Top ten al***s

Ten is too many.

Think of your top three ..... the three that you couldn't live without.

Post them on gut instinct, then go away and think about it.... and post them again.

Chris

Ten too many - personally I have difficulty whittling down to 100 let alone ten or three (one of the reasons why I haven't posted a list here). The list I posted on Fredrik's library thread contained just the classical discs I wouldn't want to live without and that numbers in the hundreds. It's a little academic anyway, fortunately nobody's ever likely to put a gun to my head and say 'you can keep three cds'.

regards, Tam

Tam

Interestingly you said three cds! Not albums, not records. Semantics I know but it is telling.

Too scary to pick a top three ... I doubt it really.

Chris

quote:

Originally posted by Sloop John B:
Fred,
I konw nowt about gamelan music, and would be interested if you could illucidate a litle please. (Your recommendations for Weather Report were spot on)

Thanks, SJB.

You could always start with this (bargain-priced) sampler of various gamelan styles from Bali and Java:


Indonesia/South Pacific: Music from the Nonesuch Explorer Series




You'll get a little of this, a little of that, including a taste of the Ramayana Monkey Chant, a multi-layered polyrhythmic vocal tour de force unlike anything you've ever heard.

But most gamelan music is largely played by ensembles of metallophones (any percussion instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars struck with mallets), with each player playing only one part of a large interlocking multi-layered tapestry. In this, one can easily see how gamelan music had a significant influence on American minimalists such as Riley, Young, Reich, and Glass ... see the "Minimalism" thread for more info). Other instruments are used as solo accents (flute, bowed strings) and sometimes singing, but it's the magical shimmering of the multiple metallophones that gives gamelan its unique character.

By the way, the word "gamelan" refers to the music itself, the ensemble that plays it, and the physical collection instruments in a particular gamelan orchestra.

As I mentioned, Balinese gamelan tends to be faster and somewhat jazzy, while Javanese gamelan tends to be slower and meditative, but these are broad generalizations to which there are many exceptions. There are many different styles even within each country.

If you find yourself enthralled with gamelan music, as many people do upon first listen, you can add to the sampler with these two albums:


Gamelan Semar Pegulingan: Gamelan of the Love God



Music of the Love God ... need I say more?


Java: Court Gamelan




All these albums are on the Nonesuch label.

Gamelan music is music to surrender to, music to dream to, music with which your mind can fly to places you may never visit.

Enjoy!

Fred

Telling? I suppose so, in that it indicates I own relatively little vinyl (I suppose a factor of my age). Not sure how it impacts on the issue at hand. And if we're going to get pedantic, I don't think I suggested picking just three discs (of any kind ) was scary just that it was either impossible (or at least, impossible to do it in any meaningful way, for me, at least: I'd hate to be without a single Beethoven or Mahler symphony or the Ring, that's over 30 discs already and we're barely getting started).

regards, Tam

Tam

You are just stalling. I think that you should make a decision.

As I said earlier just go with the gut feeling. There is no right or wrong answer.

Which Beethoven or Mahler symphony really does it for you?

And if you change your mind later that's fine as well.

Chris

quote:

Originally posted by Chris Dolan:
Interestingly you said three cds! Not albums, not records. Semantics I know but it is telling.

Semantics? You want semantics? Hey, I got your semantics right here, pal! (insert emoticon here)

A CD is the physical medium on which the music is stored, just as an LP is. However, the word "album" will always be appropriate when referring to any collection of recorded music, no matter which physical medium is used to store it. After all, the word has been in usage since at least 1650, meaning "a printed collection of musical compositions, pictures, or literary selections," later to include photography, and subsequently audio recordings.

Speaking of which, a "record" is both a record of audio events, and the shortened form of the word "recording," and is also medium-independent.

So I will continue to rightly, and righteously, call CDs "albums" or "records," and I suggest you do the same.

Fred

quote:

Originally posted by Chris Dolan:
Which Beethoven or Mahler symphony really does it for you?

