A while back, I was asked what my preferred music was … so here is the list of artists / albums currently stored on my Kenwood Keg. I can guarantee there will be stuff you have never heard!
10cc: Greatest Hits
ABBA: The Hits 1, 2, 3; Definitive Collection
Abbacadabra: Revival – Flight One
Abbamania
Ace Of Base: Collection
Adam & The Ants: Kings Of The Wild Frontier
aHa: Hunting High And Low; Scoundrel Days
Annie Lennox: Bare; Diva; Medusa
Bee Gees: Greatest Hits; One Night Only; This Is Where I Came In
Billy Joel: Greatest Hits 1, 2, 3; River Of Dreams; Storm Front
Blue Man Group: Audio; The Complex
Bob Rowe: Bob Rowes Music Box
Bond: Born; Classified; Shine
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music: Greatest Hits
Bucks Fizz: Are You Ready
Carpenters: (boxed set)
Casablanca Records Story (various artists)
Chris de Burgh: The Ultimate Collection; Best Moves
Cirque Du Soleil: Dralion; La Nouba; O
Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell
Dire Straits: Love Over Gold; Making Movies; Money For Nothing
Donna Summer: Endless Summer
Duran Duran: Decade
Eagles: The Best Of
Earth Wind & Fire: Best Of
Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record; Balance Of Power; Discovery; Flashback; Out Of The Blue; Secret Messages; Time; Zoom
Elton John: Greatest Hits; Love Songs; Very Best Of
Elvis Presley: Greatest Hits
Erasure: Pop!
Eric Clapton: August; From The Cradle; Me & Mr.Johnson; Pilgrim; The Cream Of; Riding With The King
Eric Idle: Sings Monty Python
Espuma: Espuma; Planet X
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits; Peace
Fine Young Cannibals: The Finest
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours; Say You Will; Tango In The Night; The Dance; Very Best Of
Fraggles: Fraggle Rock
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Genesis: Abacab; Calling All Stations; Genesis; Invisible Touch; Turn It On Again; We Can’t Dance
George Harrison: Cloud Nine
Hollies: Greatest Hits
Hot Butter: Popcorn
Howard Jones: Best Of
Huey Lewis & The News: Time Flies (Best of)
Human League: Dare; Love & Dancing
In My Life: Various Artists Play Beatles
Jean Jacques Perrey: The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound; Mood Indigo
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene; Equinoxe; Magnetic Fields; Chronologie; Oxygene 7-13; RendezVous; Waiting For Cousteau; Zoolook
Jeff Lynne: Armchair Theatre
Kevin Brown: Rust
Kraftwerk: Computer World; Electric Café; Man Machine; Trans-Europe Express
Legacy A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
Leo Sayer: All The Best
Level 42: Level Best
Madness: Divine Madness; Its Madness
Madonna: True Blue; Bedtime Stories; Erotica; Music; Something To Remember; Immaculate Collection
Marillion: Singles Collection
Mike & The Mechanics: Living Years; Mike & The Mechanics
Mike Oldfield: Complete; Elements; Tubular Bells II
Monkees: Greatest Hits
Monty Python: Sings
Perrey & Kingsley: The Essential
Pet Shop Boys: Actually; Very
Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree; So; Us
Phil Collins: Dance Into The Light; Face Value; Hello, I Must Be Going
Pink Floyd: Animals; Dark Side Of The Moon; Wish You Were Here; The Wall
Police: Greatest Hits
Queen: Greatest Hits I, II
Robert Palmer: Addictions Volume 1, 2
Robin Barrett: Blue Movie
Rutles: The Rutles; Archaeology
Sarah Brightman: Time To Say Goodbye
Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: Various Artists Play
Shania Twain: Come On Over; Up
Simply Red: Greatest Hits
Squeeze: Piccadilly Collection
Stranglers: Greatest Hits
Supertramp: Very Best Of
Suzi Quatro: Greatest Hits
Tears For Fears: Greatest Hits
The Art Of Noise: Best Of; Ambient Collection
The Beatles: 1962-1966; Abbey Road; Help; One; Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tina Turner: Simply The Best
Ultravox: Dancing With Tears In My Eyes; Extended; Vienna
Vangelis: Albedo 0-39; Spiral
Visage: The Best Of
Walt Disney World; Various tracks
Yazoo: Upstairs At Eric’s
Yello: Essential
(I have bolded my favorite albums – not including “best of”s which is cheating!)
UPDATE:
DB has put up a list of his “top music” too …
And another list from UKPylot …
M&I / GBMINI 
Ian,
I was sure you’d have some Tiger Lilies on there, or Crowded House? But as you said it’s just some of your list.
Nice list, knew most of them and will investigate the ones never heard of.
I’m finishing my write up on my two trips across USA in MINI’s, will send. It’s my comparison of the Cooper & S plus some pics and stuff that happened along the way.
RB
PS…….I’d like to chase Annie Lennox around a pub!
For a second I thought I was back in college when I read that subject line…
For a second I thought I was back in high school lookin’ at this playlist 😉
Nice to see another A-ha/Annie Lennox/Billy Joel fan. It’s an odd combo that can’t be beat!
Margaret & I saw Annie Lennox live here is Boston a year or so ago – she was fabulous and the location was small & perfect too 🙂
What? No music by The Soft Machine? Really!!
I must admit to watching Fraggle Rock with my kids so it was good to see them on your list. And I was a fan of Fine Young Cannibals; but, eventually, they drove me crazy.
Thank’s for sharing, Ian.
Theo
That’s funny Theo, Uh, Huh, Huh!
Checking some of these alternates …
“The Soft Machine” – seems a bit like early Genesis, with Tangerine Dreams mixed in. Never did get on with Tangerine Dreams.
“Tiger Lilies” – just plain wierd! Monty Python is normal by comparison 😉
I might get used to them …
“Crowded House” – OK. Sounds like 80s pop which I guess fits with at least some of my choices …
I love the Tiger Lilies, if ya got ABBA on there ya got POP!
No Jazz choices? No Miles, Chet Baker, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Dave Brubeck, NO MILES, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Roland Kirk, MJQ, Freddie Hubbard, NO MILES, Paul Desmond, Coletrane, NO ELLA, Joshua Redman…….?
Hey Ian,
What’s the newest album on your keg..? Not the one you added most recently, the one that was released the most recently and how long ago was that release date..? 😉
I’d say maybe 1/3 of that list overlaps with my collection, so I’ll try to find some of the ones I don’t know and check them out.
RB, I do have Louis Armstrong – but I hate “trad jazz” with the way the music never quite seems to know where it is going. My worst music experience is live jazz 😦
Gavin, most recent CD is Robin Barrett – some nice blues; before that was a couple of Eric Claptons …
Hmmm, by a quick count I’d say I have maybe five of the albums on your list (and four of ’em are Pink Floyd). Looks like F1 rules interpretation isn’t the only place where we disagree!
That’s alright Ricardo – we agree about the important stuff, like what car to drive 😉