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FoolFantastic 04/23/23 10:12:53 AM #1: |
jcgamer107's week: Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation vs. Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum vs. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill Previous results can be seen here: https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks_Set_2 https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks_Set_3 The rules: 1. Listen to the album in full 2. Rank every track on the album 3. 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. For albums with greater than 15 tracks, everything ranked below #15 will be given 0 points and the scale for the top 15 will be the same as a 15-track album. For albums with more than 20 tracks, you only have to list your top 15 (with 16-20, I still like having the average rank listed) 4. If you want to include comments for individual songs, I will compile them in the results 5. The results will be posted at the beginning of the next topic 6. The deadline to vote is Sunday, April 30 at 4:00 PM Central Time; the future week poll will close earlier, when I am putting up the next topic 7. You can sign up to be added to the user cycle (a new user will be added to the end of the current cycle as long as there are four weeks remaining) - the next person on the list will choose 3 albums which the other users will vote on for the next topic. 7a. To ensure people are being given an actual choice, the three nominated albums must be by different artists. You can otherwise stick to a similar sound or era. 7b. The tiebreaker for these polls will be whichever is listed first in the poll options - make sure to deliver the results in order of your own preference (which will hopefully have the added benefit of influencing people toward your first choice if they can't decide). 7c. I have added a tiered vote structure - the least popular album will be removed and its backup votes distributed to the other two entrants. 8. Starting with the next cycle, every four weeks will be a competitive week where those listed choose a single album to face off against others. 9. Skits and tracks under 40 seconds will be excluded from the rankings unless argued otherwise Grimes - Art Angels track list: 1. laughing and not being normal 2. California 3. SCREAM 4. Flesh without Blood 5. Belly of the Beat 6. Kill V. Maim 7. Artangels 8. Easily 9. Pin 10. Realiti 11. World Princess part II 12. Venus Fly 13. Life in the Vivid Dream 14. Butterfly Current cycle: 4/30: neonreaper (Silversun Pickups - Carnavas) 5/7: Great_Paul (Sabaton - The War to End All Ways) 5/14: jcgamer107 5/21: Giggsalot/MetalmindStats/rwlh 5/28: ChichiriMuyo 6/4: BlueCrystalTear 6/11: rwlh 6/18: NFUN 6/25: HBJDubs/firefdr/NFUN 7/2: StifledSilence 7/9: MaxGalactica Future cycle: 7/16: MetalmindStats 7/23: HBJDubs 7/30: Raetsel_Lapin 8/6: competitive week 8/13: Steiner 8/20: Snake5555555555 8/27: Jesse_Custer 9/3: competitive week 9/10: ZaziGuado 9/17: firefdr 9/24: Johnbobb 10/1: competitive week 10/8: VeryInsane 10/15: FoolFantastic 10/22: Seanchan 10/29: competitive week 11/5: Giggsalot 11/12: RyoCaliente 11/19: darkx 11/26: competitive week --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FoolFantastic 04/23/23 10:16:11 AM #2: |
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation > Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill > Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum A weird case where I'm voting an album I haven't heard over an album I know and really like because I've been meaning to check the first one out. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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jcgamer107 04/23/23 10:31:41 AM #3: |
Kero Kero Bonito: an incredibly fun blend of pop, electronic and rock Tally Hall: the prequel to Hawaii: Part ii - more palatable; friendly rock Elliott Smith: this was the last album the guitarist singer-songwriter was working on before he died --- azuarc wasn't even home. he was playing Magic the Gathering at his buddy's store, which is extremely easy to verify ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FoolFantastic 04/23/23 10:59:59 AM #4: |
