ILM's Best Shoegaze / Dream Pop / Post-rock TRACKS poll - RESULTS THREAD

Verdict on today's numbers?

None from my list today, but I did vote for other tracks by ten of the bands that made today's roster.

'Medication' always left me cold. It was one out of the first few CDs I ever got which got me thinking something was wrong with the format, things sounded so clinical ('Moving On Up' by Primal Scream was another). So I scurried back to vinyl for a time, with added bonus that you could use it to play 'Avalyn I' at 33rpm.

Four of mine today, and I pulled 'Drive Blind' at the last moment (sorry pandemic)

Avalyn 1 not really doing it for me tbh. I think I skew far more to the 'post punk pop' side of shoegazing, the ethereal sound scapes thing just isn't my bag at all.

A good day all round - MBVless too I see

Wow - I had 7 today after only 1 yesterday which probably means no more until we get towards the end.

Just realized I didn't vote for 'Taste.' WTF was I thinking?

Medication, nice one to end with. Think my one Spiritualized vote went to something else however.

wrong Ismael...ur missing I Only Said

5 more for me today, bringing the total up to 9...Holy Cow! I'm expecting at least 2 more from my list

need Johnny to step up with his countdown now

as far as MBV goes, I voted for my 3 favorite songs of Loveless...I figurd inevitably that MBV would be like Sabbath on the metal poll, and I think there were 6 Sabbath songs on my ballot for that one...

if my #1 makes it I might break out in a dance...

(it's not MBV)

I voted for 3 MBV songs as well. 1 has already appeared, 1 will not likely appear at all, and the third is the elephant in the room.

right on, none of my MBV songs have appeared yet; I figure one probably will, though it's hard telling about any of this stuff...

xp - Is the elephant Soon or Only Shallow?

yes

I think I voted for two mbv, possibly three - none have appeared yet anyway. I mostly find it hard to differentiate between their tracks actually. If they hadn't released singles I probably couldn't tease the Loveless stuff out at all.

I voted for 6 MBV songs but "Lose My Breath" is the only one I voted for that's come up on the list so far

& that's also the one I gave the most points to

xpost -- Let's just say I should have voted for 'Taste' and 'Soon.' I had a couple of spots left too!

I kind of think that the whole MBV songs are hard to tell apart is slightly crap...I don't really have a problem telling apart the three songs I voted for...(but then again maybe each track has certain earmarks that each of us fall in love with...?)

"...the whole 'MBV songs are hard to tell apart' complaint..."

Maybe ... I blame vinyl a bit - for an album like that, you don't get the chance to break it up like on cd or tape

yeah I can see that...

hmmm...turns out I cut the Spiritualized track at the last minute; only four for me today....

Sorry I missed most of it live, I was out:

100. COCTEAU TWINS "Cherry Coloured Funk (1990) [90 points, 3 votes]
99. MAHOGANY "Supervitesse" (2006) [90 points, 4 votes]
98. MOOSE "Suzanne" (1991) [90 points, 5 votes]
97. SLOWDIVE "40 Days" (1993) [91 points, 3 votes]
96. LOW, TRANSIENT WAVES & PIANO MAGIC "Sleep at the Bottom" (1998) [92 points, 3 votes]
95. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Cupid Come" (1988) [92 points, 5 votes]
94. CRANES "Starblood" (1991) [93 points, 5 votes]
93. MOGWAI "Mogwai Fear Satan" (1997) [94 points, 5 votes]
92. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Loomer" (1991) [95 points, 5 votes]
91. BARDO POND "Tommy Gun Angel" (1997) [96 points, 4 votes]
90. LUSH "Nothing Natural" (1991) [97 points, 4 votes]
89. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Swallow" (1991) [97 points, 5 votes]
88. DNTEL "The Is the Dream of Evan and Chan" (2001) [98 points, 4 votes]
87. YO LA TENGO "From a Motel 6" (1993) [99 points, 6 votes]
TIE 86. SWERVEDRIVER "Never Lose That Feeling" (1993) [100 points, 3 votes]
TIE 86. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "Lose My Breath" (1988) [100 points, 3 votes]
85. THE SUNDAYS "Skin and Bones" (1990) [101 points, 3 votes]
84. THE CHAMELEONS "View From a Hill" (1983) [101 points, 4 votes]
83. SLOWDIVE "Slowdive" (1990) [101 points, 5 votes]
82. GLENN BRANCA "Lesson No.1" (1980) [102 points, 4 votes]
81. DISCO INFERNO "Summer's Last Sound" (1992) [103 points, 4 votes]

