Your 12 Desert Island Rock Albums

[Ataraxia]

Devo: Are We Not Men?
What a breath of fresh air when this came out.  If I had to pick a favorite song form this it would be Gut Feeling-- but the deconstruction of Satisfaction and Mongoloid are classics.   
http://www.youtube.com/v/Cwx_Qq56YTA

You are my new best friend. Duty now for the future!

[jowcol]

You are my new best friend. Duty now for the future!

Blockhead... Swelling Itching Brain.  Sigh...  I believe on their disatrous first gig they opened for Sun Ra.

[Ataraxia]

Blockhead... Swelling Itching Brain.  Sigh...  I believe on their disatrous first gig they opened for Sun Ra.

I've only seen successful gigs.  0:)

[Conor71]

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Sebadoh - Bakesale
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
Innocence Mission - Befriended
The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmatic
Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
The Church - Untitled #23
The Church - Starfish
Bob Dylan - The Freewheeling Bob Dylan
Sigur Ros - Takk
The Telescopes - The Telescopes
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi

Pictures :

[Mirror Image]

Decided to remove my old message and follow the posting pictures trend :

Top 12 Rock Albums (in no particular order):

1. King Crimson - Beat
2. Rush - Signals
3. Marillion - Brave
4. Iona - Beyond These Shores
5. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
6. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
8. Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
9. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
10. REM - Lifes Rich Pageant
11. The Police - Synchronicity
12. Eric Johnson - Venus Isle

[North Star]

I would be quite comfortable with all these discs. Although I would include Thin Lizzy and Dire Straits among the ten, maybe for the second Deep Purple and Queen. 

Well the order is random, apart from grouping together those by the same band.

[Geo Dude]

Allman Brothers Band – Live at the Fillmore East (two disc edition)
Black Sabbath – Vol. IV; Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath; Sabotage
The Doors – S/T; LA Woman
Grateful Dead – Closing of Winterland
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeppelin – How the West Was Won
Monster Magnet -- Superjudge
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

[Octo_Russ]

Jackson Browne - I'm Alive
Van Der Graaf Generator - World Record
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Stones In The Road
John Hiatt - Walk On
Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life
The Muffs - Blonder And Blonder
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
John Mellencamp - Human Wheels
Runrig - Amazing things
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar

[jowcol]

Allman Brothers Band – Live at the Fillmore East (two disc edition)
Black Sabbath – Vol. IV; Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath; Sabotage
The Doors – S/T; LA Woman
Grateful Dead – Closing of Winterland
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeppelin – How the West Was Won
Monster Magnet -- Superjudge
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Ahh, some vigorous head-nodding going on here for some of these.

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Conor71, BOC-Geogaddi=Rock album? C'mon...



At the edge of "Rock" I guess...

[Wieland]

My 12 are

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Santana - Caravanserai
Yes -Relayer
Genesis - Foxtrot
Genesis - Lamb lies down on broadway
King Crimsom - Red
Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Peter Hammill - Silent Corner and the empty stage
Peter Gabriel - Up
UK - Danger money
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2. Scenes from a memory
Spock's Beard - Beware of darkness
Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel

[Jay F]

It seems I didn't submit a list when this thread was new.


Hasten down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt

Simple Dreams - Linda Ronstadt

Warren Zevon s/t

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Hold Out - Jackson Browne

Pet Sounds - Beach Boys

Beach Boys Today/Summer Days

Face to Face - the Kinks

Desire - Bob Dylan

Beatles VI

Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes

Coming Around Again - Carly Simon

[Rinaldo]

Rock, you say? A'right.

David Bowie - Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
Lou Reed - Berlin
Neu! - Neu! '75
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Leatherface - Horsebox
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Horrors - Primary Colours

[SimonNZ]

...can't choose just one (or four or five) of Dylan

[Wandering Aengus]

Neu! - Neu! '75

--ditto for me!

So many good rock albums listed here!  These in no specific order (that would be asking too much lol):

Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band: No Roses
Sandy Denny: Sandy
Aphrodite's Child: 666
King Crimson: Red (I see that one listed above as well)
Neu!: Neu! '75
Ultravox: Ha Ha Ha
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Low: Secret Name
Godspeed You Black Emperor: Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Sigur Ros: ( )
Sigur Ros: Takk...
Sigur Ros: Valtari (ironically this used to be my least favourite Sigur Ros album!)

[Maestro267]

In no particular order:

Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
Pink Floyd - Animals
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Marillion - Brave
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Spock's Beard - Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

[Mr. Three Putt]

I'll give this one a go but I really don't listen to much popular music these days. Random order, aside from #1

1. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
2. Hysterical by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
3. Armchair Apocrypha by Andrew Bird
4. Sumday by Grandaddy
5. Grace by Jeff Buckley
6. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
7. Because of the Times by Kings of Leon
8. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
9. Till the Sun Turns Black by Ray LaMontagne
10. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
11. 52nd Street by Billy Joel
12. OK Computer by Radiohead

Left out but too lazy to edit
12b. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

[Drasko]

Not sure if all of these fit strictly under Rock but George did set boundaries pretty wide.

tom waits - swordfishtrombones
pulp - different class
oasis - (what's the story) morning glory
radiohead - ok computer
mano negra - puta's fever
bad religion - against the grain
massive attack - mezzanine
laibach - nato
portishead - dummy
slayer - reign in blood
tindersticks - curtains
the cardigans - emmerdale
misfits - walk among us
ultravox - rage in eden

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Not sure if all of these fit strictly under Rock

Yeah, same with me:

The Beatles, The Beatles ("White Album")
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper
The Band, Music from Big Pink
King Crimson, Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
Tom Waits, Frank's Wild Years
Tom Waits, Small Change
Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
Van Morrison, Moondance
Radiohead, OK Computer
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

[SimonNZ]

I'll give this one a go but I really don't listen to much popular music these days. Random order, aside from #1

1. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd

Wow. It's been a long, long time since I've heard that - I'll be giving it a fresh spin at the first opportunity.