Regret: As my vote was sent to the wrong place, Pere Ubu's "The Modern Dance" and CaptBeef's "Lick my Decals" missed out (shame).
However, there was something so right about the Nuggets box being in position 100.
And heck, how much fighting would there have been if "London Calling" was the 'real' number one?
You choose.
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 5 May 2005 06:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2005 07:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 5 May 2005 07:05 (eighteen years ago) link
for completeness, here's the rest of the PFM 100. you can barely put a feather between the two camps these days, huh?
1 Low David Bowie 2 London Calling The Clash 3 Marquee Moon Television4 There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone5 Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan6 Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk7 Led Zeppelin IV8 Entertainment! Gang of Four9 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division10 Another Green World Brian Eno11 Exile On Main Street Rolling Stones12 Fun House The Stooges13 Pink Moon Nick Drake14 Loaded The Velvet Underground15 Who's Next The Who16 Singles Going Steady Buzzcocks17 Maggot Brain Funkadelic 18 Bitches Brew Miles Davis 19 Ege Bamyasi Can20 Electric Warrior T Rex21 Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg22 Pink Flag Wire23 Ramones The Ramones24 Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno 25 Neu!26 Innervisions Stevie Wonder 27 Led Zeppelin III 28 Let It Be The Beatles29 Tago Mago Can30 On the Corner Miles Davis 31 Fear Of Music Talking Heads 32 The Wall Pink Floyd 33 Chairs Missing Wire34 Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) 35 Y Pop Group36 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd37 My Aim Is True Elvis Costello 38 Drums and Wires XTC 39 Suicide40 The Modern Lovers41 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 42 The Specials 43 Off The Wall Michael Jackson 44 The Clash45 More Songs About Buildings and Food Talking Heads 46 Heart of The Congos47 Call Me Al Green 48 Live-Evil Miles Davis 49 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 50 Starsailor Tim Buckley 51 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols52 This Year's Model Elvis Costello & the Attractions 53 Music for 18 Musicians Steve Reich 54 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival 55 Bryter Layter Nick Drake 56 Future Days Can 57 Paul Simon
― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 5 May 2005 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Hah! Me, too. I hated it until "Poptones" came on during shuffle. I'd heard it many times by them, but that anti-lilting guitar line just assailed me.. After that, listen to "Swan Lake" and then "Albatross".. I'm still not sure if I really like the second side (as it were) all that much..
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Thursday, 5 May 2005 11:18 (eighteen years ago) link
I feel the same way about "Exile on Main Street", which I finally got around to listening to the other day. I mean it's pleasant enough - kind of like the Stones doing the Dead - that sort of innocuous jammy country-blues-rock, but best Stones album? I don't get it.
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 5 May 2005 14:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 5 May 2005 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link
A singles list seems like a nightmare because there are so many of them.
― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 7 May 2005 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Sorry, was this thread going to sleep beore I prodded it again?
― mark grout (mark grout), Sunday, 8 May 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Sunday, 8 May 2005 20:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Sunday, 8 May 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Sunday, 8 May 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 8 May 2005 23:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 9 May 2005 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 9 May 2005 04:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 9 May 2005 04:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 9 May 2005 05:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 9 May 2005 05:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Thank you.
