Please vote for the tracklisting you LIKE THE MOST.
Welcome to the second semi final of the Interference Desert Island Album Game! The premise of this game is that the Interference forum has been stranded on a desert island and we can take only TWO CDs of up to 80 minutes of music each. The object is to see which member of the forum can fit the most musical goodness onto these two CDs.
In the first semi final, VertigoGal achieved a decisive victory over inmyplace13 by 22 votes to 8. This means that VertigoGal qualifies as our first finalist!
This semi final shall determine who will meet VertigoGal in the final, and it features tracklistings by Bono's shades and LemonMacPhisto. Below, you will find their tracklistings. If you are unfamiliar with the songs included, we can help you hear them! Just leave your e-mail address. This poll will be open for TWO DAYS.
THE TRACKLISTINGS!
Forum name: Bono's shades
Disc 1:
1. The Clash - “London Calling” - London Calling (3:23)
2. U2 - “Sunday Bloody Sunday” - War (4:38)
3. Elvis Costello - “Radio, Radio” - This Year's Model (3:06)
4. Talking Heads - “Once in a Lifetime” - Sand in the Vaseline (4:19)
5. Peter Gabriel - “Games Without Fronteirs” - Shaking the Tree (3:57)
6. Bruce Springsteen - “Badlands” - The Essential Bruce Springsteen (4:04)
7. Cream - “Sunshine of Your Love” - Strange Brew (4:12)
8. Marvin Gaye - “What's Going On” - What's Going On (3:54)
9. Curtis Mayfield - “Freddie's Dead” - The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (3:19)
10. Crowded House - “Into Temptation” - Recurring Dream (4:54)
11. U2 - “One Tree Hill” - The Joshua Tree (5:22)
12. U2 - “With or Without You” - The Joshua Tree (4:56)
13. The Beatles - “Eleanor Rigby” - The Red Album 1962-1966 (2:08)
14. Clannad w/Bono - “In a Lifetime” - Pastpresent (3:00)
15. Bruce Springsteen - “She's the One” - Hammersmith Odeon (5:24)
16. Led Zeppelin - “Misty Mountain Hop” - Led Zeppelin IV (4:38)
17. U2 - “Acrobat” - Achtung Baby (4:30)
18. Jeff Buckley - “Hallelujah” - Grace (6:53)
Total running time: 76:37
Disc 2:
1. U2 - “Where the Streets Have No Name” - The Joshua Tree (5:38)
2. U2 - “Pride (In the Name of Love)” - The Unforgettable Fire (3:49)
3. Bruce Springsteen - “Born to Run” - Born to Run (4:30)
4. R.E.M. - “Losing My Religion” - Out of Time (4:28)
5. Midnight Oil - “Beds Are Burning” - 20,000 Watts R.S.L (4:18)
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “The Mercy Seat” - The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (5:08)
7. Johnny Cash - “Hurt” - American IV: The Man Comes Around (3:38)
8. Radiohead - “Creep” - Pablo Honey (3:55)
9. The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?” - Singles (6:45)
10. U2 - “Running to Stand Still” - The Joshua Tree (4:17)
11. Bruce Springsteen - “Atlantic City” - The Essential Bruce Springsteen (3:56)
12. The Beatles - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” - The Blue Album 1967-1970 (4:46)
13. The Smiths - “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” - Singles (4:02)
14. U2 - “One” - Achtung Baby (4:36)
15. Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” - Definitive Collection (4:05)
16. The White Stripes - “Seven Nation Army” - Elephant (3:51)
17. Radiohead - “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” - The Bends (4:41)
Total running time: 76:23
Forum name: LemonMacPhisto
Disc 1:
Side A:
1 // Pink Floyd - "Speak to Me/Breathe" - Dark Side of the Moon (3:57)
2 // The Who - "Baba O'Riley" - Who's Next (5:08)
3 // Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" - Get a Grip (4:11)
4 // The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" - Sticky Fingers (3:49)
5 // Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (7:04)
6 // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - United (2:27)
7 // Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" - Bookends (3:50)
8 // Radiohead - "Gagging Order" - Go to Sleep [Single] (3:35)
9 // The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Rubber Soul (2:02)
Side B:
10 // Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing (ft. Sting)" - Brothers in Arms (4:04)
