The second assignment in our Music Listography book is: List 20 Albums You'd Bring If You Were Leaving Planet Earth On A Spaceship
I found this assignment to be especially hard. Much more difficult than the first assignment, which is post #80. I thought about this assignment and how different the list of albums would be based on when you ask me. So, this list is as of 4/8/2012. Just to note, one of the reasons I like this question so much is because it forces me to think of an entire work in and of itself. A song represents a story, an idea or an emotion. An album represents everything the artists were living, feeling, thinking, hoping during a specific period of their life. The album is a complete work that somehow makes me feel closer to the artists than my favorite songs alone.
Friends introduce me to songs I may like. But those songs lead me to exploring the band's album. It is that exploration that deserves this list. And the most difficult thing about this assignment is that we are leaving planet earth. Any album left behind will be lost forever...and that makes this list so bloody stressful!
Top 20 albums I'd bring if I were leaving planet Earth on a spaceship:
Pearl Jam: Ten
Pearl Jam: Verses
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Blind Melon: Soup
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Coldplay: Viva La Vida
Coldplay: Parachutes
Tool: Aenima
Rush: Moving Pictures
U2: War
Franz Ferdinand: Tonight
Oasis: What's The Story Morning Glory
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
Radiohead: Hail To The Thief
The Police: Reggata de Blanc
A Perfect Circle: 13th Step
NIN: Downward Spiral
Sublime: Sublime
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