You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island...

I know what you mean Martykl.  I like Sons of Soul as well.  After reading some of the selections, I figured my choices would be different from many.  If you haven't heard the Tommy Sims album, check it out.  Great recording and music.  The Jason Mraz album may not be the best recorded but it is such a great album.  IMHO, of course.

Lisa Gerrard -- Gladiator OST
Depeche Mode -- Exciter 
David Sylvian -- Secrets Of The Bee Hive
Carla Bley -- European Tour 1977
Pat Metheny -- Secret Story

Sevs, maybe it doesn't hold up the best, but Demons and Wizards and Magician's Birthday still find their way into my rotation. Sweet Lorraine!

Is there weed on this desert island? If so:

Roxy Music's first (or second) 
Captain Beefhearts Brown Paper Wrapper
Grateful Deads Reckoning
King Crimsons Red
Wilco's live box set (because I spent so much money on it)

If only single malt scotch on this island... I suppose the list would be the same except I'd switch out Roxy Music with a T-Bone Burnett album, probably Truth Decay.

If none of the above is on the island (gasp), I'd have to take a lot more music so I wouldn't have to think about the fact that I was on a desert island.