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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (2 Viewers)

INCUBUS - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.  (1997)

COVER:  I guess maybe porn 'stache and the period table = science?  or am I not understanding this acronym?

ALBUM:   After I started it, I do remember this one a little bit.    I also don't remember any of their other albums besides a couple of hits, but is this one a bit harder than the ones that follow it?   Also this is basically just taking Chili Peppers and Faith No More a little farther as it clashes into stuff like Korn with a little trip-hop thrown in?  It is damn chaotic mash of music that mostly works for me and has some damn good highs - unfortunately more front loaded on the album though.  That opening stretch from Redefine ----> Idiot Box is really damn good.   Still some good songs after that, but with tracks/filler like Magic Medicine and Summer Romance, it was for sure a more up and down ride.   I also wish I knew ahead of time that Segue 1 was a weird bonus/hidden track on the CD - that could have spared me 10mins.    Anyway - a nice little blast from the past and I would give a solid 6/10 to.  Took a point off for a little inconsistency.  

 
Eephus said:
So the 00s was your age 24-34 seasons?  That's really interesting because those tend to be heavy music years, at least they were for everybody in the recent 5-10-15 draft.
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Yeah, I have had this discussion with my dad before (he had read something about age correlating to favorite music). I was definitely an outlier compared to the study. Hell, you can expand that from 1996-2009 and that is age 21-34 - a black hole of music (outside of rap/hip-hop).

 
KarmaPolice said:
Have I missed anybody - that puts us at 17 without krista and bonzai. 
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I know if I like or dislike an album but often struggle to describe why much past  "I like this" or "love the lyrics" or "great guitar player".  And, like a few others, I'm not fan of slamming someone else's musical tastes (at least publicly and in writing :)  ).

 But I'll participate.  I will play the Paula Abdul role to other's Simon Cowell.  

 
Kinda makes me sad seeing all these posts about slamming each others music.  I really hope that's not how our thread is coming across.  

 
Wes Montgomery / Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' At The Half Note (1965)

He solos in chords, people. Chords! I know other jazz guys do this but not like Wes. So smooth but lively. Legend. I'll spare the playlist and only add one track. 

Unit 7

 
Bonzai said:
Wes Montgomery / Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' At The Half Note (1965)

He solos in chords, people. Chords! I know other jazz guys do this but not like Wes. So smooth but lively. Legend. I'll spare the playlist and only add one track. 

Unit 7
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The Wynton Kelly Trio is the rhythm section from the first Miles Davis quintet.

 
I'm going to roll another album to listen to while cooking dinner.  Tonight we're having Indian--Butter Chicken and Palak Aloo.

rolled a 5

  1. ELO
  2. Pink Floyd Live (how many live Pink Floyd albums are there?)
  3. TOOL
  4. McCartney I
...and here we go

 
Northern Voice said:
Best decade of music for me period. Suck it 70s. 
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Me too, I guess:

Billie Holliday - Lady Sings the Blues  1956

Oscar Peterson - Night Train  1963

The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks  1967

The International Submarine Band - Safe at Home  1968

Tim Buckley - Happy Sad  1969

Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson  1970

Paul McCartney - Ram  1971

Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers  1978

Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool  1978

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town  1978

Joy Division - Closer  1980

XTC - English Settlement  1982

The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall  1984

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow  1984

The Chameleons - Strange Times  1986

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me  1987

The Cure - Disintegration  1989

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic  1989

Pixies - Doolittle  1989

Sebadoh - III  1991

Slint - Spiderland  1991

Beck - Mellow Gold  1994

Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love  1994

Luna - Bewitched  1994

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain  1994

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West  1997

Radiohead - OK Computer  1997

The Beta Band - The Three E.P.s  1998

Eels - Electro-shock Blues  1998

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea  1998

Elliott Smith - XO  1998

Wilco - Summerteeth  1999

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast  2000

Doves - Lost Souls  2000

The Glands - The Glands  2000

Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills  2001

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance  2001

Low - Things We Lost In the Fire  2001

The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2  2001

Spoon - Girls Can Tell  2001

Rufus Wainwright - Poses  2001

Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter  2001

Neko Case - Blacklisted  2002

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights  2002

Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas  2002

TV on the Radio - Young Liars E.P.  2003

Les Savy Fav - Inches  2004

The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows  2004

The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree  2005

Liars - Liars  2007

50's:  1

60s:  4

70s:  5

80s:  9

90s:  13

00s:  18

10s:  0

I'm not surprised that I drafted more from the 00s than any other decade.  I said it throughout the draft that it's my favorite decade of music.  I think because it was the decade in which I could finally afford to purchase music and, to my wife's chagrin, I spent a lot. With excellent streaming formats coming to the forefront over the last 10 years I purchase far fewer albums.

 The fact that the 90s and 80s were my next most popular decades is no surprise to me either given my age--high school/college/grad school years.

What shocks me is that I have nothing from this past decade.  I had 30-40 albums from this decade lined up but I guess they were drafted before I could pull the trigger.

