The ballots have been counted and verified. It's been a tremendous amount of fun and hard work, which unfortunately coincided with very busy couple of weeks for me. I had big plans for Johnny Fever-style pictures to go with the results but it turns out I didn't have the time, patience or talent to make that happen. So feel free to pepper this thread with pics as appropriate.
But I am 100% confident that these results are 100% accurate and that's the main thing, really.
Let's start with the top 5 videos!
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
#5 - Inbetween Days, 136 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
for americans: http://vimeo.com/5210617
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:18 (9 months ago) Permalink
Sorry about that, didn't know that would happen.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
no worries, but yeah there are some sad, sad gaps in the cure videography on US youtube.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
#4 - The Lovecats, 161 points, 4 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x23dc3_the-cure-lovecats_music
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
#3 - Never Enough, 175 points, 4 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
I'm not sure I've ever seen that video!
How many times did they use the "band plays in cramped place, hilarity ensues" theme, anyway?
(I'm guessing that one of those videos is a good bet for #1)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
"never enough" us link: http://vimeo.com/27804205
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
The first time I saw the video for "Inbetween Days" I was eating a plate of fries while sitting on my bed and when the green-faced RS appeared I suddenly felt very nauseous. I have a hard time watching that vid since then, though I do like when he gets kicked in the ass by the cartoon sock.
― Kent Burt, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
I must've watched the Staring At The Sea video a thousand times between the ages of 14 and 16. I can still remember some of the funny little home movies between the videos of them messing about in car parks quite clearly. If that was on BluRay I'd be out buying it right now.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
#2 - Lullaby, 246 points, 5 votes, 4 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:56 (9 months ago) Permalink
i have staring at the sea on VHS, but no VCR. i see it every time i open the bottom drawer, taunting me
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
That's obviously not right, let's try again:
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
american "lullaby" link (on youtube!):
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
so far i'm 0/4 in videos, but i'll be shocked if i didn't vote for #1
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
This little throwaway thing is what usually comes to mind when I think of the Staring at the Sea VHS
― Hotblack Desiatos #1 Hits 1942 (Spectrist), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
omfg I haven't seen that for about 25 years
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
No surprises at #1
#1 - Close To Me, 421 points, 9 votes, 4 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
video link for americans:
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
hahhaha WOOOOOPS
closest i can come to a decent link featuring the non-remix video stateside: http://www.youclubvideo.com/video/84336/the-cure-close-to-me
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:14 (9 months ago) Permalink
Albums!
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
#5 - Faith, 575 points, 13 votes, 3 #1 votes
wow, the jump from 5 votes for lullaby to 9 votes for close to me suggest lil consensus among that lil group of people who voted for videos
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
May as well post the full results:
#6 - The 13th, 124 points, 3 votes#7 - Let's Go To Bed, 120 points, 3 votes#8 - Why Can't I Be You?, 89 points, 2 votes#9 - Pictures of You, 89 points, 2 votes#10 - Friday I'm In Love, 84 points, 2 votes#11 - Boys Don't Cry, 76 points, 2 votes#12 - Killing An Arab, 50 points, 1 votes#13 - A Night Like This, 46 points, 1 votes#14 - The Walk, 43 points, 1 votes#15 - Hot Hot Hot!!!, 40 points, 1 votes#16 - High, 40 points, 1 votes#17 - Charlotte Sometimes, 40 points, 1 votes#18 - The Hanging Garden, 38 points, 1 votes#19 - The Caterpillar, 38 points, 1 votes#20 - Primary, 38 points, 1 votes#21 - Just Like Heaven, 38 points, 1 votes#22 - A Forest, 38 points, 1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
#4 - The Head On The Door, 580 points, 14 votes, 2 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
^^ my favorite, full of bangers. His boring exotica never had better settings or pace.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
Never been a favourite of mine, but:
#3 - Pornography, 617 points, 14 votes, 3 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
Have I got this right, you've scored these ballots 50-46-43-40-38? Isn't that kind of elaborate and a lot of work?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:49 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yeah that's right. It's not really that much work though, just one spreadsheet with a lot of lookup tables and pivot tables. The most work was correcting peoples spelling and formatting mistakes. What other way is there to do it? I used the same spreadsheet that (I think) everybody running these polls uses, just tweaked it a bit.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
I guess not; I imagine most polls just go 5-4-3-2-1 though, so hats off for weighing them so precisely
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
Three great albums so far. Either my #1 or #2 isn't going to make it though.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
My #1 didn't make it.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
#2 - Seventeen Seconds, 663 points, 15 votes, 2 #1 votes
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Crikey, that's all three duds in the top five. You lot see a different band from what I see.
