I’ve got over 700 CDs in my collection. I love music and appreciate having the tangible evidence of rhythms in my hands.
The act of putting a disc in the carousel is all part of the enjoyment. Downloading it from Apple’s iTunes does not titillate me nor do I want to use my computer as a jukebox.
So, if I happened to be given an ultimatum of having to choose only 25 albums — excluding compilations or best ofs — here are 25 original cuts that I would keep in my collection.
My favourite tunes are included, the top one, italicized.
| 25. |  |
Album: Kick Artist: INXS Year: 1987 Favourites: “New Sensation”, “Devil Inside”, “Need You Tonight”, “Never Tear Us Apart” and “Mystify”. |
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| 24. |  |
Album: Breakfast in America Artist: Supertramp Year: 1979 Favourites: “Gone Hollywood”, “Goodbye Stranger”, “Breakfast in America”, “Take the Long Way Home” and “The Logical Song”. |
| 23. |  |
Album: Point of Know Return Artist: Kansas Year: 1977 Favourites: “Point of Know Return”, “The Spider”, “Lightning’s Hand”, “Dust in the Wind” and “Nobody’s Home”. |
| 22. |  |
Album: Auf der Maur Artist: Melissa Auf der Maur Year: 2004 Favourites: “Followed The Waves”, “Real a Lie”, “Taste You”, “Lightning is My Girl”, “I’ll Be Anything You Want” and “My Foggy Notion”. |
| 21. |  |
Album: Thriller Artist: Michael Jackson Year: 1982 Favourites: “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”, “The Girl Is Mine”, “Thriller”, “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”. |
| 20. |  |
Album: Songs For the Deaf Artist: Queens of the Stone Age Year: 2002 Favourites: “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire”, “No One Knows”, “Go With The Flow”, “First It Giveth”, “Six Shooter” and “Hangin’ Tree” |
| 19. |  |
Album: Out of Exile Artist: Audioslave Year: 2005 Favourites: “Your Time Has Come”, “Out of Exile”, “Be Yourself”, “Doesn’t Remind Me”, “Drown Me Slowly” and “The Worm”. |
| 18. |  |
Album: 1984 Artist: Van Halen Year: 1984 Favourites: “Panama”, “Jump”, “Hot For Teacher”, “I’ll Wait” and “Drop Dead Legs”. |
| 17. |  |
Album: Fleetwood Mac Artist: Rumours Year: 1977 Favourites: “Second Hand News”, “Dreams”, “Don’t Stop”, “Go Your Own Way”, “The Chain”, “You Make Loving Fun” and “Gold Dust Woman”. |
| 16. |  |
Album: Action Pact Artist: Sloan Year: 2003 Favourites: “Gimme That”, “Backstabbin'”, “The Rest of My Life”, “False Alarm” and “Who Loves Life More?” |
| 15. |  |
Album: Homework Artist: Daft Punk Year: 1997 Favourites: “Around the World”, “Da Funk”, “Burnin'”, “Revolution 909”, “Phoenix” and “Alive”. |
| 14. |  |
Album: Elevator Artist: Hot Hot Heat Year: 2005 Favourites: “Running Out Of Time”, “You Owe Me An IOU”, “Middle of Nowhere”, “Goodnight, Goodnight” and “Island of the Honest Man”. |
| 13. |  |
Album: With Teeth Artist: Nine Inch Nails Year: 2005 Favourites: “All The Love In The World”, “The Collector”, “The Hand That Feeds”, “Every Day Is Exactly The Same” and “Only”. |
| 12. |  |
Album: Boston Artist: Boston Year: 1976 Favourites: “More Than A Feeling”, “Peace of Mind”, “Foreplay/Long Time”, “Rock and Roll Band”, “Smokin'” and “Hitch a Ride”. |
| 11. |  |
Album: Oh No Artist: OK Go Year: 2005 Favourites: “Invincible”,” Do What You Want”, “Here It Goes Again”,”A Good Idea At the Time” and “A Million Ways”. |
| 10. |  |
Album: Brothers Artist: The Black Keys Year: 2010 Favourites: “Howlin’ For You”, “Tighten Up”, “She’s Long Gone”, “Next Girl”, “Black Mud” and “The Go Getter”. |
| 9. |  |
Album: Get Behind Me Satan Artist: The White Stripes Year: 2005 Favourites: “Blue Orchid”, “Take Take Take”, “My Doorbell”, “Little Ghost”, “The Denial Twist” and “I’m Lonely (But I’m Not That Lonely Yet)”. |
| 8. |  |
Album: Them vs. You vs. Me Artist: Finger Eleven Year: 2007 Favourites: “Paralyzer”, “Falling On”, “I’ll Keep Your Memory Vague”, “Change the World”, “Lost My Way” and “Talking to the Walls”. |
| 7. |  |
Album: Gold Medal Artist: The Donnas Year: 2004 Favourites: “Don’t Break Me Down”, “Fall Behind Me”, “It’s So Hard”, “The Gold Medal”, “Revolver” and “Have You No Pride”. |
| 6. |  |
Album: Eliminator Artist: ZZ Top Year: 1983 Favourites: “Gimme All Your Lovin'”, “Legs”, “Sharp Dressed Man”, “Got Me Under Pressure”, “TV Dinners” and “I Got The Six”. |
| 5. |  |
Album: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Artist: Foo Fighters Year: 2007 Favourites: “The Pretender”, “Let It Die”, “Long Road to Ruin”, “Summer’s End”, “Cheer Up Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)”, “Come Alive” and “Statues” |
| 4. |  |
Album: Back in Black Artist: AC/DC Year: 1980 Favourites: “Hells Bells”, “Shoot To Thrill”, “What Do You Do For Money Honey”, “Back in Black”, “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “Shake A Leg” and “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution”. |
| 3. |  |
Album: Untitled (IV) Artist: Led Zeppelin Year: 1971 Favourites: “Black Dog”, “Rock and Roll”, “The Battle of Evermore”, “Stairway to Heaven”, “Misty Mountain Hop” and “When the Levee Breaks”. |
| 2. |  |
Album: Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd Year: 1973 Favourites: “I Ain’t The One”, “Gimme Three Steps”, “Tuesday’s Gone”, “Simple Man”, “Things Goin’ On”, “Poison Whiskey” and “Free Bird”. |
| 1. |  |
Album: This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) Artist: Chevelle Year: 2004 Favourites: “The Clincher”, “Still Running”, “Get Some”, “Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)”, “Panic Prone”, “Another Know It All” and “Emotional Drought”. |
Melissa Auf der Maur’s first album is awesome! Listen to St. Vincent’s latest album ‘Strange Mercy’ – I think you’ll be blown away.