 
OK, I'm finally awake, time to start posting!  In deference to the playlist, I'm (mostly) avoiding the grandiose, pompous classical music I grew up on.  My other musical tastes point towards Blues, Classic Rock, Metal, Prog, Texas Boogie, and some other oddities.  Since people are listing their islands chronologically currently, that's they way I'll post.  And I'll pick Little San Salvador Island in the Bahamas, 'cause I love that color of water.  On with the show!

Welcome to Val's Desert Island List:

Pick 1:  Howlin' Wolf, The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (1971).  In my opinion, one of the best Blues men ever, here fronting the best backup band he ever had (Clapton, Winwood, etc.) - either that or he was teaching these Brit musician types what's what, your choice.  Either way it's awesome.

Pick 2:  Don McLean, American Pie (1971).  Title song is one of the great all time songs, and the rest of the album is quality folk music.  Instead of spotlighting the better known second single (and to make up for the length of the first selection), we'll go with a very poignant cover of a psalm that was scratched into the walls of a hut in Auschwitz.

Pick 3:  The Edgar Winter Group, They Only Come Out at Night (1972).  You wouldn't think a band fronted by a keyboardist could rock this hard.  Frankenstein is one of those songs that I simply HAVE to crank up when it hits the radio.

 
Bonzai said:
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007)

This is really the only album of theirs I got into. I put it on the other day and really enjoyed it, so here goes. 

Paranoia in B-Flat Major

The Weight Of Lies
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Had this one on a short list.

This was the first album that I heard from them.  It's fantastic. I dug into their back catalog, most of which I loved.

Everything after this album is pretty meh for me.  I think @simey pointed out (in this thread?) that they hired Rick Rubin to produce their next few and, IMO, he ruined them.  

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Bonzai said:
The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism (2007)

This is really the only album of theirs I got into. I put it on the other day and really enjoyed it, so here goes. 

Paranoia in B-Flat Major

The Weight Of Lies
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Had this one on a short list.

This was the first album that I heard from them.  It's fantastic. I dug into their back catalog, most of which I loved.
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Agreed but I fear they have jumped the shark with their last couple. 

 
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debbie (1962)

I don't know why I didn't take this earlier. I think someone took SatVV the round I was going to and then I put it off. One of the great bass albums of all time. RIP Scott.

I'll just take one song again. My favorite:

Waltz For Debbie

 
Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (1982)

So I had obviously heard TH prior to hearing this, but this was the first album of theirs that I really got into. I was way late to the party on TH and didn't get into them until somebody put this up at the hoof. There are a few exceptions, but because this was my introduction whenever I hear the studio versions to most of their tunes they sound too tame and stiff. They were such good live band. Happy to have this on the island.

Love --> Building On Fire

Don't Worry About The Government

 
Desert Island Take II

Pick 4:  Lynyrd Skynyrd, Second Helping (1974).  Can't go without some Southern Rock on my island.  You can bypass the mega-hit "Sweet Home Alabama", and still just keep nailing one quality song after another.

Pick 5:  War, Why Can't We Be Friends (1975).  Needed some Funk, and since you guys already took the Parliament album I liked, let's go to LA for some west coast action. 

Pick 6:  Kansas, Leftoverture (1976).  Hey, it's the late 70's, where is my Prog Rock!!  Kansas has such a distinctive sound that really appealed to me when I started to discover rock music (My youth rebellion music was longhair classical, because where I grew up we only had two types of music - country and western!  :X  )  So Kansas was an easy jump for me from my usual classical stuff.

 
Royal Headache - High (2015)

Just a nice little garage/pop punk album but it ticks all the boxes for me. Rocks out, melodic, sweet basslines, and Shogun's voice is so soulful it almost seems out of place. So earnest. 

High

Carolina

 
Sorry for my delay. I had a map and it got off course with a few bands I wanted but I’m having trouble deciding between albums. Now I’m pivoting thinking maybe they aren’t necessarily album bands. Just need to keep listening to figure it out. No one wait on me. 

 
Eephus said:
So the 00s was your age 24-34 seasons?  That's really interesting because those tend to be heavy music years, at least they were for everybody in the recent 5-10-15 draft.
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My music absorption died with Kid A at age 26. It didn't begin to redevelop until the oldest 2 were aged 4 and 6. So I missed most of that block. 

 
Desert Island Take III

Pick 7:  Queen, A Day at the Races (1976).  Hey, my wife left me a Queen album to take, how did that happen?  We both like them, but her "like" may be "special".  Fortunately, this album includes what may be my favorite Queen song, listed first here:

Pick 8:  Rush, A Farewell to Kings (1977).  Oh thank god, you guys left me some quality Rush!!  (Yes, I'm one of those, deal.)  There are 6 Rush albums I adore, this is the only one not picked yet.  Hey, I'll take it - and might be sneaking onto someone else's island in the dark of the night to abscond with Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures or 2112, be forewarned.

Pick 9:  Meatloaf, Bat out of Hell (1977).  Love love love this, and almost missed it entirely in real life.  Saw the cover and dismissed it at first without ever listening to it, just looked like not my type of music.   :doh:   OK, so I'm slow - turns out I'm a fanatic for anything done by Jim Steinman.  So, let's get to padding that playlist length with more Steinman songs, 'cause none of them are short!!

 
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