Very curious to see which of the three(?) contenders wins.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
My #1 didn't either...
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Disintergration is a lock.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
A bit late now, but I remember when the "Never Enough" video came out. On Musique Plus (the québécois Much Music), they had made a big deal about airing it for the first time. I programmed the VCR to record it while I was in school. I couldn't wait to come home and watch it! And it didn't disapoint :-)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
I think Three Imaginary Boys vs Boy's Don't Cry might've split some votes but with the points combined either one wouldn't have made the top 5.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
xps Is it? Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is obviously their best imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
That was my #1, nothing else came close.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
#1 - Disintegration, 818 points, 18 votes, 9 #1 votes
I agree, it was my #1. But the conscensus on every 80's list is ALWAYS Disintegration. (x-post)
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
As far as I recall, there's been a few Best Cure Album polls and they've always ended up pretty much like these results.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
Here's one from 2007:
Disintegration 38Pornography 17Faith 12Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 12Seventeen Seconds 8Three Imaginary Boys / Boys Don't Cry 7The Head on the Door 7The Top 4Japanese Whispers 1Wish 1The Cure 1Wild Mood Swings 0Bloodflowers 0
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Didn't think "Seventeen Seconds" would finish that high, or that KMKMKM wouldn't be in the top five (it was my #1).
"A Forest" now looks like an early favourite to be #1 in the songs polls.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol I voted 4 out of 5 videos and 3 out of 5 albums
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
Same here.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
sorry about the extra spaces, blame gmail.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 19 August 2012 01:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
my short impulsive ballot:
Close To MeBoys Don't CryCutPictures of YouLovesongWhy Can't I Be You?Just Like HeavenGive Me ItTo Wish Impossible ThingsThe WalkSiamese TwinsIt's Not YouThe Baby ScreamsGrinding HaltA Letter To ElisePushA Night Like ThisIn Between DaysA Thousand HoursJumping Someone Else's TrainPornographyDisintegrationThree Imaginary BoysBreatheFrom The Bottom Of The Deep Green Sea
really did not expect to vote for so much from Wish!
― some dude, Sunday, 19 August 2012 01:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
didn't vote in this, not sure what i would've had #1 ("disintegration"? "inbetween days"? "primary"? "high"? "the walk"?), strangely happy to see "a forest" win though. the nouvelle vague cover of it is one of the few times where i think the nouvelle vague concept is worth it.
― balls, Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
Didn't vote in this because I wouldn't have voted for anything post-Disintegration (because I'm not familiar with it, not because I don't like it.) Looks like I would have been in the mainstream of this poll so I guess I should have voted!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 19 August 2012 02:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
who were the other 3 people who didn't put "A Forest" on their ballot? Looks like I am 1 of 4?
hi dere
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
!
― balls, Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
Gah, things like this make me wonder if I should rethink my "not having ILM in my site new answers" stance. Would love to have voted in this. May even have given "Lament" #1. Or "all cats".
― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Sunday, 19 August 2012 03:49 (9 months ago) Permalink
Are you familiar with this thread? Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
― Romney's Kitchen Nightmares (WmC), Sunday, 19 August 2012 04:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I didn't vote for A Forest either.
