Daniel’s Favourite Albums

 

Just in case they ever revive the radio show Desert Island Discs in this country, I’m fully prepared. These are the 100 albums I would take with me to my desert island.

 

* = Greatest Hits album; ^ = Live album

 

1. Peter Gabriel - Us

2. Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints

3. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

4. Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay

5. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound

6. Kate Bush - The Sensual World

7. Suzanne Vega - Days of Open Hand

8. Not Drowning Waving - Circus

9. Paul Simon - You're the One

10. Joe Jackson & friends - Heaven & Hell

 

11. Paul Simon - Graceland

12. Genesis - The Way We Walk Volume 2: The Longs*^

13. Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

14. My Friend the Chocolate Cake - My Friend the Chocolate Cake

15. Joni Mitchell - Travelogue

16. Carly Simon - Letters Never Sent

17. Peter Gabriel - Passion

18. 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged*^

19. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

20. Be Good Tanyas – Chinatown

 

21. The Whitlams - Love This City

22. Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and Mirror

23. 10000 Maniacs - Our Time in <Eden

24. John Mayer - Room for Squares

25. Billy Bragg & the Blokes - Mermaid Avenue Tour^

26. My Friend the Chocolate Cake - Brood

27. Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily

28. Anna Maria Jopek - Bosa

29. Claude Debussy - Piano Works Volume 3 / Francois-Joel Thiollier

30. Tom Lehrer - That Was the Year That Was^

 

31. David Bridie - Act of Free Choice

32. Peter Gabriel - Up

33. My Friend the Chocolate Cake - Good Luck

34. The Whitlams - Eternal Nightcap

35. Peter Gabriel - So

36. Sarah McLachlan – Mirrorball*^

37. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

38. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen

39. Jars of Clay - Much Afraid

40. Kate Bush - The Red Shoes

 

41. Suzanne Vega - Nine Objects of Desire

42. Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow

43. Jan Garbarek & The Hilliard Ensemble - Officium

44. Billy Bragg - Don't Try This at Home

45. Michelle Shocked - Captain Swing

46. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

47. Björk - Homogenic

48. Jackson Browne - The Next Voice You Hear*

49. David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise

50. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs

 

51. Capercaillie - Choice Language

52. Paul Kelly - Words and Music

53. Bruce Hornsby - Halcyon Days

54. Peter Gabriel - Ovo

55. Genesis - Abacab

56. Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet

57. R.E.M. - Up

58. Tori Amos - Under the Pink

59. James Taylor - Never Die Young

60. The Cranberries - Bury the Hatchet

 

61. James Taylor - New Moon Shine

62. Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

63. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

64. Jewel - Spirit

65. Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer^

66. Vince Jones - Future Girl

67. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

68. Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin - Hush

69. Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man on Earth

70. Genesis - Three Sides Live*^

 

71. Suzanne Vega - Tried and True: The Best of Suzanne Vega*

72. My Friend the Chocolate Cake - Live at the National Theatre*^

73. John Denver - John Denver's Greatest Hits*

74. Björk - Debut

75. Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live*^

76. Nelly Furtado - Folklore

77. Billy Bragg – England, Half English

78. Björk - Post

79. Suzanne Vega - Songs in Red and Gray

80. David Bridie - Hotel Radio

 

81. Sixpence None the Richer - Sixpence None the Richer

82. Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live*^

83. Genesis - Foxtrot

84. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing

85. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

86. Anna Maria Jopek - Szeptem

87. Ross Edwards - Orchestral Works / Sydney Symphony Orchestra

88. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

89. Genesis - Invisible Touch

90. Paul Kelly - Songs from the South*

 

91. Shane Howard – Retrospect*

92. The Corrs - Forgiven not Forgotten

93. Doug Anthony All Stars - Dead or Alive^

94. Paula Cole Band - Amen

95. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan / Qawwal and Party - Shahen-Shah

96. Mark Seymour - King Without a Clue

97. The Chieftains - Tears of Stone

99. Missy Higgins - The Sound of White

99. Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets

100. Indigo Girls - All That We Let In

 

 

(last updated 29 March 2005)

 

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