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5. Wuthering Heights617 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1sThe Kick Inside (1978) (two votes for The Whole Story (1986))debut performance
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for "Blow Away (for Bill) " as well : (
Surprised some of the stronger cuts from "Aerial"'s first side haven't made it in: "Pi", "Mrs. Bartolozzi"... (though I voted for neither. Would've done "Pi" if I had a choice.)
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:38 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't been on all the polls, but it's the first time I can recall a whole album placing
I thought this happened with several of the Neil Young albums...?
I don't think any of the Neil albums placed in full, but I'm pretty sure all of Innervisions placed in the Stevie poll.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't vote in this poll, but this would have been my #1. Absolutely blew my mind when I first saw it on TV.
― wise men farting over you (snoball), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
up there with the best debut singles of all time. thought it would place one or two higher though, but i can guess what beat it.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm getting a bit giddy that my number 1 might be the overall number 1 now, don't think it's ever happened on an ilm poll before.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
came low in my poll and maybe shdn't've been there at all, or shd've been much higher, i dunno, i think i voted from "importance" slightly which is totally against my usual method. but it's unquestionably spectacular no matter what my relationship is to it on any one day
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
some of my absolute faves are not gonna make it
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
neither of my top 2 has placed yet
My intro to "Wuthering Heights" was the '86 version. Is it ok if I prefer it?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 7:42 PM (29 seconds ago)
Yeah. I think I underrated this on my ballot as I figured it was a lock for the top three; love Tom's writeup on it for Popular:http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/07/kate-bush-wuthering-heights/
I was one of the #1 votes for "Nocturn" - everything I'd loved about Kate Bush ~The Ninth Wave with added balearic majesty; I think it was Tim in the OG Aerial thread that mentioned Talk Talk/Bark Psychosis/"Halcyon+On+On"/"Under The Sun" as reference points. I wish I'd had the chance to hear it at the end of some kind of Studio DJ set as the sun was rising.
― etc, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
we aren't here to judge
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
i'm really looking fwd to individual ballots, the order of some of this list has really surprised me (eg "suspended in gaffa" and "pull out the pin" respectively)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
well, I am
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
For a horrible second I thought you posted 'will.i.am'
― wise men farting over you (snoball), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
what poll you good people
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
As in, "good news, new KB album, bad news, produced by will.i.am"
― wise men farting over you (snoball), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
I wish I'd had the chance to hear it at the end of some kind of Studio DJ set as the sun was rising.
you've just reminded me of that wonderful ewan pearson '...and so to bed' mix where he finishes with it, must dig that out.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
ooh, link to that please
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
I wish I'd had the chance to hear it at the end of some kind of Studio DJ set as the sun was rising
I once saw Balearic Mike start off a boat party set with 'Nocturne', just as we started moving along the coast. It was a glorious moment.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
xp i think i've got it on a cd somewhere, it's from several laptops ago. if i can find it, i will.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.mixcloud.com/allezallez/048-and-so-to-bed-mix-by-ewan-pearson/
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
thanks
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
shd've withheld that until all the results were posted ;-)
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
ha!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
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4. This Woman’s Work663 points, twenty-six votes, four no.1sThe Sensual World (1989)video
TOO LOW
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Bum. My number 1, which I can't listen to without shedding a tear.
― Guilty_Boksen, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
there goes my number 1
i know you have a little life in you yet cue uncontrollable weepiness
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
ha i typed that before i saw Boksen's post <3
the last time I listened to this song I was rushing to pick up my kid from preschool while my wife was having a miscarriage in the hospital and I cried like a fucking little girl. and now I will always associate this song with that moment.
― chicago rap twitter luminary (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
"this woman's work" might be The Most Moving Song Ever
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
oh Shakey
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tremendously moving. She really tapped into something when she created this song. Love the Director's Cut version of this as well. Voted for that one.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
toyed with voting Director's Cut versions of this and "Deeper Understanding" but in the end i didn't specify cos it seemed too challopian
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
This blew up recently due to some film or something iirc? It was a lot harder to find nice clips to choose from
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Six albums already represented in the top 10, that's a wider spread than I would have expected. (Tho I'm guessing none of my Red Shoes faves are in the top 3.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. I think I underrated this [Wuthering Heights] on my ballot as I figured it was a lock for the top three
i figured it would be much more drastically underrated, pleased to see it finish so high
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
The vastly underrated Lionheart is still going to be vastly underratted, isn't it?
― Guilty_Boksen, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
Kinda wondering if the top three is all gonna be from side one of Hounds of Love.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
amazing how TWW was written *specifically for* She's Having A Baby and directly inspired by the script! something else to thank John Hughes for.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
was it?! that's remarkable. add me to those who can't listen to it without welling up a little.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
aye. from NME: "It was written for John Hughes' film She's Having A Baby. Really light comedy about this young guy who gets married, very much a kid. His wife is pregnant and it's alright until they get to the hospital and the baby's in the breach position.That's the sequence I have to write the songs about and it's really very moving, him in the waiting room, having flashbacks of his wife and him going for walks, decoration... It's exploring his sadness and guilt, suddenly it's the point where he has to grow up. He'd been such a wally up to this point."
still blows my mind!
― piscesx, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
If she called me a wally I would kill myself.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MZWrEfB_VM
― Eric H., Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Add me to the wellers-uppers. TSW gets knocked a lot for its sound, but this track is one hell of a production job - that's how to build a climax imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
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3. Hounds Of Love668 points, twenty-four votes, five no.1sHounds of Love (1985)video
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
One of the reasons I suspect I didn't vote is that 'Ken' (a song written specifically for The Comic Strip) Is maybe my favourite and I would be crushed now it's not placing.
― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
still getting excited!
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link