Tracks:
The FigureheadSiamese TwinsFaithThe Drowning ManPlay For TodaySeventeen SecondsPictures Of YouThe Funeral PartyKyoto SongJust Like HeavenGrinding HaltPornographySinkingFire In CairoCharlotte SometimesIn Your HouseSplintered In Her HeadAnother Journey By TrainOther VoicesThrow Your FootForeverSix Different WaysOne Hundred YearsWailing WallA Man Inside My MouthIf Only Tonight We Could SleepA Strange DayMShake Dog ShakePlainsongThe Upstairs RoomPiggy In The MirrorPrayers For RainA Night Like ThisJumping Someone Else's TrainPrimaryStop DeadA Letter To EliseLet's Go To BedNew Day
Albums:
FaithPornographySeventeen SecondsThree Imaginary BoysThe Head On The Door
― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Sunday, 19 August 2012 08:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
I was really surprised to see "10:15 Saturday Night" and "All Cats Are Grey" finish so high (but surprised in a good way).
"Just Like Heaven" and "A Forest" finished way ahead and were the clear "consensus" favourites even though they got just zero and one first place vote respectively. I'm not sure this happened in any of the other polls, where the first place votes were so spread out and weren't concentrated at the top of the list. Two-thirds of the first place votes went to songs that finished outside the top ten!!
Thanks for the poll, Nate, this was a lot of fun.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 19 August 2012 08:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
My ballot:
PlainsongJust Like HeavenFascination StreetOne Hundred YearsIn Between DaysA ForestPrimaryPrayers for RainThe Exploding BoyShiver and ShakePictures of YouFriday I'm In LoveBoys Don't CryJumping Someone Else's TrainThe KissNew DayWantFaith (I Don't Know What's Going) On EndNever EnoughDisintegrationLostShake Dog ShakeThe FigureheadForeverPushGive Me ItOne More TimeLabyrinthClose to MeThe Only OneGoing Nowhere Underneath the Stars In Your HouseOut of This World10:15 Saturday NightDescentCatchAll I Want
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeDisintegrationPornographyWishThe Cure
Videos:
Close to MeFriday I'm In LovePictures of YouIn Between DaysPrimary
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 19 August 2012 08:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
I didn't vote for A Forest either and I also didn't vote for anything after Disintegration. I never let not knowing the complete catalogue put me off voting in these polls.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 19 August 2012 09:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
So long as I know 20 (or 40) songs well enough to put them in some kind of order I usually vote.
"Wailing Wall" is at #97 and #150, so added up it should be at #85.
Gah, I can't believe that happened! I ran through the list 4 or 5 times looking for vote splitters before doing the final tally.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 19 August 2012 09:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
Missed the final rundown, but many thanks Nate.
My BallotTRAX
#1-Plainsong#2-In Between Days#3-Boy's Don't Cry#4-Why Can't I Be You?#5-Close To Me#6-Killing An Arab#7-A Few Hours After This#8-Faith#9-A Forest10-A Man Inside My Mouth11-10:15 Saturday Night12-Disintegration13-A Night Like This14-Jumping Someone Else's Train15-Shake Dog Shake16-Like Cockatoos17-Prayers For Rain18-A Strange Day19-The Perfect Girl20-One Hundred Years21-The Exploding Boy22-Six Different Ways23-I'm Cold24-If Only Tonight We Could Sleep25-Do The Hansa26-At Night27-Stop Dead28-Happy The Man29-Plastic Passion30-Accuracy31-Never Enough32-In Your House33-The Same Deep Water As You34-Speak My Language35-Bananafishbones36-Fear Of Ghosts37-Harold And Joe38-Throw Your Foot39-Lullaby40-All Cats Are Grey
ALBUMS
#1-Disintegration#2-Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me#3-Seventeen Seconds#4-Three imaginary Boys#5-The Head On The Door
VIDEOS
#1-In Between Days#2-Lullaby#3-Why Can't I Be You?#4-Close To Me#5-Boy's Don't Cry
― pandemic, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
Thanks, Nate!
