what artist, if any, is worth doing an ILM tracks poll?

when that volunteer list is made, I'll do beach boys. (I don't have to go first.)

Seems to me like there's a level of commitment required for one of these polls that I don't possess. I miss POXes!

I enjoyed the pavement poll even though I didn't participate (mostly because I felt there was too much material I was unfamiliar with). it got me to listen to wowee zowee, which I had owned for several years but never really gave enough of a chance.

I wish there were polls like this for other bands I'm not overly familiar with, if only to incite me to dig deeper into their catalog.

i completely support vigorous unrelenting enforcement of 1 at a time but can we wait until after the MC Tunes results thread?

^ was gonna say

I think one at a time, and one nominations thread running at a time. Otherwise people will just go mad for polling ever-more niche interest bands in this fashion and clogging up New Answers. Very reticent to fully take the breaks off the nerdy listmaking juggernaut.

LBI that's fair enough re the success of the Pavement poll. It's just the combination of numerous polls (not really interested in big ILM polls anymore) and focus on these kinds of bands irking me.

I actually really like the Poll Reservation & Registration Thread idea

You don't need a nominations thread for a single band, though, do you? It's pretty obvious what's in their catalogue and not.

to fully take the breaks off the nerdy listmaking juggernaut

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Okay but put me down for a Nolan Sisters poll next cos I wanna break up the patriarchy a bit.

Not to beat a dead horse here, but I was really thrilled with that Pavement results thread. Tons of chatter and excitement, but the results weren't in the least predictable! Also, surprising, virtually no bitching! Anyway, if all the poll results threads could be that much fun to read, I'd love to see a lot more.

Sorry, Karen D, I forgot that's not how the Blur thing ran.

i have a decent familiarity with Pavement's catalog (heard all the proper albums before i realized i dislike them more often than i like them) and the results of that poll didn't look at all unpredictable to me tbh.

"one at a time" partisans, can we at least agree that once the reveal starts for X, the voting can start for Y?

Suggested format:

MC HAMMER Tracks Poll (Next up: The Cranberries)

lol

now i want to make a "Zombie" vs. "2 Legit 2 Quit" thread

2 Legit all the way

Puuuuuullllllllllppppppp

i love Pulp but any poll would that MOST predictable results ever it's that one

but if any poll would have the most etc.

i have a decent familiarity with Pavement's catalog (heard all the proper albums before i realized i dislike them more often than i like them) and the results of that poll didn't look at all unpredictable to me tbh.

Just because "Summer Babe" won and "Gold Soundz" placed high, didn't mean the rest of the poll was predictable. There were lots of non-album tracks and rarities, very cool to see which ones were the most loved.

I voted in the Blur poll, didn't in the Pavement poll and won't vote in the Manics. However even though I'm not a Pavement fan the enthusiasm and debate made it an interesting read. I don't know why some dude's so worked up about them, it's not as if they're hard to ignore. Matt DC's one at a time option seems a good compromise.

I agree the choices so far have been too indiecentric but those bands will soon be worked through and other bands/producers will get their chance to shine.

ps I bags the Pet Shop Boys poll.

I guess I'm not sure what the argument is here really. If people want to do a poll, so what? Just skip the ones you don't care about, tbh.

One-at-a-time is important I feel.

to take part in this kind of exhaustive poll, you really need to know the ins and outs of an act's catalogue pretty well

No! You just have to take part! Once enough people join in, the crowdsourcing element means any nonsense gets ironed out. I didn't do the Pavement one because I couldn't fill a ballot, but I did do the hiphop one despite lack of knowledge - it was sad to see all a hoy hoy's efforts going to waste for a while because people weren't stepping up.

i have a decent familiarity with Pavement's catalog (heard all the proper albums before i realized i dislike them more often than i like them) and the results of that poll didn't look at all unpredictable to me tbh.

Just because "Summer Babe" won and "Gold Soundz" placed high, didn't mean the rest of the poll was predictable. There were lots of non-album tracks and rarities, very cool to see which ones were the most loved.

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eh most the b-sides i haven't heard, i'd seen the titles enough to know they were gonna do well

I think the point here is that the winner is never the most interesting part of these polls; it's watching the roll-out and debating the songs as they appear.

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Like, in the Blur poll, ppl were so enthusiastic about this entire swath of Blur that I never bothered with that I began to think that I actually might like the band outside of a few random songs; as it turned out when I started digging that wasn't really the case, but reading people's discussion of stuff was really fun.

Also, silly me thought that no one was mentioning "This Is A Low" because no one liked it, not because it was a predestined #1, lol.

yeah, the top 10 is almost always predictable, it's what comes before that which is interesting

I would also happily participate in a Belle & Sebastian one, loads of songs in that catalogue. I am another person who didn't vote in the hip hop albums because it would've been, you know, Jay-z, Wu Tang, Rob Base and Positive K. Figured it was better to leave for people who *know* hip hop well. I *know* Blur well so included myself in that poll!

Joni is a good choice. Beach Boys, Bjork, Bowie, Jay-z, Pixies.. I voted Radiohead as that's another catalogue I know really well (lol 15 year old in 1997).

some dude: I will rep for weird Pulp shit any day of the week! O.U. (Gone Gone)? Ansaphone? SRBSKI JEB? We can do this.

Madonna and Prince would be the two I would feel least qualified to vote in but most interested in following.

Yeah, it's basically just a great chance to discuss artist X in real depth. Nothing to hate here, if it's not for you it's immediately obvious that it's not one to click on.

AND the poll roll-out gives a structure and rhythm to the discussion, perhaps artificially extending the amount of time the participants in the results thread spend talking about and listening to the artist(s) in question.

OK, I had such fun doing the spreadsheet on the Aphex POIII that I bagsy the Aphex POLLL when it comes round.

(I'll even allow the 40,000 side projects so you're in luck, Soit P-P fans!)

Madonna and Prince would be the two I would feel least qualified to vote in but most interested in following.

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this, also! Bookmarked the hip hop one to find out what good stuff I've been missing!

Argh xp, Positive K *really* needed that single extra vote to make the 100

As far as I can see there's been about seven threads devoted to single artist write in polls over the past month. It's hardly overloading the board, there's usually about half a dozen 'radio button' polls finishing each day.

What was the structure of the Pavement poll? 3 days to vote, 3 days' reveal? I think a 2-day reveal would be fine for all these, whether it's a top-50 or top-60.

I do think nominations are a little silly for single artist polls; check a discography for yr eligible tracks.

There are also bands I want to do (or see) completely skewed, counter-intuitive polls to force critical re-evaluation on segments of material, like a post-1990 Depeche Mode poll or a no singles Orbital poll (obv not with a top 50, lol)

Ismael: damnit!!!! Honestly though I wouldn't be able to do 50 songs without adding 10 Jay-z, the Busta remix of Fantasy, etc. Woulda been laughed out of the thread.

Eh, I ran out of time (lol work) but my ballot basically would have been "every song by my favorite x artists plus like 5 classics"

@DJP - New Order post-Technique poll? ::shudders::

Yeah, the initial threads for the Traxpoll aren't so much a "nom" as a "bigup" for certain tracks.

KDT: Yes, exactly! Obv getting people to opt in would be difficult but I think there's some value in exploring/re-evaluating a band when they fall out of their "unadulterated genius" period

hey before the flood can we make a rule that only one of these can go on at once

clicked "like" button on this one

Yo La Tengo (27-year-discography, wide-ranging opinions about recent work) would be an interesting poll for a year or so down the line.

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