1980'S ROCK POLL ALBUMS/TRACKS VOTING THREAD. (Voting closes September 20) (all welcome to vote inc Lurkers)

we see through you!

The best part of polls is always albums that I have never heard (of) getting in the list.

What obscure albums do you think/hope will make it?
Provide a Spotify link so we can all listen to it!

http://open.spotify.com/album/0n6dZEvzLUq0qUm5e8zFn5

oh you!

daydream nation winning = the tin-eared indie terrorists have already won

^^^

will petition Homeland Security to melt the masters.

every couple of years I revisit daydream nation to see if I'm missing anything, guess it's that time again

10th time's the charm

It's a terrific album but just not the best Sonic Youth album imo

Do any current pitchforkian/nme bands come from the Sonic Youth lineage these days? Used to be every Glasgow band did.

my favourite SY album is Dirty, which tells you that I am indeed a disgusting indie savage.

Dirty rules. It's certainly their 'heaviest' and contains my fave song 'Chapel Hill'. Might be my 4th or 5th fave SY album.

my ballots are both marvels of populism

favorite Sonic Youth song = "Diamond Sea"

and boganism
xp

mine's probably Sugar Kane.

xpost there was hardly any AC/DC to vote for so YOU'RE WRONG

can't stand daydream nation or goo, feel like those albums are actively trying to irritate me. went through a period where I listened to goo frequently, trying to figure out if they were on some whole other level that I wasn't grasping, but no I just hate that record. think dirty is pretty OK actually.

Do any current pitchforkian/nme bands come from the Sonic Youth lineage these days?

This is what I was getting at upthread. I wonder how much under-25 Pitchfork readers even still recognize Sonic Youth as a great band.

Maybe like Oneida fans?

Even they're 15 years old.

People who read pitchfork like Oneida?

All the Oneida fans I know are old fans - stoner rockers.

There's certainly no pitchforkian bands with the lineage of Big Black.

this being ilx, i suspect its highly possible (if not likely) that Sister will place over DDN.

I dunno DDN usually tops these things even SY albums polls.

Maybe SST will dominate then if it does

Actually ILM *IS* SST Central, isn't it?

Daydream Nation kinda bores me! I get why people like it but it's def not my favorite SY.

Actually ILM *IS* SST Central, isn't it?

? I never got this impression.

There is definitely a big SST contingent. Admittedly not as large as Sonic Youth or New Order ones but it's there.

yeah I'm assuming daydream nation, double nickels, and damaged will be top 10

Maybe all the Sonic Youth tracks and albums will take all the top positions, lol.

That thought scared everybody away

heard from the viceroy and he's had to pull out of running poll as he's in the process of moving n stuff so cant help.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I guess I shall have to run it on my own. So if I'm cranky with people I apologise in advance.

unless you didn't vote then you can foad :)

if it makes you feel any better, here's a rip of the first swans EP from vinyl, sounds better than the muddy remasters that were done in 1990 imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNnebTY_VE

We got 87 album ballots and 62 tracks ballots ( think)

way more than expected so thanks ever so much to each and everyone of you who voted and I hope you all discover great music from the poll. Hopefully tracks rollout can start sometime tomorrow!

Def Leppard thank u for yr support

http://ramzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/def-leppard-short-shorts.jpg

has phil got a stiffy?

poll results will reveal all

It would be stirmonsters worst nightmare if Def Leppard won.

and jjj's

ftw Hysteria > Daydream Nation

also ftr

Def Leppard's an interesting case. Now, I'd probably put on On Through the Night before Hysteria but Hysteria has so much more sentimental value and I know it so well that I couldn't not vote for it.

Plus, "Rocket" is so mental!

gittar! druhms!

I def meant the two SY albums when I said SST was going to fill out the top 5, but it was an unfair jibe since one of the SST Sonic Youth records made my top 3...

I def predict Swans are going to do very well, which is what happens when you release the unofficially unanimous album of the present year. I'm thinking Children of God will be top 10

I have no idea how the top 10 is gonna shape up.

It would be stirmonsters worst nightmare if Def Leppard won.

yes, it would, although i do own this which i bought in my brief nwobhm phase and which i am delighted to see goes for crazy money.

http://www.discogs.com/Def-Leppard-The-Def-Leppard-EP/release/3132529