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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)

KarmaPolice said:
@otb_lifer - could you do a quick scan if we missed the last few rounds of yours?  Just shoot me a PM and I can scan and add all of our missing picks to the playlist.  
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the lurvely Krista done caught me all up through these last tow picks of mine - good lookin' out, tho - appreciate all your assistance throughout!

 
KarmaPolice said:
LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING IN THE MIX OF GETTING ANOTHER DRAFTER'S ISLAND ASSIGNED TO YOU FOR SOME SEXY, I MEAN ALBUM EXPLORING.  

So far I have written down:

KA

Buffaloes

N.V.

Krista

Dr. Octopus.  

IIronicallydon'tlov80s

Raging Weasel

mac 32

Long Ball Larry

Yo Mama

Shuke

Tasker

Eephus

Abrantes

Mrs. R

mphtrilogy
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Looks like we are at 16.    Maybe let the dust settle, finalize picks, see if others want to join, and then I randomize stuff on Thursday night? 

 
Just finished my 2nd listen of Sound and Fury, this time on a speaker and not my phone.

Really like the instramental opening that leads into Remember to Breathe which is also a great track.  8/10

Sing Along. /. A Good Look - solid but not spectacular 6/10

Make Art not Friends- a quiet rocker with some interesting electronic effects. 7/10

Best Clockmaker on Mars- another rocker and 1 of my favs. Reminds me of something Clutch would do. 8/10

All Said and Done- the closest thing to country on this album but more a bluesy ballad.  Like this alot too 8/10

Last Man Standing- short throw away rocker that's really the only bad song here. 5/10

Mercury in Retrograde- another slower song in the country/rock mix. It kind of reminds me of Jimmy Buffet for some reason. 7/10

Fastest Horse in Town- another great song with a rock/blues sound. About 2x longer than anything else on the album but I like it alot and it's a great closer  8/10

This is only the 2nd "country" album I've ever listened to on purpose and glad I did. Even the lows are above average and it has a cool unique sound 7.5/10

Long White Line started up as I'm writing this and that's way to country for me or probably KP.

 
46.28

JEMINI THE GIFTED ONE & DANGER MOUSE - GHETTO POP LIFE

(2003)

Omega Supreme

Bush Boys

Been sorta circling this one for a while, as it was always an album that I found intriguing for its production and lyricism.  Was always confused why Jemini never did anything else.  Finally googled it today, where they claim to have "solved it" though frankly I am more confused than ever.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140808202445/http://www.boombapbox.com/news/whatever-happened-to-jemini-solved/

The Hip Hop artist Jemini aka Jemini The Gifted One aka Jemini The Funk Soul Sensation, is indisputably one of Hip Hop’s greatest talents. He released singles and an EP throughout the 90s, however his big entrance came in 2003 when he teamed up with super-producer DangerMouse, note, this was before DangerMouse would attain worldwide stardom as one half of Gnarls Barkley together with Cee-Lo Green. The album ‘Ghetto Pop Life’ was released via Lex Records and featured J-Zone, Prince Po, The Alkaholiks and others.

Aside from the unique style, awesome production and cohesiveness of this project, one of the most fascinating aspects is that what from a first glance would be just another dope underground Hip Hop LP (not easy in itself of course), managed to grab the ear and attention of the english and international media’s upper echelon, the success was groundbreaking. So what happened next ?

Well… nothing. Or so it would first seem, for Jemini at least. Whilst we saw DangerMouse go onto release his acclaimed ‘Grey Album’ mix, then slowly take over the music world with Cee-Lo, we heard nothing from Jemini. It was confusing, Jemini had a style like no one else, the album was a hit, the fanbase was solid, but over 10 years would go by with one question on every fans mind, where is Jemini ?

Accordingly, those who were close to Jemini were probably aware, but for us distant fans scattered around the globe, we had no idea. So let’s stop dithering and get to the point, we recently came across a YouTube video that was uploaded in November 2013 and the time of writing has 81 views and simply titled ‘Big City’. Why ? Jemini has changed his name, we and pretty much nobody one else it would seem had any idea. The video reveals that Jemini for one reason or another landed himself up in prison sometime after the release of ‘Ghetto Pop Life’, this can probably explain the Jemini silence.

