Desert Island Music Draft Thread *** draft is over ***
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Depeche Mode- Music for the masses
I grew up with 3 older brothers who listened to lots of this group (among others) so they definitely played an influence on my tastes. While this may not be their best or most noted album, it happens to be my favorite so I had to take it now. I knew I had to have Depeche Mode on my island, and this album is as good as any.
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my round 11 pick...
Riptide – Robert Palmer (1985)
Okee, now that I have a little time...I love Robert Palmer (RIP) and this was one of my favoritest albums of his...sure, it had "Addicted to Love", but for me the real meat was some of the more driving stuff.."Flesh Wound" is a permanent ipod playlist selection of mine along with his greaaaat cover of "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On." "Discipline of Love" and "Trick Bag"are also fantastic I would have preferred a compilation but even those don't always do his musical library justice and I would also need Power Station stuff to feel complete and because my top Robert Palmer songs aren't on this album.
Riptide – Robert Palmer (1985)
Okee, now that I have a little time...I love Robert Palmer (RIP) and this was one of my favoritest albums of his...sure, it had "Addicted to Love", but for me the real meat was some of the more driving stuff.."Flesh Wound" is a permanent ipod playlist selection of mine along with his greaaaat cover of "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On." "Discipline of Love" and "Trick Bag"are also fantastic I would have preferred a compilation but even those don't always do his musical library justice and I would also need Power Station stuff to feel complete and because my top Robert Palmer songs aren't on this album.
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Round 12
Just Won’t Burn – Susan Tedeschi 1998
I was introduced to then newcomer Susan Tedeschi via a Grammy Nominee compilation. I liked the song for which she was associated for her Grammy win as that year's best new artist, so I bought her album. It never left my car's disc changer until I had to replace it..both my car and the cd...She floats easily between guitar driven uptempo stuff to the downright drag out soulful blues. She's got a gift for the guitar as well as tremendous deeply soulful vocals. The title track alooooooooooooooooooooone is worth buying this album, because you get a sense of her power packed in a diminuitive frame. Man does she tear that song UP!
The title track along with her fabulous cover of "Angel From Montgomery" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" are (recurring theme alert) are on various of my ipod playlists. As is also (yet another recurring theme alert) her live rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Love's In Need of Love Today" from a concert album she recorded later.
(lol...now that I've added the cover art? I guess my b2b picks were subsconsciously chosen to represent the "run your hand through your hair" wing of my island...)
Just Won’t Burn – Susan Tedeschi 1998
I was introduced to then newcomer Susan Tedeschi via a Grammy Nominee compilation. I liked the song for which she was associated for her Grammy win as that year's best new artist, so I bought her album. It never left my car's disc changer until I had to replace it..both my car and the cd...She floats easily between guitar driven uptempo stuff to the downright drag out soulful blues. She's got a gift for the guitar as well as tremendous deeply soulful vocals. The title track alooooooooooooooooooooone is worth buying this album, because you get a sense of her power packed in a diminuitive frame. Man does she tear that song UP!
The title track along with her fabulous cover of "Angel From Montgomery" and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" are (recurring theme alert) are on various of my ipod playlists. As is also (yet another recurring theme alert) her live rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Love's In Need of Love Today" from a concert album she recorded later.
(lol...now that I've added the cover art? I guess my b2b picks were subsconsciously chosen to represent the "run your hand through your hair" wing of my island...)
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Alright, I was staring at my music list for at least 10 minutes right now trying to decide what I should take here. I am going with the only hip hop album left on my list that someone else may want, all my other hip hop selections are pretty safe (in theory at least)- I am passing up 3 great rock albums to grab this now as it may be on someones radar
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor- 2006
What can I say? When this album dropped I was psyched because I heard Lupe on some mixtapes and liked his stuff. After listening to it all the way through, it very quickly became a favorite of mine and got heavy rotation everywhere I went. His debut album earns this spot because his lyrics, beats and style are all fresh. Though I liked his second album, this one is tops for me. The Instrumental is my favorite track off this album. If you like hip hop and have not heard this album, give it a try. I am obviously not the only one who noticed this effort, here is some information about the albums reception from wiki:
Food & Liquor was considered a critical masterpiece by many critics. It earned an 83/100 on Metacritic, a website that calculates reviews and averages the score, an 83 represents "Universal Acclaim." It received perfect scores from The Onion and HipHopDX. HipHopDX remarked that the music was ahead of its time, "When you are this far ahead of your time you have to remember that it will take even longer for the average listener to catch up." Prefix Magazine called it the best hip-hop album of 2006. The album was also nominated for three Grammy Awards and won Best Urban/Alternative song at the 2008 Grammy awards for "Daydreamin'."