Nerdiest poll results thread ever, but still fun.
Haven't got my ballot handy but I voted for 24 tracks, most of which placed. The ones that didn't:
The Blood - in my top 5. Genuinely surprised more people don't rate this.Screw - again, in my top 5.Seventeen Seconds - my #10 or thereabouts.Accuracy - ditto.Carnage Visors - mid table or just below.
10.15 was my #1
― Jeff W, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
Also fist bump to the other 'fear of ghosts' and 'do the hansa' voter.
― pandemic, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:13 (9 months ago) Permalink
my ballot, non-placers bolded
1. Close To Me2. High3. Just Like Heaven4. Primary5. A Night Like This6. One Hundred Years7. Why Can't I Be You?8. Boys Don't Cry9. Love Song10. Pictures Of You11. In Between Days12. A Forest13. The Caterpillar14. Three Imaginary Boys15. The Funeral Party16. Friday I'm In Love17. Let's Go To Bed18. Hot Hot Hot!!!19. Play For Today20. Killing An Arab21. Jumping Someone Else's Train22. A Strange Day23. The Lovecats24. Other Voices25. Doing The Unstuck26. Give Me It27. At Night28. End29. Charlotte Sometimes30. All I Want31. The Exploding Boy32. Disintegration33. The 13th34. The Hanging Garden35. The Perfect Girl36. Cut Here37. Open38. Fascination Street39. Mint Car40. Catch
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 August 2012 17:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
PrimaryPlay For TodayBoys Don't CryMLet's Go To BedLamentPlainsongIn Between DaysThe Same Deep Water As YouCatchThe Upstairs RoomLullabyA ForestOne Hundred YearsLove SongDoubtDressing Up10.15 Saturday NightThe LovecatsClosedownThe FigureheadIn Your HouseThe Drowning ManKilling An ArabThe WalkThe CaterpillarClose To MeJust Like HeavenDisintegrationAccuracyFire In CairoThe Hanging GardenA Night Like ThisCharlotte SometimesFrom the Edge of the Deep Green SeaFascination StreetPictures Of YouPlastic PassionJumping Someone Else's TrainAt Night
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 20 August 2012 00:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
I didn't vote for A Forest either
here's just the non-placing entries from my list:
5 Never Enough 9 The 13th 10 Burn11 Wrong Number12 Doing the Unstuck13 Harold & Joe14 Cut Here15 How Beautiful You Are...16 Homesick17 Hey You! 18 Breathe19 So What 20 Forever 21 The Exploding Boy22 Throw Your Foot23 Stop Dead26 Mr. Pink Eyes27 Babble30 Shiver and Shake33 Hot Hot Hot!!! 35 2 Late38 End39 Last Dance40 Closedown
― ʘ (sic), Monday, 20 August 2012 01:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
the full page has fallen off the page so i'm re posting it here as i hate when you have to load the full page to see the results
― Bee OK, Monday, 20 August 2012 02:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
The results in full:
#1 - A Forest, 938 points, 30 votes, 1 #1 votes#2 - Just Like Heaven, 845 points, 26 votes, 0 #1 votes#3 - Close To Me, 692 points, 23 votes, 3 #1 votes#4 - All Cats Are Grey, 663 points, 22 votes, 3 #1 votes#5 - 10:15 Saturday Night, 628 points, 24 votes, 1 #1 votes#6 - Plainsong, 619 points, 19 votes, 4 #1 votes#7 - Inbetween Days, 616 points, 24 votes, 0 #1 votes#8 - Primary, 600 points, 24 votes, 1 #1 votes#9 - Boys Don't Cry, 593 points, 24 votes, 0 #1 votes#10 - Charlotte Sometimes, 591 points, 23 votes, 0 #1 votes#11 - Jumping Someone Else's Train, 587 points, 25 votes, 1 #1 votes#12 - A Night Like This, 564 points, 25 votes, 2 #1 votes#13 - Disintegration, 563 points, 23 votes, 2 #1 votes#14 - One Hundred Years, 536 points, 23 votes, 0 #1 votes#15 - Play For Today, 516 points, 21 votes, 0 #1 votes#16 - Fascination Street, 506 points, 21 votes, 2 #1 votes#17 - Pictures Of You, 497 points, 19 votes, 2 #1 votes#18 - Let's Go To Bed, 473 points, 20 votes, 2 #1 votes#19 - Lovesong, 461 points, 17 votes, 0 #1 votes#20 - Lullaby, 443 points, 17 votes, 0 #1 votes#21 - The Funeral Party, 433 points, 16 votes, 0 #1 votes#22 - Fire In Cairo, 414 points, 20 votes, 0 #1 votes#23 - Killing An Arab, 409 points, 17 votes, 0 #1 votes#24 - Faith, 403 points, 16 votes, 0 #1 votes#25 - Push, 387 points, 15 votes, 0 #1 votes#26 - The Love Cats, 378 points, 19 votes, 0 #1 votes#27 - Like Cockatoos, 368 points, 12 votes, 2 #1 votes#28 - A Strange Day, 366 points, 15 votes, 1 #1 votes#29 - The Kiss, 364 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 votes#30 - The Drowning Man, 361 points, 12 votes, 0 #1 votes#31 - Siamese Twins, 360 points, 11 votes, 0 #1 votes#32 - The Hanging Garden, 352 points, 18 votes, 0 #1 votes#33 - The Upstairs Room, 350 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 votes#34 - Untitled, 344 points, 12 votes, 0 #1 votes#35 - Shake Dog Shake, 330 points, 17 