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PopTodd Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 My final list:1. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds2. Beatles - Revolver3. Kinks - Something Else4. Brian Eno - Another Green World5. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea6. Television - Marquee Moon7. John Cale - Paris, 19198. Tom Z Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Some people have already started to send their lists in! I'm holding those for another few days (per rule #1 ), I'll start the preliminary tabulating this weekend. And here is today's/this page's reminder of the rules: 1. Polls will open on June 15, and close on July 31. Results will be announced on August 8, or sooner if I've got my act together. 2. Feel free to post your lists in this thread, for discussion, lobbying, etc. However, anything posted in this thread, or PM'd to me, will not count as an official vote. Votes must be sent to VCtop100@gmail.com. 3. List your Top 20 albums of all time, numbered from 1 to 20, and please include both the album title and artist name. Also include your VC screen name and your real name (first name only is fine), just in case I need to verify anything about your vote. 4. I will give each #1 vote 20 points, #2 will get 19, etc. Please don't list anything as a "tie". I will come back to you and make you decide. I know it's nearly impossible to make a list like this, but give it your best shot. Flip a coin for the ties, if you have to. 5. Once you submit your list, that's it. No take-backs, no changes. That's why the voting period is so long. You've got plenty of time to refine your list, think out loud in this thread, etc. Make it perfect, and then send it to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Was only a matter of time. And I thought it would be over the "quality" as opposed to the quantity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The unedited first draft list with a lot missing, I'm sure.....These are purely based on how frequently I listen to them and/or how life changing they were for me. Beastie Boys - Paul's BoutiqueBeastie Boys - License To IllDavid Bowie - Ziggy StardustDrive By Truckers - Decoration DayThe Wonder Stuff - Never Loved ElvisThe Wonder Stuff - Construction For The Modern IdiotLou Reed/John Cale - Songs For DrellaVelvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & NicoInquisition - Revolution, I Think It's Called InspirationThe Replacements - Pleased To Meet MeThe Replacements - TimThe Cure - DisintegrationThe Cure - WishThe Band - The Last WaltzThe Band - The BandSparklehorse - VivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplotSparklehorse - It's A Wonderful LifeGorilla Biscuits - Start TodayA Tribe Called Quest - Low End TheoryWilco - Yankee Hotel FoxtrotWilco - SummerteethAndrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of EggsArcade Fire - FuneralBad Religion - Stranger Than FictionBad Religion - Against The GrainThe Descendents - Milo Goes To CollegeThe Descendents - Everything SucksFaith No More - Angel DustGreen Day - Kerplunk!Jim White - Wrong-Eyed JesusToad The Wet Sprocket - FearOperation Ivy - EnergyPaul Simon - GracelandPearl Jam - TenPearl Jam - VitologyPropaghandi - How To Clean EverythingREM - Automatic For The PeopleREM - GreenREM - DocumentSmashing Pumpkins - GishTom Waits - Nighthawks At The DinerTom Waits - Mule VariationsTurin Brakes - Ether SongThe Clash - London CallingHarry Connick Jr. - Blue Light Red LightElla Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong - Ella and LouisElla Fitzgerald - Compact JazzDamien Rice - O I can't believe how many "newer" ones there are on here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'm really looking forward to this. Everyone has put so many interesting choices out there already. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'm up for this, but I have a rules question - what if you don't want to submit 20? I haven't really started to think through this, but I think maybe after 15 or so my last 5 would be completely arbitrary. Would a top 15 muddy up the results? Because I can do arbitrary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 The only thing a top 15 would muddy up is my spreadsheet's edit-check that says the total number of votes must be divisible by 20. No, I think a top 15 would be fine. Your #1 pick would still get 20 points, #2 gets 19, and so on, you'd just be forfeiting those last few choices. Unless I'm missing something? Does anyone out there with more stats-cred than me want to weigh in? I can't think of a good reason why everyone would have to submit 20, but that doesn't mean there isn't a good reason... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'll give B my leftovers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Garp Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If pet sounds wins this contest I'm going to make puppies cry (just sayin') Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If pet sounds wins this contest I'm going to make puppies cry (just sayin')Protesting a Pet sounds victory by making your own pet sounds. Interesting... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Garp Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Protesting a Pet sounds victory by making your own pet sounds. Interesting... I don't know who you are but I am decidedly a fan at this point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Can we submit singles (A-side and B-side) as entries? Because if that is true, a wrench is thrown into my list and I have to start including stuff like Hey Jude/Revolution and Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane and She Loves You/I'll Get You and I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There and Get Back/Don't Let Me Down and Paperback Writer/Rain and... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 No singles, please. EPs are iffier, but try to stick to LPs. Depending on how crazy the tabulations for this makes me, I may do Top 100 Songs for the Winter edition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 A great album is one that I consider hearing all the way through and enjoying it completely. This is my work in progress... I have a ton of 60s left off because I own mostly greatest hits of those bands in particular..... so tough The Beatles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 this might be a work in progress, it might not 20 tindersticks | simple pleasure19 the incredible string band | the 5000 spirits or the layers of the onion 18 animal collective | feels17 doris duke | i'm a loser16 bob dylan | love & theft15 the kinks | muswell hillbillies14 the zombies | odessey & oracle13 joanna newsom | ys12 scott walker | scott 411 smithsonian folkways recordings | anthology of american folk music 10 wilco | a ghost is born09 judee sill | heart food08 randy newman | sail away07 the band | the band06 john cale | paris 191905 beach boys | holland04 super furry animals | guerrilla03 fairport convention | liege & lief02 the kinks | are the village green preservation society01 bob dylan | john wesley harding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
damo Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 by these lists so far wilco wont even hit the top 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 11 smithsonian folkways recordings | anthology of american folk musicCompilation box sets are fair game? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Compilation box sets are fair game? don't know. i thought i read that compilations were ok, so i included it. someone else can make that decision about the rights and the wrongs of it all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 My picks: 9 Beach Boys - Holland For anyone who needs help in getting started here is a thread from back in March that covered the same topic. If you posted in that, like I did, it might give you hand come up with your new version. My favourite album from my favourite band! I also just looked at that other thread; good to see most of what I put before is the same, although it shows how difficult this sort of thing is in general. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 This was a tough exercise. I'm not sure that I have ever done this before. I tried not to put repeat bands on it. I"m fairly certain that a good portion of my top 20 will not land in the overall top 20. 1 The Replacements Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 yes, yes yes im in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oceanman Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 This is way too hard. I think I'll take 5 albums that made me who I am from age 10-15, 15-20, 20-25, 25-30. These last five years are really going to be tuff with all the interweb downloading. 1)The Cure-Standing on a beach/Staring at the sea2)Depeche Mode-Some great reward3)The Band-The Band4)Townes Van Zandt-For the sake of the song5)Bruce Sprinsteen-Nebraska6)David Bowie-Hunky Dory7)Paul Simon-Graceland8)Bob Dylan-Self Portrait9)John Prine-John Prine10)Uncle Tupelo-Still feel gone11)Jerry Garcia-Reflections12)Cat Stevens-Teaser and the Firecat13)The Clash-Sandinista!14)Pavement-Crooked Rain15)Van Morrison-Tupelo Honey16)Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin17)The Cure-Disentegration18)Quicksand-Slip19)Jane's Addiction-Nothing's Shocking20)Jesus and Mary Chain-Automatic This all will change, I left out the last ten years of my life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco2. Abbey Road - The Beatles3. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground4. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel5. Tago Mago - Can6. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth7. In Rainbows - Radiohead8. Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound9. Pink Flag - Wire10. A Ghost Is Born - Wilco11. The Beatles ("White Album") - The Beatles12. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division13. OK Computer - Radiohead14. Summerteeth - Wilco15. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine16. Autobahn - Kraftwerk17. Revolver - The Beatles18. Liquid Swords - GZA19. Suicide Invoice - Hot Snakes20. Boxer - The National just sent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 This was a tough exercise. I'm not sure that I have ever done this before. I tried not to put repeat bands on it. I"m fairly certain that a good portion of my top 20 will not land in the overall top 20. 1 The Replacements Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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