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

Oh I mean the LP jacket. But yes it is also one of the more famed cover versions.

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31. Pale Saints - Sight of You (6 votes, 167 points)
Barging Into the Presence of God EP (1988)
Youtube

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haha i see. it is a fantastic lp jacket, true. as a cover version, i think it flies below the radar a little bit. nice, spare instrumentation, but an uncharacteristically low-key vocal performance from EF, which doesn't really contribute much overall to the song. the song itself is of course astonishing with some of the most beautiful lyrics set to tape.

more pale saints! nice.

Jesus I remember seeing Pale Saints and Ride @ the Paradise in Boston. Apparently bradleysalmanac was there but we wouldn't meet for another 8 years.

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30. Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers (6 votes, 172 points)
Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
Youtube

Oh come the f--- on that is #2 and "To Here Knows When" is #1 and that is just a truism.

Actually:

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29. My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When (7 votes, 173 points)
Loveless (1991)
Youtube

lol

lol. Nah I'm just fucking you.

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29. Lush - De-Luxe (7 votes, 173 points)
Mad Love EP (1990)
Youtube

TOO FUCKING LOW

shit's way too LOW

de-luxe should have made the 10

<-- Against Lush.

I probably should've voted for De-Luxe, but I only made room for one Lush track (which has yet to appear).

xpost: *gasp

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28. Adorable - sunshine smile (7 votes, 174 points)
Sunshine Smile (1992)
Youtube

ooh, image blocked!

mmm cover not displaying properly:

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And what is this? Sounds like Smiths influenced indie pop.

I have never heard Adorable in my life.

Just watched the video. That's like britpop grunge.

Wow, did *not* expect to see that. I cut it from my ballot after watching the video for this and some Revolver and realising how formulaic it is - quiet bit, tune bit, loud bit, fringes and feeble choreographed rocking out. I mean, I still quite like it and there isn't much between strong and weak shoegaze, but nice as it is it isn't one of the 'gaze greats.

votes for both De-Luxe & Carolyn's Fingers, and:

Oh come the f--- on that is #2 and "To Here Knows When" is #1 and that is just a truism.

as much as I hate to agree with cottage cheese, this makes a lot of sense...

Not saying I don't like it, btw. Seems like something I would have absolutely loved at the time, but never heard. Don't see how it got shoehorned in here, though.

haha i nommed it (adorable). glad it was well received - would have polled higher had i voted.

adorable dabble with genres a bit. but there's definitely shoegaze happening somewhere in there.

'a to fade in' is my favorite adorable track. debatable whether its shoegaze or not though.
xp yeah britpop grunge is about right

'a to fade in' is my favorite adorable track. debatable whether its shoegaze or not though.
xp yeah britpop grunge is about right

'a to fade in' is my favorite adorable track. debatable whether its shoegaze or not though.
xp yeah britpop grunge is about right

sorry

i would have nommed 'crash site' as well if i'd have thought of it at the time.

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27. Swervedriver - Rave Down (8 votes, 175 points)
Rave Down EP (1991)
Youtube

britpop grunge is probably a good description of catherine wheel. actually lose the "britpop" and replace it with "british". not much separating later catherine wheel from bush if you ask me.

swervedriver are killing it. v. nice.

If Swervedriver are good for it (unbelievably over-represented here...), Revolver's "Venice" counts. Complete chancers, but that was a good one.

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26. The Sundays - Can't Be Sure (6 votes, 181 points)
Can't Be Sure (1989)
Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgwycn0Jw_M
Come on, they're the British Quicksand!

Yay, MY Sundays vote finally showed up.

I have to admit this last Sundays song is miles better than the other ones I heard down there.

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25. Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows (7 votes, 186 points)
Everything Flows / Primary Education / Speeder (1990)
Youtube

I gave this a few. Not really 'gaze, but I do love it.

was gonna say

I appreciate the no veto aspect of the nomination process, but I was hoping voting would take care of the odder choices. It did not.

Re: Adorable. I always liked 'Homeboy' more than 'Sunshine Smile' but neither track would have netted a vote from me.

So glad to see so much Swervedriver in this poll!

I think I'm about ready to give up on seeing my Sundays vote turn up.

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24. Ride - Leave Them All Behind (7 votes, 200 points)
Going Blank Again (1992)
Youtube

The nearest the genre got to a hit. Should've been bigger though - this is huge.
- Ismael Klata

The shoegaze "Freebird." Favorite part is that Hook-ish bass line at 5:22 before it all blows apart.
- Elvis in Telecom

re: Sundays. I don't know how it ever got past me that there's a video for "Goodbye" (from Blind), but I just watched it and had my eternal crush on Harriet Wheeler reignited all over again.

I still think Ride ceased being a shoegaze band before Going Blank Again ever came out.

Aw c'mon xp, TF are a bit chuggy and earthy but it's not miles away from this poll and it's, uh, the right era too. Plus they have to go somewhere, and it's not like anyone's ever going to get their shit together enough to run a slacker poll

Woah, 'Leave Them All Behind' had to be higher surely.

If I could've given Leave Them All Behind negative points, I would have.

wtf & 28 for LTAB? I figured it for top five easy. Ride votes too spread out, prob.