11 // Oasis - "Acquiesce" - The Masterplan (4:30)
12 // The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - Bringing Down the Horse (5:12)
13 // Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand (4:16)
14 // Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - Porcupine (3:54)
15 // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)" - So (5:55)
16 // Smashing Pumpkins - "My Blue Heaven" - Thirty-Three [Single] (3:21)
17 // R.E.M. - "Nightswimming" - Automatic for the People (4:17)
18 // David Bowie - "Changes" - Hunky Dory (3:37)
19 // U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree (4:38)
Total running time: 79:47
Disc 2:
Side A:
1 // Coldplay - "Don't Panic" - Parachutes (2:17)
2 // The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
3 // U2 - "The Fly" - Achtung Baby (4:29)
4 // Simple Minds - "(Don't You) Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club [Soundtrack] (4:21)
5 // The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Ghost in the Machine (4:20)
6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)
7 // Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal [1994] (4:51)
8 // The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Magical Mystery Tour (4:07)
9 // Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run (9:32)
Side B:
10 // The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" - Give Up (4:26)
11 // Radiohead - "Just" - The Bends (3:53)
12 // Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - Californication (3:37)
13 // Oasis - "Half the World Away" - The Masterplan (4:21)
14 // The Flaming Lips - "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - Wedding Crashers [Soundtrack] (4:00)
15 // Death Cab for Cutie - "Passenger Seat" - Transatlantacism (3:41)
16 // David Bowie - "Heroes" - Heroes (6:08)
17 // Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" - Wish You Were Here (5:17)
Total running time: 79:49
UP NEXT: The Grand Final between VertigoGal and the winner of this round!
Competition master list.
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The competition rules.
Welcome to the second semi final of the Interference Desert Island Album Game! The premise of this game is that the Interference forum has been stranded on a desert island and we can take only TWO CDs of up to 80 minutes of music each. The object is to see which member of the forum can fit the most musical goodness onto these two CDs.
In the first semi final, VertigoGal achieved a decisive victory over inmyplace13 by 22 votes to 8. This means that VertigoGal qualifies as our first finalist!
This semi final shall determine who will meet VertigoGal in the final, and it features tracklistings by Bono's shades and LemonMacPhisto. Below, you will find their tracklistings. If you are unfamiliar with the songs included, we can help you hear them! Just leave your e-mail address. This poll will be open for TWO DAYS.
THE TRACKLISTINGS!
Forum name: Bono's shades
Disc 1:
1. The Clash - “London Calling” - London Calling (3:23)
2. U2 - “Sunday Bloody Sunday” - War (4:38)
3. Elvis Costello - “Radio, Radio” - This Year's Model (3:06)
4. Talking Heads - “Once in a Lifetime” - Sand in the Vaseline (4:19)
5. Peter Gabriel - “Games Without Fronteirs” - Shaking the Tree (3:57)
6. Bruce Springsteen - “Badlands” - The Essential Bruce Springsteen (4:04)
7. Cream - “Sunshine of Your Love” - Strange Brew (4:12)
8. Marvin Gaye - “What's Going On” - What's Going On (3:54)
9. Curtis Mayfield - “Freddie's Dead” - The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (3:19)
10. Crowded House - “Into Temptation” - Recurring Dream (4:54)
11. U2 - “One Tree Hill” - The Joshua Tree (5:22)
12. U2 - “With or Without You” - The Joshua Tree (4:56)
13. The Beatles - “Eleanor Rigby” - The Red Album 1962-1966 (2:08)
14. Clannad w/Bono - “In a Lifetime” - Pastpresent (3:00)
15. Bruce Springsteen - “She's the One” - Hammersmith Odeon (5:24)
16. Led Zeppelin - “Misty Mountain Hop” - Led Zeppelin IV (4:38)
17. U2 - “Acrobat” - Achtung Baby (4:30)
18. Jeff Buckley - “Hallelujah” - Grace (6:53)
Total running time: 76:37
Disc 2:
