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I kept quiet when Petra was picked, because I didn't want to tip my hand as to this next pick:
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)
To Hell with the Devil is the Grammy Award nominated fourth release, and third full-length album, by the Christian metal and Glam metal band Stryper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).[1] It was both the first Contemporary Christian and Christian metal album to achieve Platinum status, selling over one million copies. It remains the best-selling Christian metal album of all time.
The album was listed at #88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. The album was the only Heavy Metal album on the list. Ian Christe, author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his book as one of the landmarks of the glam metal movement.[2]
Personally, I don't think this counts as heavy metal, but the music is pretty good.
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)
To Hell with the Devil is the Grammy Award nominated fourth release, and third full-length album, by the Christian metal and Glam metal band Stryper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).[1] It was both the first Contemporary Christian and Christian metal album to achieve Platinum status, selling over one million copies. It remains the best-selling Christian metal album of all time.
The album was listed at #88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. The album was the only Heavy Metal album on the list. Ian Christe, author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his book as one of the landmarks of the glam metal movement.[2]
Personally, I don't think this counts as heavy metal, but the music is pretty good.
I kept quiet when Petra was picked, because I didn't want to tip my hand as to this next pick:
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)
To Hell with the Devil is the Grammy Award nominated fourth release, and third full-length album, by the Christian metal and Glam metal band Stryper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).[1] It was both the first Contemporary Christian and Christian metal album to achieve Platinum status, selling over one million copies. It remains the best-selling Christian metal album of all time.
The album was listed at #88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. The album was the only Heavy Metal album on the list. Ian Christe, author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his book as one of the landmarks of the glam metal movement.[2]
Personally, I don't think this counts as heavy metal, but the music is pretty good.
Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)
To Hell with the Devil is the Grammy Award nominated fourth release, and third full-length album, by the Christian metal and Glam metal band Stryper, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).[1] It was both the first Contemporary Christian and Christian metal album to achieve Platinum status, selling over one million copies. It remains the best-selling Christian metal album of all time.
The album was listed at #88 in the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. The album was the only Heavy Metal album on the list. Ian Christe, author of the heavy metal history book Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003), mentions To Hell with the Devil in his book as one of the landmarks of the glam metal movement.[2]
Personally, I don't think this counts as heavy metal, but the music is pretty good.
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I never really figured anyone else on here had even heard of them.
We are getting to the end of this. I am not going to change my approach. So far only three albums on my list have been picked: Purple Rain (Dirty Mind will suffice very nicely), Young American Primitive (certain tracks off of Moby will replace that) and Black Sabbath (a popular record at the end of my list that I really did not expect to get anyway). The rest of my list is exactly as I want it.
Here is a classic rock record that I doubt is on any one's list. If you have not heard, it, you must check it. The solos/jams are out of this world. The live status should pass as acceptable as it was recorded all the same night.
Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal -1974
The Velvet Underground songs are done in a whole different format and the the musicianship on this album is some of the best that I have heard on a live recording. These guys were simply on that night. Do not ask what.
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Here is a classic rock record that I doubt is on any one's list. If you have not heard, it, you must check it. The solos/jams are out of this world. The live status should pass as acceptable as it was recorded all the same night.
Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal -1974
The Velvet Underground songs are done in a whole different format and the the musicianship on this album is some of the best that I have heard on a live recording. These guys were simply on that night. Do not ask what.
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For the first pick of the 19th round and my second to last pick, I am going with:
Steel Pulse - True Democracy - 1982
I am really surprised that only one Reggae album has been picked. Hello!?! We are wasting away on an island for Pete's sake, that is what Reggae was made for. This album has a bit of a disco feel to it and has outstanding percussion and horn arrangements. The overall pace is pretty upbeat for Reggae and the band is really tight, like Santana tight. The lyrics are socially conscious and uplifting for the most part. Not a lot of critical acclaim, but Rally Round was huge and most of these tracks are still played regularly on Serius. I almost went with Earth Crisis, but that would have been a mistake.
