Desert Island Discs

[Jack the Stripper]

That’s a great choice Kilo. Have always enjoyed Bob Seger’s work and have ‘Live’ Bullet on vinyl.

[Zzzptm]

That's another great live album, there.

Time for my Day Nine choice... so far, I've had:

1. Made in Japan
2. Thick as a Brick
3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (letting Billy bring Sabotage)
4. Rainbow Rising
5. Ship Ahoy
6. Heaven and Hell
7. Scheherazade
8. Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On

Gotta get back to my DP roots:



The immortal Machine Head. Yes, 4 of the 7 songs are already on Made in Japan. But these are the studio versions, and they're just as magical to me as the live ones. When the weather turns chilly, I put this one on and enjoy. It was made in the winter, and I happened to buy it in the winter, so I always associate it with cold weather. If we're on a tropical desert island, I'll play it whenever someone cranks up the AC too much. If we're on a desert island in the far south Pacific or Indian Ocean, it'll be plenty cold for this one, no worries.

But it's just such a wonderful feel, listening to this album. Such a smoothness to it, never gets old. Each memorable note thrills me to this day.

[Jack the Stripper]

1. Paranoid
2. Powerslave
3. Master of Puppets
4. Mob Rules
5. Diary Of A Madman
6. Painkiller
7. Holy Diver
8. Reign In Blood
9. Ace Of Spades

The Unholy Trinity of thrash from 1986 is now complete. Master, Reign and now Peace

10.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

1. Rust In Peace
2. Impurity
3. 2112
4. Cross Purposes
5. Grave Disorder
6. The Planets
7. Back in Black
8. Live Bullet

9. I'll go with a relatively modern Hawkwind album 2012s Onward.

[Charger]

I don't think I could survive on a desert island without this album:

[Vyn]

1. Kind of Blue
2. Nocturnes 1-10
3. Do It
4. Sad Wings of Destiny
5. Exodus
6. Kingdom Come
7...yeah, it's a "sampler", but it's a bunch of great Zappa tunes live. Plus, it's the one I have:

[Zzzptm]

1. Made in Japan
2. Thick as a Brick
3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (letting Billy bring Sabotage)
4. Rainbow Rising
5. Ship Ahoy
6. Heaven and Hell
7. Scheherazade
8. Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On
9. Machine Head
10. Oops! Wrong Planet



Adventures in Utopia may have been Utopia's biggest seller - and it's a great, great album - but I prefer the one just before that, 1977's Oops! Wrong Planet. It's a tight set of songs, especially in the wake of all the prog that went before that, and most of them have a wry sense of humor that itches me where I scratch. The tunes from this album are always popping into my head, even if I haven't heard them in a long, long time. The songs are definitely in a power pop mold, but the band are so skilled, every one of them sounds fresh and the lyrics are excellent. It might be one that only I listen to, but then again, we've had some interesting musical surprises in this thread.

[Jack the Stripper]

1. Paranoid
2. Powerslave
3. Master of Puppets
4. Mob Rules
5. Diary Of A Madman
6. Painkiller
7. Holy Diver
8. Reign In Blood
9. Ace Of Spades
10. Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying?


I’m gonna need some Accept in my life

11.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

1. Rust In Peace
2. Impurity
3. 2112
4. Cross Purposes
5. Grave Disorder
6. The Planets
7. Back in Black
8. Live Bullet
9. Onward

10.
 
You'll recognise this one from the "10 Albums that change my life" thread... but I don't care if I'm the only one listening to it!!

[Vyn]

1. Kind of Blue
2. Nocturnes 1-10
3. Do It
4. Sad Wings of Destiny
5. Exodus
6. Kingdom Come
7. You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore. Vol. 1 Sampler
8...because every so often I have to listen to the entire record or I feel disjointed:

[Charger]

I think we need some ANTHRAX on the island too...

[Zzzptm]

I can't pick my next album until I finish listening to the above... I started with Talking Heads, impressed at how ambient the mix is, with the vocals mixed way down like that.

Next will be The Stranglers, as I'm already pretty familiar with Accept and Anthrax. 

[Zzzptm]

1. Made in Japan
2. Thick as a Brick
3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (letting Billy bring Sabotage)
4. Rainbow Rising
5. Ship Ahoy
6. Heaven and Hell
7. Scheherazade
8. Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On
9. Machine Head
10. Oops! Wrong Planet
11. Photo Finish



My first-ever Rory Gallagher album and my favorite of all of them, as it happens. Love to let this one ride all the way through, with the fast songs giving away to the gut-wrenching blues anthems closing each side, "Overnight Bag" and "Fuel to the Fire". And this Irishman's beat up old guitar reminds me of a local hero whose album I certainly want to make my #12 and I'll recommend to one and all to give it a good listen, as you're likely to never have heard it before.

EDIT: Loved The Stranglers, KDC and I had fun with The Talking Heads, Vyn. Thanks for recommending something new to me. Thanks also to Charger and JtS for reminding me about my musical old friends.

[Jack the Stripper]

1. Paranoid
2. Powerslave
3. Master of Puppets
4. Mob Rules
5. Diary Of A Madman
6. Painkiller
7. Holy Diver
8. Reign In Blood
9. Ace Of Spades
10. Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying?
11. Restless and Wild

Gonna bring one of the great live albums along for the stay

12.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

1. Rust In Peace
2. Impurity
3. 2112
4. Cross Purposes
5. Grave Disorder
6. The Planets
7. Back in Black
8. Live Bullet
9. Onward
10. Rattus Norvegicus

11. Thought I needed a bit more metal on my list...