What Are Your Top Five Must-Have Albums for a Trip?

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The forum discussion centers on the top five must-have albums for a trip, with participants sharing their personal selections. Key albums mentioned include "Exile on Main Street" by The Rolling Stones, "Led Zeppelin IV" by Led Zeppelin, "Powerage" by AC/DC, "Van Halen I" by Van Halen, and "Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses. Other notable mentions include "Let It Bleed" by The Rolling Stones, "Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix" (1997), and various Beatles albums. Participants express that their choices may vary over time, indicating the subjective nature of music preferences.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with classic rock music and its influential albums
  • Understanding of music genres such as rock, pop, and ambient
  • Knowledge of notable artists like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles
  • Awareness of album release years and their cultural significance
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  • Research the discography of The Rolling Stones, focusing on "Exile on Main Street" and "Let It Bleed"
  • Explore the impact of "Led Zeppelin IV" on rock music and its key tracks
  • Investigate the evolution of rock music from the 1960s to the 1980s
  • Listen to influential albums mentioned in the discussion, such as "Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix" and "The Beatles" (White Album)
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Music enthusiasts, classic rock fans, and anyone looking to curate a travel playlist with iconic albums will benefit from this discussion.

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Say you're going on a trip and you can only bring five albums with you. What do you bring?

I am pretty sold on my list.

Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Powerage - AC/DC
Van Halen I - Van Halen
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n Roses

Curious as to what everybody here on PF listens to.
 
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Mondayman said:
Say you're going on a trip and you can only bring five albums with you. What do you bring?

I am pretty sold on my list.

Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Powerage - AC/DC
Van Halen I - Van Halen
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n Roses

Curious as to what everybody here on PF listens to.
For me, I'd have to pick "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones.
Led Zeppelin IV is good, but I think I'd have to make a custom Best of or My Favorites of Led Zeppelin.
Van Halen's eponymous album is good.
I'd have to go with Jimi Hendrix, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997, well after he passed in 1970).
I'll have to think about a 5th album. Maybe The Who's Greatest Hits (The Who album), 2009.
 
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Astronuc said:
Maybe The Who's Greatest Hits
Why not Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy?
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Why not Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy?
Too early. That compilation (released 30 October 1971) is missing tracks from Who's Next, released 14 August 1971, and includes "Baba O'Riley", "Bargain", "Behind Blue Eyes", "Won't Get Fooled Again".

And then there is "Love, Reign o'er Me", subtitled "Pete's Theme" from Quadrophenia, October 1973.
 
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Astronuc said:
For me, I'd have to pick "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones.
Led Zeppelin IV is good, but I think I'd have to make a custom Best of or My Favorites of Led Zeppelin.
Van Halen's eponymous album is good.
I'd have to go with Jimi Hendrix, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997, well after he passed in 1970).
I'll have to think about a 5th album. Maybe The Who's Greatest Hits (The Who album), 2009.
Let it Bleed and Get Yer Ya Yas Out were pretty close picks for me. Midnight Rambler is probably my favorite Stones tune to jam.
 
How about Sgt. Pepper, Surrealistic Pillow, Led Zep 1, Stand Up (Jethro Tull), and Tommy.
Alternatively: Rubber Soul, Layla, Sticky Fingers, Electric Ladyland, Animals Greatest Hits.
Does that date me?
 
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DG Complete Beethoven edition
Phillips complete Mozart edition
Maurizio Pollini edition
Miles Davis Complete Columbia Album Collection
Stravinsky complete Edition

That's probably over a thousand CDs, ought to last a while
 
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Jazz, but not Coltrane's "A Love Supreme". I didn't understand that masterpiece :headbang:
 
"Revolver" by the Beatles (UK version)
"The Beatles" by the Beatles (aka "The White Album")
"Abbey Road" by the Beatles
"Crime of the Century" by Supertrramp
"Play" by Great Big Sea
 
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George Jones said:
"Revolver" by the Beatles (UK version)
"The Beatles" by the Beatles (aka "The White Album")
"Abbey Road" by the Beatles
"Crime of the Century" by Supertrramp
"Play" by Great Big Sea
Good choices. I saw Supertramp at the Saddledome when they came to Calgary ten years ago.

It was during the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals between Boston and Vancouver and I had to skip the end of game 2. I was wearing the only Bruins jersey in the arena. Roger Hodgson comes out and says "Any hockey fans out there? Vancouver won 2-1 in overtime". The arena erupted as Vancouver went up 2-0 in the series.
 
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Revolver - Beatles
Going for the one - Yes
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
Bridge over trouble water - S&G

Ask me next week and you will get different 5 probably

EDIT:
I posted without reading past the OP as I did not idea popping into my head
Nice to see some Beatles
 
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Astronuc said:
For me, I'd have to pick "Let It Bleed" by the Rolling Stones.
Led Zeppelin IV is good, but I think I'd have to make a custom Best of or My Favorites of Led Zeppelin.
Van Halen's eponymous album is good.
I'd have to go with Jimi Hendrix, Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997, well after he passed in 1970).
I'll have to think about a 5th album. Maybe The Who's Greatest Hits (The Who album), 2009.
Greatest hits not allowed surely!?
 
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Mondayman said:
Say you're going on a trip and you can only bring five albums with you. What do you bring?
Tough question. :smile:

(1) If you mean right now, I would bring these (but it doesn't necessarily mean I think they are my favorite albums ever):

Cantoma - Out Of Town (great downtempo/ambient, I really like this record)
Chvrches - Every Open Eye (great pop music)
Noor - Covidance (cool instrumental music)
Tycho - Awake (great downtempo/ambient/chillwave)
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye (great indietronica/ambient)

(2) ...or if you mean it's a more desperate trip, like my last :biggrin:, I would choose something like this:

The Beatles - "White Album" (there are sooo many good songs on this one :smile:)
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène (one of the few albums I can listen to regardless of my mood)
Some classical compilation album (baroque period) incl. Bach, Händel, Vivaldi, Telemann
Some classical compilation album (romantic period) incl. Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and Tchaikovsky)
The House of Love - Babe Rainbow (one of my favorite rock/pop albums ever)

Strangely enough I don't choose any harder rock music, which I also like.
 
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pinball1970 said:
Ask me next week and you will get different 5 probably
Same here, probably. :biggrin:
 
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Two relaxing, three energizing.

Ultimate in Swing:
Arthur Prysock with Count Basie

Work of Genius:
Cartoon Theory -- Planet Geisha

Greatest Fusion Album:
Gentle Hearts -- Tour 2004

21st Century Rock :
Bandmaid -- Live (Line Cube Shibuya)
Jimmy Page is a big fan of Bandmaid. He posed for a photo with the drummer.

Great Album You Never Heard Of And Will Never Find:
Mister Laurence -- Pancake Heaven

I've got all those classic rock albums memorized so there's no need to carry them around.
 
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