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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (1 Viewer)

I was going to give my suggestion a trial run, and listen to to albums of a drafter.  Randomizer gave me @MAC_32 - any suggestions? 
Based on your previous feedback that immediately comes to mind, 2 are easy: Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires and Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury.

How many more do I have?

 
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I was going to do 4 or 5.  I'll pick 2 if you have another in mind.  
If you have not previously listened to Incubus SCIENCE, Toadies Rubberneck, or Halestom In The Strange Case Of... those would be my suggestions. In that order. So if multiple fit and your 2 picks are different than just pick whichever one I listed first. 

 
Just did a playlist of my albums taken (minus #50) and I have:

636 songs

45 hours and 36 minutes. 

I'm going to get lonely quickly.

Might try to go a few days only shuffling this mix and listen to nothing else.
Their algorithm sucks, because here are the "recommended" songs for my specific playlist (albums I drafted)

The Posies - Dream All Day

Cracker - Teen Angst

Sponge - Molly

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??

The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle

The Smithereens - A Girl Like You

Supergrass - Tales of Endurance

Soul Coughing - Circles

Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fall Down

A lot of swing and misses in the bunch.

 
33.13

PANTERA - VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER

(1992)

So I was in a pretty cranky mood this morning.  All this gosh darn #### going on in the world right now, on top of issues in my family, and I generally feel pretty strung out.  Tried some calmer music to start, but it just wasn't helping and if anything, making me even more agitated.  So I needed to get a hardcore fix.  And as I wandered through Spotify populating my list, I come to Pantera and start playing Walk.  god this riff is so good.  And I keep moving through the album and it is just totally giving me what I need to even out.  This album is great because it flows in and out of several metal styles and the thrash and groove is just what I like.  I don't mind super-heavy stuff, but Pantera seems to step right to the line of heaviness that I like for repeat listenability.  :headbang:

1. Mouth for war 
2. A new level 
3. Walk
4. ####### hostile
5. This love
6. Rise
7. No good (Attack the radical)
8. Live in a hole
9. Regular people 
10. By demons be driven
11. Hollow

these were added to playlist btw


Nice - that was one of the metal albums on my list.  I had Walk come up tonight on a shuffle.  :headbang:

 
Sorry for being mostly absent the past day or two, works been a B. Time for some catchup. 
 

Since I’m running out of ideas here, my strategy for most of my last few picks are to find albums with 4-5 songs I like, with at least 2 that are Playlist Worthy. Sorry for people randomly having to listen to the full albums for future shtick purposes. Yo Mama selects:
 

47.19 - Asia - Asia (1982)

SUPERGROUP!!  I’m cornering the market on 40 year old virgin songs. “You framed an Asia poster?!”

Heat of the Moment

Only Time Will Tell

48.22 - Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)

Used to rock this album all the time back when it came out  

Change

https://youtu.be/iGw6gWNh3qQYou

49.19 - The Temper Trap - Conditions (2009)

This is a newer one for me that’s has a nice vibe for walking. Be prepared for falsetto. 

Sweet Disposition

Science of Fear

 
If you have not previously listened to Incubus SCIENCE, Toadies Rubberneck, or Halestom In The Strange Case Of... those would be my suggestions. In that order. So if multiple fit and your 2 picks are different than just pick whichever one I listed first. 
Sounds good, the first 2 I have peripheral knowledge of, and not sure if I have heard of Halestorm.  

I wrote down 5 others I am going to decide between, including a could of your early picks that I am not sure how well I actually know.   I will start on something tonight.  

I see you doubled up on Tool with 10,000 Days.  I had Right in Two come up on a shuffle this am, but didn't see what else you took.   I've become obsessed with Rosetta Stoned after watching the vids of the guy doing the Dany Carey covers that I posted before.  That song is nuts.  

 
I'm going to pick an album to listen to on my walk at 4PM. 

Roll dem bones.  It's a 5

  1. Tears for Fears
  2. The Beatles - Help
  3. Drive-by Truckers - So. Rock Opera
  4. Opeth :headbang:
and here we go...

