The Syndicate

Cool list, Zebra.

Vomps' list is indeed stellar. Glad to see Merzbow make an appearance and Sphere is certainly one of his better efforts.

Snow Dog wrote:^Red Noise? Did you not discover that recently or am I confusing you with someone else?

I've had it for a couple of years, but I've been a fan of Nelson's work with Be Bop Deluxe for a long time.

This is always extremely difficult to do. Here's my list. I took the desert island idea seriously, so this is not necessarily a list of my 15 favorite albums, but I tried to represent different genres so I wouldn't get sick of them, and more uplifting music than I might otherwise choose to keep me sane. I don't see myself listening to a lot of metal or sound collage on the island.

In no particular order:

1. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
2. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
3. Brian Eno - Before and After Science
4. The Million Dollar Quartet
5. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
6. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
7. Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound on Sound
8. Penguin Cafe Orchestra
9. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
10. Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man
11. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
12. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
13. The Kinks - Face to Face
14. Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay
15. Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique