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    Posted: January 19 2007 at 17:48
It's the age-old question that everyone fears to answer...
The question that is more important than life or death (Thank you Bill Shankly)

What if you were stuck on a deserted island (with the necessary facilities to listen to cds Wink ), what would you choose as your 10-cd collection !

No cheating...  Only 10.
No compilation albums.  Only PA-listed bands.

Of course this list tends to differ as time goes by, but if I was asked to pick my collection NOW, the list would go like this (in no particular order) :
  1. QUEENSRYCHE's Operation: Mindcrime
  2. YES' Close To The Edge
  3. RIVERSIDE's Out Of Myself
  4. JETHRO TULL's War Child
  5. SIEGES EVEN's The Art Of Navigating By The Stars
  6. MARILLION's Misplaced Childhood
  7. ANGLAGARD's Hybris
  8. OPETH's Damnation
  9. OZRIC TENTACLES' Spirals In Hyperspace
  10. GY!BE's Lift Your Skinny Fists...
Alright, there it is...
Something heavy, something sweet
Something serious, something completely wacko Confused
something old, and something, well not too old.


So, what's your list ???


Edited by Birdman - January 19 2007 at 17:50
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Well if I was stuck on an island with electricity and a sufficient stereo system, I'm pretty sure I would just hop on the A Train and ride back homeWink
 
But anyways, I could answer that. Maybe I'll think about it, but just ten??
Oh gosh!LOL
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Only ten?!?!?!? I can't decide!! There are way more then ten Rush albums!!! Don't make me choose!
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Oh yes, only ten. 
Well let's say for argument sake that you can have "interesting" people for company with you on the damn island !  (well now it ain't so deserted after all...) Wink
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Okay then. Interesting people: Geddy Lee, John Wetton, and Neil Peart.
Ten Albums

1. Rush - Hemispheres
2. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
3. Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One
4. Camel - Moonmadness
5. Rush - Power Windows
6. King Crimson - Red
7. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
8. Camel - Mirage
9. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
10. Camel - Camel
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Genesis - The Lamb
The Flower Kings - Flower Power
Porcupine Tree - On The Sunday Of Life
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Mostly Autumn - Passengers
Steve Hackett - To Watch The Storms
Pendragon - Not Of This World
10cc - Sheet Music
 
 
Take note, tomorrow most of this list will change! I could do half a dozen different ones in the next half an hour! (Although Genesis and TFK will always be there!) Wink
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Wacko Yes, I know.  It's a "Spur of the moment" kinda thing.
**damn, I should have squeezed Flower Power in there as well...Censored
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Alright... this is tough, and if I respond tomorrow, I'd probably change my mind, but here goes nothing...

Rush - Exit... Stage Left
Rush - R30
Dream Theater - SCORE
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - Seconds Out
Yes - Yessongs
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Spock's Beard - Snow
Transatlantic - Live In Europe

Now, if I only picked studio albums...
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Hemipsheres
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Spock's Beard - Snow
Neal Morse - Testimony
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways

Man this is tough!

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Edited by The Letter M - January 19 2007 at 22:10
I know what I like and I like what I know. I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose free will. If I die tomorrow, I`d be alright because I believe that after we`re gone, the spirit carries on.
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Okay, let's go for that !
 
1.  Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
2.  Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le Jour où Brûleront les Cités
3.  Univers Zéro - Ceux du Dehors
4.  The Mars Volta - Amputechture
5.  Thinking Plague - In Extremis
6.  Renaissance - Sheherazade and Other Stories
7.  Miriodor - Rencontres
8.  Harmonium - Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquième Saison
9.  Henry Cow - Western Culture
10.The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
 
That was hard, and like everyone, I would say that I change my mind everytime on this !!
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As my music collection grows bigger and bigger, making "desert island lists" becomes harder and harder. Right now I feel like bringing these albums (in no particular order):

Univers Zéro - Ceux du Dehors
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
Aka Moon - Aka Moon
Yes - Fragile
Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le Jour Où Brûleront les Cités
Gentle Giant - The Power and The Glory
Høst - Hardt Mot Hardt
Magma - Attahk
Taal - Mister Green
Dün - Eros

The list could look very different tomorrow.