votes, 0 #1 votes#36 - M, 325 points, 14 votes, 0 #1 votes#37 - The Caterpillar, 323 points, 16 votes, 0 #1 votes#38 - Lament, 311 points, 12 votes, 0 #1 votes#39 - The Figurehead, 307 points, 12 votes, 2 #1 votes#40 - The Walk, 295 points, 15 votes, 0 #1 votes#41 - High, 286 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes#42 - Why Can't I Be You?, 277 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#43 - Three Imaginary Boys, 275 points, 13 votes, 0 #1 votes#44 - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, 272 points, 14 votes, 0 #1 votes#45 - Six Different Ways, 259 points, 11 votes, 0 #1 votes#46 - Grinding Halt, 258 points, 11 votes, 0 #1 votes#47 - Open, 257 points, 11 votes, 0 #1 votes#48 - In Your House, 255 points, 14 votes, 0 #1 votes#49 - Other Voices, 255 points, 13 votes, 0 #1 votes#50 - A Man Inside My Mouth, 253 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#51 - How Beautiful You Are, 249 points, 11 votes, 0 #1 votes#52 - Prayers For Rain, 245 points, 13 votes, 0 #1 votes#53 - A Few Hours After This, 241 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 votes#54 - The Exploding Boy, 226 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 votes#55 - Friday Iím In Love, 212 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes#56 - Sinking, 208 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes#57 - The Same Deep Water As You, 200 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#58 - At Night, 192 points, 12 votes, 0 #1 votes#59 - Catch, 186 points, 12 votes, 0 #1 votes#60 - Never Enough, 183 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#61 - End, 181 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes#62 - The Blood, 177 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#63 - Bananafishbones, 176 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#64 - Throw Your Foot, 172 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#65 - Harold & Joe, 167 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#66 - Last Dance, 165 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes#67 - From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea, 165 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 votes#68 - The Baby Screams, 159 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#69 - Give Me It, 153 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#70 - The Top, 152 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#71 - Seventeen Seconds, 146 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#72 - Cold, 146 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#73 - New Day, 144 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#74 - 2 Late, 133 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#75 - Just One Kiss, 133 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#76 - Kyoto Song, 132 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#77 - Hot Hot Hot !!!, 127 points, 9 votes, 0 #1 votes#78 - This Twilight Garden, 126 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#79 - Piggy In The Mirror, 126 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#80 - To Wish Impossible Things, 121 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#81 - Doing The Unstuck, 118 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 votes#82 - Burn, 107 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#83 - A Letter To Elise, 106 points, 8 votes, 0 #1 votes#84 - Accuracy, 94 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#85 - Apart, 90 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#86 - To The Sky, 89 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#87 - Secrets, 88 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 votes#88 - Closedown, 86 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#89 - Mr Pink Eyes, 84 points, 5 votes, 0 #1 votes#90 - Pornography, 84 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#91 - The 13th, 79 points, 5 votes, 0 #1 votes#92 - So What, 76 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#93 - Stop Dead, 75 points, 6 votes, 0 #1 votes#94 - Splintered In Her Head, 74 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#95 - One More Time, 73 points, 7 votes, 0 #1 votes#96 - Homesick, 72 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#97 - The Wailing Wall, 69 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#98 - Breathe, 69 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#99 - A Thousand Hours, 69 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#100 - Another Day, 66 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#101 - A Short Term Effect, 64 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#102 - Want, 63 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#103 - Screw, 63 