Cinny said:

do compilations count?

Totally cheating! Hey, I didn't know about that EWF boxset. Count Basie??

yep, I'm a major junky for Big Band & Swing and especially the Basie "groove"

I could not imagine NEVER hearing that sound again so he made the Top 5

actually I thought the same about P-Funk and golden era Hip-Hop , but I do not own any comprehensive box set for those

if I would be allowed to make my own compilation of course....

some sets I also considered but had to drop: the Motown Hitsville 4CD and the 14 album Philly Sound Box.
oh who am I kidding, in the end I could never ever cut it down to just five

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Dancelot said:

actually I thought the same about P-Funk and golden era Hip-Hop , but I do not own any comprehensive box set for those

oh shit, I just found exactly what I had in mind

I didn't see any track on it I don't own already on vinyl or CD, but still I might have to get this anyway

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Prince - Sign of the times

David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust

D'Angelo - Voodoo

Bob Marley - Legend

AC/DC - Back in black

Phew, that was very, very hard

Dancelot said:

Dancelot said:

actually I thought the same about P-Funk and golden era Hip-Hop , but I do not own any comprehensive box set for those

oh shit, I just found exactly what I had in mind

I didn't see any track on it I don't own already on vinyl or CD, but still I might have to get this anyway

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I have most of these volumes separately, and it is almost perfect (a few weird mixes).

Do boxsets count?

STEELY DAN - AJA

PRINCE - PARADE

RICK JAMES - STREET LIFE

MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE

JIMI HENDRIX - FIRST RAYS OF THE NEW RISING SUN

I actually did this within two minutes!

Prince - Parade

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners

Mozart - The Piano Concertos (I see other box sets listed, so I'm good)

The Beatles - The Beatles

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

funkaholic1972 said:

STEELY DAN - AJA

PRINCE - PARADE

RICK JAMES - STREET LIFE

MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE

JIMI HENDRIX - FIRST RAYS OF THE NEW RISING SUN

I actually did this within two minutes!

This is actually a great list, even with the Rick James inclusion.

You've got good taste.

The Beatles ~ 1962-1966

Phat Trax Vol. 1

Johnnie Taylor ~ Lifetime

AM Gold (Time Life set)

The Monkees ~ Listen To The Band

Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Fiona "Fucking" Apple, The Doors, Luther, Aretha, Howard Hewett, Teena Marie, TTD and a Comp of R&B, Jazz, Latin, Pop Music from the 50's, 60's 70's 80's and 90's. More than 5 hey what can I tell ya.

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duccichucka said:

funkaholic1972 said:

STEELY DAN - AJA

PRINCE - PARADE

RICK JAMES - STREET LIFE

MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE

JIMI HENDRIX - FIRST RAYS OF THE NEW RISING SUN

I actually did this within two minutes!

This is actually a great list, even with the Rick James inclusion.

You've got good taste.

Thanks for the compliment, well appreciated! Rick James was thrown in cuz I need some more lighthearted and fun music as well!

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Prince Sign o the Times

Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation

George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Volume I

Bob Marley Legend

Eminem Recovery

Bubbling Under: Boyz II Men, II; Color Me Badd, Time and Chance; too many to mention

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Easy....

The Hissing of Summer Lawns/Joni Mitchell

Sign O the Times/Prince

Aja/Steely Dan

In a Silent Way/Miles Davis

Faith and Courage/Sinead O'Connor

See....

Cerebus said:

Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do

Ani DiFranco - Dilate

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No. 3

Prince - Sign O The Times

I could easily list 100 honorable mentions, but at this point those are the five I would pick without a doubt. If I could go to six it would be something jazz, probably some Coltrane.

Oh my god. I thought I was the only one in existence on this website to adore Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. The amount of sheer minimalistic perfection in all three movements. So emotionally fantastic

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

Off the Wall - Michael Jackson

Axis: Bold as Love - Jimi Hendrix

Station to Station - David Bowie

Sign 'O' the Times - Prince

That...was difficult

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life

Janet Jackson - Control

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane

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^^

vinyl and CD and tape? now that's hardcore

I'm surprised to spot just one Rap album

Dancelot said:

^^

vinyl and CD and tape? now that's hardcore

I'm surprised to spot just one Rap album

When we are talking top 5, it's got to be the kind of albums that would wake me out of a coma, ones I never tire of, or ones that lasted me for most of my life already. Big Daddy Kane is my absolute favorite. I debated a Run-DMC best of, or MC Lyte's second album.

1. Prime of My Life - Phyllis Hyman

2. The Woman I Am - Chaka Khan

3. Emotions - Mariah Carey

4. Vesta - Vesta Williams

5. Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder

Cinny said:

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life

Janet Jackson - Control

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane

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Great list, I would happily settle for this list if I was to be dropped on a deserted island!

funkaholic1972 said:

Cinny said:

Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life

Janet Jackson - Control

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane

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Great list, I would happily settle for this list if I was to be dropped on a deserted island!

Thanks!

MJ- Off The Wall

Marvin Gaye- What's Going On

Stevie Wonder- Musicequariam 1 and 2

The Stylistics- The Best of the Stylistics

The Jacksons- Destiny

Honorable mentions, Janelle Monae- ArchAndroid, Janet Jackson- Velvet Rope, D Angelo- Brown Sugar, Brandy-Brandy, Supremes- The Hits, James Brown Live, and countless more.

Something by:

Shakira
Teena Marie
Prince
Nirvana
No Doubt

Don't quote me on that.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Something by:

Shakira
Teena Marie
Prince
Nirvana
No Doubt

Don't quote me on that.

You've almost done it! Choose one album from each!

whodknee said:

Talking Book- Stevie Wonder Reveling/Reckoning- Ani Difranco Illmatic- Nas Don't Be Cruel- Bobby Brown Ok Computer- Radiohead That was tough. I had to replace Mingus' Ah Um and Miles' Bitches Brew with Bobby Brown but it's more true to my current tastes.

Sorry Miles, you would have come along if we got to bring 10 albums to the deserted island.

Guys really no classical music? film composititions??? They're kinda essential to kinda feel the shivers and shit, I'd take Enya's Only Time album instead of anything by Rick James for eample, cuz I already got Purple Rain that has funk in it..