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 9 May 2005 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Just to recap, for convenience and posterity:
100. VA - Nuggets99. New York Dolls - s/t98. David Bowie - Heroes97. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside96. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town95. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys94. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown93. Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach92. Sparks - Kimono My House91. Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan90. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy89. Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven88. Can - Future Days87. The B52s - The B52s86. Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome85. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate84. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power83. The Slits - Cut82. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter81. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up80. Neu! - Neu!79. The Beatles - Let It Be78. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band77. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain76. Big Star - Third75. John Cale - Paris 191974. Donna Summer - On the Radio73. Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson72. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On71. Parliament - The Mothership Connection70. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)69. VA - Saturday Night Fever68. Wire - 15467. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy66. Led Zeppelin - IV65. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here64. Big Star - #1 Record63. Black Sabbath - Paranoid62. David Bowie - Station to Station61. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps60. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True59. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew58. Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes57. The Congos - Heart of the Congos56. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors55. Ornette Coleman - Dancing in Your Head54. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight53. David Bowie - Hunky Dory52. The Fall - Dragnet51. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night50. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic49. Roxy Music - Roxy Music48. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure47. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book46. Suicide - First Album45. Miles Davis - On the Corner44. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly43. Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians42. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food41. Neil Young - On the Beach40. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel39. Wire - Chairs Missing38. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life37. Can - Ege Bamyesi36. Brian Eno - Another Green World35. Serge Gainbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson34. Nick Drake - Pink Moon33. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model32. Neil Young - After the Goldrush31. Big Star - Radio City30. The Clash - The Clash29. The Velvet Underground - Loaded28. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers27. Wire - Pink Flag26. Can - Tago Mago25. David Bowie - Low24. Joni Mitchell - Blue23. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets22. Ramones - Ramones21. Al Green - Call Me20. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine19. The Stooges - Fun House18. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall17. VA - The Harder They Come16. The Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks15. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers14. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust13. Gang of Four - Entertainment12. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions11. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street10. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On9. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady8. PiL - Metal Box7. Blondie - Parallel Lines6. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures5. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express4. Television - Marquee Moon3. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks2. The Clash - London Calling1. Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Thursday, 28 April 2005 15:36 (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd actually love it if Tuomas or Gear were to run the 70s poll again next.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
hobart paving made a bit of a pig's ear of this really.
― DavidM, Monday, 30 November 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd be happy to curate another take on the seventies poll (lord knows I spend enough time on the computer already).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 November 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
woohoo!!!Please dont limit nominations per person though!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll start a nominations thread as soon as the current poll wraps up, then.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 November 2009 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
cool, looking forward to this
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 30 November 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck all other decades but the 70s imo
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Monday, 30 November 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
there better be prog in the top 100 this time
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Monday, 30 November 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks Johnny! This could be great!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
There'll be a lot of crossover, but surely we can surpass this nominations list right?
the 70s poll - rules, and nominations (¡FINAL VOTING ABOUT TO CLOSE - LAST CHANCE TO "MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE"!)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:13 (fourteen years ago) link
well copy and paste that list onto the nominations thread then we can all add to it and make it comprehensive.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Steely Dan will be in the top 5 positions knowing ILM ;)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I just had an idea about the re-poll. What if we remove the 100 albums in this list from contention in order to produce a much more interesting poll? Like, anything that placed here is completely off limits for nomination/voting this time. Canon be damned!
Thoughts?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm in favour. Then I can vote for "The Belle Album"!
― E Poxy Thee Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 10:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I like that idea.
― mooncup journey to vaja (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
cant believe 'tusk' didnt even place on that poll
― just sayin, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:32 (fourteen years ago) link
ILM hadn't discovered it then
― E Poxy Thee Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:32 (fourteen years ago) link
nor Aja!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i would be *completely* down for excluding everything here, but i'm not sure it should happen, if that makes sense
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean it would distort things too much and i wouldn't be able to vote for 154 which is godhead
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Or "Pacific Ocean Blue". ILM had different favourites in those days.
― E Poxy Thee Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no, dont remove anything please. You will get much less voters too if you do, people wont be bothered to vote. The results will be different enough.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
What's missing? From my library: I am Sitting in a Room, Sex Machine, Look-ka Py Py, Food for Thought, The Revolution Will Not be Televised, Delusion of the Fury, Right Time, Cochin Moon, Disco Club, Music for Airports, The Flying Lizards. Would a single one of these garner enough points to make the list? Maybe the Eno.
― Biodegradable (Derelict), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
You will get much less voters too if you do, people wont be bothered to vote.
You could be right about this. But on the other hand, less people vote in polls now because the thinking is "Oh, [x albums] will make up most of the list, and that's boring...zzzz." I can see both sides of this, but not sure what would better suit a re-poll.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
My brain couldn't handle coming up with a best albums of the 80s list, so it certainly won't be able to handle this
― E Poxy Thee Thule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Fixed.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
no point in running a poll if you exclude stuff.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link