ChuckyG's Desert Island Albums
The best discs of all time. The albums I can't possibly do without. I'm not limiting myself
to just ten or some other arbitrarily number. It's helpful for me to be able to see at a glance the
albums I know best for instance where I want to take a smaller subset of my collection somwhere
but don't just want my favorite songs. Alpha-sorted, no ranking.
Greatest hits albums are also included, marked with an asterisk*. It's "cooler" to exclude greatest hits collections,
but some groups are strictly singles groups or have very uneven albums.
Still working on the first pass, I have stopped with Power Station.
Once the list is completed I will add some commentary as well.
- .38 Special, "Flashback"*
- A Flock Of Seagulls, "A Flock Of Seagulls"
- A Flock Of Seagulls, "Listen"
- A Flock Of Seagulls, "The Story Of A Young Heart"
- A Flock Of Seagulls, "Dream Come True"
- ABC, "Lexicon of Love"
- AC/DC, "Back in Black"
- AC/DC, "Who Made Who"
- a-ha, "Headlines and Deadlines-The Hits of a-ha"*
- Aerosmith, "Permanent Vacation"
- Aimee Mann, "Whatever"
- Al Stewart, "Time Passages"
- Alanis Morissette, "Jagged Little Pill"
- Alice Cooper, "Greatest Hits"*
- Alice In Chains, "Dirt"
- Anita Baker, "Rapture"
- B-52's, "The B-52's"
- B-52's, "Wild Planet"
- B-52's, "Cosmic Thing"
- Bananarama, "Greatest Hits"*
- Bangles, "Greatest Hits"*
- Be-Bop Deluxe, "Raiding the Divine Archive"*
- Beastie Boys, "License to Ill"
- Beatles, "Abbey Road"
- Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
- Beatles, "Rubber Soul"
- Billy Idol, "Vital Idol"
- Billy Joel, "The Stranger"
- Billy Joel, "52nd Street"
- Billy Joel, "Glass Houses"
- Billy Squier, "16 Strokes"
- Bjork, "Debut"
- Bjork, "Post"
- Black Sabbath, "Paranoid"
- Blind Faith, "Blind Faith"
- Blondie, "Best of Blondie"*
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Super Hits"*
- Bloodhound Gang, "Hooray for Boobies"
- Bob Seger, "Night Moves"
- Boston, "Boston"
- Boz Scaggs, "Hits"*
- Bow Wow Wow, "Best of Bow Wow Wow"*
- Breeders, "Last Splash
- Bruce Springsteen, "Greatest Hits"*
- Bryan Adams, "Cuts Like a Knife"
- Captain Sensible, "Live at the Milky Way"
- Carly Simon, "Clouds in My Coffee - Disc 1"*
- Cars, "The Cars"
- Cars, "Candy-O"
- Cars, "Panorama"
- Cars, "Shake It Up"
- Cars, "Heartbeat City"
- Cat Stevens, "Mona Bone Jakon"
- Cat Stevens, "Tea For The Tillerman"
- Cat Stevens, "Teaser and the Firecat"
- Charlatans UK, "Some Friendly"
- Cheap Trick, "Authorized Greatest Hits"*
- Chicago, "9"*
- Chicago, "16"
- Chris Isaak, "Best Of"*
- Clash, "London Calling"*
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Chronicles 1 & 2"*
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "So Far"*
- Crowded House, "Crowded House"
- Cult, "Pure Cult, The Singles 1984-1995"*
- Cure, "Staring at the Sea The Singles"*
- Cyndi Lauper, "Twelve Deadly Cyns"*
- Daryl Hall & John Oates, "Rock 'n Soul Part 1"*
- Dave Matthews Band, "Under The Table And Dreaming"
- David Bowie, "Changes"*
- David Bowie, "Best Of David Bowie 1969-1974"*
- Def Leppard, "Pyromania"
- Def Leppard, "Hysteria"
- Del Fuegos, "Best of the Slash Years"*
- Devo, "Greatest Hits"*
- Dexy's Midnight Runners, "The Very Best of"*
- Dire Straits, "Dire Straits"
- Dire Straits, "Making Movies"
- Dire Straits, "Brothers in Arms"
- Don Henley, "Building the Perfect Beast"
- Donald Fagen, "The Nightfly"
- Doobie Brothers, "Best of the Doobies, Vol 1 & 2"*
- Duran Duran, "Duran Duran"
- Duran Duran, "Rio"
- Duran Duran, "Seven & The Ragged Tiger"
- Duran Duran, "Notorious"
- Duran Duran, "Big Thing"
- Duran Duran, "Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)"
- Duran Duran, "Meddazaland"
- Duran Duran, "Astronaut"
- Eagles, "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975"*
- Eagles, "Hotel California"
- Echo & The Bunnymen, "More Song To Learn And To Sing"*
- Eddie Money, "Greatest Hits"
- Electric Light Orchestra, "The Best Of Electric Light Orchestra"*
- Elvis Costello and the Attractions, "Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions"*
- EMF, "Schubert Dip"
- Erykah Badu, "Baduizm"
- Eurythmics, "Greatest Hits"*
- Expose, "Greatest Hits"*
- Faith No More, "The Real Thing"
- Filter, "Short Bus"
- Fine Young Cannibals, "The Raw and the Cooked"
- Finger Eleven, "The Greyest of Blue Skies"
- Fiona Apple, "Tidal"
- Fiona Apple, "When The Pawn..."
