MoFo Music Hall of Fame

[jiraffejustin]

C/P + Edited from Godoggo's movie hall of fame post:

Rules

Everyone who signs up nominates one album/mixtape/EP. Compilation albums are not usually going to be allowed unless they feature previously unreleased music. Each compilation album will judged on a case by case basis, and will be judged based on my discretion. Everyone will then listen to every nominated album and discuss each album in the thread. There is no set order; you can listen to each album as the mood strikes you.

When you have watched listened to every album and are satisfied that you have weighed the merits of each one, you will send me a list of every nominated album ranked from 1- most deserving to be inducted to the last album which you believe to be the least deserving.

I understand that life can get busy suddenly or a person may need to drop out after signing up do to unforeseen events. However, please don't sign up if you have no intention of listening to each album nominated.

New members are always welcomed and encouraged to join. This was always meant to have members with varying taste in music.

The nominees:

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane Nominated by Iroquois
http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f0883401a3fd128af5970b-500wi

The Band by The Band Nominated by jiraffejustin
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The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground Nominated by Frightened Inmate No. 2
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Selling England By the Pound by Genesis Nominated by TylerDurden99
http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/universal/oct13/5345450-500x500.jpg

Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü Nominated by Godoggo
http://churchofzer.com/img/hd-zen.jpeg

The Head on the Door by The Cure Nominated by Kaplan
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Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvain Nominated by wintertriangles
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Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada Nominated by Swan
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[Swan]

Yep I'm in. Will need to think about what album I want to nominate. Do I nominate the greatest album of all-time, Dark Side of the Moon, which most people have already listened to, or pick something more obscure to get people to listen to?

[Guaporense]

I am in!

[jiraffejustin]

I forgot to mention it in the OP, but you can also choose to nominate classical pieces of music if you so choose.

[Iroquois]

Well, if we were going to nominate classical pieces then I think we'd need to nominate specific recordings of said pieces (e.g. if you wanted to include Beethoven's 9th Symphony then you specify who performed it e.g. Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmoniker).

[jiraffejustin]

Well, if we were going to nominate classical pieces then I think we'd need to nominate specific recordings of said pieces (e.g. if you wanted to include Beethoven's 9th Symphony then you specify who performed it e.g. Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmoniker).

I was thinking about this before, and I like the idea. This is what we'd do.

[jiraffejustin]

How much time should each round be given? I was thinking two months with 10-12 members if we could get them.

[Godoggo]

I'm in. I'm debating between three albums.

[gbgoodies]

I'll have to think about this one. Most people here listen to very different music than my music tastes, so I doubt anyone will want to listen to anything that I would nominate.

But if I decide not to join, I'll still listen to the nominated albums just for the fun of it.

[Kaplan]

I'd like to participate, if we're really going to have plenty of time to listen to all the albums. I'm open-minded when it comes to music, and I'd love a chance to expand my knowledge or revisit albums I'm already familiar with.

[jiraffejustin]

I'd like to participate, if we're really going to have plenty of time to listen to all the albums. I'm open-minded when it comes to music, and I'd love a chance to expand my knowledge or revisit albums I'm already familiar with.

Does 10-12 albums in two months seem fair?

[Swan]

Seems fair to me.

[rauldc14]

Those music tourneys just pissed a lot of people off. I'm going to stay out of this:p

[jiraffejustin]

Go ahead and PM me your nominations. I'll save a spot for the people mentioned in the first post, otherwise it's first come first serve for four more.

[Godoggo]

When they get inducted are you going to have people do write ups for it?

I'm about to send you my nomination. I don't know how receptive people will be to it, but it's definitely deserving of being inducted for a myriad of reasons.

[jiraffejustin]

When they get inducted are you going to have people do write ups for it?


If they want to do one, they can. If not, I'll post snippets from reviews or whatever I can find online.

[Godoggo]

You're too easy. :) I make my people do it all personal like or at least find someone else to write it for them. But then I wait quite awhile as well. ;)

Sent my nom in. I'm really curious as to how it gets received. It's a fantastic album.