So to clarify, Jemini is now going by the name ‘Big City’.

We then learn something interesting, Jemini or Big City is currently shopping around a documentary film entitled ‘Mice & Men’, the story and making of ‘Ghetto Pop Life’ to be released soon !? If true it would be a long-awaited treat for DM & Jemini fans, but will it happen ? For those who may recall it was some years ago now we heard that Jemini was planning to release a similar documentary entitled ‘Memoirs Of An MC’, the film was never released. We can only hope this one is.

So what now ? Well, a possible release of ‘Mice & Men’, talks of new music and more. Does a change of name mean a change of style ? DangerMouse reunion ? New LP ?
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We got Reagan and Bush and then Reagan and Bush
And then Bush and then Clinton, then Clinton then Bush again

The world don't want it, but the Boys gon' bring it
It's a new world order, let the background sing it

I can see you and your crew, 'cause I see through the fact
That ya hide behind red, white and blue
We don't know the whole story or lie, so before we all die
I hope Congress choke on Old Glory

They hopin' we give up our liberty voluntarily (yeah, not me)
And the #### is scarin' me

They want our sons and our daughters to cross all the borders
And go across waters and fight in a war that leaves innocent people all slaughtered
Their bodies all scattered on sand and the rocks
But they can't find out who killed Biggie and Tupac?

Stop
Hammertime

Y'all got us watchin' bin Laden, Saddam
But y'all the only ones who be committin' all the crimes
Y'all the only ones who got they fingers on the bomb
A lotta people don't see it so I had to drop a dime
So I had to talk about it in a rhyme
A brother had to come and say what's on his mind

 
Alright, I have the day off so I was going to try to tackle a couple of these albums.  Been trying to work out a tad more because I am feeling my age, so I popped on the Greta Van Fleet album while I biked this morning.  Mostly because it looked the shortest.  LOL.  

GRETA VAN FLEET - FROM THE FIRES (2017)

Cover:  Again, I dig the cover.   Seem like once again evoking a little bit of some occult/metal imagery.  

Album:   Yeah, yeah - I get the grumbles about it being a Zep cover band.  In the end, I usually don't care about that and just care if I like the music or not.  I mean, what would we have left if we didn't listen to anything that took the sound from other artists?  I see the voice comparisons, but for me they definitely get in enough Skynrd/Black Crowes type sound that takes them away from being a full on Zep comparison to me.   Ironically, one of my least favorite songs on the album was Flower Power, and for me that was the closest Zep song they had on there - it sounded like something from LZ III/LZ IV era maybe?    Besides that, I really liked pretty much everything else on here and thought the album (I guess EP?) was a damn good way to start the day.    Songs 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 were all top notch rockers.   It shouldn't surprise me that 2 were covers because they did seem to stick out a bit from the rest of the song and didn't fit quite as well - still liked all of them though.   

I am probably going to try something similar to my movie ratings which would put this as something like a 7 or 8/10.   An 8 out 10 would be in the "best of the year" category, and I am not sure what else came out around then and if it would land on there.   Like I said before, this is one of my favorite things I was introduced to so far in this draft.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
one of my least favorite songs on the album was Flower Power, and for me that was the closest Zep song they had on there
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That's probably my least favorite on the EP as well. It isn't an outright skip, but I don't seem to pay attention when it comes on. The opener, Safari, was by far their best one to experience in concert. And I'm in lockstep with 4 of your 5 high points - I don't lump Talk On The Street (7) in with the others, but those are the top tiers. And what got me into them in the first place. Glad you enjoyed it  :headbang:

 
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MAC_32 said:
That's probably my least favorite on the EP as well. It isn't an outright skip, but I don't seem to pay attention when it comes on. The opener, Safari, was by far their best one to experience in concert. And I'm in lockstep with 4 of your 5 high points - I don't lump Talk On The Street (7) in with the others, but those are the top tiers. And what got me into them in the first place. Glad you enjoyed it  :headbang:
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We are basically in sync with this.  I think 7 is "worst" of the 5, but I just lumped those 5 together because they were a bit above the others.  