But that's just the point, there are 3 5ths alone that really do it for me!

ah well.

regards, Tam

quote:

Originally posted by fred simon:
A CD is the physical medium on which the music is stored, just as an LP is. However, the word "album" will always be appropriate when referring to any collection of recorded music, no matter which physical medium is used to store it. After all, the word has been in usage since at least 1650, meaning "a printed collection of musical compositions, pictures, or literary selections," later to include photography, and subsequently audio recordings.

Speaking of which, a "record" is both a record of audio events, and the shortened form of the word "recording," and is also medium-independent.

Thank you, Fred, for sermonising on something which has bugged me for years! I get so annoyed when I hear people say "I just got the new album by so&so - er, did I say album? I meant CD hee hee!" ... If I were to try and set everyone straight on some commonplace mangling of the language I'd have no time for the rest of my life (and be considered a nuisance). I'm off to the record shop now ("You mean CD shop don't you? Tee Hee!").

I don't always contribute to these 'best of' type threads, but after some rather fine wine I think it's time to play some good music

Strange Times - The Chameleons
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Undertow - Tool
Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Underworld - 1st Toughest in all the Infants
Post - Bjork
Shhh - Chumbawamba
Betty - Helmet
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones
Braveheart OST - James Horner

Bit of an eclectic mix - Hardcore vs middle of the road soft jazz. Yeah, I'm wierd.

Like a recent thread here I'm struggling to listen to the really hardcore stuff without blood gushing out of my ears on my Naim system, but there are lots of changes I know are necessary.

Massive attack would feature highly but I like a mix of all of their albums. Protection is favourite but they're all outstanding. Teardrop ranks at number 1 for me. Their videos DVD is just outstanding.

Cheers

Fred,

Many thanks for your thoughtful and comprehensive reply.

Showing full confidence in your recommendations all 3 albums have been ordered.


I've also ordered Dreamhouse, which I have been meaning to do since the weather report thread but have been on a self imposed moratorium on cd purchases which with this order and my St Patricks Day purchase of various trad albums \i have now well and truly broken.

Thanks once again

quote:

Originally posted by Sloop John B:
Fred,

Many thanks for your thoughtful and comprehensive reply.

Showing full confidence in your recommendations all 3 albums have been ordered.


I've also ordered Dreamhouse, which I have been meaning to do since the weather report thread but have been on a self imposed moratorium on cd purchases which with this order and my St Patricks Day purchase of various trad albums \i have now well and truly broken.

Thanks once again

Thanks to you, SJB. Hope you enjoy the music. Please report back when you've had a chance to digest it all.

Best,
Fred

Fred

I have ordered the sampler - it sounds very interesting. My children (10 and 8) had a great time when they played on a touring gamelan at school.

Nigel

quote:

Originally posted by hungryhalibut:
Fred

I have ordered the sampler - it sounds very interesting. My children (10 and 8) had a great time when they played on a touring gamelan at school.

Nigel

I think the kids will love it, especially the Monkey Chant.

Best,
Fred

My top ten, at this particular moment in time, is set forth below. I've refrained from including Live and/or Greatest Hits compilations, as somehow I think that is cheating.

In no particular order:

1. Born To Run - Springsteen
2. Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Springsteen
3. Hearts Of Stone - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
4. Who's Next - The Who
5. Bad Company - Bad Company
6. Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn
7. Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
8. Aja - Steely Dan
9. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
10. Night Moves - Bob Seger
10a. The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
10b. Bring The Family - John Hiatt
10c. Scarecrow - John Mellencamp
10d. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
10e. The Stranger - Billy Joel
10f. Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
10g. Songbird - Eva Cassidy
10h. Graceland - Paul Simon

OK, I cheated. It was tough limiting myself to two Springsteen albums (Nebraska, The Rising and The Wild, the Innocent & E Street Shuffle easily could have made my list).

If I permitted myself to include Live and/or Greatest Hits type compilations, I would have wound up with recordings by the following:

Springsteen
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Dave Matthews Band
The Who
The Beattles
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Seger
Steely Dan
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Of course, my list likely would be different tomorrow.

Mike

Since it's only down to 10 albums, i'm thinking more in lines of albums i could not live without...