[jiraffejustin]

Thanks, Godoggo. The rest of you butts need to get your noms in.

[gbgoodies]

Thanks, Godoggo. The rest of you butts need to get your noms in.


I'm going to (officially) sit this one out and just kind of play along from the sidelines, but if you come up short of participants, just let me know and I'll join in if you want me to.

[Swan]

When are the noms due?

[jiraffejustin]

I'm going to (officially) sit this one out and just kind of play along from the sidelines, but if you come up short of participants, just let me know and I'll join in if you want me to.

Okey dokey. :)

When are the noms due?

There's no due date yet, just whenever we get this thing going. I just want to have this thing up and rolling before monday.

[Godoggo]

Thanks, Godoggo. The rest of you butts need to get your noms in.

Yeah, now that I've committed to it I'm completely curious as to what I'm going to be listening to. Hopefully it's not sleepy music as I am going to be doing all my listening in my car. The good thing about music vs movie games and tournaments is that they don't take up anymore of your time. You can always listen to music while doing something else that needs doing.

[jiraffejustin]

Guapo sent me his nom. With mine, his, and yours, I can tell you that we are going to have some major diversity.

[Godoggo]

I'm definitely not going to drive and listen to Guap's music. I'll save his for housecleaning. Angry, angry housecleaning. :D

[Guaporense]

I am deciding between nominating Endless Pain, Pleasure to Kill, Extreme Aggression, Eternal Devastation, Flag of Hate or Darkness Descends. Just kidding... :D

I nominated a Brazilian flower metal album. Kinda like Pink Floyd but not as boring. A song of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtmjZ-NrDrs&index=9&list=PLSOuBCjLwpxWGyzZHQhqR2zDsvZIF0TS2

Since I know extreme music has no chance of winning or being generally liked I nominated something more conservative but still great, of course. Brazilian but sung in English.

[Guaporense]

this song is also great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XcJUPzfQzI

[Godoggo]

I thought about nominating The Day the Country Died ~ Subhumans but I went with something else. Maybe next time.

[Guaporense]

Nominate some J-pop, as nobody else will probably do that to keep the thing eclectic. :)

[Godoggo]

I already sent my nomination in. It's not J-Pop. :)

[Guaporense]

hope it's better than subhumans

[Godoggo]

Not much is better than the Subhumans. It's very doubtful you'll like what I nominated.

[jiraffejustin]

Kaplan sent his nomination in. We still need a nom from Swan, Inmate and Iroquois and anybody else who wants to play along.

[Guaporense]

Not much is better than the Subhumans. It's very doubtful you'll like what I nominated.

While my favorite genre is metal I actually like music from several genres. I enjoy music from other genres but less than metal. I even enjoy Madonna. But it's very unlikely that I will like anything else nominated more than what I just had nominated.

[jiraffejustin]

Iro and Inmate, if you see this, I need your noms! I am not afraid to harass you with PMs. :p

[jiraffejustin]

First post updated. The nominations have been announced. Deadline for votes is January 10th.

[Swan]

C/P + Edited from Godoggo's movie hall of fame post

Godoggo make you do that? :p

[jiraffejustin]

Godoggo make you do that? :p

Nope. I'm just a lazy bum that makes sure to give credit where it's due. :p

[Godoggo]

Whew. This isn't as scary as I thought it would be. :) There are two or three albums I am not familiar with, but there are some great albums nominated. My own might even fare better than I thought it would.

[Swan]

Yeah this ended up being a nice line-up, I think because we got people with actual taste to participate.

[Swan]

I say that as snoblessly as I can.

[Godoggo]

The Head on the Door is a long time favorite of mine as is The Velvet Underground. I'm more than happy to listen to Coltrane and The Band as well. I haven't heard anything from Swan's nomination and I've heard Slyvian, but I have no idea what album I was listening to.