80. JULEE CRUISE "Falling" (1989) [104 points, 6 votes]
79. SPACEMEN 3 "Suicide" (1989) [105 points, 4 votes]
78. M83 "Run Into Flowers" (2003) [106 points, 4 votes]
77. VERVE "A Man Called Sun" (1992) [107 points, 5 votes]
76. WIRE "The 15th" (1979) [108 points, 5 votes]
75. MOOSE "Jack" (1991) [109 points, 4 votes]
TIE 74. PALE SAINTS "Throwing Back the Apple" (1992) [110 points, 5 votes]
TIE 74. MY BLOODY VALENTINE "I Only Said" (1991) [110 points, 5 votes]
73. LUSH "For Love" (1992) [110 points, 6 votes]
72. THE TELESCOPES "High on Fire" (1992) [111 points, 4 votes]
71. SPACEMEN 3 "Hypnotized" (1989) [112 points, 4 votes]
70. RIDE "Taste" (1990) [113 points, 5 votes]
69. DISCO INFERNO "Second Language" (1994) [114 points, 4 votes]
68. SLOWDIVE "Souvlaki Space Station" (1993) [115 points, 7 votes]
67. THE HOUSE OF LOVE "Destroy the Heart" (1988) [116 points, 7 votes]
66. A.R. KANE "Lollita" (1987) [117 points, 3 votes]
65. RIDE "Drive Blind" (1990) [118 points, 3 votes]
64. CHAPTERHOUSE "Breather" (1990) [118 points, 7 votes]
63. GROUPER "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" (2008) [119 points, 4 votes]
62. SLOWDIVE "Avalyn I" (1990) [120 points, 3 votes]
61. SPIRITUALIZED "Medication" (1992) [121 points, 5 votes]

So I guess if #74 was the last of the ties, that means "Supervitesse" and "Cherry Coloured Funk" are both overrun.

Lolita was my joint number one so it's a bit sad to see it languishing down at the arse end of this poll. I guess it's a good deal more obscure than it ought to be due to its terrible lack of availability, but anyhow - I have always loved both its perfect bone-like fragility and its outbursts of woozy violence, all smoke and smashed bedroom mirrors. That whole EP is great, really looking forward to it getting reissued.

Threw minor points at the House of Love and Grouper songs too, puts me at 5 out of forty.

'High on Fire' was my number one, natch. It's the pinnacle of their shoegaze period as far as I'm concerned.

This was my number one also.

OK, only three songs from my ballot so far. I suspect I'm going to be the outlier here.

I had four make it yesterday, none today. I might have considered "Lollita" if I had more of a history with A.R. Kane. They're a group I've heard, but have never spent much time with despite meaning to do just that for years and years.

I love A.R. Kane...voted Lollita, prolley should've voted Up but ran out of space...the song I gave the most points to, and my favorite thing of theirs that I've heard, is the b-side of their first single, called So Far Away...

if there is any band that needs to collect their early singles onto a single disc, it's this one!!!

That Spiritualized thing is just horrible, imho.

ha that is one of only three spz songs i can stand to listen to

"Medication" is my favorite Spiritualized song. Period.

"Avalyn" is incredible, I had it on my ballot and then took it off in favour of "Allison". Not totally sure why I did that!

JFAD underrated imo, but I don't think I represent the typical Slowdive fan because I don't like the other two records much at all.

this is me as well. i find the second one ok but i have never warmed to pygmalion

No Boo Radleys yet??

woo, 3 of mine got in but all way too low. drive blind, breather and avalyn 1 all should have been top 10. only 3 votes for drive blind? really? good thing i gave it a ton of points.

2 of mine from today's lot. i'm guessing my ride/slowdive/mbv choices will not be among the popular ones

77. VERVE "A Man Called Sun" - ended up voting for two Verve songs and both come from one two song EP.

75. MOOSE "Jack" (1991) - my number five song. i think i saw every other shoegaze band live but not this one.

74. PALE SAINTS "Throwing Back the Apple" (1992) - voted for two very different songs from this band. my nickname from one of my friends was Pale Saint.

72. THE TELESCOPES "High on Fire" (1992) - my song by the Telescopes was "You Set My Soul."

68. SLOWDIVE "Souvlaki Space Station" (1993) - my number 33

61. SPIRITUALIZED "Medication" (1992) - my number 15

...Ride...

only Telescopes I'd heard before this thread was "Kick the Wall" which I've always liked, and now see I must have bought at an early gig. Listened to the As Approved comp today, and see that there's a lot to like, especially the early tracks. Gets the sweet-scrapy balance right.

I want to hug all the people responsible for creating and executing this poll

And not just any hug, but a hug that lasts a half-second too long and makes you think "wow. was there something to that hug? does he like me as more than just a friend?"

both come from one two song EP. - nitpicking here, but if yr referring to the 'All in the Mind' EP, there were three tracks.

Gah. I'm away from home this week with limited and very sporadic internet access, so missing most of this. I like the look of the list so far: there are six of my votes in there, plus at least another five that were on my long list. At some point I'll get around to listening to the things I don't know (I have to confess I hardly know any Cocteau Twins, for example). Just skimming through, so maybe this has already been mentioned, but the artwork for 'Taste' is wrong.

Pedantic git.

PS it's wrong for 'Destroy The Heart' too.

No Boo Radleys yet??

Votes spread too thinly between all the nominated tracks? I voted for some, but I doubt the ones I voted for picked up many/any votes from anyone else. When the final spreadsheet is up I'll add up all the votes on a group-by-group basis: I think they'll have done better on that basis than they will have done for individual tracks. I voted for quite a lot of Ride, too, but I suspect they'll also suffer from having so many songs nominated.

There were some great songs below the top 100 that didn't make it even tho several of you were enthused by them and gave them top scores

Hmmmm. I'm wondering if my no.1 hasn't made the cut. I was a bit surprised by my choice myself, but it was the song I most enjoyed listening to while I was sorting out my ballot. Without giving anything away I'll be staggered if no.2 doesn't appear, though.

surprised and happy to see Avalyn I chart (was Avalyn II nominated? these days I might even prefer that one)

Where you at, Moka?

Hey, I'm here. Yeah you guys are right covers for the Fall Ep and House of Love are wrong.

Ok let's get this started.