This was one of my most anticipated albums after "Oblivion" from her previous album Visions ended up being an early contender (and ultimate winner) for my favorite song of the 2010s. There was a period of nervousness, though, as Grimes scrapped an entire album between the two. Luckily, what we ended up with is possibly the greatest electronic pop album ever recorded with so much range, from bangers like "Kill V. Maim" and "Venus Fly" to more relaxing tracks like "Realiti". It's a shame my favorite song here is what led her to meet Elon Musk (...through a Rococo Basilisk joke she made in the video that he happened to also tweet years later and then Googled if anyone else had done the same...) - at the time, this read as a personal, introspective work from one of the most promising new names in music. my ranking: Flesh without Blood Realiti (...though I do prefer the demo version) Kill V. Maim Venus Fly World Princess part II California SCREAM Pin Artangels Easily Butterfly Belly of the Beat laughing and not being normal Life in the Vivid Dream --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Raetsel_Lapin 04/23/23 1:34:28 PM #5: |
1: Flesh Without Blood 2: Pin 3: Life in the Vivid Dream 4: Kill V. Maim 5: Realiti 6: California 7: Belly of the Beat 8: Easily 9: World Princess part II 10: Butterfly 11: Artangels 12: Venus Fly 13: SCREAM 14: laughing and not being normal --- Currently deciding on a new sig because as funny as the last quote was, it did inadvertently sound like I hated Fire Emblem Engage. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FoolFantastic 04/24/23 3:13:01 PM #6: |
bump --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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colliding 04/24/23 6:05:18 PM #7: |
can't enjoy grimes's music anymore shame --- while you slept, the world changed ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZaziGuado 04/25/23 9:34:14 PM #8: |
Unfortunate week for me for this album to be hitting since I'll be busy for most of it. Gonna have to do this from memory on my listen from Monday. Luckily I've listened to it quite a few times before. Kill V. Maim Flesh without Blood California Artangels Realiti Belly of the Beat Easily Pin World Princess part II Venus Fly Butterfly Life in the Vivid Dream laughing and not being normal SCREAM This album isn't perfect. I will almost always skip SCREAM and the only reason I don't skip laughing and not being normal is because it's the very first track. Life in the Vivid Dream is okay. Everything else, though, is heavily consistent and at minimum a great song. The demonic bubblegum energy of Kill V. Maim is so hypnotic. Flesh without Blood is a fantastic angry breakup song. I love that guitar riff in Artangels. There's so much blissful electronic pop to be had here. The album sits in a weird spot for me, though, in that I cannot really bear to listen to any other Grimes album. She has some good singles here and there, but overall no other album is able to do anything for me. --- snowpork azuarc is OP. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Seanchan 04/25/23 10:57:27 PM #9: |
Did a first listen the other day and enjoyed it for the most part. I was worried at the beginning that it might be "too much", plus that SCREAM song was not doing it for me, but the album finds a really good rhythm after that. I also did a listen to her two biggest songs on Spotify, Oblivion and...something else (don't remember the name), and they didn't do much for me. So, yeah, this was probably the correct album choice of hers for me. --- "That was unnecessarily dramatic". - NY Mets motto (courtesy of InnerTubeHero) Congratulations to azuarc, the guru of gurus and winner of GotD 2020! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Seanchan 04/27/23 8:40:50 PM #10: |
Bump --- "That was unnecessarily dramatic". - NY Mets motto (courtesy of InnerTubeHero) Congratulations to azuarc, the guru of gurus and winner of GotD 2020! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FoolFantastic 04/27/23 11:01:31 PM #11: |