[wintertriangles]

Wow, a very strong lineup, the complete opposite of what I expected from the music tournaments...

[jiraffejustin]

I am worried that my nomination will be too suthern for all y'all yankee folk.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

haven't listened to any of it besides my nomination, but it looks like a strong set. i think i'm most excited for The Head on the Door because i've listened to The Cure's Pornography and Disintegration countless times, yet i've never bothered venturing out of those for whatever reason, but now i'm going to have to and this will hopefully prod me to explore the rest of their discography.

[mark f]

I am worried that my nomination will be too suthern for all y'all yankee folk.
Southern Canadian? :)

[jiraffejustin]

Southern Canadian? :)

I knew somebody would bring up the Canadian thing. :p

The best part of The Band was southern though. :D

[Godoggo]

Wow, a very strong lineup, the complete opposite of what I expected from the music tournaments...

Yeah. I think in the tournaments people tend to go a little more conventional and what appeals to the masses more because it's just no fun not to have any dogs in the race after the first round.

With something like this I'm going to get more serious and nominate what I truly think deserves to be in a hall of fame regardless if everyone hates it or not. Judging from the other nominations, I no longer think that will be the case.

[jiraffejustin]

If anybody else would like to join, you have until the end of tomorrow to let me know.

[Kaplan]

Interesting selections. I'm only familiar with The Velvet Underground album, but I almost never listen to it because I prefer their first two albums. I considered nominating one of their first two albums. Also considered The Stooges' Fun House or Iggy Pop The Idiot. I'm not too familiar with The Band, though I've seen the Scorsese movie. A couple of those albums I've never even heard of... This should be interesting!

[jiraffejustin]

What do you guys want to do about Guapo's nomination? Leave it in? Take it out? Wait and see if he changes his mind?

[Kaplan]

What do you guys want to do about Guapo's nomination? Leave it in? Take it out? Wait and see if he changes his mind?

Even if he came back, he's not going to participate here. So if he's not going to listen to any nominations, why should we listen to his? I say leave it up to the individual. I listened to half of his nomination Angra Temple of Shadows and I found it generic sounding, soulless metal. Either you like it or you don't, and I doubt listening to that album will change your mind. From what I heard "Wishing Well" was the most standout song, because it's completely different than everything else. Listen to "Spread Your Fire" and you pretty much can grasp the content of the rest of the album.

[Godoggo]

I say take it out. I don't think Guap's coming back and in all honesty I don't think he is not in the right attitude to participate. I feel like if his album doesn't win, it's just going to prove him right in his own mind.

[Iroquois]

Drop it like it's hot.

[jiraffejustin]

Aaaaaaand it's out.

[Godoggo]

I listened to Head on the Door today and some yesterday. I figured I'd listen to what I was most familiar with first. It might be the most obvious choice but my favorite track has been and still is Close to Me. I personally don't think there is a bad track, but I guess I'd go with Six Different Ways as my least favorite.

[wintertriangles]

I think I prefer the Close to Me version on the Quadpus EP. Still, It's one of the best Cure albums without question. It's also really the only one that references several sounds of theirs, anything from the darkwave stuff to the Top (underrated record). What makes Six Different Ways your least favorite? Screw might be mine, if only because it sits between A Night Like This and Sinking...

[Swan]

Dammit. I just learned Flying Lotus is the nephew of John Coltrane. I totally should have nominated a FlyLo album.

[Swan]

Just finished listening to A Love Supreme.

I love jazz because it’s musical creativity in its purest form. Free expression. That said, I haven’t really explored the genre enough and this was a great album to further my jazz knowledge and experience. I can also see how Coltrane influenced his nephew, Flying Lotus, who is jazzy - or at least, jazz influenced - in his own right. The thing I love about FlyLo is the influence of the freeform of jazz on his music. With electronic music it’s easy to loop and make things really structured and repetitive, but FlyLo has always felt very freeform to me, constantly changing it up every second in his music. I know this turned into me talking about FlyLo, but the influence is there and it shows just how significant Coltrane was to a musical artist I love.

