Board 8 > Rank the Tracks Week 4: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (plus Nevermind results)

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Previous results can be seen here:
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks

The rules:
1. Listen to the album in full
2. Rank every track on the album
3. When you vote, you can also nominate a single album. Anyone can second as many albums as they like (to ensure we are choosing albums people want to cover)
4. Instead of nominating a new album, you can second an album you have already supported. You can only do this once per album and it replaces your new nomination for the week.
5. For the results, there will be a curve at the top of each list; two additional points between #1 and #2, and one additional point for the next two ranks. This way, the songs that really stick out to someone get an edge that is not immediately negated by someone else putting it lower. In the case of Demon Days, someone's 15th track will get 1 point, 14th 2 points, 4th 12 points, 3rd 14 points, 2nd 16 points, and 1st 19 points
6. If you want to include comments for individual songs, I will compile them in the results
7. The results will be posted at the beginning of the next topic
8. The deadline to vote is Sunday, April 4 at 8:00 AM EST

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix track list:
1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Fences
4. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
5. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
6. Lasso
7. Rome
8. Countdown
9. Girlfriend
10. Armistice

Nominations:
5 nominations:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, Seanchan, MoogleKupo141)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado, MoogleKupo141)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos, MarkS222222222222222)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (MarkS222222222222222, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan)
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Johnbobb)

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Nirvana - Nevermind results

First, the general data. Here are the participants listed by deviation from the final results:
ZaziGuado (16)
Jesse_Custer (22)
MarkS222222222222222 (24)
LiquidOshawott (26)
GameStonk (28)
SpikeSetsFire (28)
RyoCaliente (28)
ZeroSignal620 (28)
MoogleKupo141 (30)
Snake5555555555 (32)
CasanovaZelos (38)
Seanchan (50)
Johnbobb (52)
Raetsel_Lapin (54)

General Album Comments:
CasanovaZelos: Nevermind is my #18 album of all time and #2 of 1991 (Primal Scream's Screamadelica is #17). An end to end masterpiece, this completely changed the music industry for good reason. The singles are striking for sure, but the true strength of Nevermind is in the less discussed tracks. The big hits are a bit on the slow side, yet songs like Territorial Pissings and Stay Away pulse with an explosive energy. I can think of few albums this frenetic, and the slower tracks serve as perfect comedowns. Not a weak moment - I think any of these could have been hits in the right circles. Heck, I have Polly in the second to last spot, and I love that song! It's easy to look back at the grunge era as the broody equivalent of the late-70s punk movement, but Nevermind as a whole is among the most intensely emotional albums ever recorded.

ZaziGuado: I think I missed the window to truly appreciate this album. The top 3 songs are all pretty great, but nothing else sticks with me. There's a definite feel of teenage rebellion throughout this album and I'm just not able to tap into that being far removed from my teenage years. Sure maybe the songs would grow on me, but I don't have much interest in letting them.

GameStonk: The front half of this album is just preposterously good. Can you imagine discovering this as a moody 15 year old in the 90s?

LiquidOshawott: I think when I was in high school this was one of my favorite albums. Now? Its still one of my favorites, and I have a newfound appreciation to some songs. I think even the lower songs are really good here

Seanchan: I don't think I've listened to Nevermind in at least a decade. I lost track of the number of times I thought "Oh yeah, THAT song!". Basically every track on the album (aside from, with good reason, Endless, Nameless) has gotten major radio play over the last nearly 30 years. A true classic.

Johnbobb: This album used to be among my favorites. I still love it a lot, even if it's dropped some spots over the years (as has Nirvana). Grunge is perhaps my favorite subgenre of music, with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden being in probably my top 10 bands, while Nirvana, STP, and Alice in Chains are all also excellent. I've listened through Nevermind at least 50 times by now, and while it's not as shocking in its style as it once was, it's still something unique. On a side note, in college, I did a presentation on the history and influence of grunge music, and one of the things I discussed was how you can hear grunge's various roots a lot in the different bands that made up the grunge movement. Nirvana drew largely from punk, Pearl Jam from classic rock, and Alice in Chains from metal.