- Fixx, "Greatest Hits"*
- Fleetwood Mac, "Fleetwood Mac"
- Fleetwood Mac, "Rumours"
- Foo Fighters, "Foo Fighters"
- Foo Fighters, "The Colour and the Shape"
- Foo Fighters, "There Is Nothing Left to Lose"
- Foreigner, "4"
- Foreigner, "Agent Provocateur"
- Foreigner, "Records"*
- Four Tops, "Ultimate Collection"*
- Garbage, "Garbage"
- Garbage, "Version 2.0"
- Gary Numan, "The Pleasure Principle"
- Genesis, "Abacab"
- Genesis, "Genesis"
- Genesis, "Invisible Touch"
- Gerry Rafferty, "City to City"
- Gnarls Barkley, "St. Elsewhere"
- Godsmack, "Godsmack"
- Go-Go's, "Beauty And The Beat"
- Go-Go's, "Vacation"
- Green Day, "Dookie"
- Green Day, "Insomniac"
- Hall & Oates, "Big Bam Boom"
- Hall & Oates, "Rock 'n Soul Part 1"*
- Harvey Danger, "Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone"
- Harvey Danger, "King James Version"
- Harvey Danger, "Little By Little"
- Heart, "Heart"
- Heart, "Bad Animals"
- Hole, "Live Through This"
- Hollies, "Greatest Hits"*
- Hooters, "Nervous Night"
- Howard Jones, "Dream Into Action"
- Huey Lewis & The News, "Sports"
- Human League, "Greatest Hits"*
- Human Sexual Response, "Fig. 14"
- Information Society, "Information Society"
- Information Society, "Hack"
- INXS, "Listen Like Thieves"
- INXS, "Kick"
- INXS, "Greatest Hits"*
- J. Geils Band, "Flashback"*
- James Brown, "Live at the Apollo"
- Jane's Addiction, "Nothing's Shocking"
- Jane's Addiction, "Ritual De Lo Habitual"
- Jefferson Airplane, "Surrealistic Pillow"
- Jesus Jones, "Doubt"
- Jim Carroll Band, "Catholic Boy"
- Jimi Hendrix, "Are You Experienced"
- Jimi Hendrix, "Axis - Bold as Love"
- Jimi Hendrix, "Electric Ladyland"
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "I Love Rock n' Roll"
- Joe Jackson, "Greatest Hits"
- John Farrar, "John Farrar"
- John Mellencamp, "Uh-Huh"
- John Mellencamp, "Scarecrow"
- John Mellencamp, "American Fool"
- Journey , "Greatest Hits"*
- Joy Division, "Unknown Pleasures"
- Julian Lennon, "Valotte"
- Julian Lennon, "The Secret Value of Daydreaming"
- Kansas, "The Best of Kansas"*
- Kate Bush, "The Kick Inside"
- Katrina and the Waves, "The Best of"*
- Kinks, "Come Dancing With The Kinks"*
- Knack, "Get the Knack"
- Korn, "Issues"
- Korn, "Greatest Hits Volume 1"
- L7, "Bricks are Heavy"
- Laura Nyro, "Stoned Soul Picnic The Best of Laura Nyro"*
- Laurie Anderson, "Big Science"
- Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin"
- Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin II"
- Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin II"
- Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin IV"
- Lemonheads, "It's a Shame About Ray"
- Leonard Cohen, "Best of Leonard Cohen"*
- Leonard Cohen, "More Best of Leonard Cohen"*
- Letters to Cleo, "Aurora Gory Alice"
- Level 42, "World Machine"
- Level 42, "Running in the Family"
- Level 42, "Level Best"*
- Little Richard, "Greatest Hits"*
- Little River Band, "Greatest Hits"*
