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PrintableReddishBrownOne said: 1 Queen and David Bowie Under Pressure 1981 I can't count how many times in the past month I've mentally reminded myself to put this song in my top 5. When the rubber hit the road, I left it off entirely.  | |
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Just waiting on one person to tweak his song list, and we'll be ready to go! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: Just waiting on one person to tweak his song list, and we'll be ready to go!
...just kidding  can't wait for the 80s results and the 70s thread though   | |
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JoeTyler said: Moonbeam said: Just waiting on one person to tweak his song list, and we'll be ready to go!
This person's internet is down.  Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: This person's internet is down. OMG! I hope that's not ME then. I don't have a song list neither I will anytime soon. Sorry  | |
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PANDURITO said: Moonbeam said: This person's internet is down. OMG! I hope that's not ME then. I don't have a song list neither I will anytime soon. Sorry Nope, not you! The last list is in, though, and the results will be forthcoming! I just want to double check everything to make sure there are no mistakes (or not many- this is a HUGE list)! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: PANDURITO said: OMG! I hope that's not ME then. I don't have a song list neither I will anytime soon. Sorry Nope, not you! The last list is in, though, and the results will be forthcoming! I just want to double check everything to make sure there are no mistakes (or not many- this is a HUGE list)! I think the work you're doing with these polls is great! But would it not be wise to put a cap on the length of these lists? Maybe top 50? Some are possibly not listing their favourite albums of the 80's, but rather ALL the albums they either own or have in some capacity. Surely a regulated amount would give a less distorted result that some submitting 30-50 and others submitting 200! This absolutely not intended to be critical in tone. You are to be congratulated for your efforts and enthusiasm! Well done.  | |
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TyphoonTip said: Moonbeam said: Nope, not you! The last list is in, though, and the results will be forthcoming! I just want to double check everything to make sure there are no mistakes (or not many- this is a HUGE list)! I think the work you're doing with these polls is great! But would it not be wise to put a cap on the length of these lists? Maybe top 50? Some are possibly not listing their favourite albums of the 80's, but rather ALL the albums they either own or have in some capacity. Surely a regulated amount would give a less distorted result that some submitting 30-50 and others submitting 200! This absolutely not intended to be critical in tone. You are to be congratulated for your efforts and enthusiasm! Well done. How would you know?.. I not only own all the Albums, and songs I listed, but they are my favorites by each artist. My lists could expand well beyond 200. I still left off too many of my favorites, for 200 albums and songs. "Feel free to submit ranked lists of up to 200 songs and 200 albums, and I'll post the results after the deadline (barring any broken fingers like last time lol) at midnight, May 15, 2010 org time! Please submit your lists to ian_renner[at]yahoo.com, replacing the [at] with the @ symbol".   National Funk League✮✮ | |
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Moonbeam said: Tortilla said: These lists are immense..
In no particular order and after lots of toiling.. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak Laurie Anderson - Big Science Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears - The Hurting Erasure - The Innocents Janet Jackson - Control Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Nona Hendryx - Skin Diver Talking Heads - Remain in Light My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything George Michael - Faith Grace Jones - Nightclubbing Cristina - Sleep It Off Eurythmics - Touch Eurythmics Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Sinead O' Connor - The Lion and the Cobra Chaka Khan - Naughty Chaka Khan - Wha Cha Gonna Do For Me? Talk Talk - Colour of Spring Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones The Pretenders - The Pretenders Sonic Youth - EVOL Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - The Dreaming Prince - Sign O' the Times Prince - Parade Prince - Purple Rain Prince - 1999 Prince - Dirty Mind Michael Jackson - Thriller Madonna - Madonna Madonna - Like a Prayer New Order - Power Corruption & Lies Joy Division - Closer The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths - Meat is Murder Cocteau Twins - Treasure SSQ - SSQ Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual Pet Shop Boys - Introspective Thanks! Is the SSQ album called Playback? I can't find any other albums of theirs, and in my search, I really like that cold synth! Yes, the album is called Playback. | |
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StarMon said: TyphoonTip said: I think the work you're doing with these polls is great! But would it not be wise to put a cap on the length of these lists? Maybe top 50? Some are possibly not listing their favourite albums of the 80's, but rather ALL the albums they either own or have in some capacity. Surely a regulated amount would give a less distorted result that some submitting 30-50 and others submitting 200! This absolutely not intended to be critical in tone. You are to be congratulated for your efforts and enthusiasm! Well done. How would you know?.. I not only own all the Albums, and songs I listed, but they are my favorites by each artist. My lists could expand well beyond 200. I still left off too many of my favorites, for 200 albums and songs. Completely true; for this 80s list, I could have add more than 300 albums... | |
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StarMon said: TyphoonTip said: I think the work you're doing with these polls is great! But would it not be wise to put a cap on the length of these lists? Maybe top 50? Some are possibly not listing their favourite albums of the 80's, but rather ALL the albums they either own or have in some capacity. Surely a regulated amount would give a less distorted result that some submitting 30-50 and others submitting 200! This absolutely not intended to be critical in tone. You are to be congratulated for your efforts and enthusiasm! Well done. How would you know?.. I don't. It was a guess. Thus the use of the word 'possibly'. 
