a far superior production, but it was the 70's, crackles, hisses and skips were the order of the day Quality was not a major.------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 02:39
I know. Why don't you start your own thread. 'Every single album I might ever want to listen to if I was ever lucky enough to get stuck on an island' Or you could just cut and paste.. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 02:57
Haha dats gold man just gold. You must be upset I find lots of bands as good or better than PA's big 5(gen, yes, kc, floyd, elp) ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 03:09
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Yes - Close to the Edge (my favourite album) Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (my second favourite PF album, but I'm a bit more in their late 60s sound at the moment) Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase (one of my recent favourites) Hamadryad - Safe in Conformity (a 4-star album for which I have a weak spot) Maudlin of the Well - Part the Second (something different, #2 in my 21st century top 10) Big Big Train - English Electric (Part One) (#3 in my 21st century top 10) Echolyn - s/t (#1 in mu 21st century top 10) Alejandro Matos - Freak (something different, a 4+-star album with some masterpiece content and a high potential to grow on you) Can't help it, but I miss Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Gnidrolog, Magma and Deluge Grander in this list
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 04:56
Nice you should quote 'Spandaus' . Shows a diverse interest in music. Well I posted my 8/9 so you can see all the 'big 5' albums I would take on me island. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 05:34
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 05:41
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In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich Selling England By the Pound - Genesis Mirage - Camel SMPT:e - Transatlantic The Smile Sessions - The Beach Boys Still Life - Van der Graaf Generator The Sky Moves Sideways - Porcupine Tree (enormous classical compilation) Not necessarily in that order. I might have to ditch the Beach Boys in order to get Ravel because I doubt the compilation would have him. Oops, that's ten. I hid two in highly uncomfortable places, so I earned them. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 06:24
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The Huge Inflatable Canoe Album by erm...someone ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 06:33
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Get 'Em Out ... by Friday. ------------- What? |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 06:40
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Man Friday?
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 07:54
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Gramme Friday
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 12:12
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life Rush - Exit Stage Left The Smiths - Louder than Bombs Yes - Relayer Pink Floyd - The Wall King Crimson - Red Big Big Train - English Electric Full Power Camel - Mirage Elvis Costello - Trust Gazpacho - Night Jethro Tull - Benefit The Flowe Kings - Stardust We Are Devin Townsend - Ziltoid Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane Kate Bush - Hounds of Love The Cars - debut Supertramp - Crime of the Century I have 281 groups in my collection, so this is very hard to do. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:04
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:34
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Ok, fine, and I changed my Floyd. This is hard. I mean what desert island has such a restriction? Do we even get the electronics to play the music or only look at the covers? :P Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life Rush - Exit Stage Left Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon King Crimson - Red Camel - Mirage Gazpacho - Night Jethro Tull - Benefit Supertramp - Crime of the Century |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:48
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Plus, they have to be able to fit in the canoe.. WAIT, I HAVE A CANOE?
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:54
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that's how you get there.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 13:58
Luckily, you should also get a book of your choice (not including The Bible or whatever) and one luxury item! But them's the rules! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 14:00
Yep great version of America on Keys but I would take Yes Symphonic over Keys personally.
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:27
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Desert islands 1-
The Strawbs – Hero and Heroine 2-
Roxy Music- Complete works 3-
Logos- L’Enigma della Vita 4-
Hostsonaten- Summereve 5-
Unreal City- La Crudelta di Aprile 6-
Jethro Tull- TAAB 7-
Synaesthesia-same 8-
Rick Wakeman- The 6 Wives of Henry VIII 9-
State Urge- White Rock Experience 10-
Silhouette- Across the Rubicon 11-
Shamall- Turn Off 12-
RPWL- Wanted 13-
Seven Reizh- Strinkadenn Ys 14-
Panic Room- Skin 15-
JL Ponty- Enigmatic Ocean 16-
Ange- Au Dela du Delire 17-
Ozric Tentacles- Waterfall Cities 18-
National Health- complete 19-
Majestic- VOZ 20-
Lebowski-Cinematic ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:39
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^And I thought I cheated by posting 10 songs! Cool picks btw.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:41
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8 Eight 8 8 8 Is that too difficult? ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:53
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^"Let's Sing a song of Eight!"
