3 Albums To Be Stranded With On A Desert Island

"Kind of Blue" -- Miles Davis
"Hats" -- The Blue Nile
"Achtung Baby" -- U2

I'd choose that trio not because I believe that they are the greatest albums ever made -- though each, in its own individual way, surely is  pretty great -- but because I've listened to those records more than any others over these many years. My thinking: If I keep on reaching for them when I've got so many choices available, maybe I'd not get sick of them on the desert island.

If not those three, then a subscription to Qobuz.


-- Howard

When I first owned "Achtung Baby," I would generally play it first thing in the morning, most every day, and then again when I got home from work. And maybe another time if I was around. I did this literally for months. Eventually, of course, I put it on a shelf. But not for long. All these years later, I still love it, from start to finish. Spun the double vinyl just a couple of weeks back.

I've also played "Kind of Blue" and "Hats" more times than I could possibly count. Always, with each, as a complete album, from the start to the end.

-- Howard