My Desert Island Discs (and Book)

The list author says:
	"Beautiful and haunting country music. Welch is an incredible songwriter and performer. My choice from this is 'Revelator'."

The list author says:
	"Simply a wonderful, powerful piece of music."

The list author says:
	"This is fantastic hip hop: visionary, moving, tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes just weird. From this I choose 'Madness'."

The list author says:
	"Incredibly atmospheric album - not 'gloomy' per se, but definitely not something for a summer's afternoon. Fantastic imagery and very evocative of...something. I'll take 'Far From Me' from this."

The list author says:
	"'Stay' still sends a shiver down my spine, beautiful melody and lyrics...gorgeous."

The list author says:
	"I love film soundtracks and this one is one of my favourites: lots of 50s summer hits, reminds me of a New England summer. I'm choosing 'Stand By Me'...because I love it."

The list author says:
	"An album to listen to if you feel brokenhearted or otherwise miserable. I couldn't survive without this. 'Last Stop: This Town' is possibly the funkiest song in the world!"

The list author says:
	"Cyndi Lauper helped me find my musical feet when I was just 11 years old, and she'll always have a special place in my heart. 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' is a classic, I think."

The list author says:
	"I love this book. A testament to how beautiful, complex, destructive and enlightening language can be - and how we'll never know the half of it. Incidentally my luxury is a life supply of Jack Daniels"