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 15:56
I have a big island ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 16:19
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See I don't get it. I just don't get it. I'm anal I know but it just pisses me off. You see there is a point to this thred. Although, I can only assume as its not mine. I think it's based on a radio show we have in the UK and probably other countries, where famous peope pick their favourite 10 records they would have if they were stuck on a desert island. So then the OP is asking us to do the same. And of course its difficult, it makes you have to think about what you would want to listen to which records would stand the test of repetative play and what kind of mix you would want if you could only chose a few records. Otherwise, its a totally pointless exercise of picking all your favourite discs and typing them out, only to act as some vanity project that nobody reads anyway. So, really I would learn much more about you and your taste if you tried a bit harder and actually thought about it a bit. It would be much more interesting and I might even read your post. Yours Grumpily ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 16:29
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^Sometimes a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down is the old saying and I like to think that a dose of humor helps some people get the point of some statements. No harm intended.
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:15
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Why limit to 8? Just list a bunch ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:22
well yeah, you could read my post. You can list a 'bunch' , saves thought at least. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:26
Because it is based on Desert Island Discs, a BBC radio programme that has been running since since the 1940. Over that 70+ year period there have been literally 100s of guests, each of whom have chosen exactly 8 records to take to their desert island. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly f**king 8. In 1958 Aaron Copland was a guest on the programme and while he did choose one of his own records to take with him, he managed to whittle the extensive list of records that he undoubtedly liked to precisely 8 f**king records. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records. David Bowie has been a guest on the show - he selected precisely 8 f**king records. Not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records. Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the programme - guess how many f**king records he chose... go on, have a wild f**king guess... did you guess 40? did you think he could only manage a list of 7 records? No. He chose 8 records, not 7, not 9, not 40, not 800 but exactly eight f**king records. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway#/a-z/all" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/find-a-castaway#/a-z/all Got that? ------------- What? |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:31
Well man I listed 9 sets of 8 for 9 separate islands so there you go ma. You happy now? Well? 😉 ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:34
Who's a clever boy then? ------------- What? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 17:37
Quite frankly amazed you managed to do that. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 18:09
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8 Desert islands 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1- The Strawbs – Hero and Heroine 2- Roxy Music- Complete works 3- Logos- L’Enigma della Vita 4- Hostsonaten- Summereve 5- Unreal City- La Crudelta di Aprile 6- Jethro Tull- TAAB 7- Synaesthesia-same 8- Rick Wakeman- The 6 Wives of Henry VII ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 18:20
Well Cheesehouse! You need not be grumpy, the post was neither adamant or explanatory. As far as "all" is concerned, I have a list of 500 fave albums , not because I am vain but due to the fact that its been 47 years or so of collecting! You need perhaps to revisit your Gruyere and get some chilled Tokay Aszu in your hands . That would make you way less bitter. As for Dean's obsessive use of the f**** word, he needs to be reined in by an Admin ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 18:52
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I have often noticed that around this forum the use of dry, caustic language peppered with ironic sarcasm and prosaic repetition solely for comedic affect is a futile endeavour but fortunately I post to amuse myself, not others. ------------- What? |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 12 2014 at 19:00
Ditto, my thoughts precisely ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 00:54
only if you visit all of them and leave the computer at home
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 01:37
I will try this Tokay Azsu as you call it. Maybe then I will be able to make a list of 500 fave albums too. One can only hope? Its something to aim for. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 05:18
| Ok, so people are going to list "Complete Works" as one album? Really? Just because the records labels are interested in selling you same music 100 times does not mean that counts as one album. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 10:16
Which is why I abhor GREATEST HITS (Yuck!) but I am a devout Roxy fan (avatar) , I love all their studio albums and on any island I would need them all. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 14:30
I'm still trying to whittle down my list of 12 favorites to 8 to satisfy the 'pedants' on the board.
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 16:53
Make sure every band passes the 400 items under the prog archive definition criteria or your post will be banished to forum no one visits lol ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 23:15
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 13 2014 at 23:35
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-King Crimson- In The Court of the Crimson King (a no brainer imho..)
-ELP- ELP (a seminal prog LP for me....another college favorite..)
-Beatles- Sgt Pepper ( tough choice since they did so many good ones before and after Pepper..)
