The 5 CDs you can't live without

[sheehan_17]

1. Wooten - A Show Of Hands
2. Jaco - Jaco
3. Dream Theater - Images & Words
4. Alice In Chains - Dirt
5. David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em & Smile

 

[Eywin]

Peter Gabriel - Security
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Radiohead - Kid A
Tom Waits - Rain dogs
The Smiths - The Queen is dead

 

[Andy Brown]

In no particular order:

Dream Threater - Images and Words
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Rush - Chronicles
Steely Dan - A Decade of Steely Dan
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

 

[Sutton]

Rage Against the Machine - Sel Titled
At The DriveIn - Acrobatic Tentiment
Elliot smith - Figure 8
Bright eyes - I'm wide Awake, Its Morning
Againts Me! - As the Eternal Cowboy

 

[Chapter]

I would bring:

Morbid Angel - Dominate

Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)

Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

Slayer - Raining Blood

Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

 

[bassksun]

Miles Davis-Kinda Blue
Zappa-Apostrophe(')
Berlioz-The Planets
Marvin Gaye-Whats Goin On
Led Zepplin-Physical Graffiti

 

[heath_the_great]

RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Meshell Ndegeochello - Peace Beyond Passion
Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys
The Musical Version Of War Of The Worlds (the 70's one with Phil Lynott)
SRV - Couldnt Stand The Weather

 

[heath_the_great]

2. Justin Timberlake - Justified
Ok Just kidding but seriously you almost pee'd yourself laughing didn't you I just couldn't resist.

no...thats a rather good album, same with missy elliot, maroon 5 and so forth...there is some very good pop music out there

 

[trog]

Rage Against the Machine - Self-Titled
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
King Crimson - Thrak / Red (Can't decide)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
Rush - Different Stages

That's basicly my most played list.

 

[tiredman9]

Doors-Morrison Hotel
Doors-Live
Guns n Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Dr. Feelgood- Motley Crue
Honorable Mention Ramones-Ramones

 

[Kitsapbass]

1) michael manring/drastic measures
2) dream theater/awake
3) paul simon/graceland
4) van halen/fair warning
5) windham hill/guitar sampler (hedges, manring, torn, degrassi)

if i'm on a desert island, i might want to listen to music I like but my wife doesn't

 

[Peter Squire]

Rush - Exit...Stage Left
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in NY
Foo Fighters - In Your Honour
Eden Atwood - Feels Like Home
Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion

 

[dalley]

some great choices on here! Well, as of today my choices are:

1) Van Halen - Fair Warning
2) Beatles - Rubber Soul or Revolver
3) Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
4) Stone Temple Pilots - Core
5) Def Leppard - Pyromania

my tastes are actually a lot more diverse than this list

others:

King's X - Dogman
Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
Tool - Undertow

 

[mr. eff]

1.Boards of Canada-Music Has The Right To Children
2.Aphex Twin-Drukqs
3.RHCP-blood sugar sex magic
4.Interpol-Antics
5.Beatles-the White Album

all on vinyl of course

OK, I have to make a second one
1.Sublime-self titled
2.Tool-Lateralus
3.Boards of Canada-The Campfire Headphase
4.Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works vol. 2
5.Nirvana-In Utero

 

[metalguy2]

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Dream Theatre - Scenes from a Memory
Cannibal Corpse - Live Cannibalism
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
Rush - Vapor Trails

Very awesome question! I was thinking to myself the same thing before I read this thread.

 

[BassGod]

1. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
2. Metallica - Live In Mexico City
3. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
5. Thrice - The Illusion of Safety

EDIT: Replaced #4 with Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

I'd like to change my answer, slightly:

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets
2. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
3. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
4. Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik!

...screw it, I have to do ten!

6. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
7. Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll
8. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
9. Green Day - American Idiot
10. Queen - The Platinum Collection

Graeme

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Pat Metheny - Letter From Home
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

I can't resist another 5...

Beatles - Revolver
Frank Zappa - Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
Mahivshnu Orchestra - Apocalypse
The Doors - The Doors
Ravi Shankar - Live In Montery

 

[syciprider]

10,000 Maniacs Unplugged
10,000 Maniacs Our Time in Eden
The Smiths Singles
Poe's first album
Liz Phair Exile in Guyville

 

[JimmyM]

Esteban - Best Of
Britney Spears - Oops I Did I Again
Various - Best of Gay Club Dance Hits (and before you even ask, I'm not gay, I just like their music)
WWE - Entrance Theme Anthology
The Wiggles - Santa's Rockin'

 

[motherfunker]

i can live without 4 of 5 my current favorite cds, but i would need at least one to keep sane. so i guess that one cd counts. this month it's Squarepusher's Music is Rotted One Note cd.