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor- 2006
What can I say? When this album dropped I was psyched because I heard Lupe on some mixtapes and liked his stuff. After listening to it all the way through, it very quickly became a favorite of mine and got heavy rotation everywhere I went. His debut album earns this spot because his lyrics, beats and style are all fresh. Though I liked his second album, this one is tops for me. The Instrumental is my favorite track off this album. If you like hip hop and have not heard this album, give it a try. I am obviously not the only one who noticed this effort, here is some information about the albums reception from wiki:
Food & Liquor was considered a critical masterpiece by many critics. It earned an 83/100 on Metacritic, a website that calculates reviews and averages the score, an 83 represents "Universal Acclaim." It received perfect scores from The Onion and HipHopDX. HipHopDX remarked that the music was ahead of its time, "When you are this far ahead of your time you have to remember that it will take even longer for the average listener to catch up." Prefix Magazine called it the best hip-hop album of 2006. The album was also nominated for three Grammy Awards and won Best Urban/Alternative song at the 2008 Grammy awards for "Daydreamin'."
I love, love, love this song. And I love, love, love this album. It didn't crack my top 20, just because I was really trying to focus on diversity, but definitely got consideration. It's good from top to bottom, with "Daydreamin'" and "American Terrorist" as particular standouts. Great choice, and another where even though I didn't take it, I'm really glad someone did.
Great pick atx, I was at a Jay-Z concert about a year and a half ago, Lupe was his supporting act. He was great. Amazing to have someone like Lupe be the supporting act when he would easily be the main act now.
Anyway, my pick ;
2Pac - Until The End of Time
My list is probably completely predictable and I know I'm going nowhere in a hurry when it gets to PO time. Anywho, I love this album and want it on my island
Anyway, my pick ;
2Pac - Until The End of Time
My list is probably completely predictable and I know I'm going nowhere in a hurry when it gets to PO time. Anywho, I love this album and want it on my island
The Roots - The Tipping Point (2004)
Lot's of hip-hop picked so far, so I was getting nervous about my picks. Thought I should bring up The Roots before someone else does.
From wikipedia:
"The Tipping Point (released July 13, 2004) is the sixth album from The Roots. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200, at #2 on the R&B chart and at #71 in the UK. It is arguably the most commercial of all Roots albums with radio-friendly tracks such as "Don't Say Nuthin'". At the same time, The Tipping Point stays true to The Roots style of going deep into a groove for longer than most hip-hop artists; this is evident on the album's hidden track "Din Da Da"."
The Roots are not exactly hip-hop pioneers or superstars like Jay-Z, Tupac etc. What they bring though is extremely clever songwriting (lyrics and grooves). I haven't seen all hip-hop acts live, but from what I've seen The Roots are head and shoulders above everybody else on pure music performance. There may be better showman and bigger live productions out there but for my money The Roots are IT.
I love everything about this band, the music, the lyrics, the cleverness of their lyrics, album names and covers and I love The Tippiing point the best. They jump out of the shelves at record stores hip-hop sections. Amid all that bling, tattoos and heavy photoshopping, there's The Roots, album named The Tipping Point (after Gladwells book) and mug shot of young Malcolm X... Which one would you buy?
Tip of the hat to THE ROOTS.
Lot's of hip-hop picked so far, so I was getting nervous about my picks. Thought I should bring up The Roots before someone else does.
From wikipedia:
"The Tipping Point (released July 13, 2004) is the sixth album from The Roots. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200, at #2 on the R&B chart and at #71 in the UK. It is arguably the most commercial of all Roots albums with radio-friendly tracks such as "Don't Say Nuthin'". At the same time, The Tipping Point stays true to The Roots style of going deep into a groove for longer than most hip-hop artists; this is evident on the album's hidden track "Din Da Da"."
The Roots are not exactly hip-hop pioneers or superstars like Jay-Z, Tupac etc. What they bring though is extremely clever songwriting (lyrics and grooves). I haven't seen all hip-hop acts live, but from what I've seen The Roots are head and shoulders above everybody else on pure music performance. There may be better showman and bigger live productions out there but for my money The Roots are IT.