-Neil Young- After The Gold Rush (played this over and over in college...still makes me wish I was Neil Young at times..)
-Steely Dan- Katy Lied (c'mon..you knew The Dan had to be in there with a name like Dr Wu...
)-Jethro Tull-Benefit ( people talk and talk and talk about TAAB and Passion Play etc, but this one has it all for me as a Tull album...)
-Caravan-If I Could Do It All Over Again... (tough choice there since I also adore the Hatfield albums but I heard Caravan first so...)
-Yes- The Yes Album (again people go on and on about CTTE and Relayer, but this one blew me away when I first heard it and still does today..........this one's for you Greg....you'll always be a Starship Trooper)
Damn pedants and their 8 only ...I didn't even get to name my favorite classical album....cough...Ralph Vaughan Williams....Fantasia On A Theme by Tallis...cough.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 14 2014 at 02:39
To be pedantic. It is not pedantry since the number "8" is central to the format of the radio programme and therefore not a minutiae of detail, nor is exceeding the said number a minor error in need of correction. It's like asking the genie for four wishes, you can try but you'll only get three. That's not pedantry, that's the genie rules. Just as you cannot feed 12 CDs into an 8 CD auto-changer, you can try but it's not going to work. That's not pedantry, that's the Sony 8 CD auto-changer maximum capacity. If you went on the radio programme carrying 12 albums then Kirsty Young would very politely explain the format of the programme to you and still only play eight of your selection. That's not pedantry, that's the programme format. Obviously inspired by that radio programme the OP asked for your 8 albums to take to a desert island and why, not 12, not 40, not 800, he did however set a precedent for listing additional albums that just missed the list for those would like to make mention of more albums than the prescribed 8. So if you want to give a shout-out to Ralph Malph and his Fantasia then do so. However, to be pedantic - this thread is in a sub forum of the Prog Music Lounge and thus should ideally contain only Prog Albums, or to be more pedantic should only contain albums listed in the PA archive. That, after all, is the reason for this forums existence - to discuss the music listed in the database. Fortunately the thread police do not enforce this stipulation too rigorously (nor should they). ------------- What? |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 14 2014 at 09:34
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 01:05
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I think Dean has messed up his own argument on this. If its based on the show then there is no requirement to stick to a particular genre. Naturally people will include mainly prog albums or albums listed on the site but now its a very confused. Can you include prog related or proto prog for instance? Also if this was moved to General Music Discussions would you be able to include prog albums?!
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 16 2014 at 01:42
My argument is unaffected - the "prog only" is a limitation of the lounge the OP created the thread in, not the format of the radio programme; the OP had already deviated from the show's format by stating "Albums" rather than "Discs" (originally "eight gramophone records", the show now limits this to "eight pieces of music"), but the OP still clearly states "just 8 albums". If you look at how the lounges are organised on http://www.progarchives.com/forum/default.asp" rel="nofollow - the default index page , the PP and PR Lounge is not listed in a Prog Music Lounge, but as I said - the Admins do not enforce this policy too rigorously so it is only as confusing as you want to make it. If he had opened the thread in GMD then this limitation would not apply and the list could include any genre. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 22:13
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1. King Crimson-Red (Did I mention that it's my favorite album?
Instilled within my soul) 2. Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here (After nearly 40 years, I'm frankly still analyzing the thing. A wonderful follow-up to 'Moon) 3. Chris Squire-Fish Out of Water (You get Chris, Bruford, Moraz, Hastings, orchestration, and so much more. So well recorded, too) 4. Gentle Giant-Interview (No, no hiccup here. A little silly in parts, but it really flies when it needs to) 5. Yes-Relayer (Rick who?) 6. 801(Phil Manzanera)-Listen Now (This album has it all and sucks me in no matter what portion of it I break into. But grab some good earphones, lay back on your back with a good pillow, and listen to it from beginning to end. Quite a journey!) 7. Timo Laine-Symponic Slam (Was part of 1975's best releases for my money. Ahead of its time with its synthesized guitar and all. Love it) 8. Maxophone-Maxophone (An sonic treat that really mixes up some fine Italian musicianship. The soft parts are a welcome treat that balance the whole experience quite nicely) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 18 2014 at 01:08
nice comprehensive and sensible answer thank you
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Posted By: garymchambers
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:32
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Yes - The Yes Album Kate Bush - Aerial Talking Heads - Fear of Music John Coltrane - Blue Train Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here King Crimson - Discipline Beethoven 6th Symphony Arcade Fire - Funeral |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 13:35
Time Life's 10 CD set "How to Build a Boat with Materials Found on a Desert Island".  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 14:10
You will have to leave 2 of the CDs behind. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Mind_Drive
Date Posted: June 30 2014 at 15:25
haha! awesome! thanks!------------- It's just a ride... <3 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 01 2014 at 01:27
good list ,nice and varied
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Posted By: Jabez7
Date Posted: September 11 2014 at 14:36
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Kansas - Leftoverture Zzebra - Panic Rush - Permanent Waves Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced Gentle Giant - In A Glass House Yes - Fragile Queen - Queen 2
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Posted By: WrytXander
Date Posted: September 12 2014 at 11:56
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No order here.
