this might have been my #1, I can't remember
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
yes, it was
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
like OTC but glad it didn't place higher
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
it was
xps
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
never one of my favorite miles records
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
I actually assumed it would be in the top 10.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
yah a lil surprised it wasnt higher
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
me too. but I did say that a lot of albums didn't place as high as i thought would, and some didn't at all. Yet others were astonishingly high. welcome to an ilm poll!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
im guessing headhunters didnt make :O
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
I thought about voting in this poll but I would of put all my points in Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy and voted for nothing else
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if I would of been allowed to have only a single vote so I went away
I'd happily acknowledge that Miles made records as strong if not better than OTC but that's just the one that had the biggest impact on me and has the most sentimental value. I came across it at a time when my listening habits were really expanding and it intersected with a bunch of other things (McLaughlin copping the riff from Funkadelic's "Super Stupid" for ex). Most importantly, I've never grown tired of it.
xp
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
what can I say I just wanted it to place highly!
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
oddly, maybe having my one single vote in this poll would of made the results more diverse
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
this is a pretty diverse list and Sun Ra is already well represented tho
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
A single #1 would have boosted Cosmic Tones from #105 to #73. Truly a missed opportunity!
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
last thing we needed was more sun ra!
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
or do we?
I just can't understand why Cosmic Tones would hit #105I feel like if you put a bunch of jazzheads together you are gonna cut out the fringe listeners
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
pete townshend voted for 100 of them
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
its kinda funny that people are saying sun ra placed so low
fringe listeners have diametrically different opinions than a jazz hivemind
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
he suffered vote splitting im sure
if having nearly as many records as miles & trane counts as s'suffering'
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'm assuming one or two other Ra albums will still show up...? maybe that's being optimistic
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
jazz hivemind did 9/11
miles and trane outscored him so far though i lost count
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
Cosmic Tones certainly deserved to be higher. Search For The New Land is my favorite out of these last ones.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
no Sun Ra album is better than Cosmic Tones
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
really?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
easily really
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
I'd be inclined to agree.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
lorax why would anyone only want to vote for one album? we didn't get less than a 10 vote ballot. Which is the way it should be. We got a good few full 100 ballots as well as mine.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
its better than heliocentric worlds of?
or nothing is?
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Totally. Black Myth/Out In Space a close second maybe. For me, anyway.
― The Not Liking Radiohead Awards (Turangalila), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Just had to announce my #1 is allPlease go on
I own heliocentric worlds 1 and 2 and yes it is better
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
I personally prefer The Magic City, but I could go either way. I definitely don't think there is a single Sun Ra record that stands head-and-tinfoil-covered-shoulders above the rest, though.
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
lorax how about -
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
26 Sun Ra - Space is The Place (Impulse) 1982 Points, 17 voteshttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8tRUd669B4I/TF8u_q4xaBI/AAAAAAAABeY/TsIP6btAWj4/s1600/Space+is+the+Place+(LP).jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/4KsD7TdYrEd1NX0q5GMHNt
~cosmic hat~
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
nope
― that's cute, but it's WRONG (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
just get the hatbox set
― zvookster, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
that kind of puts the other mystical hats to shame tbh
speaking purely about the hat itself, not the music contained within the hat
― D-40, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
Controversial! Actually I have no idea why this is the highest Ra - it has a nice version of Space is the Place and that's about it. I did vote for it, mainly out of sentimental reasons: it was the first jazz album I ever bought and did have an effect on how I listened to music.
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
Personally I am a fan of the music contained within that hat. And most of his other hats, too.
Do you have a hat, deej? Or is this partly hat envy?
― emil.y, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I see it has five stars from Allmusic, maybe it's more canonical than I thought.
― dubplates and monster munch (seandalai), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
YESSSSS
― I can feel it in my spiritual hat (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not even sure if I voted for that hat, to be honest. He is a man of too many hats.
― emil.y, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
im sure an actual sun ra albums ballot poll would have different results everytime.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link