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Desert Island Album Draft - 15th Anniversary Edition - 50 Rounds in the books, sign up now for KP's listening program (4 Viewers)

JZilla said:
John Hiatt Thing Called Love

I've heard a lady do this

This country rock is closer to my wheelhouse, I'll have to check out more.  I call myself a music nerd?  I don't know #### by this guy
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Bonnie Raitt covered It on her Grammy award winning album... she also does a great version, enjoy the journey with Hiatt, he's terrific .. his daughter Lilly is making good stuff now as well...

 
wikkidpissah said:
13.05 Herbert von Karajan and the Berliner Philharmoniker - Beethoven's 9th Symphony (1968)

Ode to Joy, #####es - gotta have it.

shouldnt be part of the mix, tho - totally screw it up
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@Northern Voice, I put this in as 1968 based on recording date, but wonder if you'd prefer 1822-24 as the composition date?  Depends how you're seeking to look at these.

ETA:  Also, you're up!

 
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I don't know to what extent this is in danger of being sniped but I want it on my island, and who knows @JZilla could take it to add to his Hold Steady and Def Leppard albums as part of a future real estate deal or something.

These guys aren't cool anymore, if they ever were, because they are (always were) mainstream but I really like that about them. Brandon Flowers makes no bones about wanting to be a showman and wanting this to be the biggest band in the world. With this album they got pretty close (and right now they have a big mainstream rock hit in the the year 2020).

Also, these songs hold up. "Brightside" has charted at least once every year in the UK since it was released and is the standard "end of the night" song there. I did a singalong to it in Vegas (their hometown) that was for the ages. "Somebody Told Me" ####### bangs from the very first note and was the first Killers song I ever heard, and now gun to my head, might once again be my favourite (others took the title in between). "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Smile Like You Mean It" are some awesome twinkly glam epics. "All These Things That I've Done" has the most epic singalong ending and would be the best of its era if "Mr. Brightside" wasn't even better.

Side A there are the big singles but I'm here to tell you side B is good too.  "On Top" is a synthy disco club song that foretold some future directions they'd take. "Andy You're a Star" is probably the crunchiest thing on the whole album. "Believe Me Natalie" and "Midnight Show" are live favourites.

13.09 - The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

1.    "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"  
2.    "Mr. Brightside"    
3.    "Smile Like You Mean It" 
4.    "Somebody Told Me"    
5.    "All These Things That I've Done"    
6.    "Andy, You're a Star"
7.    "On Top"    
8.    "Change Your Mind" 
9.    "Believe Me Natalie" 
10.    "Midnight Show"    
11.    "Everything Will Be Alright"

@Steve Tasker

 
Northern Voice said:
I don't know to what extent this is in danger of being sniped but I want it on my island, and who knows @JZilla could take it to add to his Hold Steady and Def Leppard albums as part of a future real estate deal or something.

These guys aren't cool anymore, if they ever were, because they are (always were) mainstream but I really like that about them. Brandon Flowers makes no bones about wanting to be a showman and wanting this to be the biggest band in the world. With this album they got pretty close (and right now they have a big mainstream rock hit in the the year 2020).

Also, these songs hold up. "Brightside" has charted at least once every year in the UK since it was released and is the standard "end of the night" song there. I did a singalong to it in Vegas (their hometown) that was for the ages. "Somebody Told Me" ####### bangs from the very first note and was the first Killers song I ever heard, and now gun to my head, might once again be my favourite (others took the title in between). "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Smile Like You Mean It" are some awesome twinkly glam epics. "All These Things That I've Done" has the most epic singalong ending and would be the best of its era if "Mr. Brightside" wasn't even better.

Side A there are the big singles but I'm here to tell you side B is good too.  "On Top" is a synthy disco club song that foretold some future directions they'd take. "Andy You're a Star" is probably the crunchiest thing on the whole album. "Believe Me Natalie" and "Midnight Show" are live favourites.

13.09 - The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

1.    "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"  
2.    "Mr. Brightside"    
3.    "Smile Like You Mean It" 
4.    "Somebody Told Me"    
5.    "All These Things That I've Done"    
6.    "Andy, You're a Star"
7.    "On Top"    
8.    "Change Your Mind" 
9.    "Believe Me Natalie" 
10.    "Midnight Show"    
11.    "Everything Will Be Alright"

@Steve Tasker
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There was a high level of getting sniped.  I think that's #4 in a row of something at the top of my list.  

 
Northern Voice said:
I don't know to what extent this is in danger of being sniped but I want it on my island, and who knows @JZilla could take it to add to his Hold Steady and Def Leppard albums as part of a future real estate deal or something.

These guys aren't cool anymore, if they ever were, because they are (always were) mainstream but I really like that about them. Brandon Flowers makes no bones about wanting to be a showman and wanting this to be the biggest band in the world. With this album they got pretty close (and right now they have a big mainstream rock hit in the the year 2020).