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Nevermind Track Ranking

13. Endless, Nameless (Hidden Track)
Score: 43 (Average Rank: 11.29/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, ZaziGuado, GameStonk, SpikeSetsFire, RyoCaliente, Snake5555555555, LiquidOshawott, ZeroSignal620, Seanchan, MoogleKupo141 (#13)

ZaziGuado: Oh gosh I did not enjoy this.

Johnbobb: this is the shit I really got into Nirvana for

11 (tie). Stay Away (Track #10)
Score: 72 (Average Rank: 9/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Seanchan (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb, MarkS222222222222222 (#13)

ZaziGuado: This seems like a song of rebellion, but I didn't pay attention to the lyrics close enough to know for sure. But it felt like something a teenage boy would blast in his room and yell at his mom when she told him to turn it down.

11 (tie). Territorial Pissings (Track #7)
Score: 72 (Average Rank: 9/13)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): GameStonk, Raetsel_Lapin, RyoCaliente, LiquidOshawott, ZeroSignal620 (#12)

ZaziGuado: It's short and fast and he's just trying to get it all out and I can appreciate that at times.

Johnbobb: that opening makes me laugh every time, but this song stands out because it's arguably the most punk of the album

10. Something in the Way (Track #12)
Score: 76 (Average Rank: 8.57/13)
Biggest Fan(s): GameStonk, Raetsel_Lapin (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): ZaziGuado, MoogleKupo141 (#12)

ZaziGuado: This is boring. Unless it picks up towards the end. If that's the case, I'll delete this. It didn't, so I'm keeping it.

9. Breed (Track #4)
Score: 85 (Average Rank: 8.36/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Jesse_Custer, Raetsel_Lapin (#13)

ZaziGuado: The fast driving guitars are fairly appealing, but I don't know what else to say about it.

8. On a Plain (Track #11)
Score: 86 (Average Rank: 7.93/13)
Biggest Fan(s): MoogleKupo141 (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#12)

ZaziGuado: I don't hate it, but I don't find it all that inspiring.

7. Lounge Act (Track #9)
Score: 95 (Average Rank: 7.5/13)
Biggest Fan(s): LiquidOshawott, ZeroSignal620, Seanchan, MarkS222222222222222 (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, RyoCaliente, Snake5555555555 (#11)

ZaziGuado: Yeah okay sure this is fine. I like the back half better than the front half.

6. Polly (Track #6)
Score: 100 (Average Rank: 7.29/13)
Biggest Fan(s): RyoCaliente (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, SpikeSetsFire, Seanchan (#12)

ZaziGuado: It's fine. I like the more acoustically-inclined guitar riffs.

Johnbobb: It's weird, but I think about this song more than any other on the album

5. Drain You (Track #8)
Score: 131 (Average Rank: 5.21/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#11)

ZaziGuado: The build up in the middles was well-done I think.

4. In Bloom (Track #2)
Score: 145 (Average Rank: 4.64/13)
Biggest Fan(s): GameStonk, SpikeSetsFire (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, Raetsel_Lapin (#10)

ZaziGuado: This didn't do much for me and I remember nothing about it now that it has finished. I gave it a second listen and it's better than I initially gave it credit for but still not too memorable. It's hard to follow Smells Like Teen Spirit

3. Come As You Are (Track #3)
Score: 150 (Average Rank: 4.43/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Jesse_Custer, Raetsel_Lapin, ZeroSignal620 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#9)

ZaziGuado: I really enjoy the melody and carries the song well. The chorus is a little boring for me, however.

2. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Track #1)
Score: 156 (Average Rank: 3.93/13)
Biggest Fan(s): ZaziGuado, MarkS222222222222222 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555 (#9)

ZaziGuado: The lyrics are unintelligle to the point where Weird Al made it the focal point of his spoof. In a way though, that only adds to the charm of Smells Like Teen Spirit. The guitar riff is timeless and the chorus is cathartic.

1. Lithium (Track #5)
Score: 161 (Average Rank: 3.86/13)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, LiquidOshawott, MoogleKupo141 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#10)

ZaziGuado: The verses are good enough, but he just says yeah for the chorus and somehow it works very well. Weird, man. The instrumentation is strong throughout.

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I need something resolved about MBDTF before we cover it: there are two pairs of tracks I usually see combined when people discuss the album. Do we want to keep everything separate or combine these two?
All of the Lights (Interlude)/All of the Lights
Lost in the World/Who Will Survive In America

The All of the Lights Interlude feels like a hard track to properly rank - it feels like the type of thing that would either be the bottom or at least the most neutrally ranked track. As such, I think it would be better to just ignore it entirely or combine it with All of the Lights (When I eventually nominate Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, I will similarly be tossing out all the short tracks, and I think the same will happen for any hip hop album containing skits - I don't want to include anything that is conceptually hard to rank compared to full songs.)

Who Will Survive in America stands out a bit better on its own, but it still feels like an extended outro to Lost in the World and I think both work better together than apart. Apparently they were even treated as a single track during an early leak but got separated for the final release.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is my #662 favorite album of all time and #9 of 2009. While this is Phoenix's strongest album, they've always worked better for me as a singles artist; the two lead songs here are among the best of the 2000s. Phoenix are great at the pop rock sound, and 1901 feels like one of the few true rock hits after the early 2000s seemed to signal the death of rock as a mainstream entity (not that rock is dead as much as it became niche). Nonetheless, the album becomes a blur to me after listening; the sound is pleasant as a whole, but not enough distinguishes these songs from each other.

My ranking:
1901 (#419 all-time)
Lisztomania (#907)
Lasso
Rome
Girlfriend
Fences
Armistice
Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
Countdown
Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2

I'm going to nominate one of my obscure favorites and hope people are intrigued enough to support it:
The Knife - Silent Shout

Silent Shout is a subversive synth-pop album drenched in a nightmarish atmosphere by two Swedish siblings. Half the tracks are perfect for the dancefloor, but only if you can look past the anxiety-inducing lyrics and sometimes harsh sounds. It's an experience like few others. Perhaps the most notable element is Karin Dreijer's (known as Fever Ray in their solo career) vocals, which are modified beyond recognition in a million different ways. As far as I know, they are the sole vocalist besides a short feature on "Marble House." Silent Shout seemingly paved the way for artists like Purity Ring and SOPHIE.

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CasanovaZelos posted...

All of the Lights (Interlude)/All of the Lights
Lost in the World/Who Will Survive In America

All of the Lights should absolutely be combined.

I would say to do the same for the final tracks, but if you didn't combine Something in the Way with Endless, Nameless then I don't know why you'd do that here

ChainLTTP posted...

All of the Lights should absolutely be combined.

I would say to do the same for the final tracks, but if you didn't combine Something in the Way with Endless, Nameless then I don't know why you'd do that here

Endless Nameless is a distinct song hidden several minutes after the previous. The final two of MBDTF directly lead into each other.

Edit: Really, the question I considered about Endless Nameless was whether it should be included at all, but the fact it's listed as a distinct track on Spotify now was enough to solidify that answer.

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I mean I personally would have a hard time ranking Lost in the World vs Who Will Survive in America because they beg to be listened to together. Separately they're bottom tier tracks on the album but together they're probably in the top 3-4.

eh maybe top 5-6

I keep forgetting how insanely good that record is

Tag. Not familiar with Phoenix that much, so might be interesting to explore. I took the weeks off on Nirvana and Weezer since I already knew both bands and just didn't care enough about either of them to listen more.

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This was a pretty good album, but I prefer Its Never Been Like That.

1. 1901
2. Rome
3. Fences
4. Lisztomania
5. Armistice
6. Girlfriend
7. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
8. Lasso
9. Countdown
10. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1

Seconding my nomination for Achtung Baby.

Alice in Chains - Dirt

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36 chambers should be at 3 I believe

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1. Listzomania
2. 1901
3. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
4. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
5. Lasso
6. Armistice
7. Rome
8. Fences
9. Girlfriend
10. Countdown

I went in thinking 1901 would be number one, but Listzomania is more fun. I've just heard it less than 1901. Love Like a Sunset would maybe be my top song if the two parts were combined, but separated there's just enough weakness in both two drop them below the two headliner songs on the album. After that there is a noticeable (in my opinion) dip in quality from the album with Lasso holding it's own, Armistice being decent, and the rest being fairly skippable.

One of my favorite albums came out the same year as this one and has a similar-ish sound as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thus, I will nominate it.

Nominate: Passion Pit - Manners
(a note about this album on Spotify: they included a couple of "stripped down" tracks along with a cover of Dreams by the Cranberries (which is great and absolutely worth a listen) as the final three songs, but these were not on the original release as far as I'm aware and should probably not be considered when ranking the album.)

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Johnbobb posted...

36 chambers should be at 3 I believe

This. I supported near the end of the last topic so he might have not seen it

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ZeroSignal620 posted...

This. I supported near the end of the last topic so he might have not seen it

You posted that six minutes after this topic went up and I haven't updated the nomination list since then

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Nominations:
5 supporters:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, Seanchan, MoogleKupo141)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado, MoogleKupo141)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos, MarkS222222222222222)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer x2, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos, ZeroSignal620)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos, MarskS222222222222222)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (MarkS222222222222222, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan)
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Johnbobb)
The Knife - Silent Shout (CasanovaZelos)
Passion Pit - Manners (ZaziGuado)

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CasanovaZelos posted...

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan)

Support

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1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Fences
4. Rome
5. Countdown
6. Girlfriend
7. Armistice
8. Lasso
9. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
10. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1


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CasanovaZelos posted...

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is my #662 favorite album of all time and #9 of 2009

i love this message board so much

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Steiner posted...

i love this message board so much

Having a massive list is a weird habit I picked up from a music forum I use. So if you think this is bad, imagine a place where literally everyone is like this.

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Board 8 music list topics were more formative for my musical taste than probably anything else in my life

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CasanovaZelos posted...

Having a massive list is a weird habit I picked up from a music forum I use. So if you think this is bad, imagine a place where literally everyone is like this.

Honestly I feel the exact opposite, not only am I so disorganized that I can't even think of what I listened or watched, but I feel like if I ranked stuff my opinions would change like, all the time.

I mean, they do now!

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1. Girlfriend
2. 1901
3. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
4. Countdown
5. Lasso
6. Lisztomania
7. Rome
8. Armistice
9. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
10. Fences

A consistently above average album with nothing I dislike, but also not a lot of high points. It's just always "good".

Seconds:

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin
The Knife - Silent Shout
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Nominations:
5 supporters:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, Seanchan, MoogleKupo141)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado, MoogleKupo141)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos, MarkS222222222222222)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer x2, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos, MarskS222222222222222, Raetsel_Lapin)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos, ZeroSignal620)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (MarkS222222222222222, CasanovaZelos)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan, Underleveled)
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer, Raetsel_Lapin)
The Knife - Silent Shout (CasanovaZelos, Raetsel_Lapin)

1 supporter:
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Johnbobb)
Passion Pit - Manners (ZaziGuado)

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1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
4. Girlfriend
5. Lasso
6. Fences
7. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2
8. Rome
9. Armistice
10. Countdown

Lisztomania and 1901 are two of the best written songs of the 21st century. Then, Phoenix spends the rest of the album trying to remake those same two songs to mostly diminishing success, except in Love Like a Sunset, Pt.1 which sees some nice use of experimentation and the one deployment of a new idea on the album. Girlfriend was alright too I suppose. I didn't hate any of these songs, just found most of them forgettable and kind of highlights that the two best songs from this album just feel like flukes.

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So I never listened to this album in full so it should be entertaining!

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Snake5555555555 posted...

Lisztomania and 1901 are two of the best written songs of the 21st century. Then, Phoenix spends the rest of the album trying to remake those same two songs to mostly diminishing success, except in Love Like a Sunset, Pt.1 which sees some nice use of experimentation and the one deployment of a new idea on the album. Girlfriend was alright too I suppose. I didn't hate any of these songs, just found most of them forgettable and kind of highlights that the two best songs from this album just feel like flukes.