1. Mike Stern - Between the lines
2. Miles Davis - Kind of blue
3. Steve Vai - Passion and warfare
4. Richard Bona - Reverence
5. Remember Shakti - Remember Shakti
6. Eva Cassidy - Wonderful world
7. Tommy Emmanuel - Only
8. Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel - The day finger pickers took over the world
9. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the alien
10. Sting - Ten summoner's tales (Played from track 2)
11. Martin Taylor - Kiss and tell
12. James Taylor - Live
13. Steely Dan - Pretzel logic
14. Vital Information - Easier Done than said

Could not do 10! After much thought, 14 is the least i could do.

Stan

I could never do a top 10 list of Compact Discs as it is constantly changing so here is a top
450

10,000 Maniacs Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 1)
10,000 Maniacs Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings (Disc 2)
10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged
2 Unlimited No Limits
A Girl Called Eddy A Girl Called Eddy
Ace Of Base Happy Nation (US Version)
Christina Aguilera Stripped
Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg Les Miserables - Original London Cast (Disc 1)
Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg Les Miserables - Original London Cast (Disc 2)
Alisha's Attic Alisha Rules The World
All Saints All Saints
All Saints Saints & Sinners
Tori Amos Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos Under the Pink
Anastacia Freak of Nature
Laurie Anderson Big Science
Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine (Pre Release Version)
Kim Appleby Kim Appleby
The Arcade Fire Funeral
India Arie Acoustic Soul
India Arie Voyage To India
Joan Armatrading The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading
Louis Armstrong Swing That Music
Ash 1977
Ashanti Ashanti
Sherrié Austin Streets of Heaven
Johann Sebastian Bach The Classical Collection - Baroque Masterpieces
Johann Sebastian Bach The Classical Collection - Masterpieces Of Barok
Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks
Erykah Badu Baduizm
Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae
Sam Baker Mercy
Bangles All Over The Place
Cecilia Bartoli Ceciia Bartoli Sings Rossini's Cenerentola (Plus)
BBC Philharmonic / Bernhard Klee Bruckner Symphony No. 9
The Beach Boys Surfin' Safari
The Beatles One
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beautiful South Carry On Up The Charts
Ludwig van Beethoven The Classical Collection - Melodic Masterpieces
Ludwig van Beethoven The Classical Collection - The Great Symphonies
Belly King
Pat Benatar Best Shots
Pat Benatar Go
Pat Benatar Gravity's Rainbow
Pat Benatar Innamorata
Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings (Disc 1)
Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings (Disc 2)
Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings (Disc 3)
Pat Benatar True Love
Pat Benatar Wide Awake In Dreamland
Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley
Berlioz The Classic Collection - Romantic Classics
Big & Rich Horse Of A Different Color
Georges Bizet The Classical Collection - Orchestral Classics
Björk Celebrating Wood And Metal
Björk Debut
Björk Homogenic
Björk Post
Björk Selmasongs
Björk Telegram
Björk The Times Promo CD
Björk Vespertine
Black Eyed Peas Elephunk
Blondie No Exit
Blondie No Exit (Live Bonus Disc)
Johannes Brahms The Classical Collection - Hungarian Dances
Brandy Never Say Never
Bravecaptain Distractions
Edie Brickell Picture Perfect Morning
Meredith Brooks Blurring The Edges
Meredith Brooks Deconstruction
Kate Bush The Red Shoes
The Buzzcocks Operators Manual
David Byrne Uh-Oh
Laura Cantrell Hello Recording Club CD 1996/07
Laura Cantrell Humming By The Flowered Vine
Laura Cantrell Not the Tremblin' Kind
Laura Cantrell When the Roses Bloom Again
The Cardigans Life
Mariah Carey Emotions
Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody
Mary Chapin Carpenter Between Here And Gone
The Carpenters Carpenters - Their Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash American I: Recordings
Johnny Cash American II: Unchained
Johnny Cash American III: Solitary Man
Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash American V: My Mother's Hymn Book
Johnny Cash Complete Live At San Quentin
Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac
Catatonia International Velvet
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Best Of
Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls
