Desert Island 5 - with a twist...

Psychedelic: REVOLVER (Beatles)
Rock: WHO'S NEXT (Who)
Alternative: DOCUMENT (REM)
Pop Rock: KINKS KRONIKLES (Kinks)
Classical Rock: DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED(Moody Blues)

 

I like this a thousand times...

 

Here's a few recent listens that I wouldn't mind spending some more time with ...

Modern Jazz
Tigran Hamasyan and Aratta Rebirth - Red Hail

Alt-Country
Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire

Ambient/Neo-Classical/Avant-Folk
The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus - Beauty Will Save the World

Singer/Songwriter
Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air

Psychedelic Rock
Caribou - Up In Flames

 

OK, I'll try to play it straight and assume rock mean all forms... making the choices tough as I'm guessing was intended!

Rock: Dinosaur Jr- Give a Glimpse of of What Yer Not
Blues: Chicago- The Blues Today Volume 1
Jazz: Ornette Coleman- This is our Music
Country: Willie Nelson- The Redheaded Stranger
Folk: Sandy Bull- E Pluribus Unum

 

I would leave the music behind, I would have enough to deal with, without also ruining some favorite music by over listening to it.

 

Some great picks people - keep 'em coming

 

Why is it always a Desert Island?

Blues: Paul Butterfield Blues Band"East-West"
Rock: Daltrey/Johnson "Going Back Home" (Deluxe; counts as one Disk)
Jazz: Miles Davis "In A Silent Way"
Van Genre: "No Guru, No Method, No Teacher"
Beatles Genre: "Abbey Road"

 

I like the cut of your jib, sir!

 

Classical - Ansermet: The Royal Ballet Gala Performance
Jazz - Dave Brubeck: Timeout
Rock - The Beatles: Abbey Road
R&B - Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
Folk - Harry Belafonte: Live at the Carnegie Hall

Cheating
Chicago Group Portrait Box Set

 

That crafty selection should get a prize

 

Rock: The White Album (because it covers so many bases!)
Jazz: Dave Brubeck, Time Out
Folk: Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
Pop: Erasure, The Circus
Britpop: Oasis, Definitely Maybe

 

ok, resisting the urge to use box sets cause that would be cheating

rock - beatles - white album
jazz - miles - bitches brew
funk - sly - theres a riot
pop - the ronettes - greatest (spur of the moment but im going with it)
comedy - firesign theatre - don't crush that dwarf (im on an island, ill need to hear some human voices)

 

Rock-AC/DC-Back In Black
Soft Rock-Eagles-Hotel California
Big Rock-Van Halen-Fair Warning
Classic Rock-Exile On Main St.
Masterpiece Rock-Def Leppard Hysteria

 

Beatles -white
Stones - sticky
Sinatra - Come Fly with Me
Motown box ( Blue one)
Elvis box ( sixties )

 

This.

 

This.

 

Rock - Love `Forever Changes`
Folk - Show of Hands - `Roots`
Prog - Big Big Train - `English Electric`
Americana - Uncle Tupelo - `89/93: An Anthology`
Power Pop - Mathew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - `Under The Covers: Vol - 1,2&3`

Obviously that`s Monday`s choice on the desert island. Now let`s think about Tuesday`s selection...

 

Rock:Let It Bleed
Pop: Purple Rain
Proto punk:Fun House
Baroque: Pet Sounds
Hard Rock: Alive!

 

Jazz - Mingus - The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
Free/improv - Schlippenbach Trio - Swinging the Bim
Hip Hop - A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
R&B - Sly & the Family Stone - Fresh
Reggae - Dadawah - Peace and Love

 

Pop/Rock: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
R&B/Soul: Live At The Harlem Club Square - Sam Cooke
Funk: Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Jazz: A Love Supreme - Coltrane
Folk: Anthology of American Folk Music - Various
Classical - The Treasury of Immortal Solos - Various

 

Death Metal - Atheist: Elements
Doom Metal - Winter: Into Darkness
Black Metal - Setherial: Nord
Thrash Metal - Megadeth: Rust In Peace
Viking Metal - Falkenbach: In Their Medh Riki Fara

 

Progressive Rock: Yes - "Tales From Topographic Oceans"
Soul: Stevie Wonder - "Talking Book"
Pop: Paul McCartney - "Ram"
Heavy Metal: Black Sabbath - "Sabotage"
Jazz: Miles Davis - "Big Fun"

 

Ahh, thats a twist alright...

Avant-garde rock - Trout Mask Replica
Roots-rock/hard rock/rock and roll - Exile on Main St
Metal - Master of Puppets
Classical - Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Jazz - Bill Evans Complete Village Vanguard

2 rock albums, sorry if thats cheating, I couldn't resist!

 

Drum 'n' Bass: The Brookes Brothers
Rap: To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Pop: The Lexicon of Love - ABC
Electronica: R Plus Seven - Oneohtrix Point Never
Rock: Vivid - Living Colour

 

Viking Metal?

If there is anything this thread proves, it is that people can twist a "genre" into any thing they please.