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (not my favourite, but I feel it'd be great in a lonely island) Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (something whimsical and complex to keep the brain working) The Beatles - Abbey Road (possibly my favourite album of all time, and not without a bit of prog!) The Who - Quadrophenia (great concept album, and again, bit of prog mixed in) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (something to think about, as well as some great emotional tracks) Camel - Moonmadness (again emotional and straight up beautiful) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery (pretty much only for Karn Evil 9 and Toccata) King Crimson - The Power to Believe (modern yet 70s; perfect for a tiny bit of nostalgia!) ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 12 2014 at 12:44
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Darn this type of topics is crazy, but fun.
Some Classic (1) Igor Stravinsky, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado The Firebird (Suite) / Le Sacre Du Printemps And some Jazz 2) Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue and some Zeppelin (lets cheat and get a big one) : (3) How the West Was Won KC : (4) Lizard (5) Discipline Fripp : (6) Exposure 8 is very very few !! Øøøøøø (7) Floyd : Ummagumma (8) Genesis : The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Would give my left arm to include "In a glass house", "Romantic Warrior" and "PG II" ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: PrognosticMind
Date Posted: September 15 2014 at 15:27
After this weekend, I have no qualms about including this album on this list. ------------- "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?" |
Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: September 17 2014 at 11:08
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- YES Close To The Edge - MIKE OLDFIELD Ommadawn - GENESIS Selling England By The Pound - MARILLION Brave - RAINBOW Rising - DOUGIE MACLEAN Craigie Dhu - ANATHEMA Judgement - LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti - VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Still Life - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS Love Remains The Same Which is actually my top 10 of all time... But 10 albums is just too little, I didn't include Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree and Pink Floyd!
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Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: September 17 2014 at 23:56
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1. Yessongs - Yes (Favorite Album)
2. Per Un Amico - PFM (I need something from Italy) 3. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis (Best song writing in Prog) 4. Pawn Hearts - VdGG (To unleash the evil inside) 5. M.D.K. or K.A. - Magma (either one works but I need Magma in my life) 6. Animals - Pink Floyd (Perfect concept album) 7. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan (Canterbury, man) 8. Islands - King Crimson (Do I really need to explain) ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: September 18 2014 at 02:57
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Yessongs
Woodstock Dark Side of the Moon Sticky Fingers Trilogy Foxtrot Caravanserai Very 'eavy Very 'umble |
Posted By: midnightmadness
Date Posted: October 05 2014 at 01:47
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Wind & Wuthering - Genesis Midnight Mushrumps - Gryphon Moonmadness - Camel In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant The Polite Force - Egg
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 06 2014 at 19:10
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Naked and Afraid and Musically Equipped:
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Frank Zappa - Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar (all 3 discs counted as one) Steve Hackett - To Watch the Storms Steve Hackett - Beyond the Shrouded Horizon Steve Hackett - Guitar Noir Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Jade Warrior - Released Jethro Tull - Aqualung (normally I would go for some other choices, but Aqualung would lift my spirits alongside a bonfire) My Musical Survival Rating, or MSR, is a 9.5 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 07 2014 at 01:28
^ no Voyage Of The Acolyte 
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Posted By: Zenbadger
Date Posted: October 07 2014 at 05:46
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Wilson is a volleyball of few words... Grateful Dead - Dicks Picks 28 Nice lengthy Jams with a great setlist. If I coukd take only 1 Dead album it would probably be this one. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece The Voice, the mystery, the moods, the fleece? Masterpeice. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Tough choice between this and the Lamb. This album is like Englsih heritage. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance Priest and a bottle or whiskey... Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Phish - Live At The Roxy 93 This is the album where Phish suddenly made sence to me. Been a huge fan ever since! Sublime performance of Harry Hood. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking Sandy... Crosby Stills and Nash - Self Titled "Say, can I have some of your purple berries Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now Haven't got sick once Prob'ly keep us both alive" Played all of these to death, never tired of them! |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 07 2014 at 15:22