- Live, "Throwing Copper"
- Live, "Secret Samadhi"
- Live, "The Distance To Here"
- Living Colour, "Vivid"
- Living Colour, "Time's Up"
- Lorraine Ellison, "Stay with Me, The Best of Lorraine Ellison"*
- Loverboy, "Big Ones"*
- Lovin' Spoonful, "Greatest Hits"*
- Luscious Jackson, "Fever In Fever Out"
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Greatest Hits"*
- Mad Season, "Above"
- Madness, "Best Of"*
- Mamas & the Papas, "Best Of"*
- Marilyn Manson, "Anti-Christ Superstar"
- M/A/R/R/S, "Pump Up The Volume"
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, "Greatest Hits"*
- Meat Loaf, "Bat Out Of Hell"
- Men At Work, "Business As Usual"
- Men At Work, "Cargo"
- Men Without Hats, "Rhythm of Youth"
- Michael Penn , "March"
- Midnight Oil, "Diesel and Dust"
- Midnight Oil, "Blue Sky"
- Missing Persons, "Greatest Hits"*
- Monkees, "Greatest Hits"*
- Moody Blues, "Greatest Hits"*
- Morrissey, "Kill Uncle"
- Morrissey, "Maladjusted"
- Mr. Mister, "Welcome to the Real World"
- Naked Eyes, "The Very Best Of Naked Eyes"*
- Neil Young, "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
- Neil Young, "Harvest"
- Neil Young, "Decade"
- Neurotic Outsiders, "Neurotic Outsiders"
- New Order, "Substance"*
- New Order, "The Best of New Order"*
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, "Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds"*
- Nick Drake, "Pink Moon"
- Nick Lowe, "Basher, The Best of Nick Lowe"*
- Night Ranger, "Greatest Hits"*
- Nine Inch Nails, "Pretty Hate Machine"
- Nine Inch Nails, "Broken"
- Nine Inch Nails, "Downward Spiral"
- Nirvana, "Nevermind"
- Nirvana, "Unplugged In New York"
- No Doubt, "Tragic Kingdom"
- Oasis, "What's the Story Morning Glory"
- Offspring, "Smash"
- Olivia Newton-John, "Totally Hot"
- Olivia Newton-John, "Physical"
- Olivia Newton-John, "Greatest Hits Volume 2"*
- Pat Benatar, "Seven the Hard Way"
- Pat Benatar, "Best Shots"*
- Patti Smith, "Horses"
- Patti Smith, "Easter"
- Patti Smith, "Gung Ho"
- Paul Pena, "New Train"
- Paul Simon, "Negotiations and Love Songs 1971-1986"*
- Pet Shop Boys, "Please"
- Pet Shop Boys, "Greatest Hits"*
- Pete Shelley, "Heaven and the Sea"
- Peter Gabriel, "Peter Gabriel 3 aka Melt"
- Peter Gabriel, "Security"
- Peter Gabriel, "So"
- Peter Murphy , "Deep"
- Phil Collins, "Face Value"
- Phil Collins, "No Jacket Required"
- Phil Collins, "But Seriously"
- Pink Floyd, "Meddle"
- Pink Floyd, "Dark Side of the Moon"
- Pink Floyd, "Wih You Were Here"
- Pink Floyd, "The Wall"
- Pixies, "Doolittle"
- PJ Harvey, "Dry"
- PJ Harvey, "Rid of Me"
- PJ Harvey, "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea"
- Plimsouls, "Everywhere at Once"
- Police, "Reggatta de Blanc"
- Police, "Zenyatta Mondatta"
- Police, "Ghost In The Machine"
- Police, "Synchronicity"
- Porno For Pyros, "Good God's Urge"
- Power Station, "Power Station"
- Robert Plant, "Welcome to the Real World"
- Simple Minds, "Once Upon a Time"