Obviously burning your own cd’s and making your own cd mixes of tunes is popular but here I mean whole cd’s that play well from song to song and work great on long trips. I’ll get it rolling:

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975: (we do a lot of driving from California to Canada and this cd almost seems made for driving through the western US with the deserts, mountains, forests etc.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon: A perfect road cd imo.

Led Zeppelin I: Probably biased here as I always had this and Zep II on long road trips/vacations with the family when I was real young so it seems like a good road cd to me.

Led Zeppelin II: (see Led Zep I)

Radiohead - OK Computer: Just another cd that flows excellently from start to finish.

Peter Gabriel - So: I don’t know that this cd flows from song to song like say, Dark Side of the Moon for instance, but the tunes (minus maybe "This Is the Picture [Excellent Birds]"), work great on the road.

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975:
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Great Choice!

These are my 5 cds i would take on a long road trip.

1. Bruce Springsteen(Greatest Hits)

2. Thin Lizzy(Black Rose)

3. Van Halen(Best Of Both Worlds)

4. Fleetwood Mac(The Very Best Of)

5. Nickelback(AllThe Right Reasons)

I'll go for family friendly here. If it's me, it would be Van Halen I or Van Halen Fair Warning.

:lol:

However:

Dodgy - Free Peace Sweet
Queen - Greatest Hits II
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Toploader - Onka's Big Moka
Aerosmith - Big Ones

They seem to go on without complaints whenever we travel.

:thumb:

Good idea

The Shins - Wincing the Night Away. Great CD with a few hints of the Smiths and some wonderful melodies.
Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers. Classic Marley - the worst song on here is No Woman No Cry (too fast) the rest is really immersive and a joy to listen to.
Otis Blue - Otis Redding. Second LP I ever bought - still sounding pure as anything I own.
Television - Marquee Moon. Just a fantastic guitar lp and superb interplay.
The Buzzcocks - Singles, Going Steady. great pop/punk band with fantastic tunes.

Obviously burning your own cd’s and making your own cd mixes of tunes is popular but here I mean whole cd’s that play well from song to song and work great on long trips. I’ll get it rolling:

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975: (we do a lot of driving from California to Canada and this cd almost seems made for driving through the western US with the deserts, mountains, forests etc.

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon: A perfect road cd imo.

Led Zeppelin I: Probably biased here as I always had this and Zep II on long road trips/vacations with the family when I was real young so it seems like a good road cd to me.

Led Zeppelin II: (see Led Zep I)

Radiohead - OK Computer: Just another cd that flows excellently from start to finish.

Peter Gabriel - So: I don’t know that this cd flows from song to song like say, Dark Side of the Moon for instance, but the tunes (minus maybe "This Is the Picture [Excellent Birds]"), work great on the road.

Incantations Mike Oldfield
Ommadawn Mike Oldfield
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin
Made in Japan Deep Purple
Moving Waters Focus

Great subject here. As I am typing while thinking, (or maybe the other way around?), there are three tapes I recorded from original bought records years ago (now burnt to cds, believe it or not I haven´t had a cd on a car until last year) I always stick in the car when I travel.
Pat Metheny´s Letters from home. Beutiful and great to hum over while driving.
Michael Hedges´Live on the double planet. Man, what a joy to listen, absolutely stunning recording, GREAT songs in it.
Keith Jarrett´s Köln concert. That´s a double album, piano solo, one of the best improvisers out there, sides 1 and 3 are stunning.

I definitely second Pat Metheny. Still Life Talking is a great peacefull CD that keeps you entertained.

I would opt for some cool "Party Rock" for a pick me up on long hauls. (like AC DC "Powerage").

Others I would bring would be a variety between those two extremes. Perhaps James Taylor's "Copperline" and Yes "Close to the Edge" and The Beatles "White Album."

There'll be no falling asleep at the wheel with this lot......
The Dictators Manifest Destiny.
Buzzcocks Another Music In A Different Kitchen.
Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks.
AC/DC If You Want Blood....You've Got It.
Status Quo Live.
Eddie And The Hot Rods Life On The Line.
The Cult Live At The Lyceum.
The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette.
Motörhead No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith.
Ramones It's Alive & Road To Ruin.
UFO Strangers In The Night.
The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus & No More Heroes.
Marching songs of the Waffen SS.

