What are your 'Desert Island Discs'?

[Greg]

Hey everyone!

So being a fairly new moderator on the community I thought it would be a good to get an idea of what music everyone enjoys. 

What better way than to pick your desert island discs?

So it's pretty simple, you are stranded on a desert island with a working CD player- which 5 albums do you have with you? (No greatest hits or compilations!!)

To keep with the 'Desert Island Discs' theme, choose 1 book and 1 luxury item too. 

I'll start us off...

5 Albums

Stereophonics – You Gotta Go There To Come Back

Jamie T – Panic Prevention

Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head

M83 – Hurry Up We're Dreaming

Sigur Ros – Takk...

1 Book

'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson 

1 Luxury Item

Ray-Ban Aviators 😉

Looking forward to seeing everyone elses!

[Adam]

5 Albums

The Bluetones – Science And Nature

Eels – Electro-Shock Blues

The National – High Violet

Counting Crows – August & Everything After

David Bowie – Hunky Dory

1 Book

'On the Road' - Jack Kerouac

1 Luxury Item

Some kind of pen/pencil and something to write on

[Peter__]

This is going to be interesting! 🙂 

One of the best (in my opinion) Coldplay albums there Greg! 

5 Albums

Imagine Dragons – Night Visions (I think this is possibly my favourite album of all time)

Youngblood Hawke – Youngblood Hawke (Makes me happy haha) 

The British IBM – the British IBM (Best I live in hope David might rescue us haha)

Milo Greene – Milo Greene (Just for chilling in the sunset)

10 Years – Feeding The Wolves (For a little bit of modern rock)

1 Book

Gotta be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1 Luxury Item

Its gotta be Monopoly (if it wasn't just me) - Got to pass the time somehow!

Otherwise, suncream might be nice haha!

Peter

[stevehopwood]

This is a tough one, but, here we go...

Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way

The Streets – Original Pirate Material

Basement Jaxx – Rooty

Book

How to survive on a desert island.. (By anyone that knows what their doing)

Luxury Item

A boat with a sail & a sat nav..

[Jamie]

5 Albums

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Mount Eerie – Lost Wisdom
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People

Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises (not on Spotify, but this track is: Sun Kil Moon (Admiral Fell Promises) – Alesund)

Radiohead - In Rainbows (again, not on Spotify. Here's one of the tracks: Radiohead – Bodysnatchers)

1 Book

1 Luxury Item

[user-removed]

5 Albums

Pink Floyd- Wishyouwerehere

Prefuse 73- The '92 Vs 02' Collection

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Rolling Stones- 40 Licks

Jamie T- Panic Prevention

1 Book

Perks of being a wallflower- Stephan Chbosky

1 Luxury Item

Complete Where's Wally collection.

BOOM!!

Cousin out. x

J

[Alter]

Ramones - Ramones

The Specials - The Specials  

The Smiths - Hatful of Hallow

Portishead - Dummy

The Toasters - The Toasters

Book

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Luxury Item

The British Library

[meahtenoha]

5 Albums

Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak

Bon Iver – Bon Iver

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

The National – Boxer

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes

1 Book

'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens 

1 Luxury Item

If we're on a desert island...sunscreen. 

[goneshocking]

HEY HEEEEYYYYY!

5 Shiny Awesome Discs of Pure Wonder-

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Smashing Pumpkins- Melancholy and The Infinite Sadness

Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium

Zero 7 - When It Falls

Helios - Eingya

Book-

On The Road - Jack Kerouac

Luxury Item-

A drum kit (useful and fun)

or

A video camera (if rechargable)

or

A soft bed (soft)

[Robbie]

This is really tough!

5 albums

The Incredible String Band – The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

Steve Reich – Phases

J Dilla (aka Jay Dee) – Donuts

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced

Broadcast – The Noise Made By People

1 book

Survival guide by Ray Mears

1 luxury item

Indestructable, always in tune piano.

[David]

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Peter wrote:

The British IBM – the British IBM 

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Album of the century. 

[Peter__]

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@David wrote:

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Peter wrote:

The British IBM – the British IBM 

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Album of the century. 

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❤️ Number 1 fan haha!

Peter

[overmik]

5 Albums

Jeff Buckley – Grace

Radiohead – OK Computer - Collector's Edition

Pearl Jam – Vitalogy Expanded Edition (3 Bonus Tracks)

David Bowie – Best Of Bowie

The Libertines – The Libertines

1 Book

Foundation - Isaac Asimov

1 Luxury Item

Sunseeker Speedboat

[Richard]

5 albums
British Sea Power – The Decline Of British Sea Power

Radiohead – OK Computer

Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

The Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics

1 book
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter

1 luxury item

An endless amount of pens and paper

[Rorey]

The Decemberists – Castaways and Cutouts

Sigur Ros – Takk...

Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Kings Of Convenience – Declaration Of Dependence

Paul Simon – Paul Simon

Book:

Luxury item:

My girlfriend. We're there for a while. Though, she might not be so enthusiastic about me dragging her into it.

[David]

5 Albums

Glenn Gould – Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording)

Elisabeth Leonskaja – Chopin : Nocturnes

Reuben – Racecar is Racecar Backwards

Sage Francis – Road Tested: Live 2003-2005

Led Zeppelin - III

1 Book

Everyone Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss

1 Luxury Item

A Gerber Multi-Tool

[alexander_r]

5 Albums:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
Mando Diao - Ode To Ochrasy
Oasis - The Masterplan
Kraftklub - Mit K

Book:
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
or The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Luxury Item:
My Harman-Kardon Speakers for a better sound 😉

[jonnyboy]

David Bowie – Sound And Vision

The Rolling Stones – GRRR!

Stereophonics – Decade In The Sun - Best Of Stereophonics

The Bluetones – The Bluetones Collection

R.E.M. – Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982-2011

1 Book

Foundation trilogy - Issac Asimov

Luxury Item

Harley Davidson Softail Springer

Think I've got the most tracks for 5 albums 219!

[user-removed]

1 Book

'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson 

Hey Greg!  

A very short book that one though - one of my favourites and on my shelf - but rather short.  I would pick 'Job - a comedy of justice' by Robert Heinlein for my book.

Albums:

Bowie - Low

Prodiy - Jilted Generation

[Patricia]

5 Albums 

Dry the River – Shallow Bed

Foals – Holy Fire

Ben Howard – Every Kingdom

Sigur Ros – Takk...

The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

1 Book

'Nightwatch' by T. Dickinson

1 Luxury Item

A hammock.