You're stranded on an island with 5 records...What are they?

[DslDwg]

Rush - Hemispheres
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Steely Dan - Showbiz Kids

 

[spawnofthesith]

.... these are always impossible for me lol. At this very moment in time:

Isis - Wavering Radiant
The Contortionist - Exoplanet
Tool - Lateralus
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Sleep - Dopesmoker

Dammit, ran out of room to add any really brutal stuff

 

[TheBloodstained]

Mnemic - Mechanical Spin Phenomena
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Devin Townsend Project - The Calm And The Storm (Ghost and Deconstruction box)
Green Day - American Idiot
Under Byen - Det Er Mig Der Holder Træerne Sammen

I was absolutely sure about Mnemic and Pink Floyd, but I'm not a 100% sure about the other ones. I might say something different tomorrow or in a week. I listen to stuff in periods of time and at the moment it's Devin Townsend and Dimmu Borgir who is dominating my iPod.

 

[abandonist]

5 e-books on survival.

 

[mgh]

as everyone has said, impossible to choose, but right now:
1. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
2. Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick
3. It Bites - The Tall Ships
4. Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius (Elder/Halle)
5. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto 2 (Ashkenazy/Concertgebouw)

 

[blaaargh]

Sleep's Holy Mountain
Gaza - No Absolutes In Human Suffering
Gregor Samsa - Rest
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
Slint - Spiderland

other contenders include:
This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket
GY!BE - F#A# Infinity
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum
Weekend Nachos - Worthless
Rodan - Rusty
Doom - Born Like This
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Isis - Oceanic
etc

 

[Demiurge]

Devin Townsend- Ocean Machine
The Who- Quadrophenia
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
Pink Floyd- Animals
Porcupine Tree- Signify

If I ever become a successful recording artist and release an album, I'm going to make sure that my album comes with a HAM radio, set of flares, and a box of waterproof matches in the digipak edition to ensure listing on people's 'desert island' lists.

 

[pink freud]

How to survive stranded on an island, parts 1 through 5.

 

[unadventurer]

Tool - Lateralus
Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Maybe a Bjork album just to mix up the genres.. let's say Vespertine.

 

[Yo_Wattup]

I'll never understand these types of threads. You give your opinion but ab-so-lutely nobody cares. No one. It incites no conversation what so ever, just a bunch of random people commenting pointlessly.

 

[bigswifty]

^ All in the name of plus 1, son!

I vote the Rick Astley 5 cd box set! Never gonna give that shit up!

But for real..

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes
Plini - Sweet Nothings and Other Things (Cmon, they're short EP's!)
Reign of Kindo - Play With Fire
Opeth - Still Life
A record by Michael Hedges or Andy McKee..

So tough.. As much as I love heavy as SH*T music, I'd have to diversify as much as possible (sonically) in that situation.
Runners up:

Tool - Undertow/Lateralus
Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
Disperse - Living Mirrors
Haken - Aquarius
Karnivool - Sound Awake

 

[Don Vito]

I'll never understand these types of threads. You give your opinion but ab-so-lutely nobody cares. No one. It incites no conversation what so ever, just a bunch of random people commenting pointlessly.

That's very edgy and enlightening.

 

[UV7BK4LIFE]

So, you've just been shipwrecked on a deserted island and you have 5 records on your iPod...what are they?

Lol who has 5 records on an iPod Aaaand really awesome Drowning Pool is on your list, one of the most underrated nu-metal albums imo.

Okay, here goes:

1 Slayer - Reign in Blood
2 B-Thong - Damage
3 Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
4 Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
5 The Acacia Strain - Continent

I'll never understand these types of threads. You give your opinion but ab-so-lutely nobody cares. No one. It incites no conversation what so ever, just a bunch of random people commenting pointlessly.

I like browsing these types of threads. If there's something I don't know in someone's top 5, it usually means I'm late to the party and I should check it out. Broaden my musical horizon a bit.

 

[-One-]

Brand New - Deja Entendu
Veil of Maya - All Things Set Aside
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
After the Burial - Rareform
Kingmaker - Less Faith

 

[MartinMTL]

Considering its a desert island, may as well keep it chill.

Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
Weezer - Blue Album
Neil Young - Harvest
CCR - not sure which album for sure...

and for when I feel like going nuts:

Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

 

[potatohead]

Master of Puppets
Rust in Peace
10,000 days
With Oden On Our Side
Follow the Reaper

Because I just can't live without Tornado, Right in Two, Kissing the Shadows and well, all of Puppets. And Amon Amarth rules.

 

[JoshuaVonFlash]

Double post.

 

[JoshuaVonFlash]

Considering its a desert island, may as well keep it chill.

Sublime - 40oz to Freedom
Weezer - Blue Album
Neil Young - Harvest
CCR - not sure which album for sure...

and for when I feel like going nuts:

Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis

Damn that's a good list.

 

[InfinityCollision]

Considering its a desert island, may as well keep it chill.

Chill and nothing too depressing either. F*ck if I could pick just five though

 

[yingmin]

Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Rush - Hemispheres
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Opeth - Blackwater Park

With either Dodecahedron or Deathspell Omega's Paracletus as an alternate for Nursery Cryme.