iPod II--The Albums

[gh]

Wow! Whoda thunk that that silly iPod thread would become one of our biggest sellers ever. Since it has petered out a bit, let's modify the rules. Once again you're marooned on a desert island with an iPod, but this time you get to have 10 albums. With minor clarifications:

*Once again, no artist can have more than one entry.

*No greatest-hits compilations are allowed.

*One of them has to be classical music.

Now, how to decide which of 16 Beatles albums to take?!

[MJD]

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First one is easy:
U2-Joshua Tree
Gotta think about the rest.

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The Beatles' album was easy too: Rubber Soul

[MJD]

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>First one is easy:
U2-Joshua Tree
Gotta think about the rest.

The question probably could be answered but not easily. Here are 9 more that could easily be changed:

Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
Bowie-Station to Station
Moby-Play
New Order-Power Corruption and Lies
Springsteen-Born To Run
Supertramp-Crime of the Century
Elton John-Captain Fantastic
Genesis-The Lamb
The Cure-Head on the Door

[Jon]

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Off the top of my head, I'm thinking:

Stevie Wonder - "Songs In The Key Of Life"
India Arie - "Voyage To India"
Jill Scott - "Experience +826"
Glenn Lewis - "World Outside My Window"
Floetry - "Floetic"
Musiq Soulchild - "JusLisen"
Erykah Badu - "Baduizm"
Koffee Brown - "Mars Venus"
Faith Evans - "Faithfully"
Alicia Keys - "Songs In A Minor" - that's my classical one... Sunday Times (UK) listed it under the "classical" category when it was released, so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! :-p

[tandfman]

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>*One of them has to be classical music.<

Does that mean one and only one, or does it mean at least one? And how do you count the Ring?


>Now, how to decide which of 16 Beatles albums to take?!<

I'll take Sgt. Pepper, with Abbey Road a close second.

[gh]

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>The Beatles' album was easy too: Rubber Soul>>

American version?
1.I've Just Seen A Face; 2.Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); 3.You Won't See Me; 4.Think For Yourself; 5.Word, The; 6.Michelle; 7.It's Only Love; 8.Girl; 9.I'm Looking Through You; 10.In My Life; 11.Wait; 12.Run For Your Life

or English version?
1. Drive My Car; 2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); 3. You Won't See Me; 4. Nowhere Man; 5. Think for Yourself; 6. Word; 7. Michelle; 8. What Goes On; 9. Girl; 10. I'm Looking Through You; 11. In My Life; 12. Wait; 13. If I Needed Someone; 14. Run for Your Life

[gh]

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>>*One of them has to be classical music.<

Does that mean one and only one,
>or does it mean at least one? And how do you count the Ring?>>

At least one; all be can classical if you're so inclined. I count The Ring as 4. (*although at one point I was considering a rule that if you're talking the original CD/album it can't be more than one disc)

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Being the lazy guy I am, here is VH1’s list of top 100:

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums.html

I choose:

6. The Beatles-Rubber Soul (1965) [US version]
12. The Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street (1972)
13. The Who-Who's Next (1971)
15. U2-The Joshua Tree (1987)
16. Fleetwood Mac-Rumors (1977)
43. Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin (1969)
50. Police-Synchronicity (1983)
61. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Deja Vu (1970)
89. Derek & the Dominos-Layla (1970)

plus that classical album, of which I know little beyond Beethoven so I’ll take the 9th

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Legend -Bob Marley(CLASSIC)
Songs in the Keys of Life -Stevie Wonder
Rubber Soul -Beatles
New World Order -Curtis Mayfield
Elements of Love -Earth, Wind,Fire
Tapestry -Carole King
Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel
Love Songs -Isley Brothers
What's Goin On -Marvin Gaye
Celebration -Norman Brown

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Although I'd agree on Bob Marley's Legend, I think that its a "best of" compilation and thus disqualified for this discussion.

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EGH needs to step in here. Nowhere on the cover does it say "Best of" so you have to cut me some slack here and accept "Legend"

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My ego has taken a beating during these threads--no one has selected Fifth of Beethoven by the Walter Murphy Band. I was too modest to make it one of my own picks(:-)

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>EGH needs to step in here. Nowhere on the cover does it say "Best of" so you
>have to cut me some slack here and accept "Legend"

HUH? The album cover says "Legend" "the best of...Bob Marley and the Wailers."

[Jon]

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>>EGH needs to step in here. Nowhere on the cover does it say "Best of" so
>you
>have to cut me some slack here and accept "Legend"

HUH? The album
>cover says "Legend" "the best of...Bob Marley and the Wailers."




And just to prove that Malmo is telling the truth, here's a super-duper-zoomed-in version of the cover:

http://www.caratuleo.com/b/bob_marley_- ... -front.jpg