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"