So that's what must've brought my MSR down a notch. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 07 2014 at 17:19
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Rush-Moving Pitchers (Because there is some kick-a$$ music on this album)
Pink Floyd-DSOTM (Stare at the night sky...and listen) Led Zeppelin-III (Again, kick a$$ music) Dream Theater-ToT (My one prog-metal album to thrash and air-drum to) The Who-Who's Next (are you kidding me...!!) Diana Krall-Live in Paris (Not much better female vocals than this..) Prince-Purple Rain (Dude is musical greatness) Earth, Wind & Fire - All n All (One of the best albums ever recorded) Michael Jackson-Off the Wall (Pop music genius) The last three albums to keep me happy, dancing and smiling..The last thing I want to listen to is depressing prog rock on an island by myself... -------------   
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 17:08
So ten albums then? Okay, okay, eight albums. Four classics from the classic era: Jethro Tull - "A Passion Play" Genesis - "Selling England by the Pound" Gentle Giant - "In a Glass House" King Crimson - "Red" Four modern classics: Motorpsycho - "The Death Defying Unicorn" Jaga Jazzist - "Live with Britten Sinfonia" The Mars Volta - "De-Loused in the Comatorium" Mastodon - "Crack the Skye" I'll be kicking myself for not choosing something by Led Zeppelin, "Physical Graffiti" or "How the West Was Won" for example, but this thread is in a progressive music lounge after all. -------------  
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Posted By: garfunkel
Date Posted: May 16 2015 at 00:37
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Simon and Garfunkel- Sounds of Silence (love of music started here) ELP- Trilogy (first prog I'd heard) Gentle Giant- In a Glass House Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother Genesis- Foxtrot Penguin Cafe Orchestra- s/t (great instrumentals) Jethro Full- Songs from the Wood (Sitting around fire) King Crimson- Red (I've never heard it, so why not bring it along to an island?) Or would Islands be more appropriate? I've changed my mind can I bring along another couple hundred? |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: May 16 2015 at 17:46
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Magma - Studio Zünd (never leave far from your house without Magma music) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (an album that changed everything) Hatfield And The North - 1st (Canterbury masterpiece) National Health - Of Queues and Cures (see above) Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (all time top 5 album) Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (Yes, my introduction to prog music, this is nowdays their best one) Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (no one can live without this) King Crimson - USA (this band was always best in live) Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool (always will love this band and especially this live album) Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (no way I could survive without something from Italy) |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 00:00
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How does one do this? I'd break down in tears if I didn't have more than 100 albums on an island. Genesis - Selling England (was going to pick Foxtrot but I already can play Supper's Ready, music and vocals, using my mouth so that would lose about half the album) Gentle Giant - Octopus (the only album where every song is in my top 100 songs of all time) Pink Floyd - Animals (so I can always remember what animal noises sound like) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists... (my night album) King Crimson - Red (would've made my list even if Starless was the only song on it) The Mars Volta - De-Loused (I can't even explain why. It's just perfect) Jethro Tull - TaaB (the greatest 44 minutes in musical history) Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (The Holy of all Holys) Would've chosen other things, but alas, this is a prog forum, not a music forum. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 01:10
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The Who -- Quadrophenia Bruckner -- Symphony #9 Kansas -- Always Never the Same Tori Amos -- Little Earthquakes Vaughan Williams -- Tallis Fantasia/Symphony #5 Acoustic Alchemy -- Arcanum Rush -- Chronicles Paul Simon -- There Goes Rhymin' Simon ------------- http://www.cailynmusic.com |