In case you need to waste your afternoon
Pajiba commenters pick their five "Desert Island" albums: "...this isn’t a list of what you think are the best albums ever, nor is it a list to show off your wide and diverse musical tastes. It is your true comfort albums. The discs you know you could listen to for the rest of your life, in between cracking coconuts and pushing buttons in the hatch."
Mine:
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple [.tgz]
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos (Andre Previn) [.zip] (note, the zip file only has Disc 2, so it's the 3d and 4th concertos. I'm more partial to the 2nd concerto than the 4th, but oh how I love the 3d. I had the privilege of seeing it performed at the BSO once; I totally cried at the end. It was so amazing. But I digress.)
Led Zeppelin IV [.zip]
Living With Ghosts - Patty Griffin [ .zip]
O - Damien Rice [.zip]
Honorable mention:
Veronica Mars S1 Soundtrack [.zip]
Welcome Interstate Managers - Fountains of Wayne
'Huh?' - the mumbles [.zip]
Christmas With the Rat Pack
Next - Tufts Beelzebubs [.zip]
Go.
(ps to slayerinthedark, I was fully expecting this to break your brain, but then it occurred to me that you probably have a list of "top 100 albums of all time" ready and waiting. And that thought made me smile.)
Mine:
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple [.tgz]
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos (Andre Previn) [.zip] (note, the zip file only has Disc 2, so it's the 3d and 4th concertos. I'm more partial to the 2nd concerto than the 4th, but oh how I love the 3d. I had the privilege of seeing it performed at the BSO once; I totally cried at the end. It was so amazing. But I digress.)
Led Zeppelin IV [.zip]
Living With Ghosts - Patty Griffin [ .zip]
O - Damien Rice [.zip]
Honorable mention:
Veronica Mars S1 Soundtrack [.zip]
Welcome Interstate Managers - Fountains of Wayne
'Huh?' - the mumbles [.zip]
Christmas With the Rat Pack
Next - Tufts Beelzebubs [.zip]
Go.
(ps to slayerinthedark, I was fully expecting this to break your brain, but then it occurred to me that you probably have a list of "top 100 albums of all time" ready and waiting. And that thought made me smile.)