Paul Thomas Anderson said growing up he looked to the films that influenced his favorite directors, and watched those. As I am starting to make my own electronic music now I felt like I was doing the same thing musically while listening to this album. And I was definitely not disappointed. This should be high on my list. Great nomination, Iro.

If anyone has any other jazz recommendations, I’d love to hear them.

[jiraffejustin]

I like Miles Davis' On the Corner. I don't have comprehensive knowledge of the genre, but I am pretty sure this is a seminal jazz-fusion album.

[Swan]

Listened to The Band.

I was quite into classic rock when I was 12-15 years old, after being introduced to Yes by my father and subsequently exploring the genre. I grew out of it after that, and don't really care for most of the generic stuff anymore. That isn't to say there's not plenty of classic rock I do enjoy - my favorite band is Pink Floyd. But, the quintessential classic rock "sound" is not something I'm partial to anymore. A classic rock group really has to be distinct for me to care at all for them.

I did enjoy this one, I thought this group had a distinct sound, possibly due to the singer's voice and the skill of their overall musicianship. It's just a classy album that was very pleasant on my ears for the duration of the time. I don't know how high it will be on my list because I have yet to listen to the others, but if it's the last one that's just an ode to how great all these nominations are.

[Godoggo]

I think I prefer the Close to Me version on the Quadpus EP. Still, It's one of the best Cure albums without question. It's also really the only one that references several sounds of theirs, anything from the darkwave stuff to the Top (underrated record). What makes Six Different Ways your least favorite? Screw might be mine, if only because it sits between A Night Like This and Sinking...

I think it's the most uninteresting to me lyrically. I don't have to know what a song means to like it or even understand the words, but with all the other songs on that album I get a kind of story in my head and I just don't lose myself in that song in quite the same way.

I do really like the piano part of it though and generally like the song. If it were on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me it would probably be in my top five songs of the album.

[Kaplan]

I listened to John Coltrane today. All I have is a first impression that will likely change, but I thought it was excellent. It's passionate, eloquent, and it builds up nicely. I'm not a jazz aficionado, but I like stuff that is more raw and energetic, and this is those things.

[Godoggo]

I've listened to two tracks off Spirit of the Beehive. The first one I listened to The Devil's Own was very pretty and I liked it best in the beginning when it is just piano and Sylvain. The second track I listened to I absolutely love. The Spanish guitar intro is fantastic and the juxtaposition of the prettiness of the music and the violent subject matter makes the song really stand out.

Sylvain's voice reminds me a tad bit of Peter Gabriel's.

So far this is music that I'd put in play with my beloved Cocteau Twins and Fields of the Nephlim. It has that slow moody hypnotic sound.

Listening to the rest tomorrow.

[Godoggo]

I just read my post again and realized I never named the second track. It's When Poets Dreamed of Angels

[Godoggo]

I have a question, Winter. Should the bonus tracks be listened to and taken into consideration or just tracks 1- 9? I've already listened to both of them just wondering if that is something we should be talking about as well.

[Kaplan]

I've listened to about half of Zen Arcade. I wasn't keen on it at first, mainly because I was thinking I wasn't in the mood for punk once the first song started. But now I'm really liking it. It's some of the best punk I've heard. The idea of a Tommy/Quadrophenia-like punk opera is really off-putting, but really, I wouldn't even know that's what they were going for just by listening to the album. A song like "Hare Krsna" is an awesome example of how far you can stretch punk rock and still remain within the confines of the genre.

I've known about Husker Du since the 80s, but I had never listened to them. I would say that's too bad, but it's kind of nice being introduced to them at this late date, because it's always exciting to experience something old for the very first time in later life.

[Kaplan]

I think it's the most uninteresting to me lyrically. I don't have to know what a song means to like it or even understand the words, but with all the other songs on that album I get a kind of story in my head and I just don't lose myself in that song in quite the same way.

I do really like the piano part of it though and generally like the song. If it were on Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me it would probably be in my top five songs of the album.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned "Kyoto Song"...that's one of my very favorite Cure songs. Also love "The Baby Screams".

[wintertriangles]

I have a question, Winter. Should the bonus tracks be listened to and taken into consideration or just tracks 1- 9? I've already listened to both of them just wondering if that is something we should be talking about as well.
Do you mean Promise (Cult of Eurydice) and Forbidden Colours? I usually listen to them at the same time, so I suppose so. Forbidden Colours I'd say should be required since it's a song adapted from a film score :p It's the Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence song.
I'm surprised no one's mentioned "Kyoto Song"...that's one of my very favorite Cure songs. Also love "The Baby Screams".
I'm surprised no one mentioned The Blood. Or did Godoggo? I don't remember. Kyoto Song is really cool though, it stands apart a bit

[Godoggo]

I didn't mention any individual songs other than Close to Me and Six Different Ways. Both The Blood and The Baby Screams are fantastic songs. The Blood is a perfect example of me getting lost in a song. It's one of those I want to turn up so loud so that I feel the song as well as hear it.

The Baby Screams and Close to Me also have a big nostalgia factor for me. I don't know how many times I danced to both of those songs in bars I was too young to be in. :D

A Night Like This is a fantastic song too. It's right up there with The Blood for just immersing yourself in.

Like I said, there is not a bad song in the whole bunch. It's the best album from a great band.

[Godoggo]

I've listened to about half of Zen Arcade. I wasn't keen on it at first, mainly because I was thinking I wasn't in the mood for punk once the first song started. But now I'm really liking it. It's some of the best punk I've heard. The idea of a Tommy/Quadrophenia-like punk opera is really off-putting, but really, I wouldn't even know that's what they were going for just by listening to the album. A song like "Hare Krsna" is an awesome example of how far you can stretch punk rock and still remain within the confines of the genre.

I've known about Husker Du since the 80s, but I had never listened to them. I would say that's too bad, but it's kind of nice being introduced to them at this late date, because it's always exciting to experience something old for the very first time in later life.

I'm glad you changed your mind. I picked Husker Du because of how highly influential that band is. A big portion of the 90's music sound is because of the band members listening to Husker Du. Both the Pixies and Nirvana were big fans. They took punk rock and played it fast and loud but there is still a great melody in their songs.

Zen Arcade is a great rock album that transcends just the "punk rock" sound. It's hard to find a list of greatest rock albums without finding Zen Arcade on it. That's why I picked it over something like The SubHumans. They were hugely influential inside the punk rock genre, but Husker Du reaches far beyond with Zen Arcade.

When listening to this music, how are you guys handling listening to something that just isn't your cup of tea, so you aren't really familiar with how it should sound? Winter, Kaplan and Inmate all nominated right inside my wheelhouse, but I want to give the nominations a little more consideration than just whether or not I like it.

[jiraffejustin]

That's an interesting question to think about. There's no criteria set for this kind of thing, so it's totally up to each individual. Most of these albums look like the kind of music that I already enjoy or wouldn't be that far from something I'd enjoy, so I shouldn't have much problem with that. When that does occur for me, I think I'll probably listen to the album in question at least twice and try to understand why others think it is a great album, maybe that will help me appreciate it more. Still though, if something is my cup of tea, I'll probably vote for it over the one that's not. I wouldn't blame anybody for doing the same.

[Godoggo]

Yeah, I mean I think pleasure should be part of the criteria but not the only one. I've even toyed around with changing the movie HoF from just ranking the movies to awarding each individual movie points in certain categories.

[jiraffejustin]

With each of the very few jazz albums I've listened to, I've always noticed that it doesn't seem like there are any rules. Jazz musicians just go out there and they make you feel it. It seems to me that John Coltrane did that with great success with A Love Supreme. Kaplan mentioned that this album is raw and energetic and I think that goes hand in hand with not having any rules, you just go at it and make something beautiful.