1. U2 - “Where the Streets Have No Name” - The Joshua Tree (5:38)
2. U2 - “Pride (In the Name of Love)” - The Unforgettable Fire (3:49)
3. Bruce Springsteen - “Born to Run” - Born to Run (4:30)
4. R.E.M. - “Losing My Religion” - Out of Time (4:28)
5. Midnight Oil - “Beds Are Burning” - 20,000 Watts R.S.L (4:18)
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - “The Mercy Seat” - The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (5:08)
7. Johnny Cash - “Hurt” - American IV: The Man Comes Around (3:38)
8. Radiohead - “Creep” - Pablo Honey (3:55)
9. The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?” - Singles (6:45)
10. U2 - “Running to Stand Still” - The Joshua Tree (4:17)
11. Bruce Springsteen - “Atlantic City” - The Essential Bruce Springsteen (3:56)
12. The Beatles - “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” - The Blue Album 1967-1970 (4:46)
13. The Smiths - “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” - Singles (4:02)
14. U2 - “One” - Achtung Baby (4:36)
15. Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” - Definitive Collection (4:05)
16. The White Stripes - “Seven Nation Army” - Elephant (3:51)
17. Radiohead - “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” - The Bends (4:41)
Total running time: 76:23
Forum name: LemonMacPhisto
Disc 1:
Side A:
1 // Pink Floyd - "Speak to Me/Breathe" - Dark Side of the Moon (3:57)
2 // The Who - "Baba O'Riley" - Who's Next (5:08)
3 // Aerosmith - "Eat the Rich" - Get a Grip (4:11)
4 // The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar" - Sticky Fingers (3:49)
5 // Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (7:04)
6 // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - United (2:27)
7 // Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" - Bookends (3:50)
8 // Radiohead - "Gagging Order" - Go to Sleep [Single] (3:35)
9 // The Beatles - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - Rubber Soul (2:02)
Side B:
10 // Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing (ft. Sting)" - Brothers in Arms (4:04)
11 // Oasis - "Acquiesce" - The Masterplan (4:30)
12 // The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - Bringing Down the Horse (5:12)
13 // Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand (4:16)
14 // Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - Porcupine (3:54)
15 // Peter Gabriel - "Don't Give Up (ft. Kate Bush)" - So (5:55)
16 // Smashing Pumpkins - "My Blue Heaven" - Thirty-Three [Single] (3:21)
17 // R.E.M. - "Nightswimming" - Automatic for the People (4:17)
18 // David Bowie - "Changes" - Hunky Dory (3:37)
19 // U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree (4:38)
Total running time: 79:47
Disc 2:
Side A:
1 // Coldplay - "Don't Panic" - Parachutes (2:17)
2 // The Arcade Fire - "Wake Up" - Funeral (5:35)
3 // U2 - "The Fly" - Achtung Baby (4:29)
4 // Simple Minds - "(Don't You) Forget About Me" - The Breakfast Club [Soundtrack] (4:21)
5 // The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Ghost in the Machine (4:20)
6 // Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Thriller (4:54)
7 // Seal - "Kiss from a Rose" - Seal [1994] (4:51)
8 // The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Magical Mystery Tour (4:07)
9 // Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born to Run (9:32)
Side B:
10 // The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights" - Give Up (4:26)
11 // Radiohead - "Just" - The Bends (3:53)
12 // Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - Californication (3:37)
13 // Oasis - "Half the World Away" - The Masterplan (4:21)
14 // The Flaming Lips - "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - Wedding Crashers [Soundtrack] (4:00)
15 // Death Cab for Cutie - "Passenger Seat" - Transatlantacism (3:41)
16 // David Bowie - "Heroes" - Heroes (6:08)
17 // Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" - Wish You Were Here (5:17)
Total running time: 79:49
UP NEXT: The Grand Final between VertigoGal and the winner of this round!
Competition master list.
See an image of the competition's format (updated to reflect the semi final contestants).
The competition rules.
