If you could only bring one album to a deserted island…

[Nilsi]

…which would you take and why?

I would pick async by Ryuichi Sakamoto.

It‘s so universal, yet very human; at times beautiful, at times ugly; transcendent and immanent at the same time…

Anyways, here is a cut I particularly like:

 

[Carl-Richard]

I recently tried to list my top 3 favorite bands. They have to be bands I've listened to all of their songs at least once, listened to regularly over the years, and of course they have to readily pop into my mind when I think about the question. For now, it's Opeth, Cynic and Tool. If I had to pick one album from one of them to bring to a deserted island, it would probably be "Kindly Bent to Free Us" by Cynic (which is actually what my profile picture is based on now that I think about it, the album cover). I don't know if my musical experience is just extremely limited or something, but I've always found Cynic to be completely unique, especially their later albums. I can't really place it anywhere or pin it down to any specific set of influences. It's just there, as it self, speaking to me at a very deep level.

Edited August 11, 2023 by Carl-Richard

[MarkKol]

Cracker Island by Gorillaz just for the Irony of being a cracker on an deserted Island, It's also pretty decent.

[Nilsi]

6 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

I recently tried to list my top 3 favorite bands. They have to be bands I've listened to all of their songs at least once, listened to regularly over the years, and of course they have to readily pop into my mind when I think about the question. For now, it's Opeth, Cynic and Tool. If I had to pick one album from one of them to bring to a deserted island, it would probably be "Kindly Bent to Free Us" by Cynic (which is actually what my profile picture is based on now that I think about it, the album cover). I don't know if my musical experience is just extremely limited or something, but I've always found Cynic to be completely unique, especially their later albums. I can't really place it anywhere or pin it down to any specific set of influences. It's just there, as it self, speaking to me at a very deep level.

I like it. Sounds exactly like what I'd imagine your favorite album to sound

[Nilsi]

6 hours ago, MarkKol said:

Cracker Island by Gorillaz just for the Irony of being a cracker on an deserted Island, It's also pretty decent.

Unironically a good pick.

[FourCrossedWands]

Definitely one of the Arcturus albums. 

 

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