Monday, October 4, 2010

Top ten albums I would want, if stranded on a remote island

Though I admit its pretty tough to pick only ten, I' ll cut the crap and get down to business.
Here they are, in no particular order:
Zoso
By Led Zeppelin, this is one album, that any Led Zepelin fan wouldnt, shouldnt miss out on, and I needn't explain why.
Stairway to heaven, Rock and Roll, When the levee breaks, black dog, misty mountain hop, Battle of evermore, all classics in their own right.

Live'92
By ACDC, awesome 70 minute cd, with the likes of Highway to Hell, Whole lotta Rosie, Hell's Bells, T.N.T., and a whole lot more.

Master of Puppets
By Metallica, scrapes through as Metallica's best album, IMO, beating Metallica and And Justice for all for the crown. Master of Puppets, Sanitarium, Orion, Battery etc. No surprises here.

Ten
By Pearl Jam, One of my favourite albums from the nineties, with the likes of superhit singles such as Black, Alive and Jeremy. Again not much surprise.

Wish you were here
By Pink Floyd, tough pick. Floyd has so much brilliant stuff. It was an impossible choice between Dark side of the Moon, Wish you were here and Meddle. But with Wish you were here and Shine on on this album, it was hard to go with anything else.

OK Computer
By Radiohead, if anyone has really carried psychadelic through the last two decades, it has to be Radiohead. With Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises, OK Computer just betters The Bends, IMO.

Morningrise
By Opeth, one of the best metal albums ever made. With a mixture of hard hitting riffs and soft melodies, and Akerfeldt's majestic change in voice and tempo, Opeth take progressive metal to a new level. In an age of progressively shorter songs, Opeth pulls off three brilliant long songs, spanning well over 10 mins each. In terms of their style, tempo changes, and instrumental clarity, nobody comes close to Opeth.
Best songs: Black Rose Immortal, The night and the sielnt water, and To bid you farewell.

Audioslave
By Audioslave, truly an awesome piece. Chris Cornell's voice and Morello's guitar make for a breathtaking combination. The album kicks into action with Cochise, maintains its supremacy with Show me how to live, Set it off, Gasoline, and not to mention my favourites, I am the highway and Like a stone.

Arriving Somewhere
By Porcupine Tree, ah well, an excellent compilation. PT have much depth and variety, to not put them in this list.
Best Tracks : Arriving somewhere but not here, Lazarus, Trains, The sound of Muzak, Blackest Eyes.

Last but not the Least
Paranoid
By Black Sabbath, just brilliant. No words to express how great an album this is. With War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man, Electri Funeral, Fairies wear Boots, this just about trumps Master of Reality, another brilliant album.

No. 11 Special Mention

The Jester Race
By, In Flames, one heck of an album. If you like metal, then you will consider this as one of the best albums made. So much quality in this album, ranging from gorgeous acoustic solos to deafening heavy metal riffs. If you havent heard this one, and you like metal, I recomment it now.
Best Tracks : The Jester's Dance, Moonshield, The Jester's Race, Artifacts of the black rain, Acoustic Medley, The Jester Race; infact most songs on this are amazing, barring a couple of average songs.


Albums that I wanted to fit in but couldnt, Appetite for Destruction and Use your Illusion (GnR), Rust in Peace (Megadeth), Best of the Beast (Iron Maiden), and a couple of albums by Anathema and many others including ofcourse more good albums from the bands in top ten.

2 comments:

van halen said...

Awesome List Bro!

PRANESH NAGRI said...

I do not know the music, but something must be there as I know what ever you write has to be melodious.