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl results The participants sorted by deviation from final results: Seanchan (12) Great_Paul (22) FoolFantastic (24) HBJDubs (26) neonreaper (28) Raetsel_Lapin (28) Johnbobb (30) MaxGalactica (36) StifledSilence (50) General Album Comments Seanchan: Things I learned on a first listen of Dizzy Up the Girl: This has most of their big hits, with the exception of Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQOBUrRaPU0 The Goo Goo Dolls had been around for a decade before this album broke big. They are still actively making albums today! There's another singer in the band, who must be pissed none of his songs made the radio. A lot of those "other singer" songs are really pop-punk sounding. I went into this thinking, for the larger group of rankers, this might end up in that So Long Astoria tier of "fine but nothing special". Now, I don't think that'll necessarily be the case because the singles here are very strong, and they'll anchor this one further up. But it caught me completely off guard when Singer #2 had 4-5 songs on this album. Had NO idea! Also, ever since this album got selected, I've had Broadway ear worming in my head, so nice to finally listen to it again for the first time in a long while. StifledSilence: Its very fascinating seeing the work split between the two singers live. I didnt actually realize how much material of theirs he sang until I went to their concert as a teenager. Very sad he didnt get any singles though, I agree. I can understand why, since this albums singles are so strong. But they could have tossed him a bone after those ran their course at least. (...) What I expected: the singles to dominate my list What I got: a very pleasant surprise of an album This album came out while I was in middle school. I got it for the sake of spamming the singles and thats pretty much what I did with it. I listened to the whole thing once or twice back then and didnt think it was bad or anything. But my prevailing thought was why is the other dude singing? I softened my stance a bit when I saw them live a few years later, but it was still interesting to me how many tracks the other guy sang on. None of them ended up on the radio, which is both understandable and also a shame because theyre quite good. Black Balloon and Iris took the top spots quite easily, as I expected. I would say those are the bands two best songs, and perhaps even two of the best songs of the 90s. But as I listened to the rest, I was surprised to see Slide and Broadway drop lower and lower. They are good songs, but I found myself really getting into the other material. This was especially true for the other guys stuff. Those songs added a nice variety to the album. FoolFantastic: This is late-90s pop rock alright MaxGalactica: Big fan of this album. I liked pretty much every song here. Iris and Black Balloon are both especially fantastic. Was a bit surprised by Robby Takac's vocals, but his songs weren't bad. Hard to beat Rzeznik's voice though. HBJDubs: I don't think the other singer is very good. With that said, the top songs on the list are really great, Iris in particular being an all-time karaoke favorite Seanchan (responding to FoolFantastic): A very succinct way of describing this album. It never becomes terrible but it does fall off fairly hard after the singles. And those singles got overplayed so hard back then that hearing them now, I was at first excited, then by the third listen I was like "okay, I'm good for another 20 years". Also, the "other" singer's songs just feel so out of place compared to the rest of the album. --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FoolFantastic 04/27/23 11:04:08 PM #12: |
Dizzy Up the Girl track ranking 13. Amigone (Track #7) Score: 29 (Average Rank: 10.78/13) Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#8) Biggest Detractor(s): neonreaper, MaxGalactica (#13) 12. January Friend (Track #4) Score: 34 (Average Rank: 10.22/13) Biggest Fan(s): StifledSilence (#5) Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Great_Paul, HBJDubs, Seanchan (#13) 11. Hate This Place (Track #13) Score: 42 (Average Rank: 9.33/13) Biggest Fan(s): Great_Paul, FoolFantastic, HBJDubs (#7) Biggest Detractor(s): StifledSilence, neonreaper, Raetsel_Lapin, Seanchan, Johnbobb (#11) 10. Extra Pale (Track #12) Score: 43 (Average Rank: 9.33/13) Biggest Fan(s): neonreaper (#3) Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Great_Paul, FoolFantastic (#12) 9. Full Forever (Track #9) Score: 46 (Average Rank: 9/13) Biggest Fan(s): StifledSilence (#3) Biggest Detractor(s): FoolFantastic (#13) 8. All Eyes on Me (Track #8) Score: 61 (Average Rank: 7.22/13) Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, MaxGalactica (#4) Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#13) 7. Acoustic #3 (Track #10) Score: 62 (Average Rank: 7.11/13) Biggest Fan(s): neonreaper (#4) Biggest Detractor(s): StifledSilence (#13) 6. Bullet Proof (Track #6) Score: 64 (Average Rank: 7.11/13) Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#2) Biggest Detractor(s): MaxGalactica (#12) 5. Dizzy (Track #1) Score: 73 (Average Rank: 6.44/13) Biggest Fan(s): neonreaper (#1) Biggest Detractor(s): StifledSilence (#12) 4. Broadway (Track #3) Score: 81 (Average Rank: 5.78/13) Biggest Fan(s): Seanchan (#1) Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#11) 3. Black Balloon (Track #5) Score: 108 (Average Rank: 3.22/13) Biggest Fan(s): StifledSilence (#1) Biggest Detractor(s): neonreaper (#6) 2. Slide (Track #2) Score: 111 (Average Rank: 3.22/13) Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Great_Paul (#1) Biggest Detractor(s): StifledSilence (#8) 1. Iris (Track #11) Score: 128 (Average Rank: 2.22/13) Biggest Fan(s): FoolFantastic, MaxGalactica, HBJDubs, Johnbobb (#1) Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#6) --- My top 100 games (with write-ups): https://foolfantastic.com/top-100-video-games-project/ Top 250 songs: https://foolfantastic.com/3290-2/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kateee 04/28/23 1:15:48 AM #13: |
Kill v. Maim Belly of the Beat Flesh Without Blood Pin California Artangels Realiti Venus Fly SCREAM Easily Butterfly World Princess Part II laughing and not being normal Life in the Vivid Dream ... Copied to Clipboard!
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jcgamer107 04/28/23 9:02:13 PM #14: |
My album picks are bombing harder than Ari Aster's new movie --- azuarc wasn't even home. he was playing Magic the Gathering at his buddy's store, which is extremely easy to verify ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 04/28/23 9:40:51 PM #15: |
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill > Tally Hall - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum > Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation - I listened to the first song from each album and used that for the ranking. As usual, please forgive the account switching, just haven't been in a "Raetsel" mood lately. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 04/28/23 10:09:12 PM #16: |
Kero Kero Bonito > Tally Hall > Elliott Smith (honestly the best Grimes songs are the ones that sound like Kero Kero Bonito songs)
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Seanchan 04/29/23 10:13:00 PM #17: |
--- "That was unnecessarily dramatic". - NY Mets motto (courtesy of InnerTubeHero) Congratulations to azuarc, the guru of gurus and winner of GotD 2020! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HBJDubs 04/29/23 11:38:01 PM #18: |
Kero Kero Bonito > Elliott Smith > Tally Hall Realiti Kill V. Maim Flesh Without Blood Pin Butterfly Artangels Venus Fly World Princess Part II Belly Of The Beat Easily laughing and not being normal California Life In The Vivid Dream Scream First time hearing Grimes. The rankings truly reflect the quality on this one, as in the bottom songs are bad, the middle songs are fine, and the top songs are great --- Save in the name of true love ~Project 1000~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MaxGalactica 04/30/23 12:38:16 AM #19: |
Bonito Generation > From a Basement on the Hill > Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Art Angels:
Been pretty impressed with the album quality over the past few weeks here. This one's really good. Production quality is top-notch and most of the tracks are unique and memorable. Top 3 on my rankings are massive bangers that have been stuck in my head all week. 4 and 5 are really good too. Nice album choice, Raetsel. --- Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet. -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 04/30/23 8:56:48 AM #20: |
MaxGalactica posted... Nice album choice, Raetsel. Thank you, though I should say it was originally ZaziGuado's nomination. It lost by one vote after I voted against it for selfish reasons and there was some disappointment expressed about Art Angels losing, so I thought it was worth giving another chance. Especially since I do really like the album. Considering the general reception, I'd say it worked out. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony ... Copied to Clipboard!
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neonreaper 05/01/23 9:46:17 AM #21: |
Easily Realiti Pin Butterfly Flesh without Blood Kill V. Maim California Artangels laughing and not being normal Venus Fly World Princess part II Belly of the Beat SCREAM Life in the Vivid Dream --- Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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