Again, this is not an attempt to denigrate the poll in it's entirety, rather simply pointing out that having such varied numbers in submissions, skews the results. | |
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TyphoonTip said: Moonbeam said: Nope, not you! The last list is in, though, and the results will be forthcoming! I just want to double check everything to make sure there are no mistakes (or not many- this is a HUGE list)! I think the work you're doing with these polls is great! But would it not be wise to put a cap on the length of these lists? Maybe top 50? Some are possibly not listing their favourite albums of the 80's, but rather ALL the albums they either own or have in some capacity. Surely a regulated amount would give a less distorted result that some submitting 30-50 and others submitting 200! This absolutely not intended to be critical in tone. You are to be congratulated for your efforts and enthusiasm! Well done. I definitely had to work to narrow mine down to 200. They are all definite favorites. That's only 20 albums per year... not really that many to be honest. * * *
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On the issue of length of submissions, that's a subject into which I put a lot of thought. I know that this forum has a lot of people who have very extensive collections and lists, and I wanted to encourage that. At the same time, I can understand an argument for a shorter limit. That said, my formula doesn't really discriminate against shorter lists- an album ranked 20 on a list with 20 albums gets the same number of points for that list as an album ranked 20 would on a list of 200 albums.
This may be a good time to bring this up: After the 70s poll, I've thought about combining the 60s with everything earlier, as albums weren't really a common format before 1965 and I don't think there are too many people who would be interested in a separate 50s poll (and 40s/30s, etc.). So, make your voices heard! Would you want to lump in everything pre-60s with the 60s, or have separate polls for earlier decades? I hope to cap it all off with an all-time poll, and I'm not sure what the limit for submissions should be for that. Should we stick with 200, or expand to 300? 400? 500? Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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i agree w/ the idea of using 60+ pre-60's.
as for the "all time" poll... i personally think beyond 200 it starts to get a little unmanageable. * * *
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 Yeah, I think a 40's list wouldn't have many chances of success.
I vote for a pre-1970 poll  | |
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Ummmm...NOOOOO 
The 60s man, the 60s MAAAAAN! The 60s decade must have its own poll !!! ; hell, only with the Beatles, Stones, BeachBoys, The Who, Zappa, Cream, Woodstock bands or James Brown my list would already have +70 albums, and there so maaaaany other important albums from that decade...for me the 60s were the first modern decade of music, and were as important and worthy as the 70s or 80s. Killing the 60s poll would be as nasty as slowly killing a baby with a rusty knife...s You can't kill the era of the british invasion, motown, mainstream folk, girl-powa, early power-pop, surf/rock & the flower power!!! please don't!! ARE YOU CRRAAZZYYYY!????
That said, I think that a single 50s poll + the previous decades is necessary... a 30s or even a 40s poll would surely flop... Anyway, a single 50s poll would be nice eh? (rock&roll, blues, country/rock, doo-wop, pop) 
BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THE 60s!!!!!
Oh, and I truly don't care about the limit of albums allowed; 200 for the 70s and 60s are enough for me; I would have prefered +200 for the 80s but it's clearly too late now | |
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JoeTyler said: Ummmm...NOOOOO
The 60s man, the 60s MAAAAAN! The 60s decade must have its own poll !!! ; hell, only with the Beatles, Stones, BeachBoys, The Who, Zappa, Cream, Woodstock bands or James Brown my list would already have +70 albums, and there so maaaaany other important albums from that decade...for me the 60s were the first modern decade of music, and were as important and worthy as the 70s or 80s. Killing the 60s poll would be as nasty as slowly killing a baby with a rusty knife...s You can't kill the era of the british invasion, motown, mainstream folk, girl-powa, early power-pop, surf/rock & the flower power!!! please don't!! ARE YOU CRRAAZZYYYY!????
That said, I think that a single 50s poll + the previous decades is necessary... a 30s or even a 40s poll would surely flop... Anyway, a single 50s poll would be nice eh? (rock&roll, blues, country/rock, doo-wop, pop)
BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THE 60s!!!!!
Oh, and I truly don't care about the limit of albums allowed; 200 for the 70s and 60s are enough for me; I would have prefered +200 for the 80s but it's clearly too late now I don't want to kill the 60s poll. Just perhaps combine it with the earlier decades, because I doubt there would be much interest for even a 50s poll.
That said, we could have a 60s poll only and let pre-60s music have its place in the all-time poll. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Moonbeam said: I don't want to kill the 60s poll. Just perhaps combine it with the earlier decades, because I doubt there would be much interest for even a 50s poll.
I know what you mean, but, really, the magic of the 60s would be diluted if we mix that unique decade with the archaich 50s and 40s; the 50s and 40s sounded similar, but the 60s were a completely different animal...and of course mixing a 60s album with a 30s one would be crazy/pointless... Moonbeam said: That said, we could have a 60s poll only and let pre-60s music have its place in the all-time poll. I believe that a somewhat quick/short 60s poll + a very short/quick pre-60s poll would be the wisest move. I'm sure that there are a lot of +40 years old folks here that would appreciate a 60s poll. These two final polls should be faster than the 90s/80s/70s ones (I'm talking about a short deadline, not very long lists, etc.)... [Edited 5/20/10 9:19am] | |
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As for the all time poll, in my case, I'd like to mix the 25 best albums of each decade, that means: 25(00s)+25+25+25+25(60s)+25(pre-60s)=150; perhaps we could add 50 more albums, 200 as a whole. That would be nice, the 200 best albums of all time... | |
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The song results are live! I'm still happy to take album list submissions until the full song results are posted! Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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I'd highly recommend and vote for the 60's to have it's own poll. It was a major decade in music that can't be lumped in with the 30's-50's. It was the British invasion, Motown, Psychedelic, folk, political music, girl groups etc. It's too vast to ignore. Just combine everything that is pre-60's. "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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Moonbeam asked me to get in on this extremely difficult poll.
Albums, In no order: Prince - Sign o' The Times (1987) The Cure - Disintegration (1989) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989) The Hard Line According to Terrence Trent D'arby (1987) The Family (1985) John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (1980) Newcleus - Jam-On Revenge (1984) Paula Abdul - Shut up and Dance (1989) Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (1989) Keep your headphones on. | |
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