Listening to Incubus now..  

 
Steve Tasker said:
In all seriousness, this is possibly my favorite video game song of all-time.  Easily top 5, if not #1.  Star Light Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 1, Fountain of Dreams theme from Super Smash Brothers Melee, Delfino Plaza theme from Super Mario Sunshine, a smattering of tracks off of Super Mario World
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Going back to this earlier post just to note that being super into video games all my life, I wish I could've gotten some game music on my island. Alas, it's not something we typically consume in album format, but there are so many game songs that bring me joy or move me immediately when I hear them. There were multiple game drafts in the FFA, but I don't know if there was ever a game music one. I'll try to come up with a list of some of my favorites, though mine'll be pretty different from Tasker's 'cause I wasn't a Nintendo kid.

:nerd:

 
I can't decide on this last pick. I'm ready to go 5 more rounds... I guess I'll go with this monster of an album from last year and hope her neverending social media stuff doesn't make me deeply regret it.  The album itself is chock full of stunners.

50.32 Lana Del Rey - Norman ####### Rockwell! (2019)

1. Norman ####### Rockwell
2. Mariners Apartment Complex
3. Venice #####
4. F**k it I love you
5. Doin' Time
6. Love song
7. Cinnamon Girl
8. How to disappear
9. California
10. The Next Best American Record
11. The greatest
12. Bartender
13. Happiness is a butterfly
14. Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it

 
Final Island Haul:

  • Neil Young    -    Harvest    1971
  • Queen    -      Sheer Heart Attack   1974
  • Bruce Springsteen    -    Born to Run    1975
  • The Ramones    -    The Ramones    1976
  • David Bowie    -    Low    1977
  • Iggy Pop    -    Lust For Life    1977
  •  
  • Talking Heads    -    Remain in Light    1980
  • INXS    -    Shabooh Shoobah    1982
  • Janet Jackson    -    Rhythm Nation 1814    1986
  • Pet Shop Boys    -     actually.   1987
  • The Traveling Wilburys   Vol 1    1988
  • Nine Inch Nails    -    Pretty Hate Machine    1989
  •  
  • The La's     -      The La's   1990
  • U2    -    Achtung Baby    1991
  • Pearl Jam    -    Ten    1991
  • Pulp     -      His 'n' Hers    1994
  • Suede   -    Dog Man Star  1994
  • The Smashing Pumpkins    -     Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness   1995
  • Alanis Morissette     -    Jagged Little Pill   1995
  • Sloan     -      One Chord to Another   1996
  • The Tragically Hip    -    Live Between Us    1997
  • Dixie Chicks    -    Fly    1999
  • Matthew Good Band    -     Beautiful Midnight  1999
  •  
  • The Strokes    -    Is This It?    2001
  • Spoon    -    Kill The Moonlight     2002
  • The New Pornographers    -    Electric Version  2003
  • The Killers    -    Hot Fuss    2004
  • Arcade Fire    -    Funeral    2004
  • Franz Ferdinand    -    Franz Ferdinand    2004
  • Modest Mouse    -    Good News for People Who Love Bad News    2004
  • The Streets   -    A Grand Don't Come For Free   2004
  • LCD Soundsystem    -    LCD Soundsystem    2005
  • The National     -     Alligator  2005
  • The Hold Steady    -    Boys and Girls in America    2006
  • My Chemical Romance    -   The Black Parade   2006
  • Rihanna   -    Good Girl Gone Bad  2007
  • Frightened Rabbit    -    The Midnight Organ Fight    2008
  • Arkells    -    Jackson Square    2008
  • Elbow    -    The Seldom Seen Kid    2008
  • Metric    -    Fantasies   2009
  •  
  • Robyn    -    Body Talk  2010
  • Tokyo Police Club     -    Champ    2010
  • Arctic Monkeys    -    AM    2013
  • Lorde    -    Pure Herione    2013
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage      -       Mended With Gold   2014
  • Taylor Swift    -    1989     2014
  • Courtney Barnett    -    Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit    2015
  • PUP    -    The Dream is Over    2016
  • Charly Bliss     -     Young Enough  2019
  • Lana Del Rey    -     Norman ####### Rockwell! 2019
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1970s - 6

