Thursday, December 29, 2005

My 100 Desert Island Discs

My 100 Desert Island Discs...albums I would have a tough time living without.
Not safe for 56kers, sorry!
Only one album per artist, or else the whole rock section would be filled with Velvet Underground albums.
* denotes favorites of a particular decade.

25 Hip-Hop CDs

Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
*Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1989)

De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989)
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)
*A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)

Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers (1993)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)

Common Sense - Resurrection (1994)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)
The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Outkast - ATLiens (1996)
The Fugees - The Score (1996)

2Pac - All Eyez On Me (1996)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Black Star (1997)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
*Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)

25 House/Electronic/Downtempo CDs

*Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)
The KLF - Chill Out (1990)
Primal Scream - Screamadelica (1991)
The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
*Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)

Lords of Acid - Lust (1991)
The Prodigy - Experience (1992)
Orbital - Orbital 2 (1992)
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993)
Front 242 - 05:22:09:12 Off (1993)

Autechre - Incunabula (1993)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1993)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)
The Wasted Compilation (1995)
Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995)

Leftfield - Leftism (1995)
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)
Roni Size - New Forms (1997)
Delerium - Karma (1997)

Daft Punk - Homework (1997)
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (2001)
*M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

50 Rock/Pop CDs
1960s (10)

Diana Ross and The Supremes - The Ultimate Collection (compilation)
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (compilation)
James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits (compilation)
The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
*The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle (1968)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)

1970s (12)

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
Roxy Music - Country Life (1974)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
*Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
Bob Marley - Exodus (1977)
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)
David Bowie - Low (1977)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)

1980s (9)

The Pretenders - Pretenders (1980)
U2 - War (1983)
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times (1987)
R.E.M. - Document (1987)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
*Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

1990s (12)

*My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (1992)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
Saint Etienne - So Tough (1993)
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)
Lush - Split (1994)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
Bjork - Post (1995)
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As one (1997)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)

2000-2004 (7)

Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (2000)
Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
*Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Laura Cantrell - When the Roses Bloom Again (2002)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002)
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

DJMonsterMo | 12:05 PM |

My 100 Desert Island Discs

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