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#104 - Dressing Up, 60 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#105 - The Holy Hour, 59 points, 5 votes, 0 #1 votes#106 - Forever, 59 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#107 - Plastic Passion, 56 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#108 - Hey You!, 54 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#109 - Watching Me Fall, 53 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#110 - Halo, 52 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#111 - It's Not You, 52 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#112 - (I Don't Know What's Going) On, 52 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#113 - A Chain Of Flowers, 52 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#114 - Birdmad Girl, 50 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#115 - Speak My Language, 48 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#116 - Mouth To Mouth (The Glove), 47 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#117 - The End Of The World, 46 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#118 - Shiver and Shake, 44 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#119 - Carnage Visors, 44 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#120 - Mint Car, 43 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#121 - Cut, 43 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#122 - Lost, 42 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#123 - All I Want, 39 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#124 - Before Three, 39 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#125 - Out of This World, 39 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#126 - The Big Hand, 39 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#127 - Underneath The Stars, 38 points, 4 votes, 0 #1 votes#128 - Wrong Number, 36 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#129 - Perfect Murder (The Glove), 36 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#130 - Jupiter Crash, 36 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#131 - Cut Here, 34 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#132 - Uyea Sound, 34 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#133 - I'm Cold, 32 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#134 - Gone!, 32 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#135 - The Snakepit, 31 points, 3 votes, 0 #1 votes#136 - Do The Hansa, 31 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#137 - Another Journey By Train, 30 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#138 - The Perfect Girl, 30 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#139 - Punish Me With Kisses (The Glove), 30 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#140 - Labyrinth, 29 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#141 - Maybe Someday, 29 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#142 - 39, 29 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#143 - Doubt, 26 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#144 - Happy The Man, 25 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#145 - Fear Of Ghosts, 25 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#146 - Play With Me, 25 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#147 - I'm a Cult Hero, 25 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#148 - Us or Them, 24 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#149 - A Japanese Dream, 23 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#150 - Wailing Wall, 22 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#151 - Descent, 21 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#152 - Babble, 19 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#153 - The Promise, 19 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#154 - Torture, 18 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#155 - A Foolish Arrangement, 18 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#156 - Last Day Of Summer, 14 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#157 - Snow In Summer, 14 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#158 - Numb, 14 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#159 - Pillbox Tales, 12 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#160 - Home, 12 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#161 - Play, 10 points, 2 votes, 0 #1 votes#162 - Mr Alphabet Says, 10 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#163 - The Dream, 10 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#164 - Switch, 10 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#165 - The Only One, 10 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#166 - Temptation Two (aka LGTB), 9 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#167 - Going Nowhere , 9 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#168 - It's Over, 6 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#169 - Alt.End, 3 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#170 - Three, 3 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#171 - Bloodflowers, 3 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#172 - Subway Song, 2 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#173 - Object, 2 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#174 - Fake, 2 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes#175 - Icing Sugar, 2 points, 1 votes, 0 #1 votes
― Bee OK, Monday, 20 August 2012 02:45 (8 months ago) Permalink
Wow I am really surprised by #4 - All Cats Are Grey, 663 points, 22 votes, 3 #1 votes
huh.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
nothing in that top 5 surprises me, tbh
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
This would have been my ballot had I gotten my act togher on time:
In Between DaysJumping Someone Else's Train10:15Grinding HaltClose to Me A ForestBoys Don't Cry Killing An ArabFire in CairoThree Imaginary BoysPrimaryLove CatsThe WalkJust Like HeavenPushSix Different WaysFascination StreetLove SongPictures of YouThe Perfect GirlWhy Can't I Be YouLet's Go to BedOne Hundred YearsPlay for TodayCharlotte SometimesCatepillar GirlA Night Like ThisCatchHot Hot HotPlain SongLullabyDisintegrationClosedownHighA Letter to ElisePlastic PassionThe Hanging GardenThe FigureheadMNever Enough
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:20 (8 months ago) Permalink
closest thing to a surprise in the top 20 is Play For Today
BTW all nothing-past-Disintegration listeners should check out 2001 anagrammatic single Cut Here posthaste, it's one of Robert's most open and honest and touching songs ever, and a great pop tune, and can make you blub too.
― ʘ (sic), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:45 (8 months ago) Permalink
I feel like ppl need to dive more deeply into Join the Dots
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
it's a bit of a mess tbh, especially disc 4. but if you rip it as mini-albums based on eras and leave out a bunch of the latter stuff it's a wonderful resource
― ʘ (sic), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh disc 4 is clearly the weakest, but it has "Home", "Waiting" and "A Pink Dream" on it (btw any one of those songs should have replaced "Mint Car" on WMS)
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 14:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
I'm surprised by "Close To Me" in the top 5. I didn't realise it was a bigger single than "In Between Days" or "Boys Don't Cry". "Primary" beating "Boys Don't Cry" is kind of a surprise too.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 17:03 (8 months ago) Permalink
the thing about "Primary" beating "Boys Don't Cry" is "Primary" is super bad ass
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Monday, 20 August 2012 17:12 (8 months ago) Permalink
Weird that all the Disintegration singles are basically lumped together at the bottom of the top 20. Would have figured Fascination Street to break out from the pack.
― Hotblack Desiatos #1 Hits 1942 (Spectrist), Monday, 20 August 2012 17:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
And thanks Nate, great poll! I voted The Exploding Boy #1. Others from my ballot that didn't make top 50 were Sinking, Descent, Harold and Joe, A Few Hours After This, and Screw (and I proudly voted for the Charlotte Sometimes video).
― Hotblack Desiatos #1 Hits 1942 (Spectrist), Monday, 20 August 2012 17:22 (8 months ago) Permalink
A Few Hours After This was my #3 U think. Surprised that it didn't crack the top 50.
― nate woolls, Monday, 20 August 2012 17:25 (8 months ago) Permalink
I had "A Few Hours After This" at #19.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 17:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
I never would have guessed "Primary" would be in my top 5 until I started making the ballot. It really is just kick-ass and learning it's bass-bass-drums just makes it cooler.
― da croupier, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
The Top 50 was divided like this:
Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry: 7Disintegration: 7Faith: 6Seventeen Seconds: 5Pornography: 5Japanese Whispers: 4The Head On The Door: 4Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: 4The Top: 2B-Side: 1Stand-alone single: 1
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
I had 'piggy,' 'a few hours after this,' 'six different ways,' and 'catch' way higher than the poll did.