1980s - 6

1990s - 11

2000s - 17

2010s - 10

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USA 21.5

UK 12.5

CAN 12

AUS 1

NZ 1

BAR 1

SWE 1

 
KarmaPolice said:
Couple more random questions:

1.  Did you let the fact that this is going onto a playlist effect your draft at all?   

I was thinking about this as I stare at metal albums, that I don't think people will like at all, so I skipped over them.  

2.  Those who drafted live albums - and be honest now - what % was preferring those versions of the songs to the albums and what % was a "more bang for your buck" approach?  

If there were decent full Radiohead concerts on Spotify, I would have gone that route because like I've said before - I prefer the sound of songs from KidA especially in the live form.   There have been a couple live songs pop up that I thought sounded kind of bad, so that got me thinking about this as well.  
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1. I scaled way back on jazz records and song lengths once i saw the effect on shuffles. I took the desert island aspect very seriously, so there are no records in my stash for the purposes of impressizing or edumecating anyone. If the artist was obscure or old, i skewed my playlist songs slightly to give novices the fullest possible picture of what they were about.

2. I took a few live albums, but never to dogpile hits and was disappointed by the amount of that which went on. I took Peter Gabriel Plays Live because it is where his post-Genesis sound came together (using what he calls "electronic skiffle" to bring world rhythms and ambient sounds into his mixes) and influenced the making of all subsequent albums; Joni Mitchell's Shadows & Light because her band (Metheny, Pastorius, Mays, Brecker Elias) was so amazing for a chickie folksinger; Tom Waits' Nighthawks at the Diner because it was from a phase where his patter was as much a part of the performance as the songs; and Genesis Live, because my very first exposure to them happened to be at their first-ever American concert and the set lists were similar. U2's Under a Blood Red Sky was a small cheat but also iconic on its own

 
my haul

  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook 1956
  • Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin' Lovers! 1956
  • Bill Evans Sunday At The Village Vanguard 1961
  • The Beatles Beatles for Sale 1964
  • The Rolling Stones Out Of Our Heads1965
  • John Mayall With Eric Clapton Blues Breakers1966
  • Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline1969
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy And The Poor Boys1969
  • The Doors Morrison Hotel1970
  • David Bowie Alladin Sane1973
  • The Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters1973
  • Richard and Linda Thompson I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight1974
  • Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 741974
  • The Runaways The Runaways1976
  • Warren Zevon Warren Zevon1976
  • Ramones Rocket to Russia1977
  • Billy Joel 52nd Street1978
  • Elvis Costello Armed Forces1979
  • Joe Jackson Look Sharp!1979
  • Nick Lowe Labour of Lus1979
  • Pretenders Pretenders1979
  • The B-52's The B-52's1979
  • Rockpile Seconds of Pleasure1980
  • Donald Fagan The Nightfly1982
  • Huey Lewis And The News Sports1983
  • Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues1983
  • Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A.1984
  • John Hiatt Bring The Family1987
  • Julian Cope Saint Julian1987
  • The Proclaimers Sunshine On Leith1988
  • Tracy Chapman Tracey Chapman1988
  • Indigo Girls Indigo Girls1989
  • Luka Bloom The Acoustic Motorbike1991
  • Matthew Sweet Girlfriend1991
  • Richard Thompson Rumor & Sigh1991
  • Darden Smith ‎Little Victories1993
  • Eva Cassidy Songbird1998
  • John Mayer ‎Room For Squares2001
  • Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers2003
  • Keane Hopes and Fears2004
  • Ray Lamontagne Trouble2004
  • Brandi Carlile Brandi Carlile ‎2005
  • Snow Patrol Eyes Open2006
  • Ben Howard Every Kingdom2011
  • Atlas Genius When it Was Now2013
  • Dawes Stories Don't End2013
  • Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour2018
  • Jimi Hendrix ‎Songs For Groovy Children (The Fillmore East Concerts)2019
  • Linda Ronstadt Live In Hollywood2019
  • Maggie Rogers Heard it in a Past Life2019
1950s  - 2

1960s - 6

1970s - 14

1980s - 10

1990s - 5

2000s - 6

2010s - 7

 
50.35 Handel, Suites for Keyboard, Keith Jarrett

I was going to make my last pick what i consider the greatest musical achievement of my lifetime - Sondheim's score of Sweeney Todd - but i was deeply moved by Bonnie Pointer's death and decided to take the revelation that was the Pointer Sisters jazzy, snazzy first album as my last popular record and the mix is better for it.

So i'm down to a boring piano sonata record as my capper. No matter all the rockin' i done, i will always have a greater orientation toward keyboard-written songs over guitar-written. They usually seem more clever, intricate and finished. So i complete my Desert Island stash with our greatest living jazz pianist doing excellent service upon the work of a classical master.

Besides Sweeney Todd, my hardest leave-offs were Procol Harum's Broken Barricades, Gato Barbieri's Last Tango in Paris, Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething, Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On, Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's Winter in America and Sufjan Stevens' Age of Adz

Thank you to everyone that made this possible, fuller, easier. When are we doing songs?

 
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My island, in chronological order:

-John Coltrane, Blue Train (1958)
-Howlin’ Wolf, Moanin’ in the Moonlight (1959)
-Sam Cooke, Live at the Harlem Square Club (1963)
-Miles Davis, Live 1964 (1965)
-The Sonics, !!!Here Are The Sonics!!! (1965)
-Novos Baianos, Acabou Chorare (1972)
-Clube da Esquina (1972)
-David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
-Elis Regina e Tom Jobim, Elis & Tom (1974)
-Keith Jarrett, Köln Concert (1975)
-Cartola, Cartola II (1976)
-John Williams, A New Hope (1977)
-The Jam, All Mod Cons (1978)
-Elvis Costello, This Year’s Model (1978)
-Gang of Four, Entertainment (1979)
-New Order, Low-Life (1985)
-Tom Waits, Rain Dogs (1985)
-Kate Bush, Hounds of Love (1985)
-Legião Urbana, Dois (1986)
-Joy Division, Substance (1988)
-Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
-Primal Scream, Screamadelica (1991)
-The Wu, 36 Chambers (1993)
-Pulp, Different Class (1995)
-REM, New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
-Spiritualized, L&G We Are Floating in Space (1997)
-Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Blackstar (1998)
-Boards of Canada, Music Has The Right to Children (1998)
-American Football, s/t (1999)
-Beck, Midnite Vultures (1999)
-Sigur Rós, Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
-The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin (1999)
-The Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I (1999)
-Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (1999)
-New Pornographers, Mass Romantic (2000)
-The Avalanches, Since I Left You (2000)
-The Wrens, Meadowlands (2003)
-The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
-Exploding Hearts, Guitar Romantic (2003)
-The Decemberists, Picaresque (2004)
-The Futureheads, s/t (2004)
-Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
-Broken Social Scene, s/t (2005)
-Islands, Return to the Sea (2006)
-TVOTR, Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
-Iron & Wine, Shepherd’s Dog (2007)
-Panda Bear, Person Pitch (2007)
-Handsome Furs, Sound Kapital (2011)
-Alvvays, Antisocialites (2017)
-Helado Negro, This is How You Smile (2019)

50s: 2
60s: 3
70s: 10
80s: 5
90s: 14
00s: 13
10s: 3

Decade tallies are fairly accurate. Might've gone a bit heavier on '50s/'60s if I'd leaned on the jazz. My new music listening dropped off a cliff in the early '10s, but these drafts help immensely in catching me up.

 

 
KarmaPolice said:
@krista4 and @zamboni 

Just so you know, there isn't pressure to do elaborate 1 page write ups either, but I fully understand the chaos of normal life.  

Also, if we like this we could do a couple shuffling of names, so maybe a later one will work.  
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Thanks, GB.

Part of the issue is finding the time to sit down and listen to a full album, and then documenting. But maybe I'll jump in on a later one, as you say.

 
Considering I started in the 21st round I'm pretty happy with my selections

Beatles- Please,Please Me(1963)

Santana- Santana(1969)

Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath(1970)

Aerosmith- Aerosmith(1973)

John Lennon- Walls and Bridges(1974)

Kiss- Alive!(1975)

Bob Seger- Night Moves(1976)

AC/DC- High Voltage(1976)

Rolling Stones- Black and Blue(1976)

Led Zeppelin- Prescence(1976)

Heart- Little Queen(1977)

REO Speedwagon- You Get What You Play For(1977)

Judas Priest- Stained Class(1978)

Van Halen- Women and Children First(1980)

Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell(1980)

Stevie Ray Vaughn-Texas Flood(1983)

Iron Maiden- Live After Death(1985)

Alice in Chains- Facelift(1990)

Tragically Hip- Road Apples(1991)

Guns and Roses-Use Your Illusion2-(1991)

Metallica-Live ####(1993)

Hole- Live Through This(1994)

C.O.C.- Deliverence(1994)

Monster Magnet- Dopes to Infinity(1995)

PJ Harvey- To Bring You My Love(1995)

Rage Against the Machine- Renegades(2000)

Incubus- Morning View(2001)

Clutch- Pitchforks and Needles(2005)

Tedeschi Trucks Band- Everybody's Talkin'(2012)

60's-2

70's- 11

80's- 4

90's- 8

2000+- 4

 
Howard Tate - Get It While You Can (1967)

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (1968)

Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay (1968)

The Kinks - Arthur or The Decline and Fall of The British Empire (1969)

Love - Four Sail (1969)

The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)

John Prine - John Prine (1971)

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)

T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971)

Al Green - Gets Next To You (1971)

Can - Tago Mago (1971)

Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story (1971)

J.J. Cale - Naturally (1971)

The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (1971)

Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)

Harry Nilsson - Son of Schmilsson (1972)

Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1972)

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)

The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 (1973)

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)

Bill Withers - +'Justments (1974)

Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (1988)

Masters of Reality - Sunrise on the Sufferbus (1992)

Morphine  -Cure for Pain (1993)

The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)

Belly - Star (1993)

Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros (1993)

Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1994)

Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (1994)

Veruca Salt - American Thighs (1994)

Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)

Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut (1995)

Pearl Jam - No Code (1996)

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - Live from Mars (2001)

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

Doves - The Last Broadcast (2002)

Martin Sexton - Live Wide Open (2002)

Califone - Quicksand/Cradlesnakes (2003)

Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)

Bob Dylan - No Direction Home - The Soundtrack (2005)

The Black Angels - Passover (2006)

Lucero - 1372 Overton Park (2009)

White Denim - D (2011)

Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)

Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013)

Colter Wall - Colter Wall (2017)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)

Khruangbin - Live at Lincoln Hall (2018)

Tyler Childers - Live on Red Barn Radio I & II (2018)

60s - 5

70s - 17

80s - 1

90s - 11

00s - 9

10s - 7

 
wikkid haul: 

classical (10): Beethoven's 9th, Bach's Art of Fugue & Cello Suites (my only double up), Debussy/Ravel String Quartets, Schubert String Quintet, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, keyboard suites by Chopin, DScarlatti, ESatie & GHandel

jazz (3): MDavis, Kind of Blue. The Essential Django Reinhardt, Bill Evans - Alone

1960s (4): JHendrix, Are You Experienced; Dr. John - GRIS-gris; It's a Beautiful Day; Rolling Stones - Aftermath

1970s (18): SWonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale; Little Feat - Dixie Chicken; JMitchell - Shadows & Light; Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame; The Yes Album;  TWaits - Nighthawks; Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick; Santana - Abraxas; Earth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude; The Allman Brothers Band; Laura Nyro & LaBelle - Gonna Take a Miracle; BRaitt - Give It Up; EL&P - Brain Salad Surgery; Rickie Lee Jones; Genesis Live; EMcIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel; Aretha - Hey Now Hey; The Pointer Sisters

1980s (9): Prince - 1999; Peter Gabriel Plays Live; XTC - Skylarking; U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky; ECostello - Punch the Clock; Steely Dan - Gaucho; The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta; BBrown - Don't Be Cruel; Was Not Was - What Up Dog?

