My desert island countdown continues (see Monday’s post for the full explanation).
Desert Island Musical Artists – Honorable Mention – Belle & Sebastian
The Scottish septet very nearly made my top five but the tough competition edged them out to the unofficial sixth spot.
Eight full-length albums and a couple of dozen B-sides and EP tracks should keep me in twee indie-pop heaven for quite awhile.
My desert island countdown continues (see Monday’s post for the full explanation).
Have already counted down my top five desert island picks for musical artists, TV series and movie directors, this week I’ll name some honorable mentions.
These picks are presented in no particular order.
It’s hard to pick a favorite among Simon & Garfunkel’s five albums — each has is own unique charm. But I could make a strong case for 1968’s Bookends, the duo’s fourth record.
Bookends is half a concept record, with Side One tracing a life from birth to death. Side Two is made up of odds and ends left over from the Graduate soundtrack, including ‘Mrs. Robinson’ and ‘Hazy Shade of Winter.’
I’m envisioning a future project — a list of bands that produced one excellent album but nothing else that crossed my radar.
This is different from a one-hit wonder because the whole album, not just a single song, has to be great. And it can’t be a group that has a few pretty good albums and one amazing one. This one album has to be the only work of theirs you own.
My desert island countdown continues (see Monday’s post for the full explanation).
Desert Island Musical Artists – #1 – Bob Dylan
Dylan was the man when I first became a true music fan, listening to his old LPs on a turntable on the island of my 10th grade bedroom. He’s still the man three decades later.
