i am a big fan, but they are not my favourite band, that honour would go to Guided by Voices
interestingly enough, they probably rank in my top 5 bands of all time, but i'd be hard pressed to put a Beatles album in my top 5 albums
here the 5 albums i'd take to a desert island
Discs
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
![http://radioloveless.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/magneticfieldsthe-69lovesongs.jpg](http://radioloveless.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/magneticfieldsthe-69lovesongs.jpg)
Laurie Anderson - United States Live
![http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vKD7WiDMrVM/SfMt4Q3_-_I/AAAAAAAAASc/FI6gmNOYzsA/s320/laurie+box.jpg](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vKD7WiDMrVM/SfMt4Q3_-_I/AAAAAAAAASc/FI6gmNOYzsA/s320/laurie+box.jpg)
David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
![http://albumdujour.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/zigster.jpg](http://albumdujour.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/zigster.jpg)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
![http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/pitchfork/images/bee_thousand.jpg](http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/pitchfork/images/bee_thousand.jpg)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
these albums are also not my top favourites, but they offer a good cross section and length of listening (10 discs total)