Think Tank's great. Screw the haters.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:20 (fifteen years ago)
6. Badhead(14 votes, 2 first places, 340 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:21 (fifteen years ago)
Badhead? Barely remembered it 'til this poll got me listening again. Very sweet & gentle, and nice sequencing after 'Bank Holiday'.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (fifteen years ago)
This was my number one.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:22 (fifteen years ago)
For the purposes of this poll I listened to 'Think Tank' for the first time in 4 or 5 years. Still meh for me, doesn't hold my interest at all. MLIR > Blur > Parklife > Leisure/Escape > 13 > > TTxp
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (fifteen years ago)
xxp yeah, I'm doubting half my votes now. Badhead is incredible.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:23 (fifteen years ago)
OK, so Low, Tomorrow, Century, Beetlebum, Sing?
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:24 (fifteen years ago)
Okay, I know four of the top five, so there's one surprise left for me now. Didn't expect Badhead so high.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:25 (fifteen years ago)
Was forgetting about Century.
That top 5 seems about right.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (fifteen years ago)
Think Tank is my third favourite Blur album behind Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish. It could lose We've got a file on you, Brothers & Sisters and Crazy Beat but the rest of it is solid. Along with the songs that have made this list Good Song and Gene by Gene are really great too.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (fifteen years ago)
Pouring one out for Music Is My Radar
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:27 (fifteen years ago)
Crazy Beat is real "what the fuck were they thinking?" territory. But it's my fourth favourite behind Parklife, MLIB and Blur. Never got on with 13 beyond about 4 tracks - that's the one where I think, "Yeah, great, you're experimenting - now come back when the experiment's finished and you know what you're doing."
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:29 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.supercoloring.com/wp-content/thumbnail/2008_12/sing-a-song-together-coloring-page.gif
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:31 (fifteen years ago)
5. Sing(16 votes, 3 first places, 357 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:32 (fifteen years ago)
Is that the first one to have 3 first place votes?
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:34 (fifteen years ago)
(xp) Having re-listened to everything repeatedly over the last two or three weeks, I'm surprised to find that 13 is actually one of my favourites. MLIR sounds a bit dated in places.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:34 (fifteen years ago)
Feels totally different to anything else on 'Leisure'
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:35 (fifteen years ago)
Yes
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:35 (fifteen years ago)
DL: I disagree completely about 13. It sounds very deliberate and is a complete and convincing album. Think Tank sounds like a band in its death throes.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:36 (fifteen years ago)
I think you'll find more people who'll agree with you than I will tbh, especially outside the UK - Think Tank was well-reviewed here but murdered in the US.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:42 (fifteen years ago)
The piece on 'Sing' in that Select link hotheads is interesting - it's what they sounded like left to themselves in the early days basically. I think it's the only one off Leisure that was self-produced.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:44 (fifteen years ago)
Just listened to Sing for possibly the third time ever. Wow. I don't bother with Leisure but that one is spine-tingling stuff.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:44 (fifteen years ago)
I gave it good points in the showcase poll
shoegaze, damn you
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:45 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjyBVkpubsU
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:47 (fifteen years ago)
haha nice
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:50 (fifteen years ago)
Dirty little monsters! Ahahahaha
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:51 (fifteen years ago)
4. End of a Century(16 votes, 370 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:51 (fifteen years ago)
cracker
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:52 (fifteen years ago)
I thought they were in the cupboard eating morsels but carpet is just as plausible.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:52 (fifteen years ago)
Why do I have a bad memory of Squeeze covering this?
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:53 (fifteen years ago)
No first-places yet still outscored 'Sing'. How many ballots were there in total?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:53 (fifteen years ago)
Oh I love this song, somehow ignored it thinking about "to the end".... forgot to vote for it.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:55 (fifteen years ago)
Makes sense it not getting any #1s, because it's like a mini 'This Is A Low'
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:57 (fifteen years ago)
Have to go to bed now. Thanks for doing this NBS. Love the results and agree with the top 20 as it is. Will make myself a decent blur compilation with this one.
― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:59 (fifteen years ago)
Not particularly relevant at this stage of the results, but I've just found this video of Bugman using Gorillaz bits and pieces:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3FOnSyv8BU&feature=related
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:59 (fifteen years ago)
How many ballots were there in total?
I refer the right honourable gentleman to the second post in the thread.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:00 (fifteen years ago)
I see
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:01 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.parentdish.com/media/2009/07/thumb-suck-425bs071509.jpg
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:02 (fifteen years ago)
(xp: cheers, Moka)
So the same amount of people voted for 'sing' as 'century', 'sing' had 3 first place votes to none for ' century' yet ended up with less points. 'Century' must have got a fair few top 5's.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:02 (fifteen years ago)
The top three are well, well clear of the rest:
3. Beetlebum(19 votes, 469 points)
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:05 (fifteen years ago)
When I first heard 'beetlebum' on the radio i was really disappointed, of course turns out they'd faded it out after 3 mins. The last 2 mins of it are so so great!!
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:05 (fifteen years ago)
It's a faultless record. It's also the least-successful #1 of all time. Fact.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:07 (fifteen years ago)
When I first heard it I was astounded. I think it's the only Blur single I bought. I just played it over and over until the album came out.
― Waking Suggs to make music to wake Suggs to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:09 (fifteen years ago)
The video is so beautiful as well.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:09 (fifteen years ago)
So glad to see Beetlebum get recognition. For years I thought it was just me. Was it that people expected template britpop and didn't get it?
Anyway, such a sublime piece of songwriting.
― Ernold Sock (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:10 (fifteen years ago)
Oh YES! The video!
Beetlebum is one of the greatest number one singles I can think of, it deserves to be this high.
Hope that For Tomorrow is number one.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:11 (fifteen years ago)