Kasey Chambers The Captain
Kasey Chambers The Captain (Special Bonus Edition)
Kasey Chambers Wayward Angel
Cher Cher
Neneh Cherry Raw Like Sushi
Frédéric Chopin Piano Classics
Frédéric Chopin Romantic Classics
Kelly Clarkson Breakaway
Kelly Clarkson Breakaway [Disc 2] [Limited Edition]
The Classical Collection Christmas A Celebration In Music
The Classical Collection Christmas A Seasonal Celebration
The Classical Collection Christmas Music For The Festive Season
Julie Collings Demo EP
Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs
The Corrs Forgiven, Not Forgotten
The Corrs In Blue
The Corrs Talk On Corners
The Cranberries No Need to Argue
Jamie Cullum Twentysomething
Deacon Blue Fellow Hoodlums
Dead Ringer Band Till Now - The Very Best Of
Claude Debussy The Classical Collection - Poetic Impressions
Definition Of Sound Experience
Dido Life For Rent
Dido No Angel
Dixie Chicks Fly
Dixie Chicks Home [Limited DVD Edition]
Dixie Chicks Top Of The World Tour (Disc 1)
Dixie Chicks Top Of The World Tour (Disc 2)
Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces
Thomas Dolby Aliens Ate My Buick
Thomas Dolby Astronauts & Heretics
Tanya Donelly beautysleep
Tanya Donelly Lovesongs for Underdogs
Dubstar Disgraceful
The Duhks The Duhks
The Duhks Your Daughters & Your Sons
Antonín Dvorák The Classical Collection - The Great Symphonies
Steve Earle & The Dukes Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator
Echobelly Bellyache EP
Echobelly Everyone's Got One
Echobelly Lustra
Echobelly On
Kathleen Edwards Back to Me
Kathleen Edwards Failer
Kathleen Edwards Live From The Bowery Ballroom
Eels Beautiful Freak
En Vogue Funky Divas
Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
Fleetwood Mac Tusk
Nelly Furtado Folklore
Nelly Furtado Whoa Nelly!
Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (1)
Garbage Garbage
Garbage Version 2.0
Judy Garland The Platinum Collection - Great 40 Tracks (Disc 1)
Judy Garland The Platinum Collection - Great 40 Tracks (Disc 2)
Mary Gauthier Mercy Now
Montgomery Gentry My Town
George Gershwin The Classical Collection - Modern Masterpieces
Bebel Gilberto Tanto Tempo
Thea Gilmore Avalanche
Goldfrapp Supernature
Edvard Grieg The Classical Collection - The Sprit Of Norway
Patty Griffin 1000 Kisses
Patty Griffin A Kiss in Time
Patty Griffin Flaming Red
Patty Griffin Impossible Dream (Import)
Patty Griffin Living With Ghosts
Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
Geri Halliwell Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
George Frideric Handel The Classical Collection - Ceremonial Masterpieces
Emmylou Harris Stumble Into Grace
PJ Harvey The B Sides
PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love
Franz Joseph Haydn The Classical Collection - Ceremonial Masterpieces
Heart Bad Animals
Missy Higgins The Sound Of White
Faith Hill Breathe
Faith Hill Cry
Faith Hill Love Will Always Win
Hole Celebrity Skin
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday - All Of Me
Billie Holiday The Billie Holiday Songbook
John Lee Hooker Boogie Man
Hot Club Of Cowtown Continental Stomp
Whitney Houston I'm Your Baby Tonight
Human League Romantic
Alan Jackson Drive
Janet Jackson Control - The Remixes
Janet Jackson Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Japan Oil On Canvas
Jem Finally Woken
Jewel Pieces Of You
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Dress Rehersal
Carolyn Dawn Johnson Room With A View
Norah Jones Come Away With Me
Norah Jones Feels Like Home
Norah Jones First Sessions [EP]
Rickie Lee Jones Naked Songs
Rickie Lee Jones Pirates
Rickie Lee Jones The Evening Of My Best Day
Rickie Lee Jones The Magazine
Rickie Lee Jones Traffic From Paradise
Joy Division Substance 1977-1980
Lucy Kaplansky The Red Thread
Toby Keith Shock'n Y'All
Kenickie At The Club
Kenickie Get In
Alicia Keys Songs In A Minor
Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express
Diana Krall Diana Krall 2002 A Night In Paris (Special Edition)
Diana Krall Love Scenes [Europe]
Diana Krall The Girl In The Other Room
Diana Krall The Look of Love
Diana Krall When I Look In Your Eyes
Alison Krauss & Union Station Live (Disc 1)
Alison Krauss & Union Station Live (Disc 2)
Alison Krauss & Union Station Lonely Runs Both Ways
Alison Krauss & Union Station New Favorite
Miranda Lambert Kerosene
K. D. Lang Hymns Of The 49th Parallel
Avril Lavigne Let Go
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat
Franz Liszt The Classical Collection - Romantic Masterpieces
Jennifer Lopez On The 6
Patty Loveless When Fallen Angels Fly
Lush Lovelife
Lush Split
Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose
Shelby Lynne Identity Crisis
Shelby Lynne Love, Shelby
Shelby Lynne This Is Shelby Lynne: The Best Of The Epic Years
M People Bizarre Fruit
M People Elegant Slumming
M People Fresco
M People Northern Soul
Madonna Erotica (Special Edition)
Madonna I'm Breathless
Madonna Like A Prayer
Madonna Music
Madonna Ray Of Light
Madonna Who's That Girl - Soundtrack
Magazine Rays And Hail 1978-1981
Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
Aimee Mann Bachelor No 2 or, the last remains of the dodo
Aimee Mann The Forgotten Arm
Martika Martika's Kitchen
Souad Massi Deb ((Heart Broken) (cw Algeria in a Smile DVD))
Souad Massi Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil)
Souad Massi Raoui
Martina McBride Greatest Hits
Don McLean Classics
Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell
Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell
John Mellencamp Big Daddy
John Mellencamp John Cougar
John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee
Katie Melua Call Off The Search
Katie Melua Piece By Piece
Felix Mendelssohn The Classic Collection - Melodic Masterpieces
Natalie Merchant Live In Concert
Natalie Merchant Motherland
Natalie Merchant Ophelia
Natalie Merchant Retrospective 1990-2005 (Deluxe Limited Edition Disc 1)
Natalie Merchant Retrospective 1990-2005 (Deluxe Limited Edition Disc 2)
Natalie Merchant The House Carpenter's Daughter
Natalie Merchant Tigerlily
Tift Merritt Tambourine
Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina
Bette Midler Experience the Divine
Kylie Minogue Fever
Kylie Minogue Impossible Princess (Special Edition)
Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue
Moloko Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
Allison Moorer Alabama Song
Allison Moorer Miss Fortune
Allison Moorer Show (cw DVD Bouns Disc)
Allison Moorer The Duel
Allison Moorer The Hardest Part
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Alison Moyet Hometime
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Classical Collection - Melodic Masterpieces
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Classical Collection - Orchestral Legends
The Musicals Collection Camelot
The Musicals Collection Me And My Girl
The Musicals Collection Oklahoma
The Musicals Collection Oliver!
The Musicals Collection Show Boat
The Musicals Collection The Phantom Of The Opera
The Musicals Collection The Wizard Of Oz
The Musicals Collection West Side Story
Alannah Myles Alannah Myles
Leona Naess Leona Naess
New Order Substance 1987 (Disc 1)
New Order Substance 1987 (Disc 2)
Olivia Newton-John Back To Basics
Nickelback Silver Side Up
Stevie Nicks Rock A Little
No Doubt Rock Steady
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Nut Fantanicity
Sinéad O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Old Crow Medicine Show O.C.M.S.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark The Best Of O.M.D.
Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne. Dir. Antal Dorati Haydn - Opéras - Extraits
Beth Orton Trailer Park
Nerina Pallot Dear Frustrated Superstar
Nerina Pallot Fires
Dolly Parton Ultimate (Disc 1)
Dolly Parton Ultimate (Disc 2)
Polly Paulusma Scissors In My Pocket
Pearl Jam Ten
Penetration Don't Dictate - The Best Of Penetration
Penetration Penetration
Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love
Madeleine Peyroux Dreamland
Pink Can't Take Me Home
Pink Missundaztood
Placebo Placebo
Po' Girl Po' Girl
Karine Polwart Faultlines
Karine Polwart The Pulling Through EP 2005
R.E.M. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
R.E.M. The Best Of R.E.M.: The IRS Years
R.E.M. Up
Rain Tree Crow Rain Tree Crow
Ravel The Classical Collection - Dramatic Masterpieces
Red Light Stylus (KT Tunstall) Pot Pourri EP
Kim Richey Sweet Mysteries
Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow The Classical Collection - Orchestral Masterpieces
Julie Roberts Julie Roberts
Rose Royce & Chic Chic & Rose Royce Greatest Hits
Patti Rothberg Between The 1 And The 9
Bic Runga Drive
Kate Rusby Hourglass
Kate Rusby Little Lights
Kate Rusby Sleepless
Kate Rusby The Girl Who Couldn't Fly
Kate Rusby Underneath The Stars
Sade Lovers Rock
Camille Saint-Saëns The Classical Collection - Orchestral Legends
Franz Schubert The Classical Collection - The Melodic Masterpieces
Robert Schumann The Classical Collection - Romantic Legends
Shakespear's Sister Sacred Heart
Shakira Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
SHeDAISY Knock On The Sky
Simon & Garfunkel The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon Graceland
Siouxsie & the Banshees Superstition
Skunk Anansie Paranoid & Sunburnt
Sleeper Pleased To Meet You
Sleeper Smart
Sleeper The It Girl
Bedrich Smetana The Classical Collection - Sprit Of Bohemia
Mindy Smith One Moment More
Sneaker Pimps Becoming X
Todd Snider East Nashville Skyline
Britney Spears Britney
Dusty Springfield The Silver Collection
Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby
Steps Gold
DeLana Stevens DeLana
Joss Stone Mind, Body & Soul
Joss Stone The Soul Sessions
Johann Strauss The Classical Collectionn - The Romance Of Vienna
Donna Summer All Systems Go
The Sundays Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
T'Pau Bridge of Spies
June Tabor A Quiet Eye
Talking Heads Naked
Talking Heads Sand In The Vaseline (Disc 1)
Talking Heads Sand In The Vaseline (Disc 2)
Taverner Consort Choir : Andrew Parrott Music For Easter
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture - Romeo And Juliet Overture
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romantic Legends
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Classical Collection - The Masterpieces
Theaudience Theaudience
TLC Crazysexycool
TLC Fanmail
Emiliana Torrini Fisherman's Woman
Emiliana Torrini Love In The Time Of Science
Transvision Vamp Velveteen
Katie Tunstall Tracks In July
KT Tunstall Eye To The Telescope
Shania Twain Come On Over
Shania Twain Up! (Green Disc)
Shania Twain Up! (Red Disc)
Judie Tzuke The End Of The Beginning
U2 Achtung Baby
U2 Rattle And Hum
Uncle Earl She Waits for Night
Various Artists Classic CD 032
Various Artists Classical Jazz 3
Various Artists Dead Cool Volume 1
Various Artists Decade : The Very Best of Q 1986-1996
Various Artists Empire Classic Movie Music
Various Artists Evening Session Priority Tunes (Disc 1)
Various Artists Evening Session Priority Tunes (Disc 2)
Various Artists Film Classics
Various Artists Help
Various Artists Independence Day (Best New Women Of Country)
Various Artists Intercity Crawl
Various Artists Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Various Artists Melody Maker - Independent And Still Taking Liberties
Various Artists NME - Independant And All Still Taking Liberties - Vo Lume One
Various Artists Opus 3 Showcase
Various Artists Q - Assorted! (Q Magazine Q112, Jan 1996)
Various Artists Q - Hello!
Various Artists Q - Mmmmm…
Various Artists Q - Splash!
Various Artists Q - Summer Festivals 98
Various Artists Q - The Best Of The Best 97
Various Artists Replay Vol 1 No 3
Various Artists Select - Vroom!
Various Artists Songs From The Boss
Various Artists Sunday Girl
Various Artists The Art of the Tonmeister
Various Artists The Hi-Fi Collection 2 By Naim
Various Artists The Island Story
Various Artists This Is Americana
Various Artists VOX - BIG MUSIC The Chrysalis Butterfly Ball
Verdi.G The Classical Collection - Operatic Masterpieces
The Verve Urban Hymns
Vivaldi The Classical Collection - Celebration of the Baroque
Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright
Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat
Abigail Washburn Song of the Traveling Daughter
Gillian Welch Hell Among The Yearlings
Gillian Welch Revival
Gillian Welch Soul Journey
Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
The White Stripes Elephant
Holly Williams The Ones We Never Knew
Kathryn Williams Old Low Light
Kathryn Williams Relations
Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams Essence
Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World
Lucinda Williams World Without Tears
Vanessa Williams The Comfort Zone
The Little Willies The Little Willies
Kelly Willis Easy
Kelly Willis What I Deserve
Gretchen Wilson All Jacked Up
Gretchen Wilson Here For The Party
Amy Winehouse Frank
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance
Lee Ann Womack There's More Where That Came From
Chely Wright The Metropolitan Hotel
Rachael Yamagata Happenstance
Trisha Yearwood Everybody Knows
Trisha Yearwood Inside Out
Trisha Yearwood Jasper County
Trisha Yearwood Real Live Woman
Trisha Yearwood Thinkin' About You
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Neil Young Unplugged
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Sleeps With Angels