I love everything about this band, the music, the lyrics, the cleverness of their lyrics, album names and covers and I love The Tippiing point the best. They jump out of the shelves at record stores hip-hop sections. Amid all that bling, tattoos and heavy photoshopping, there's The Roots, album named The Tipping Point (after Gladwells book) and mug shot of young Malcolm X... Which one would you buy?
Tip of the hat to THE ROOTS.
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great surprise pick. i love the roots.don't think they make it to my island but i really love all their stuff. i particularly agree with the paragraph above, they are awesome live. seen them a couple times (recently in san antonio at a free show during the NCAA final 4) and they always put on a kick *** show. nice pick.
My pick ;
The Killers - Sams Town (2006)
Surprised this one isn't gone. Not my favourite band, but alot of good songs on this. Good value pick. Are the Killers big in the US? I take it they're not, since nobody seems to have them on their list.
The Killers - Sams Town (2006)
Surprised this one isn't gone. Not my favourite band, but alot of good songs on this. Good value pick. Are the Killers big in the US? I take it they're not, since nobody seems to have them on their list.
i was gonna comment on this earlier but forgot till just now. i really liked the killers debut effort Hot Fuss, i mean it was one of my favorites. i was somewhat dissapointed with this album because for me, in my opinion, it just didn't follow up strong enough. reminds me alot of how much I liked Linkin Park's first two CDs and didn't care for their latest and i also liked jack white's earlier works but now he annoys the crap out of me. there are a couple tracks i liked off this CD, but all in all it just didn't do much for me.
I select
System of a Down - Mezmerize- 2005
System of a Down was my very favorite band until a few years ago when I realized that music's history didn't start in 2001. A lot of kids my age are still yet to realize that though....
Anyway, their second and third albums were excellent and I seriously contemplated picking one of them. Their third album got so much play from me when I was around 13 or 14 that I could probably repeat verbatim each song even today. When this two-part album came out, my SoaD phase was waning, so I always took it as inferior.
Going back now, I can tell it is the best. Not by much, but just through a little more diversity in songs and stronger lyrics, which I probably couldn't understand at a younger age.
Mezmerize is only slightly better than the second half of the double album, Hypnotize. SoaD is known for its completely unorthodox style of hard rock and songs like "Violent Pornography" and "Cigaro" are great examples. Then you have the hits of this album most rock connoisseurs have heard "BYOB" and "Sad Statue." Beyond that are my personal faves "Revenga" and "Question!"
I do have one knock on SoaD though. Even though their song stylings are always completely diverse and unique from any other hard rock band, they too often rely on heavy anti-war, anti-establishment lyrics that sometimes come off as plain annoying.
System of a Down - Mezmerize- 2005
System of a Down was my very favorite band until a few years ago when I realized that music's history didn't start in 2001. A lot of kids my age are still yet to realize that though....
Anyway, their second and third albums were excellent and I seriously contemplated picking one of them. Their third album got so much play from me when I was around 13 or 14 that I could probably repeat verbatim each song even today. When this two-part album came out, my SoaD phase was waning, so I always took it as inferior.
Going back now, I can tell it is the best. Not by much, but just through a little more diversity in songs and stronger lyrics, which I probably couldn't understand at a younger age.
Mezmerize is only slightly better than the second half of the double album, Hypnotize. SoaD is known for its completely unorthodox style of hard rock and songs like "Violent Pornography" and "Cigaro" are great examples. Then you have the hits of this album most rock connoisseurs have heard "BYOB" and "Sad Statue." Beyond that are my personal faves "Revenga" and "Question!"
I do have one knock on SoaD though. Even though their song stylings are always completely diverse and unique from any other hard rock band, they too often rely on heavy anti-war, anti-establishment lyrics that sometimes come off as plain annoying.
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My next pick:
Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die (1998)
The Dropkicks will probably pass the Slim Test as over the years they've kind of morphed into a parody of themselves (imho, of course) and managed to become extremely popular in the process. Until this year's NBA playoffs they were probably giving Boston a run for the money in bands immediately associated with Boston athletics, having written theme songs for the Red Sox and Bruins along with Red Sox closer adopting another tune as his own personal entrance/theme music. A dozen years ago, you'd never have thunk it. Boston was experiencing a punk rock renaissance at the time that rivals their sporting renaissance today - while the rest of the world seemed to be embracing pop-punk, Boston was at the forefront of the oi/street-punk revival and from out of nowhere the Dropkicks showed up on the scene and immediately became a top draw. I always knew they'd be "big", but it still amazes me how big. I moved from Boston back to California (to Santa Barbara) in 1998 and this album was released somewhere along the trip giving me a little piece of Boston to cling to.