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Does the system play mp3? Because if it did I'd stuff as much songs to 10 cds as possible. If not, oh well,

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Peter Gabriel - Up
Rush - Moving Pictures
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Caravan - In the Land of Grey And Pink
Camel - Camel
Wigwam - Being

And the stereo system better be good! Though I reckon there's a ship a-coming, so I wouldn't have to be there for long, but still, I'd take these, enough variety, not to get bored in one artist only.
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If restricted to PA listed bands only (and in my case, it is restrictive), the usual suspects would be brought in
Rush - Hemispheres
Gentle Giant - Interview
Led Zep IV
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Ange - Emile Jacotey
Harmonium - Harmonium
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
10cc - Original Soundtrack
XTC - Skylarking
MInd you, I'd try & find a way to circumvent the limit & smuggle some AC/DC, Motorhead, Johnny Cash, SPlit Enz, Nick Lowe, Trust ... basically a thousand & one albums, as I can't stand listening to the same music all the time.
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1.  Can - Tago Mago
2.  Harmonium - Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquième Saison
3.  Opeth - Blackwater Park
4.  Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
5.  Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin
6.  PFM - Per un Amico
7.  Le Orme - Felone E Sorona
8.  Can - Monster Movie
9.  Opeth - Still Life
10.  Yatha Sidra - A Meditation Mass
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Radiohead - Kid A
King Crimson - The Great Deciever (live albums don't count as compilations)
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
Tool - Aenima
Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Phish - New Years Eve 1995
A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards
King Crimson - Absent Lovers
Mr. Bungle - California
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YES: Close to the Edge
PINK FLOYD: Wish You Were Here
FRANK ZAPPA: One Size Fits All
RADIOHEAD: OK Computer
RUSH: Hemispheres
RETURN TO FOREVER: Romantic Warrior
GENESIS: Selling England by the Pound
WEATHER REPORT: Heavy Weather
PHISH: The Story of the Ghost
GENTLE GIANT: In a Glass House


Edited by Gaston - January 19 2007 at 21:20


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Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Opeth - Still Life
Ayreon - The Human Equation
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Tool - Aenima
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Harmonium - Si on Avait
IQ - Dark Matter
Rush - Hemispheres
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
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Originally posted by Gaston Gaston wrote:


YES: Close to the EdgePINK FLOYD: Wish You Were HereFRANK ZAPPA: One Size Fits AllRADIOHEAD: OK ComputerRUSH: HemispheresRETURN TO FOREVER: Romantic WarriorGENESIS: Selling England by the PoundWEATHER REPORT: Heavy WeatherPHISH: The Story of the GhostGENTLE GIANT: In a Glass House


Gaston,

Did you JUST edit your entries? I was just going to give you a big 'thumbs up' emoticon for Dave Matthews Band's Before These Crowded Streets!!! I know, I know, it's only stuff that is prog and prog related; but, I hear a lot of progressive tendencies in their music. Especially "Don't Drink The Water", "Spoon", and "The Dreaming Tree". Man, I need to break that disc out more often.

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Indeed I edited, I went back and it's only PA listed albums. God that album is soooo prog isnt' it just?

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1. Marillion - Brave (of course)
2. Marillion - Afraid Of Sunlight
3. Marillion - Marbles (2CD deluxe edition)
4. Neal Morse - One
5. IQ - Dark Matter
6. The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
7. Kino - Picture
8. Transatlantic - Live In America
9. Rush - Moving Pictures
10. Spocks' Beard - Snow

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Originally posted by Gaston Gaston wrote:

Indeed I edited, I went back and it's only PA listed albums. God that album is soooo prog isnt' it just?


Yes, I completely agree! I can't really say that for all of their stuff, but BTCS is very progressive. So dark, brooding, and epic...it's probably my second favorite DMB disc behind Under The Table And Dreaming.

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