There'll be no falling asleep at the wheel with this lot......
The Dictators Manifest Destiny.
Buzzcocks Another Music In A Different Kitchen.
Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks.
AC/DC If You Want Blood....You've Got It.
Status Quo Live.
Eddie And The Hot Rods Life On The Line.
The Cult Live At The Lyceum.
The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette.
Motörhead No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith.
Ramones It's Alive & Road To Ruin.
UFO Strangers In The Night.
The Stranglers Rattus Norvegicus & No More Heroes.
Marching songs of the Waffen SS.
LMFAO!!!! Marching songs of the Waffen SS!!!!!!!!! I´m a WW2 freakie, but never have thought of listening to those in my car, :lol: BTW, the rest of your list kicks ass, I have most of em, :woot:, but damn, Status Quo sucks! :lol:

LMFAO!!!! Marching songs of the Waffen SS!!!!!!!!! I´m a WW2 freakie, but never have thought of listening to those in my car, :lol: BTW, the rest of your list kicks ass, I have most of em, :woot:, but damn, Status Quo sucks! :lol:

Why thank you my good man. You can't beat a bit of Classic Quo mate!

Dream Theater - Metropolis pt. II: Scenes from a Memory & Images and Words

Radiohead - The Bends

U2 - Achtung Baby

Michael Bubble - Call me Irresponsible

Frank Sinatra -My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra

The Cure - Galore

Iron Maiden - 7th son of a Seventh son

INXS - The Best of INXS

Bob Marley - Legend

Andy Timmons - That was Then, This is Now

Bumblefoot - Normal

Def Leppard - Vault

Tommy Emmanuel - Only

Steve Vai - The 7th Song: Enchanting guitar melodies.

Joe Satriani - The Beautiful Guitar

Greg Howe (w/Wooten & Chambers)- Extraction

RUSH- Moving Pictures

Liquid Tension Experiment- 1 & 2

Mr. Big- Lean in to it



I can go over and over...but i think youll find something usefull from here :)

+1 on the Pat Metheny Still Life Talking CD. If it's the mountains, I would also add Pat and "One Quiet Night", and "Letter From Home"

For the busy but no traffic city drive, Vai and Satriani do it with my Vai choice of "Passion and Warfare" and Satch's "Super Collosal".

For the long empty I-80 type drive, I'm with Ender and think the Best of the Eagles would work very very well. Jeff Beck's "Guitar Shop" is cool as well.

Fro the maniac stuck in traffic crap, I need to think fun instead of getting pissed off, so Van Halen's "1984". and 1 and 2 get played a lot.

For the long night drive, Vai's "Seventh Song" is very very peaceful.

Pamela Anderson :boobies:

Well for long road trips I don't just listen to my typical shred stuff, mostly stuff I grew up on. Also depends on who's going with:

1) Lynyrd Skynyrd -Gold/Platinum
2) Ac/DC-Back in Black
3) Steve Vai-Essential
4) Bon Jovi-Crossroads
5) Journey-Essential
6) Kiss-Double Platinum
7) Ozzy-tribute
9) Allman Bros-best of
10)- Michael Schenker-Live

These ones always seem to find a way to come along with me:

1) Mr Bungle: Mr Bungle

2) Concrete Blonde: Bloodletting

3) Queensryche: Empire

4) Alice in Chains: Facelift

5) Roger Waters: Amused to Death

6) Me on Guitar

7) Gwar: Scumdogs of the Universe

8) Genesis: Genesis

9) Cirith Ungol: King of the Dead

10) Snopp Dogg: Doggystle

In the Car CD Player at the moment:

Led Zeppelin - How the west was won Disc1
Led Zeppelin 111
Magic Numbers - Those the broke
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Beatles - Abbey Road
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

reviving this thread...my faves:

Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet...has everything you could want
Govt Mule - any of their albums...they all kick ass.
Black Stone Cherry - debut album...heavy and loud
Dream Theater - Images and Words
SRV and Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Muse - ALL!

Thats this year...I tend to change the cd's in my car every 6 months or so.

I make up these convoluted MP3 discs for my van....the one i have in the player now has Muse-Showbiz, Muse-Absolution, Montrose-Live in Cleveland '74, Guthrie Govan-Erotic Cakes, and Ventt (SC350's old band):tard:

For My When I Die Road Trip To Hell:
The Monkees Greatest Hits
The Osmond's Greatest Hits
The Partridge Family's Greatest Hits
David Cassidy's Greatest Hits
Shawn Cassidy's Greatest Hits
Ooh..OoH!....The Back Street Boys Greatist Hits
1910 Fruit Gum Company's Greatest Hits
The Best Of The Brady Family's Greatet Hits
Bobby Sherman's Greatest Hits
It's A Very Brady Christmas Album
Not enought room to list all of the Disco's Greatest Hit albums....
Tiffany - Greatest Hits [A Compilation]
And for something a little more current:
Hannah Montanah's Greatest Hits..........
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! :brickwall: :brickwall: :brickwall:

If I've left any "must haves" out, please feel free to update my list as I'm planning ahead.....