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Here, in no particular order, are my 4 favorite albums that I would require to be by my side were I stranded on a desert island... [as of 4/2/09]. The 5th album is my rotating spot for the album I am completely obsessed with at the moment but hasn't been promoted into the big 4.

The Rolling Stones - LET IT BLEED
Key tracks: Gimme Shelter: come on. Its one of my favorite songs of all time. Need I say more?
Also, Country Honk is just fun to listen to, give Monkey Man a spin, and You Can't Always Get What You Want provides a life lesson we should all take to heart.

Pearl Jam - Ten
Key tracks: Even Flow, Alive: yes they are the singles but they are just SO GOOD...
Once in your life you need to drive down the freeway at 6am with this album turned up super loud and your windows down.

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
Key track: If The Brakeman Turns My Way: something about the production of this song catches me up in it every. single. time.
If I had to do away with any song on the album it would be Soul Singer In A Session Band because the tempo can get a little tiresome after a while, but I still like the lyrics in that song so its not bad.

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Key tracks: ALL OF THEM! Okay, I have to pick a couple. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own is another one of my favorite songs of all time. Yaweh is pretty powerful too, and City Of Blinding Lights will catch you up in the swell of the moment.
It was really hard for me to pick a U2 album here, but I knew they had to be in the big four. I picked this one because it came out at a crazy time in my life, my first year of college and all that. I knew I loved U2 before I heard this album, but really there are no missteps here. Every song is solid. Perfect album.

and also
PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Key track: This Mess We're In: Thom Yorke from Radiohead makes an appearance. This song is just perfect, their voices contrast perfectly with each other and they even pull off the "spoken word while someone else is singing" thing that normally annoys me.