Do or Die was the Dropkick's debut full length album and set the standard for the typical Bostonian working man's anthems along with charged up versions of Irish traditionals that they are known for, but they are all a little rougher around the edges, with the notable exception of their vocals thanks to original singer Mike McColgan's booming voice and Southie accent which betrayed their roots immediately without the need for namechecking the town or a famous landmark in every other tune. When they did it was something for the locals such as their reworking of "Charley on the MTA" into "Skinhead on the MBTA". Their recording of "Finnegan's Wake" remains my favorite of their renditions of Irish traditionals to this day, and its also loaded with anthems such as "Barroom Hero", "Never Alone" and "Road of the Righteous". Then there is another favorite "Far Away Coast" - a tune written about the first Gulf War that is both beautiful and haunting and sounds like it could be written today.
This album may very well be my favorite punk album recorded since the early 80s. Sadly for fans of this incarnation of the Dropkicks, McColgan would leave the band shortly after the album was released to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a Boston Firefighter. He would return to music later with a new band (The Street Dogs) and the Dropkicks would continue with former Bruisers frontman Al Barr. While Al has proven to be more than capable the sound has never been quite the same.
Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die (1998)
The Dropkicks will probably pass the Slim Test as over the years they've kind of morphed into a parody of themselves (imho, of course) and managed to become extremely popular in the process. Until this year's NBA playoffs they were probably giving Boston a run for the money in bands immediately associated with Boston athletics, having written theme songs for the Red Sox and Bruins along with Red Sox closer adopting another tune as his own personal entrance/theme music. A dozen years ago, you'd never have thunk it. Boston was experiencing a punk rock renaissance at the time that rivals their sporting renaissance today - while the rest of the world seemed to be embracing pop-punk, Boston was at the forefront of the oi/street-punk revival and from out of nowhere the Dropkicks showed up on the scene and immediately became a top draw. I always knew they'd be "big", but it still amazes me how big. I moved from Boston back to California (to Santa Barbara) in 1998 and this album was released somewhere along the trip giving me a little piece of Boston to cling to.
Do or Die was the Dropkick's debut full length album and set the standard for the typical Bostonian working man's anthems along with charged up versions of Irish traditionals that they are known for, but they are all a little rougher around the edges, with the notable exception of their vocals thanks to original singer Mike McColgan's booming voice and Southie accent which betrayed their roots immediately without the need for namechecking the town or a famous landmark in every other tune. When they did it was something for the locals such as their reworking of "Charley on the MTA" into "Skinhead on the MBTA". Their recording of "Finnegan's Wake" remains my favorite of their renditions of Irish traditionals to this day, and its also loaded with anthems such as "Barroom Hero", "Never Alone" and "Road of the Righteous". Then there is another favorite "Far Away Coast" - a tune written about the first Gulf War that is both beautiful and haunting and sounds like it could be written today.
This album may very well be my favorite punk album recorded since the early 80s. Sadly for fans of this incarnation of the Dropkicks, McColgan would leave the band shortly after the album was released to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a Boston Firefighter. He would return to music later with a new band (The Street Dogs) and the Dropkicks would continue with former Bruisers frontman Al Barr. While Al has proven to be more than capable the sound has never been quite the same.
I can respect the decision, but before I pick just one I want some good reasoning.
Why haven't we forced all other people picking double albums to pick one of the parts? The only difference between every double album already selected and this one is that the two discs were released 6 months apart. You have all the other trademarks of a double album
-Recorded in the same sessions
-Marketed together
-Major media outlets refer to it as a double album (check wikipedia, rolling stone if you want)
-Start and finish the same idea
-Related songs
-Related lyrics
-each album was counted separately for sales
Why haven't we forced all other people picking double albums to pick one of the parts? The only difference between every double album already selected and this one is that the two discs were released 6 months apart. You have all the other trademarks of a double album
-Recorded in the same sessions
-Marketed together
-Major media outlets refer to it as a double album (check wikipedia, rolling stone if you want)
-Start and finish the same idea
-Related songs
-Related lyrics
-each album was counted separately for sales
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