Steel Pulse - True Democracy - 1982
I am really surprised that only one Reggae album has been picked. Hello!?! We are wasting away on an island for Pete's sake, that is what Reggae was made for. This album has a bit of a disco feel to it and has outstanding percussion and horn arrangements. The overall pace is pretty upbeat for Reggae and the band is really tight, like Santana tight. The lyrics are socially conscious and uplifting for the most part. Not a lot of critical acclaim, but Rally Round was huge and most of these tracks are still played regularly on Serius. I almost went with Earth Crisis, but that would have been a mistake.
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With my second to last pick:
Santana - Abraxas (1970)
Something cool with which to enjoy my coconut drinks.
Santana - Abraxas (1970)
Something cool with which to enjoy my coconut drinks.
Well...now we come down to it with the last two picks. Out of time and space and things that I would rather not are going to get the boot.
My 2nd hip hop pick? Bye bye.
The last unpicked album of a major band from my youth? Gone.
A country crossover on that line where I dabble? Nope.
A foray into emo territory? Nope.
A bluesy album I have been meaning to drop in at some point? No room.
Some 30 million albums sold of huge classic albums that have thus far been overlooked? A real test of my integrity there because some of them are real vote getters...but gone. Have not listened to them straight through in years, and a few did not even make the transfer over to CD for me (although some of the singles have reappeared in the digital age). And so many of the classic band albums left really only have a couple of classic songs, and then filler.
So, after tossing big important things overboard left and right, what do I go with?:
My 2nd hip hop pick? Bye bye.
The last unpicked album of a major band from my youth? Gone.
A country crossover on that line where I dabble? Nope.
A foray into emo territory? Nope.
A bluesy album I have been meaning to drop in at some point? No room.
Some 30 million albums sold of huge classic albums that have thus far been overlooked? A real test of my integrity there because some of them are real vote getters...but gone. Have not listened to them straight through in years, and a few did not even make the transfer over to CD for me (although some of the singles have reappeared in the digital age). And so many of the classic band albums left really only have a couple of classic songs, and then filler.
So, after tossing big important things overboard left and right, what do I go with?:
Kelly Clarkson -- Breakaway (2004)
See? I told you this was a test of my integrity. (Actually, this monster album was one of the biggest worlidwide hits of the decade, and with 11 milion albums sold is no pushover. But it of course is going to lack the cachet of the classics). In any case I do not watch reality TV. Or much TV at all. So this girl's victory on American Idol meant less than nothing to me. And I appropriately ignored her debut album as just another one of the endless pop junk faux R&B pieces of filler (although she did catch my attention with a pretty ballad called "Low"). But then a funny thing happened -- little miss just-another-manufactured-pop/r&b princess surprised the hell out of me by rocking up her 2nd album, and really grabbed my attention one New Years Eve by stepping on stage and ripping out the very fun pop rocker Since U Been Gone -- still one of my current fav songs. And I am of course a sucker for a girl who rocks. I was, for lack of a better word, proud of her for stepping out and breaking the mold. And so while what I was looking for out of this spot was a female ballad singer -- as I'm going to be on an island for 50 years alone, there are going to be times when I want a woman to sing something pretty to me -- to get a really good one who also brings along a fun rock portfolio is a big bonus. And so this is where I stuck to my guns in this draft -- with Since U Been Gone, Breakaway, the ballads Behind These Hazel Eyes and Because of You etc. all lurking on my current playlists, this young lady from Texas not only fills a needed niche, but has more songs currently in my rotation than any of the older classic albums I am leaving on the shelf.
man, almost lost my 18th round pick. eep. sorry for that, was away for the weekend and had forgot to PM someone my pick.
anyway, i have no clue what to take anyway, so i'll go with a personal selection:
erasure - cowboy (1997)
Cowboy is an album recorded by Erasure in 1997 and released by Mute Records in the UK. In the U.S., it was released by Madonna's former label Maverick Records. Cowboy was produced by Gareth Jones and Neil McLellan and marked the band's return to more simplistic three-minute synthpop music.
After disappointing sales and chart placing of their last studio album Erasure, Cowboy returned the duo to the top ten of the UK album chart and it contained three singles (two of which hit the UK top thirty). In the U.S., Cowboy greatly improved Erasure's Billboard 200 peak over their previous album and first single "In My Arms" gave them another Hot 100 entry. Sales also improved in Germany, where Cowboy peaked at number thirty-four.
The album contained eleven Vince Clarke/Andy Bell originals in its UK version. For its U.S. release the album artwork was changed slightly and two bonus tracks were added: a cover version of Blondie's "Rapture" (with Clarke providing the rap); and a version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Magic Moments" that Erasure had contributed to the Lord of Illusions soundtrack.
Erasure embarked on another major tour of the UK and U.S. to promote this album, in their trademark style it contained elaborate stage settings and costumes (including Clarke dressed as a guitar-playing cactus).
anyway, i have no clue what to take anyway, so i'll go with a personal selection:
erasure - cowboy (1997)
Cowboy is an album recorded by Erasure in 1997 and released by Mute Records in the UK. In the U.S., it was released by Madonna's former label Maverick Records. Cowboy was produced by Gareth Jones and Neil McLellan and marked the band's return to more simplistic three-minute synthpop music.
After disappointing sales and chart placing of their last studio album Erasure, Cowboy returned the duo to the top ten of the UK album chart and it contained three singles (two of which hit the UK top thirty). In the U.S., Cowboy greatly improved Erasure's Billboard 200 peak over their previous album and first single "In My Arms" gave them another Hot 100 entry. Sales also improved in Germany, where Cowboy peaked at number thirty-four.
The album contained eleven Vince Clarke/Andy Bell originals in its UK version. For its U.S. release the album artwork was changed slightly and two bonus tracks were added: a cover version of Blondie's "Rapture" (with Clarke providing the rap); and a version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Magic Moments" that Erasure had contributed to the Lord of Illusions soundtrack.
Erasure embarked on another major tour of the UK and U.S. to promote this album, in their trademark style it contained elaborate stage settings and costumes (including Clarke dressed as a guitar-playing cactus).
I thought somebody would/should pick this, why not Brick? Very strong songwriting, great vocals. The band that I am managing does the cover of "Since You've Been Gone" at the shows and they always get extremely positive feedback from owners, buying agents and engineers - and most importantly crowds go crazy. The best comment I ever heard was "Dudes, that was inspired choice for a cover" - from a lead in a Heavy Metal band/art project. That's their only cover to boot.
I could have sworn somebody had already picked that; must have been imagining things. Oh well, let me make my pick, so that we might keep things moving:
Christina Aguilera – Stripped – 2002
Aguilera’s second studio album, sold ten million copies worldwide, and certified platinum in eighteen different countries. It featured five hit singles, including Beautiful, which was awarded a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2004. My personal favorite song on the album, Get Mine, Get Yours, was not released as a single. Like with Hikki, I think that Christina’s voice is spectacular, and her albums are always well produced, in my opinion.
Christina Aguilera – Stripped – 2002
Aguilera’s second studio album, sold ten million copies worldwide, and certified platinum in eighteen different countries. It featured five hit singles, including Beautiful, which was awarded a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2004. My personal favorite song on the album, Get Mine, Get Yours, was not released as a single. Like with Hikki, I think that Christina’s voice is spectacular, and her albums are always well produced, in my opinion.
Better late than never, my island needs some R&B...
Janet Jackson - janet. (1993)
Debuted at #1, 6 top-ten singles (That's The Way Love Goes, If, Because of Love, Again, Any Time Any Place, You Want This), etc. I know this has been said before, but I am a bit surprised this was still here. I completely understand Rhythm Nation taken first (which would have been my pick as well), but this album is not far behind. Building off of the success from "Love Will Never Do Without You" from Rhythm Nation, this album is all about, well...sex. I think this is Janet at her hottest, and the full cover of the album is proof positive. Not sure I can post it, but if I get the go ahead from a mod, I'd be happy to make a spot for it...:
Janet Jackson - janet. (1993)
Debuted at #1, 6 top-ten singles (That's The Way Love Goes, If, Because of Love, Again, Any Time Any Place, You Want This), etc. I know this has been said before, but I am a bit surprised this was still here. I completely understand Rhythm Nation taken first (which would have been my pick as well), but this album is not far behind. Building off of the success from "Love Will Never Do Without You" from Rhythm Nation, this album is all about, well...sex. I think this is Janet at her hottest, and the full cover of the album is proof positive. Not sure I can post it, but if I get the go ahead from a mod, I'd be happy to make a spot for it...:
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