 
Love it.  I had it written down a couple rounds and was eying it up for the 50th, but I guess I don't need to bother.  Walk would have for sure been a selection.  That brings back memories of HS swim team, as that was one of my "pump up" songs I listened to before meets.  

 
Oops, I forgot I already took a 47th rounder. I guess if anyone really wants temper trap Before 7pm est (lol) they can have it. Otherwise I’m done. 

 
40.30.... Russell Simins- Public Places (2000)

Comfortable Place

Public Places

Feel the Emotion... not even a youtube link?!

Jon Spencer Blues Exlosion drummer and producer puts out a solo record... has a bunch of that Beck beat to it, but rocks more. listened to this thing non-stop and while I had a couple of tunes packed away for regular relisten (posted above), had forgotten how many I like throughout.

 
Sounds good, the first 2 I have peripheral knowledge of, and not sure if I have heard of Halestorm.  

I wrote down 5 others I am going to decide between, including a could of your early picks that I am not sure how well I actually know.   I will start on something tonight.  

I see you doubled up on Tool with 10,000 Days.  I had Right in Two come up on a shuffle this am, but didn't see what else you took.   I've become obsessed with Rosetta Stoned after watching the vids of the guy doing the Dany Carey covers that I posted before.  That song is nuts.  
I debated between Vicarious and The Pot, but given the events of the weekend of June 1 (when I made the pick) I veered towards the former. While I have added some cuts I didn't expect to be popular from other albums I opted against adding Rosetta Stoned because of it's length. Ill #### with someone's ears for 3 minutes, but 11 just seems cruel!

 
I haven't caught up on the last couple pages but in honour of round 50 (and not at all because my wife is studying for a test tomorrow for a course she's taking), I'm thinking of drinking ten beers and shuffling through songs and albums all night. 

 
STOP THE PRESSES 

 I just shuffled through a Radiohead song I don't know and I think I genuinely love.

Stop Whispering - Pablo Honey.

And now The Hives are rocking my face with their big hit :banned: :headbang: .

The world is telling me to do this

 
I thought this might be available but than was like, no way it is.  Great record.
I didnt realize it was available, but when @Hov34 said he only had 5 picked and I remembered one was live process of elimination- I knew we missed one so I went searching for whichever one it was and threw it a life raft.  

 
just caught this Sturgil Simpson cat twice in the past hour ... me likin' this sound verrrry much  :thumbup:

ETA: Sturgil

😁

 
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49.21 Aaliyah - One in a Million

(1996)

first off I still get incredibly sad when I think of how old she was and how she went. She was such a talent and I still remember when she hit the scene in her baggy clothes singin "two A's L I Y A H." This one came a couple years later when she was all of 17 yrs old. Many consider her self titled her best, but I'll take this one. Timbaland and a then not so well known Missy appeared on this and marked a point where r&b was growing out of the early 90s new jack swing stuff. This one was a little smoother than most of its contemporaries and Aaliyah's talent was evident. I've seen this classified as neo-soul and i guess there's some overlap there but I consider it r&b.adding some r&b and perhaps my favorite female artist in the penultimate round. 

Songs:

One in a Million

Everything's gonna be alright

 
Northern Voice said:
I assumed this went in round 6 with all their other albums. It's my second favourite of their albums and contains my favourite song of theirs, which probably ranks somewhere near my top 20 or so songs ever (Don't Change), so I am very happy I double checked and that it it still on the board. I'm calling it a steal but maybe no one likes this one. In any case, it's early enough in their career that it still has a nice mix of post-punk and new wave.