quote:

Originally posted by Chris Dolan:
Ten is too many.

Think of your top three ..... the three that you couldn't live without.

Post them on gut instinct, then go away and think about it.... and post them again.

Chris

THREE:
Rory Gallagher : Irish Tour '74
Pink Floyd : Meddle
John Coltrane : A love supreme

ONE:
Rory Gallagher : Irish Tour '74

Good listening
James

PS - On Vinyl...

1) Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles
2) Days of Future Passed, the Moody Blues
3) Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

After much thought my top 3 EPs are

Editor's Choice - Half Man Half Biscuit
Saucy Haulage Ballads - Half Man Half Biscuit
Trumpton Riots - Half Man Half Biscuit

and some people say I'm predictable

Thanks to Chris Dolan's tip:

Joni Mitchell: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Zappa: YCDTOSA II The Helsinki Concert
Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones

The top 3 albums in the pile nearest the record player are:

Justus Kohncke - Spiralen der Erinnerung
Gebr. Teichmann - Aus Der Ferne
Vidna Obmana - Revealed by Composed Nature.

Not my top 3, just the top 3 in the pile.

DS

quote:

Originally posted by Stan:
10. Sting - Ten summoner's tales (Played from track 2)

Now, see, track one (If I Ever Lose My Faith In You) is the one track on that album I couldn't live without ... one of Sting's best songs ever.

What's not to like?

Fred

quote:

Originally posted by fred simon:

quote:

Originally posted by Stan:
10. Sting - Ten summoner's tales (Played from track 2)

Now, see, track one (If I Ever Lose My Faith In You) is the one track on that album I couldn't live without ... one of Sting's best songs ever.

What's not to like?

Fred

I agree. That´s a very good song.

On the other hand that´s the only one I can live with from that album. Sorry Stan and
Fred...
The single version also contains a very good live version of ´every breath you take´.
(I´m not a fan of Sting though)

Ten top albums I can´t do, but here´s a ten top from one:

Bowie´s hunky dory, ziggy, aladdin sane, diamond dogs, station to station, low, heroes, scary monsters, buddha of suburbia and last but not least, heathen.

These kind of threads creates very good shopping lists. Thanks to all!

/Gunnar

Fred. I agree that Indonesian Gamalan music is very beautiful. Years ago, I had the pleasure of listening to a Gamalan orchestra in Jakarta (shadow puppet play) and Jogjakarta, as well as the monkey dance in Bali. When this music is heard in the intended outside setting, at night in the tropical environment, it is a great experience. It is an experience that simply cannnot be translated to a recording. Western music (whether jazz, classical, or pop) on the other hand lends itself very well to the recorded medium. Just my thoughts, and I'm sure influenced solely by my experiences in Indonesia