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Ow, too low. Has anyone got the proper sleeve with the turning wheel? What does it do?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Lef_Zeppelin_3_001.jpg

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Boris · Flood (2000) (510 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/6/4/4/26440.jpg

x-post The turning wheel just changes what you can see through the sleeve, not unlike the Husker Du game.

With Zep III, five of my top ten have placed and I really wonder if people have bothered to listen to anything more than 20 years old. A shame, really.

Boris and Ulver just a little overrated here. Did acloleuthic vote multiple times in this poll?

He didn't vote at all! Which makes it more surprising.

With Zep III, five of my top ten have placed and I really wonder if people have bothered to listen to anything more than 20 years old

I did! Of course most of my old picks have already placed but there's one still to come that I expect to be top 10

also I voted for NIN and Smashing Pumpkins so I'm kind of crazy

Wouldn't have voted for Boris fwiw

Thanks for listening Dan! These results make me feel like a cranky old fart.

I really wonder if people have bothered to listen to anything more than 20 years old. A shame, really.

Others were saying the opposite for the rest of the poll

want something older than 20 years? stay tuned for a few more posts then

58
Iron Maiden · Killers (1981) (529 Points, 14 votes)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf100/f108/f10851f65ma.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2eHiOfQNGu1W3yJRSbHUT9

(i get the feeling the 20+ old albums coming are going to get shouts of "too low" by butthurt old farts!)

Great album. Great cover too.

No better opening one-two punch than Ides of March going into Wratchild. Gets my heart pumping every time i hear it.

I really wonder if people have bothered to listen to anything more than 20 years old. A shame, really.
Others were saying the opposite for the rest of the poll

I haven't looked at 101-280 so can't comment. Just sad to see classics devalued for the another Boringus record.

I'm thinking that this poll is overly skewed against modern metal but what do I know

Honestly, I think it should be skewed slightly against modern stuff - the older stuff has been vetted again and again, winnowed, weighed and only the best has made it through (not counting Manilla Road or a few others whose cult seem well represented here). The newer stuff may be as good, or even better, but it will take some time for it's value to be assessed.

Flood & Zep III are both freaking classic!!! The Boris wz #10 on my ballot.

Flood is monumental...a lot to digest (hence the Boringus tag) but the patience is definitely rewarded.

Boris is a blind spot for me - I've checked out five or six records and not found one I cared to play again.

I haven't looked at 101-280 so can't comment.

then that's just stupid bloodymindedness

300-61 recap for ez snappin

I'll check it out once it's done so I can still be surprised, even if others aren't.

57
Aerosmith · Rocks (1976) (532 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d108/d10892b99cw.jpg

^one of my favorite threads is the one where dave q suggests that this is the first dub-punk record.

To think people were complaining there wasn't enough old stuff being posted today.

Can't believe Flood placed this highly, that is AWESOME. I would've pushed it up higher had I voted.

and every boris album nominated?

Possibly. ;-)

then that's just stupid bloodymindedness

^as is hating Rush and Grand Funk

To think people were complaining there wasn't enough old stuff being posted today.

Don't put words in my or anyone else's mouth. Wasn't talking about today, was talking about the top 100 so far; roughly 2/3 posted to this point is from the last 20 years as opposed to the 20 odd years prior.

if BBW, Stag, and Tab places, then Drugs will be a happy camper! :D

(I mean, I'm pretty happy anyways, but...)

a hated album on ilx up next

how did it manage to rank 56 if ppl hate it

that's the magic of polls!

this very thread has been slagging it off ! It always gets slagged off on ilx, and I'll NEVER understand why.

56
Led Zeppelin · II (1969) (548 Points, 15 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d660/d66067m7l3p.jpg

okay lol

"I hate this album, so I ranked it #1"

I do dislike this album, but it has some good songs on it-->What Is and What Should Never Be, Ramble On, Heartbreaker, Living Loving Maid, even Whole Lotta Love. But it's a fucking chore to sit through. Way worse than the slowest longest Boris album.

this certainly did not get my vote. If you could put negative votes in, to essentially negate somebody else's positive vote, i would vote this #1

(hey Dan how do you think GAPDYX--sans G--made it on the top 10 last year. ILX polls are MAGICAL!)

GAPDYX should be called NODIX.

Sad Wings far, far too low. Like stupidly low. I don't like you all now.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

^^^this

lol

GAPDYX made it to the top 10 because a lot of people genuinely like those bands; those results didn't surprise me at all. It's really easy to see several vociferous haters and just assume that everyone else agrees with them, or to take burnout by critics on an album as an indicator of burnout by the listeners but there's really no correlation in either case.

it's a fucking chore to sit through

^ this. See also: Presence, which is at least more varied.