Yeah this is a weird album for so many to nominate actually. The two songs you mentioned are iconic late 2000s/early 2010s mainstays that really encapsulate the musical direction of that era, but the album I don't think is particularly important. Maybe I'm wrong though.

ChainLTTP posted...

Yeah this is a weird album for so many to nominate actually. The two songs you mentioned are iconic late 2000s/early 2010s mainstays that really encapsulate the musical direction of that era, but the album I don't think is particularly important. Maybe I'm wrong though.

I think it's generally considered one of the best albums of 2009! 2009 just happens to be a notably weak year for music...

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I listened through the album, but probably need to listen again to rank the songs. A lot kinda sounded the same imo

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1. Lisztomania
2. 1901
3. Armistice
4. Countdown
5. Lasso
6. Rome
7. Fences
8. Girlfriend
9. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 1
10. Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2

It's hard to argue that after the first 2 awesome songs that the rest of this album is just...pleasant...with no real great standouts.

It's funny you brought up that they're better as a singles artist. The first song I heard from Phoenix, and which I think is still better than anything here, is If I Ever Feel Better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJp3kVelU3c

Nominate: The Killers - Hot Fuss

Support:
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin

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Want this topic series to continue.

Thinking we need 2 albums still.

1. Mainstream. Something everyone knows and can vote for.
2. A lesser known. For the rest of us who wanna hear something maybe we haven't heard.

I can't listen to Kanye West for a week.
Throw out The Beatles + Kanye
Then U2 + Mastodon

Just my opinion.


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SpikeSetsFire posted...

Want this topic series to continue.

Thinking we need 2 albums still.

1. Mainstream. Something everyone knows and can vote for.
2. A lesser known. For the rest of us who wanna hear something maybe we haven't heard.

I can't listen to Kanye West for a week.
Throw out The Beatles + Kanye
Then U2 + Mastodon

Just my opinion.

Personally, I like this idea. Of course, in my view, a week is a really long time to rank a single album, and some may disagree with that.

I really wish I had ranked the previous two albums.
Those were ones I owned and listed to a lot when I was younger.
Nevermind was what got me out of only knowing what my parents listened too and weird al.

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Final bump

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1. 1901
2. Countdown
3. Lisztomania
4. Love Like a Sunset Pt. 1
5. Fences
6. Lasso
7. Love Like a Sunset Pt. 2
8. Rome
9. Armistice
10. Girlfriend

I'm submitting this at 3am five hours before it's due because after listening through this once, I've been kinda dreading trying to figure out how to rank this. The majority of the songs on the album sound the same, particularly in the back half, with the only real exceptions being the two big singles and the LLaSs (which I don't understand them splitting into 2 parts at all, kind of a bad call on Phoenix's part imo)

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sneaking in under the wire hopefully

I really like the songs on this album but also it all sounds kind of samey when listened to all at once.

Really hard to order the top three for me, it definitely could change day to day
then an easy choice for fourth, but its a strong fourth
then 5/6/7 are another sort of close tier
countdown is alright
the last two are ok too but theyre two halfs of one song and even as a full song it would rank low

1. Lasso
2. Listzomania
3. 1901
4. Armistice
5. Girlfriend
6. Rome
7. Fences
8. Countdown
9. Love like Sunset 2
10. Love like Sunset 1
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1901
Lasso
Listzomania
Girlfriend
Countdown
Armistice
Rome
Love like a sunset 2
Fences
Love like a sunset 1


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Awake, so I'm going to figure out the results; no more nominations until the next topic.

Nominations:
5 supporters:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, Seanchan, MoogleKupo141)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos, MarkS222222222222222, Seanchan)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado, MoogleKupo141)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer x2, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos, MarskS222222222222222, Raetsel_Lapin)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos, ZeroSignal620)
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer, Raetsel_Lapin, Seanchan)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (MarkS222222222222222, CasanovaZelos)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan, Underleveled)
The Knife - Silent Shout (CasanovaZelos, Raetsel_Lapin)

1 supporter:
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Johnbobb)
Passion Pit - Manners (ZaziGuado)
The Killers - Hot Fuss (Seanchan)

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