Also, these songs hold up. "Brightside" has charted at least once every year in the UK since it was released and is the standard "end of the night" song there. I did a singalong to it in Vegas (their hometown) that was for the ages. "Somebody Told Me" ####### bangs from the very first note and was the first Killers song I ever heard, and now gun to my head, might once again be my favourite (others took the title in between). "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Smile Like You Mean It" are some awesome twinkly glam epics. "All These Things That I've Done" has the most epic singalong ending and would be the best of its era if "Mr. Brightside" wasn't even better.

Side A there are the big singles but I'm here to tell you side B is good too.  "On Top" is a synthy disco club song that foretold some future directions they'd take. "Andy You're a Star" is probably the crunchiest thing on the whole album. "Believe Me Natalie" and "Midnight Show" are live favourites.

13.09 - The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

1.    "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"  
2.    "Mr. Brightside"    
3.    "Smile Like You Mean It" 
4.    "Somebody Told Me"    
5.    "All These Things That I've Done"    
6.    "Andy, You're a Star"
7.    "On Top"    
8.    "Change Your Mind" 
9.    "Believe Me Natalie" 
10.    "Midnight Show"    
11.    "Everything Will Be Alright"

@Steve Tasker
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Dammit I shoulda

I bet I know which [redacted] album you want though

 
Any of y'all who put together a list (or those who didn't) find yourselves looking at it and thinking "y'know, I could actually actually go for 40+ rounds"? Just me?  :ph34r:

:stirspot:

 
13.12 Black Star, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)

Respiration
Thieves in the Night

Escuchela, la ciudad respirando

The individual artists got taken a while back, but I go back to this one more often. Another killer album released on September 29th, 1998. Don't have a full write-up for this one, but it's rock-solid. Great rapping and production, great interplay, no filler. Could've paired Respiration with Definition, but didn't want to go with the two big singles, and Thieves is a great listen.

 
11

Miles Davis - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965

A bigger swipe of music than taking Bruce 75-85. The "incomplete" album is typically ranked best to top 5 all-time live jazz recordings. A popular site that doesn't do much jazz listed it as a top 20 all-timer regardless of genre. If not for seeing that, and seeing the Kinda Blue love here, I would have waited.
The first great quintet that did KoB, fell apart shortly thereafter. So Miles formed the second great quintet, again tapping very young relatively unknowns as he did with Trane. Drummer Tony Williams was 18 and assumed a creative leadership role for these sessions. His idea was to "flip" what they had been doing on tour. Fast parts slow, slow parts fast, open it up more to feature Miles, not them, etc. Relatively unknowns in their early 20s, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter were in.
Miles was kicking, unwell, and wanted to cancel the Plugged Nickel dates. The combination of his younguns enthusiasm (for him) and CBS bringing in the recording equipment convinced him to get well and play. Tbh, it isn't a top 5 Miles album for me (if I was doing studio recordings), but it's great, it's live, it's huge, and it's on the island.
Consider the Jazz on the playlist intermission music. :)

Agitation (inspired scores of chosen artists)

Round Midnight 

maybe sacrilege but i love shorter not competing with miles the way trane and cannonball did
 

 
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Abrantes said:
Any of y'all who put together a list (or those who didn't) find yourselves looking at it and thinking "y'know, I could actually actually go for 40+ rounds"? Just me?  :ph34r:

:stirspot:
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I mean, I could keep going.  Like somebody else said, I am going to probably picking albums more for a few songs and less because they are complete albums like I have been doing. 

 
Didn't add likes knowing I didn't need to snipe hunt, but three hat tips to @wikkidpissah.

He turned me onto that Cuban pick many many years ago after I had praised a certain sax player in a jazz discussion here.

His Disco Biscuits Orch Theme is ear candy... more great intermission music.

Karajan as his choice of conductor. The argument will never end, but god bless you.

 
timschochet said:
Round 12 Jesus Christ Superstar- Original Soundtrack (1970) 

“Herod’s Song” 

“Gethesmane” 
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Is this the first musical score taken? I have a couple I am eyeing. 

Northern Voice said:
13.09 - The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
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I have been wondering for about 7 rounds when this was going to go. I thought about it several times but I just don't quite love it enough but thus value is crazy good. I think it went in the first 5 rounds in the original DI draft. 

 
Chaos Commish said:
Michael Hedges Live on the Double Planet 1987

If there were 20 of us doing 20 rounds a studio recording by Michael Hedges would come with me. So his only availabe live album does now. Just a guy with a guitar.

Ready or Not

The Funky Avacado (mocks the stone a little)

(recommend his versions of watchtower, come together, btw, prolly should have went with them)
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Whoa. I was a big big hedges fan back innaday. Got me through a bad breakup. Saw him play a bunch (he was local)...really happy to see this get picked.

 
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