[Kaplan]

When listening to this music, how are you guys handling listening to something that just isn't your cup of tea, so you aren't really familiar with how it should sound? Winter, Kaplan and Inmate all nominated right inside my wheelhouse, but I want to give the nominations a little more consideration than just whether or not I like it.

That is a question that's going to come up, but so far I've avoided it by not delving into those albums. The Band could be a tough one, but in this case it's not exactly because I don't like that kind of music. They have a sound somewhat similar to some of Neil Young's music, and I really like Neil Young, but from the sampling I've heard, nothing is grabbing me. But that could change. I hope so.

[Iroquois]

Alright, my list is submitted.

[jiraffejustin]

Got your list. Care to share any thoughts on the albums? You don't have to share your rankings yet, but some discussion on the albums is encouraged.

[jiraffejustin]

I listened to The Velvet Underground, The Band, and Selling England By the Pound yesterday.

The Velvet Underground was absolutely beautiful, I love Lou Reed's voice a whole lot. He can cut me straight to the bone.

The Band is my nomination, clearly I love it. Swan called it a really classy album, and I can dig that. Makes sense to me. The Band features mostly Canadians, but they are southern band. I don't think it's just because of Levon Helm, even though he is my favorite member. They just feel southern.I feel some sort of kinship with The Band that others here might not be able to feel.

Selling England By the Pound is my least favorite album so far, but it's not a bad one by any means. The instrumentation was fun, but I don't see myself having the desire to return to it.

[Iroquois]

By all means.

The Band - they're certainly all very talented musicians but I don't think their sort of roots-country-Americana music is my thing. At the very least I don't much feel like sitting through this again.

The Head on the Door - yeah, I don't think the Cure are one of those bands that can deliver consistently good albums. I realise not every album has to be Disintegration, but even so this just strikes me as some fairly decent but not amazing post-punk with just the right level of Goth involved.

A Love Supreme - well, obviously I still like it a lot. Not just one of the most important jazz albums ever made, but one of the most important albums period. Much like the title suggests, it's a brilliant exultation of love - the reverence that Coltrane has for God (both as a benevolent creator and as a force to be reckoned with) makes for one hell of an inspiration as the album starts off with a glorious cacophony in "Acknowledgment," moves through a number of moods on "Resolution" and "Pursuance" until it concludes with the serious and passionate "Psalm". Absolutely essential even if you don't know or care about jazz.

Music has the Right to Children - a consistently high-quality ambient techno album that makes good use of sampled audio and doesn't have any especially weak tracks. My only major complaint is that "Roygbiv", which has the best melodic hook on the whole album, is only just over two minutes in length while tracks with less impressive hooks such as "Rue the Whirl" manage to run for at least five or six minutes.

Secrets of the Beehive - it started off well but got kind of tiresome by the end. I get it, you're making this soft but emotional art-pop kind of music. It's not bad, but I don't have much interest in it.

Selling England by the Pound - Genesis, especially while Peter Gabriel was still in the band, definitely deserves its reputation as one of the greatest prog bands of all time. This is the most obvious and understandable pick for their best album. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" is quite possibly my favourite song of theirs with its lilting introduction that soon gives way to powerful hard rock and stays bombastic for much of its running time. The only real track I take any issue with is "The Battle of Epping Forest", which feels a bit underweight compared to tracks such as "The Cinema Show" or "Firth of Fifth". "The Cinema Show" in particular is one of the best climaxes that a prog-rock album could ever ask for, second only to the preceding album's "Supper's Ready".

The Velvet Underground - I have a slightly irrational dislike of his album because the departure of John Cale meant the subsequent albums started sounding really soft in comparison. Of course, track by track it's still a good album. "What Goes On" is the kind of simple but effective jam I can get behind, "Pale Blue Eyes" is a great mopey song and "I'm Set Free" still surprises me each time I listen. "The Murder Mystery" shows them still trying to create unnerving aural experiments like on their first two albums, but here it just feels out of place and even on its own not too impressive. "After Hours" is a pretty good understated closer.

Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü are one of those bands that I'd know I'd grow to love if I listened to them more. Based off a single listen, Zen Arcade feels like the kind of album that would just keep getting better. Closing track "Reoccurring Dreams" lasts well over thirteen minutes and only has one chord or two but it never gets boring and that's all the proof I need that this is an amazing album and I need to actually get a copy at some point.

[jiraffejustin]

:up: :up: Good stuff, Iro.

[Derek Vinyard]

very nice album nominated right here !! Good Tournament all your in good hands with JJ and Godog :)

[Swan]

So glad you liked Music Has the Right to Children, Iro. :up:

[TylerDurden99]

By all means.



Selling England by the Pound - Genesis, especially while Peter Gabriel was still in the band, definitely deserves its reputation as one of the greatest prog bands of all time. This is the most obvious and understandable pick for their best album. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" is quite possibly my favourite song of theirs with its lilting introduction that soon gives way to powerful hard rock and stays bombastic for much of its running time. The only real track I take any issue with is "The Battle of Epping Forest", which feels a bit underweight compared to tracks such as "The Cinema Show" or "Firth of Fifth". "The Cinema Show" in particular is one of the best climaxes that a prog-rock album could ever ask for, second only to the preceding album's "Supper's Ready".


I'm glad you really like this album. It's by far my favourite Genesis album and definitely my favourite prog album too, though I'm still just getting into the genre.

[Godoggo]

I've listened to everything now. I'll do some individual write-ups at a later time. This is going to be hard. The one I was a little worried about at first was Genesis, but I ended up really liking it. Even though I'm a big fan of Peter Gabriel, I never really sat there and listened to a whole lot of Genesis. It sounds nothing like his solo stuff, but really good none-the-less.

Coltrane isn't something that I would pick out to listen to on my own, but that's why I like these types of things where your "forced" into listening to something. I've heard plenty of Coltrane before but not really where it was just me sitting and listening without any distractions. I could really appreciate it. It's still not going to be something I put on myself much, but it's certainly a deserving nomination.

I'll pick out my favorite tracks from those two albums and talk a little more about individual songs later.

[Kaplan]

Listened to Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada. I like it, for what it is, well-done ambient techno, but it does get a bit monotonous after a while. I did recommend it to a friend whose taste run more toward this type of music.

I liked The Band far more than I was expecting once I actually listened to the whole album.

Then there's Spirits of the Beehive by David Sylvian... I do not like this guy's voice. I thought maybe it was just because this album is so incredibly slow and that his voice just didn't suit this kind of music, so I looked up some songs from his band Japan and I realize I can't stand him no matter what the music's tempo is. Sorry to those who like him, but this album did nothing for me. I did think "When Poets Dream of Angels" was a standout track, for what that's worth.

Also listened to The Velvet Underground, though I'm familiar with that one. I just don't think it compares to their first two albums, even if White Light/White Heat is a bit uneven. It starts off strong, with "Candy Says", "What Goes On", and "Some Kinda Love", but the rest of the album isn't nearly as strong. It is, however, a whole lot better than their next album.

I still need to listen to the Genesis album.

[Kaplan]

Sent my list in. It seems like this has been forgotten.

[Kaplan]

Can we conclude this thing already?!

[jiraffejustin]

I have votes from Godoggo and Iroquois, if anybody else voted I probably accidentally deleted the PM. Mainly because I am an awful person who can't be trusted with such responsibilities as these.

[jiraffejustin]

Got Kaplan's votes.

Anybody else who plans on voting let me know, if nobody says anything by tomorrow night I'll end this with the votes I have. If somebody wants to vote, I'll wait for them.

[jiraffejustin]

Our winner:


Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü Nominated by Godoggo
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2. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
3. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (tie)
3. The Head on the Door by The Cure (tie)
5. Selling England By the Pound by Genesis
6. The Band by The Band
7. Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada
8. Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvain