3 albums

Washington Irving · 01-03-2012 11:02PM

Gorillaz - Demon Days Just love the album, it has no weak tracks imo. Would kinda suit the mood
Archiméde - Trafalgar Happy, optimistic album.
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not One of my favourite albums of all time, couldn't leave it out

Could have had any Bowie or Beatles album in there. The Doors, The La's, MGMT, Small Faces and Wire around there too

sweetie · 22-03-2012 11:35AM

Wilco - Being there - still my favourite album ever and with such a long album, no filler and lots of different styles. Best gig ever too (Whelans)

Radiohead - the bends - just reminds me of my college years and buying the NME every week and Select magazine but could easily have chosen sfa, boo radleys, massive attack, supergrass, oasis, verve, teenage fanclub etc

REM - automatic for the people - one of the first albums that made me fall in love with music. A close call with this and nevermind

Honorable mentions: Odelay and Ill communication - taught me that great music didnt have to be all guitars.

JerryHandbag · 22-03-2012 12:42PM

I'd have to go with 3 albums that go from loud, not so loud, to quiet.

Loud - Primal Scream "XTRMNTR", fantastic album with plenty of loud guitars, Accelerator and Shoot Speed/Kill Light in particular, and the usual electronic and acid jazz/house influences throughout.

Not so loud - Smashing Pumpkins "Adore", definitely the most laid back of their catalogue and I, well, adore it

Quiet - David Kitt "Small Moments", a homemade bedroom recorded collection of quiet vocals, acoustic guitar and gentle electronic beats. Perfect music to help my ears recover from the louder stuff.

ntlbell · 22-03-2012 01:11PM

I think people are completely forgetting the scenario and just yapping on 3 great albums.

You're on a desert island, you're going to hear these albums again and again and again and again till death do you part. Are you really going to Listen to David gray whale on year after year? Radio head? NIRVANA?

I'm not suggesting any of the above are bad but you would be using the CD covers to slit your wrists within a few weeks.

This has been mentioned all ready and is perfect for the circumstances.

DJ Shadow - Entroducing

This has everything one could possibly need on a deserted island and runs through so many genre's from totally chilled out to rocking break beats.

Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions.

This is mind blowing and one of the best "mixed/re-mixed" albums every made imo. Again you get everything, Jazz, Lamb and Depeche mode? all day every day repeat, repeat and repeat lap up every minute of it.

FSOL - Lifeforms.

In a place where all you can see is sand for miles you're going to need something to be able to take you off on a surreal magical musical journey.
No album can do it it better than this.

larrykinney · 23-03-2012 03:25PM

Hmmm..... (strokes Indie chin)

OK, well for the reasons mentioned above, 'Endtroducing', by DJ Shadow;
'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'by Wilco, I've listened to it pretty much every day for the last 10 years and still haven't tired of it so prob never will....

Finally, 'Bad Timing' by Jim 'O Rourke, just 'cos it's layered and kinda challenging and I always feel compelled to listen to it all the way through.

3 albums

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