48.32 - INXS - Shabooh Shoobah (1982)

1.    "The One Thing"    3:24
2.    "To Look at You"   3:55
3.    "Spy of Love"    3:58
4.    "Soul Mistake"    2:57
5.    "Here Comes"   3:00
6.    "Black and White"    3:40
7.    "Golden Playpen"    3:03
8.    "Jan's Song"    3:18
9.    "Old World New World"   3:38
10.    "Don't Change"    4:24
Oooooh,. Totally thought this went earlier. Really good pick. Don't change is an anthem

 
Yo Mama said:
Sorry for being mostly absent the past day or two, works been a B. Time for some catchup. 
 

Since I’m running out of ideas here, my strategy for most of my last few picks are to find albums with 4-5 songs I like, with at least 2 that are Playlist Worthy. Sorry for people randomly having to listen to the full albums for future shtick purposes. Yo Mama selects:
 

47.19 - Asia - Asia (1982)

SUPERGROUP!!  I’m cornering the market on 40 year old virgin songs. “You framed an Asia poster?!”

Heat of the Moment

Only Time Will Tell

48.22 - Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)

Used to rock this album all the time back when it came out  

Change

You

49.19 - The Temper Trap - Conditions (2009)

This is a newer one for me that’s has a nice vibe for walking. Be prepared for falsetto. 

Sweet Disposition

Science of Fear
I'm trying to catch up the spreadsheet, but have Rufus & Chaka Khan listed as your 47.19.  Could you let us know what we messed up?

ETA:  Saw your later note.  We're good now.  

 
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Before I make my last pick, just wanted to thank those who kept the list up to date, as well as those who made the thread worth keeping up with on Friday and Saturday nights. It was unfortunate that I learned I actually don't celebrate The Smithereens' entire catalog, but I had fun anyway.

Also, I don't think I'll have it in me to do another music/album draft, but I'll be spectating.

50.27:

I have to admit feeling a little shame for not getting something 'religious' on my list, since I still consider myself at least a believer in Jesus Christ, but a 'perfect' pick came to me just about an hour ago:

Jesus Freak -DC Talk (1995)

Don't worry, there's nothing 'preachy' here. My song choices, What if I Stumble and Between You and Me (this one actually got some love on secular radio for a brief period), are actually a departure from their more rock/hip-hop/rap stylings, and I would also recommend giving their take on the old Godspell song Day By Day a spin.

Steiner out.  :bye:

 
Well, bummer. Apparently most of Aaliyah's music is not available on streaming services because something to do with her uncle owning and possibly selling the rights idk.

So I added 4 Page Letter since it was the only song off one in a million I could find. I also added are you that somebody because it's a really good song but only available on the Dr Doolittle soundtrack. Feel free to remove it if that's breaking the rules. And feel free claim it if you take the Dr Doolittle soundtrack

 
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Well, bummer. Apparently most of Aaliyah's music is not available on streaming services because something to do with her uncle owning and possibly selling the rights idk.

So I added 4 Page Letter since it was the only song off one in a million I could find. I also added are you that somebody because it's a really good song but only available on the Dr Doolittle soundtrack. Feel free to remove it if that's breaking the rules. And feel free claim it if you take the Dr Doolittle soundtrack
Welcome on every playlist ever IMO. 

 
Pick 50 is a record that was released 41 years ago today, an all time favorite and the reason I waited and did not pick earlier was Nick Lowe was part of the supergroup Rockpile (With Dave Edmunds) which I picked earlier, I thought I had my Nick bases covered, but after playing this again today on the anniversary, I realized how much this record has meant to me over the years.... I have tried to not double dip any artists, only Richard Thompson solo (I picked the R&L debut) and now this Nick solo record.

It’s been fun, and I could go 50 more easy...

Another one from 1979! A very popular year for me... I was 14 at the time, but didn’t catch these records until 4-5 years later, a great year for tunes!

50 - Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust - 1979
 

Tracklist 

  • Cruel To Be Kind
  • Cracking Up
  • Big Kick, Plain Scrap!
  • Born Fighter
  • You Make Me
  • Skin Deep
  • Switchboard Susan
  • Endless Grey Ribbon
  • Without Love
  • Dose Of You
  • Love So Fine
spun it earlier today... Labour of Lust

 

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