1990s (3): Bjork - Homogenic; Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose; Stone Temple Pilots - No 4;

2000s (uno): Plant & Krauss - Raising Sand;

2010s (dos): AWinehouse - Back to Black; Radiohead - Moon-shaped Pool

ETA: probably lead the league in 70s (18) and female artists (9) and least 21st C albums (tres). and classical...

 
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My Island:

1.31-Prince-Purple Rain1984

2.10-The Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed1969

3.31-Sturgill Simpson-Metamodern Sounds in Country Music2014

4.10-Spoon-Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga2007

5.31-Tame Impala-Currents2015

6.10-The Black Keys-Brothers2010

7.31-Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory1970

8.10The Cure-Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me1987

9.31-Anderson Paak-Malibu2016

10.10-Sheryl Crow-The Globe Sessions1998

1131-Chris Stapleton-Traveller2015

12.10-Paul McCartney-Tripping the Live Fantastic1990

13.31-INXS-Listen Like Thieves1985

14.10-The Sundays-Reading, Writing & Arithmetic1990

1531-Ben Folds-Rockin' The Suburbs2001

16.10-Leon Bridges-Good Thing2018

17.31-Foster the People-Torches2011

18.10-CHVRCHES-Every Open Eye2015

19.31-Cake-Fashion Nugget1996

20.10-Al Green-I'm Still in Love with You1972

21.31-Crowded House-Woodface1991

22.10-Borns-Dopamine2010

23.31-Lake Street Dive-Bad Self Portraits2014

24.10-Guster-Guster On Ice2004

25.31-Beck-Colors2017

26.10-Prince-Parade (Music from Under the Cherry Moon)1986

27.31-Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit-Live At The Twist And Shout2008

28.10-Michael Kiwanuka-Love & Hate2016

29.31-Death Cab For Cutie-Narrow Stairs2008

30.10-Queen-Jazz1978

31.31-Prince-Prince1979

32.10-The Police-Outlandos d'Amour1978

33.31-Bob Seger-Nine Tonight1981

34.10-Ben Folds Five-Live2013

35.31-Crowded House-Temple Of Low Men1988

36.10-Howard Jones-Dream Into Action1985

37.31-Steve Winwood-Steve Winwood1997

38.10-Steve Winwood-Arc Of A Diver1980

39.31-Madonna-Madonna1983

40.10-Pet Shop Boys-Please1986

41.31-Lake Street Dive-Free Yourself Up2018

42.10-Eagles-The Long Run1979

43.31-The Teskey Brothers-Half Mile Harvest2018

44.10-Glass Animals-How To Be A Human Being2016

45.31-TV On The Radio-Seeds2014

46.10-The 1975-I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It2016

47.31-Otis Redding-Live in London and Paris1967

48.10-Led Zeppelin-How The West Was Won1972

49.31-The Outfield-Play Deep1985

50.10-Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live 1976

 
50.18 - Blue Light 'til Dawn - Cassandra Wilson (1993)

Had a tough time deciding whether to go with Jazz, R&B or Pop with my last pick so I hedged with an artist who can cover all three.  Her voice feels like a warm breeze.

I Can't Stand the Rain

Children of the Night

Thanks to everybody who made this draft happen.  I enjoyed the music and camaraderie in equal parts.

 
Pretty happy with this. There are only 2 albums that I really wanted, that I thought I would get, that were sniped. (Specials and Oasis). Probably the only drafter with nothing from the 1970s.

50s - 0

60s - 2

70s - 0

80s - 12

90s - 22

00s - 2

10s - 12

Dion-Runaround Sue-1961

The Doors-The Doors-1967

The Specials-More Specials-1980

The Stranglers-La folie-1981

Violent Femmes-Violent Femmes-1983

Cyndi Lauper-She's So Unusual-1983

Billy idol-Billy Idol-1983

Guns 'n Roses-Appetite for Destruction-1987

INXS-Kick-1987

Fleetwood Mac-Tango in the Night-1987

The Smiths-Louder Than Bombs-1987

Easy-E-Easy-Duz-It-1988

The Primitives-Lovely-1988

The Dead Milkmen-Beelzebubba-1988

Various Artists-Pump Up The Volume Soundtrack-1990

Morrissey-Bona Drag-1990

Nirvana-Nevermind-1991

Pixies-Trompe le Monde-1991

Operation Ivy-Operation Ivy-1991

Primus-Sailing the Seas of Cheese-1991

Screeching Weasel-My Brain Hurts-1991

Violent Femmes-Why Do Birds Sing?-1991

Cracker-Cracker-1992

Green Day-Kerplunk!-1992

Madness-Madstock-1992

Mazzy Star-So Tonight That I May See-1993

Hepcat-Out of Nowhere-1993

Snoop Dogg-Doggystyle-1993

Blur-Parklife-1994

Supergrass-I Should Coco-1995

Garbage-Garbage-1995

Mase-Harlem World-1997

Puff Daddy & The Family-No Way Out-1997

Garbage-Version 2.0-1998

Blink-182-Enema of the State-1999

Dr. Dre-2001-1999

Eminem-The Eminem Show-2002

Depeche Mode-Playing the Angel-2005

Novo Piano-Maxence Cyrin-2010

AWOLNATION-Megalithic Symphony-2011

2 Cellos-2 Cellos-2011

Monsters And Men-My Head Is An Animal-2011

AWOLNATION-Run-2015

July Talk-July Talk-2015

K.Flay-Every Where Is Some Where-2017

Imagine Dragons-Evolve-2017

Foster the People-Sacred Hearts Club-2017

Various Artists-Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Soundtrack-2018

Houses & Dawn Golden-Drugstore Heaven-2018

Ramin Djawadi-Westworld Season 2-2018

 
Round 48 - Enter The Haggis, Casualties of Retail (2005)

Another Round

Gasoline

Because I needed one more batch of Irish in my catalog.

Round 49 - OAR, The Wanderer (1997)

That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker

About Mr. Brown

I had a very difficult time with this one because my favorite OAR song is on the follow-up and as much as I enjoy them live three of their weakest cuts on their live album are that song and the two above. So I'm reluctantly going with their debut in the studio. And for those that are only familiar with major label OAR, I share your disdain for them. I've chosen to only remember them for their indie label days.

Round 50 - Stone Temple Pilots, Core (1992) - super deluxe edition

Sex Type Thing - swing version, this is why it must be the super deluxe version. I can take or leave the studio version. But I LOVE this rendition of it.

Crackerman, my favorite of theirs live

I was torn between this and Candlebox, so thank you @Yo Mama for making that decision for me. 

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Honorable Mention: Local H - As Good As Dead, Sevendust - Animosity, and something by a Corey Taylor group. Painful going to the islands without any, but every single one of his pieces of work just has too many skips.

 
If someone from the peanut gallery would please add those 3 as well as Elton - Tiny Dancer and Levon (Madman Across The Water) and Rise Against - Re Eductation Through Labor and Savior (Appeal to Reason) it'd be greatly appreciated.

 
Mrs. Rannous said:
On 6/8/2020 at 9:12 AM, Charlie Steiner said:
Revenge - Bill Cosby (1967)

His Saturday morning cartoon show in the 70s was a great source of joy for me, as well as his greatest hits album, which I would have chosen instead if we were so allowed. What he did to end up in jail was wrong, and all I will say is that he was a product of the time and my feelings about his comedic legacy haven't changed.
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is this rd 48 pick?

 
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