9. Blue Jeans(10 votes, 2 first places, 274 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
considering that this poll has made me realize I only know like 5 of their songs
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
The newish Midlife one is very good - nice mix of hits and beloved album tracks. The late 90s single-disc one not so much.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.baxterboo.com/images/storefront/large/denim-blue-jean-dog-shorts-1.jpg
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
the Midlife one doesn't have "Music Is My Radar" tho
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Midlife is the better compilation. Also the Observer Ep has pretty much all the highlights from their different eras.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.vblurpage.com/gigography/1996/1205_matrix.htmStumbled across this website this afternoon, just watched this performance of Country Sad Ballad Man
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
And yay for blue jeans and sing breaking into the top 10.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Lt6Yc4rAb6w/SnmCDm7YMNI/AAAAAAAADxI/a_U26byX29M/s400/boys_and_girls.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I know this one.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
8. Chinese Bombs
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
(not really)
8. Girls & Boys(14 votes, 296 points)
Gah, had this for top 3. Brilliant song. The shock at seeing this go top five, I was aware they had a single out and that it was alright, but no idea there was a phenomenon in the offing.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow okay. Okay. This is good. Stoked about Trimm Trabb in particular.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I can't really listen to Girls & Boys now due to massive overexposure, but at the time it really was a BIG THING.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, this was a very unusual track for its place and era. Of 90s UK indie, only Pulp I think ever got onto similar-sounding territory, and they had none of the funk that this does.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, unique really. And nothing else on Parklife sounds like it either.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
This song makes me want to stab people but I can understand its appeal.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
And nothing else on Parklife sounds like it either.
Nothing on Parklife sounds like anything else on Parklife. That's why I love Parklife \(O_º)/
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.stellarcookware.co.uk/images/sites/stellar/ranges/stellar-kitchen/products/egg-timer.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!!!
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Triumph imo (unlike the rest of that fetid album)
7. Out Of Time(12 votes, 1 first place, 303 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Harsh. I think 'Caravan' is up there with anything else. 'On The Way To The Club' is pretty good. 'Jets' and 'Sweet Song' too.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, I was just about to post "Looks as if my top five might be the top five" but not quite.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Think Tank, but mine is a marginal opinion and has been since 2003.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Think Tank is a like a B sides collection, except that most of the songs should have been B sides.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll hear any song off it and think "hey that's not a bad demo", and that's all. It doesn't hold together as an album at all for me.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.tntmagazine.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/TNT+TODAY+BLOG.1396/hungover.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Think Tank's great. Screw the haters.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
6. Badhead(14 votes, 2 first places, 340 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Badhead? Barely remembered it 'til this poll got me listening again. Very sweet & gentle, and nice sequencing after 'Bank Holiday'.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
This was my number one.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
For the purposes of this poll I listened to 'Think Tank' for the first time in 4 or 5 years. Still meh for me, doesn't hold my interest at all. MLIR > Blur > Parklife > Leisure/Escape > 13 > > TTxp
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp yeah, I'm doubting half my votes now. Badhead is incredible.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
OK, so Low, Tomorrow, Century, Beetlebum, Sing?
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I know four of the top five, so there's one surprise left for me now. Didn't expect Badhead so high.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Was forgetting about Century.
That top 5 seems about right.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Think Tank is my third favourite Blur album behind Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish. It could lose We've got a file on you, Brothers & Sisters and Crazy Beat but the rest of it is solid. Along with the songs that have made this list Good Song and Gene by Gene are really great too.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Pouring one out for Music Is My Radar
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Crazy Beat is real "what the fuck were they thinking?" territory. But it's my fourth favourite behind Parklife, MLIB and Blur. Never got on with 13 beyond about 4 tracks - that's the one where I think, "Yeah, great, you're experimenting - now come back when the experiment's finished and you know what you're doing."
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.supercoloring.com/wp-content/thumbnail/2008_12/sing-a-song-together-coloring-page.gif
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
5. Sing(16 votes, 3 first places, 357 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that the first one to have 3 first place votes?
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
(xp) Having re-listened to everything repeatedly over the last two or three weeks, I'm surprised to find that 13 is actually one of my favourites. MLIR sounds a bit dated in places.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Feels totally different to anything else on 'Leisure'
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
DL: I disagree completely about 13. It sounds very deliberate and is a complete and convincing album. Think Tank sounds like a band in its death throes.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link