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Desert Island Discs

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Desert Island Discs

Postby cubby » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:51 pm

I don't know if we covered this one yet, but what 10 cds would you want to be stranded on a desert island with?

My Desert Island Discs:

Roxy Music-Avalon
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Hyaena
The Clash-London Calling
Queen-Sheer Heart Attack
Manic Street Preachers-Everything Must Go
T-Rex-The Slider
David Bowie-Aladdin Sane
The Beatles-Revolver
Cocteau Twins-Heaven or Las Vegas
Alice Cooper-Love It To Death
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Postby devildog » Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:33 am

This is sooo hard to answer! But here goes:

Comsat Angels-Land
The Church-Remote Luxury
The Someloves-Something Or Other
Led Zeppelin-II
Ambrosia-s/t
Fleetwood Mac-Mystery To Me
Genesis-Trick of the Tail
China Crisis-Collection (2 disc versio
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Postby MikeP » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:12 am

That's a tall order, but I think I could survive on these for a few months!

The Church - After Everything, Now This
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
OMD - A
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Postby ExRat » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:20 am

Aw, Sheesh! Not another list!
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Postby Grunch » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:04 am

I'd have to go with these, although this certainly would be a most difficult decision. At the top of my list, without a doubt, would be what I consider the greatest album, period, of all time, in the rock genre. If you haven;t heard it, get it, play it in
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Postby romanticide » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:02 pm

the Boomtown Rats - The Fine Art of Surfacing
the Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
the Vapors - New Clear Days (UK pressing with "Cold War" and "America")
Icehouse - Icehouse (or the one by Flowers, it's all good)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Organ
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Postby Cheetos » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:40 am

These may not be groundbreaking/critically acclaimed LPs, but per disk they contain alot of good music. And that's what you need on a desert island, along with a solar powered CD player.[;)]

The Illusion - Together (another great, but lesser known hipp
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Postby unguarded moment » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:42 am

See the "Top Ten Lists" forum.
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Postby golfer » Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:16 pm

I think we have been down this road before.but I guess like most people feelings change from week to week, day to day,, today's choices are.
1. Abbey Road-Beatles
2. Animals-Pink Floyd
3. Tin Drum-Japan
4. Treasure-Cocteau Twins
5. Music For Airports
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Postby dead_irony@yahoo.com » Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:32 pm

U2-The Joshua Tree
Replacements-Tim
The Clash-Combat Rock
Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin
Smiths-Louder Than Bombs
X-Los Angeles
Joy Division-Closer
Cure-Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
and....I know this is cheating cuz it's a bo
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Postby KYYX4ever » Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:31 am

What i could listen to without getting tired of it too soon (as i have not for many years now):

Forever Now - Psychedelic Furs
Hyeana - Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Pink Opaque - Cocteau Twins
Duran Duran's 1st - Duran Duran
Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie
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Postby golfer » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:20 am

MEN AT WORK?????????/ gimme a break!!![;)]
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