Johnny A. - Sometime Tuesday Morning
Gong Expresso - Decadence
Tool - 10,000 Days
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite
Chris Difford - I Didn’t Get Where I Am
Chris Whitley - Living with the Law
David Crosby - Here If You Listen
Donald Fagen - Nightfly
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Guthrie Trapp - Pick Peace
James Taylor - October Road
Jimmy Webb - Just Across the River
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
Lyle Mays - Street Dreams
Marc Cohn - Listening Booth 1970
Michael Landau Group - Live
Ray Obiedo - Perfect Crime
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
The John Scofield Band - Überjam
The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
Traut & Rodby - The Duo Life
I’ll star the first 2 as I suspect they may be unfamiliar. First track on each album would be a fine introduction.
Animals – Pink Floyd
Blues In Orbit – Duke Ellington
The Delta Sweete – Bobbie Gentry
Expensive Schiit – Fela Kuti
Felt Mountain – Goldfrapp
Future Days – Can
In A Silent Way – Miles Davis
Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
Led Zeppelin II – Led Zeppelin
Let It Bleed – Rolling Stones
Low - David Bowie
Metal Box – Public Image Ltd
Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin
Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order
The Return Of The Durutti Column – The Durutti Column
Scott 3 – Scott Walker
Sextet – A Certain Ratio
Station To Station – David Bowie
Tago Mago – Can
Technique – New Order
There’s A Riot Goin’ On – Sly & The Family Stone
Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk
Ummagumma – Pink Floyd
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
White Album - The Beatles
I cannot see how I can edit a post, so what I shall do is to copy my original post, then delete the original post and then repost it with a starred album.
Another idea maybe, taken from the original Desert Island Discs format: how about highlighting the one album which you’d rescue from a flood, I.e. that one album that you’d not like to live without.
This is a re-submission of my original list, still in no particular order, but now with one album starred as my personal recommendation of an album to listen to if you listen to none of the others. Also in brackets is a suggested taster track should you not wish to listen to the entire album. I am hoping that others will do the same, as I would love to try out some of your suggestions.
Richard Thompson - Celtschmertz
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Boulpic - Konpa Lakay
Hazmat Modine - Cicada
Trombone Shorty - Backatown
John Martyn - Solid Air
Loudon Wainwright III - Career Moves
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
*Moishes Bagel - Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine (Timgad – suggested taster track. Note: this album is not available on Tidal although other excellent M B albums are, perhaps try the album “Salt”. Also, the Brodick Quartet have an excellent cover of Timgad on YouTube that is well worth a listen).
Led Zeppelin - IV
Yes - Yessongs
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - In The Heart of The Moon
C. W Stoneking - Jungle Blues
Oliver Mtukudzi - Paivepo
Rebirth Brass Band - Feel Like Funkin’ It Up
Orchestra Baobab - Specialist In All Styles
The Who - Who’s Next
Pepe Habichuela & Dave Holland - Hands
Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes of Rita
Weather Report - Live in Tokyo
Midnight in Mali
Devon Sproule - Keep Your Silver Signed
Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire (But only because of the time of year & track Christmas in Paradise). O/w
change to - Mercy Now
Taffetas - Taffetas
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live at the Fillmore East
Not sorted & no particular order. Not starring any as I think most people will know them.
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
The Blue Nile - Hats
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
U2 - Joshua Tree
OMD - Architecture & Morality
Human League - Dare
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
ELO - Out of the Blue
Roxy Music - Avalon
Black - Wonderful Life
Frazier Chorus - Sue
10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man’s Zoo
Visage - Visage
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Yello - Stella
Soul to Soul - Club Classics Vol. One
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
The Beloved - Conscience
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Kraftwerk - Tour de France
New Order - Technique
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
Led Zeppelin - IV
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Depeche Mode - Ultra
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Radiohead - Kid A
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Tingvall Trio - Norr
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Tomte - Buchstaben über der Stadt
Tord Gustavson Trio - The Ground
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Nighthawks - As The Sun Sets
Beatsteaks - Living Targets
Die Fantastischen Vier - Fornika
London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
Air - Moon Safari
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Lucky Jim - All the King’s Horses
David Bowie - “Heroes”
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
R.E.M. - Monster
Today’s top 25 - in no particular order, just as they came to mind.
I cheated a bit by lifting ten from my post in the Desert Island Discs thread.
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Amy Winehouse - Amy OST
Amy Winehouse - At the BBC
Julia Fordham - Falling Forwards
Mozart - Requiem /AAM, Hogwood
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (original version)
Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs / Norman
Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Close to the Edge
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Pat Metheny Group - Offramp
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Ornette Coleman Trio - Live at the Golden Circle, Stockholm (vols. 1&2)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Caravan - Cunning Stunts
The Who - Who’s Next
Emily Remler - Firefly
Mal Waldron - The Quest
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious in Action
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
And if I had to rescue just one from a burning building, today it would be the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
I am not doing a list at the moment - i just want to freak everybody out by saying
it would start with the first 7 Albums by the Moody Blues - who did not get on to any ones list.