Close To MeJust Like HeavenPiggy In The MirrorA Few Hours After This...Six Different WaysCatch10:15 Saturday NightPrimaryPlay For TodayA ForestHot Hot Hot!!!In Between DaysGive Me ItHighThe LovecatsThe Hanging GardenFire In CairoThe CaterpillarThe BloodMint CarNever EnoughJumping Someone Else's TrainSeventeen SecondsA Letter To ElsieShake Dog ShakeWhy Can't I Be YouLullabyHow Beautiful You Are...The 13thNew DayFriday I'm In LoveOne Hundred YearsLovesongPictures Of YouKyoto SongBoys Don't CryKilling An ArabA Strange DayAll I WantSinking
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
Actually, I inverted the numbers for 17 seconds and KMKMKM, so it's
Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry: 7Disintegration: 7Faith: 6Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: 5Pornography: 5Seventeen Seconds: 4Japanese Whispers: 4The Head On The Door: 4The Top: 2B-Side: 1Stand-alone single: 1
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 19:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
I know this is super nerdy, but I thought it would be interesting. I counted how many points each album received:
1. Disintegration: 34332. Boys Don't Cry: 31643. Faith: 27154. The Head On The Door: 25185. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: 21266. Seventeen Seconds: 20347. Pornography: 19218. Japanese Whsipers: 18079. The Top: 65310. Wish: 543
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 20:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
In the top 50.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 20:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
Interesting that SS finished second in the albums poll but only sixth in cumulative points (even with the #1 song).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 20 August 2012 21:10 (8 months ago) Permalink
A case of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts etc.
― Kent Burt, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 00:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
Three Imaginary Boys/Boys Don't Cry: 7Disintegration: 7Faith: 6Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me: 5Pornography: 5Seventeen Seconds: 4Japanese Whispers: 4The Head On The Door: 4The Top: 2
B-Side: 4Stand-alone single: 6
― ʘ (sic), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 02:15 (8 months ago) Permalink
you know, relistening to "Us Or Them" for the first time in years and, aside from "the doleful cant of a bigot", this isn't as embarrassing as I remember it being
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 17:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
damn - missed this during my summer hols - curious to know who voted for "Temptation"
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:06 (8 months ago) Permalink
I missed this due to being on holiday, thanks Nate. Here's my ballot: The Top, Harold and Joe and Bananafishbones are my highest non-placers.
1 Let's Go To Bed 2 The Drowning Man 3 If Only Tonight We Could Sleep 4 One Hundred Years 5 Siamese Twins 6 The Top 7 Close To Me 8 Like Cockatoos 9 Killing An Arab 10 Banafishbones 11 Harold and Joe 12 Primary 13 A Man Inside My Mouth 14 Never Enough 15 A Forest 16 Lullaby 17 Lovesong 18 End 19 Jumping Someone Else's Train 20 In Your House 21 A Strange Day 22 The Kiss 23 Other Voices 24 All Cats Are Grey 25 Faith 26 The Holy Hour 27 Just Like Heaven 28 At Night 29 Give Me It 30 Charlotte Sometimes 31 10:15 Saturday Night 32 The Dream 33 Prayers for Rain 34 Fascination Street 35 Boys Don't Cry 36 Fire in Cairo 37 The Caterpillar 38 Apart 39 Push 40 A Short Term Effect
― I've been to Suffolk (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:10 (8 months ago) Permalink
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 24 August 2012 00:06 (4 days ago) Bookmark
someone who didn't read the OP
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Monday, 27 August 2012 23:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
#61 - End, 181 points, 10 votes, 0 #1 votes
well now i wish i realized this was happening and voted just so this song would've placed way higher
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 August 2012 23:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
although it's great to see "charlotte sometimes" and "all cats are grey" in the top 10
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 August 2012 23:57 (8 months ago) Permalink
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:06 AM (4 days ago)
'Twas I.
Though apparently it was a no-no.
― Austin, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 00:11 (8 months ago) Permalink