damn it, i forgot Verandi. i'm totally in the "vespertine b-sides" camp. the way the voice counters the falling bassline...
surprised (and glad) to see Enjoy and Crying make it - for whatever reason i also always thought that they were neglected and not widely liked tracks (and both were the first tracks i liked on both albums). funny it seems to be a shared perception.
― scanner darkly, Monday, 14 May 2018 03:18 (six years ago) link
Last-minute ballot so v.short.
Singles (ranked):
Hidden PlaceCrystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)Pagan PoetryHunterPlay DeadVenus As A BoyDomesticaAmphibianHuman BehaviourVerandi
Remixes (ranked):
Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)Human Behavour (Speedy J Remix)Hyperballad (Tee's Freeze Mix)Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Remix for Girls)Stonemilker (Forest Swords Remix)
Albums (ranked):
Vespertine
― etc, Monday, 14 May 2018 08:09 (six years ago) link
Poor Volta. The singles, or most of them, are probably the least successful things on it. A brassy mini-album based around "Wanderlust" and the somber middle section etc would be great.
Yeah I do quite like the album (particularly that stretch in the middle) but Wanderlust is the only one of the singles I can really get behind. Dull Flame of Desire is a slog, Innocence is OK but just feels like an inferior retread of Alarm Call.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 14 May 2018 09:52 (six years ago) link
My normie ballot, except for my questionable volta stanning --
4 / Bachelorette1 / Hyperballad20 / Big Time Sensuality9 / All is Full of Love2 / Joga8 / Hunter18 / It's Not Up to You3 / Pagan Poetry12 / Who Is It46 / Where Is the LineEarth Intruders54 / Lionsong7 / Venus as a BoyPleasure is All MineThe Dull Flame of Desire48 / It's Oh So Quiet5 / Unravel30 / Enjoy49 / Violently Happy10 / Hidden PlaceMoon50 / I've Seen it All15 / CocoonStígðu MigDeclare Independence44 / Wanderlust22 / All Neon Like26 / Pluto13 / Undo25 / Aurora
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 14 May 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
also thanks for running this eric h! not often i feel knowledgeable enough to jump in on an ILM poll but this was one of them :) and the pictures were BEAUTIFUL!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Monday, 14 May 2018 13:18 (six years ago) link
tbh I don't think the top 5 remixes we collectively chose were actually the top 5 remixes; they were just the small handful of remixes that people had heard. IF we all did a deep dive and actually assessed her massive collection of remixes we'd I think certainly have more Mark Bell/LFO stuff.
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
yeah i only managed to get through the debut/post/homogenic remixes before voting
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
i love the black dog remix of "come to me" but it's like... the most unsettling version of that song and i think rating it significantly over "anything else on The Best Remixes for People" is a curious choice to say the least
then again i love cheap euphoria
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
just kinda shortchanges what the other remixes are going for i think
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
That Mark Bell "Bachelorette" remix is sheen.
― nourish nourish your turtleheart (Eric H.), Monday, 14 May 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
ok so maybe i was a bit too dismissive of the rest of The Best Mixes (and didn't realize Ned wrote the allmusic review for it, just saw it)
but the Black Dog "Come To Me" is the one i immediately turn up when it comes on. if the original is being enveloped in this warm, glowing (yet almost suffocating) blanket of safety then the black dog version is the other end of it, the person to whom the song is addressed, completely surrendered, in a trance of not worrying. which could be seen as unsettling - but that's what the Sabres version is to me, it's the person realizing the suffocating aspect of it.
as for Human Behaviour it's nice but just feels a bit too "Underworld remixes Bjork" by numbers. i'd actually prefer if Sabres remixed it instead! just think of what Weatherall could do with it.
i really wish she had a follow up to The Best Mixes / Telegram, or a singles box set..
― scanner darkly, Monday, 14 May 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
I like the Speedy J remix of Human Behaviour more than the Underworld one. Reminds me of The Shamen, oddly enough.
― Siegbran, Monday, 14 May 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
My ballot; Isobel and Hunter might have placed too high, but Hyperballad was an easy pick for #1.
1. Hyperballad2. Possibly Maybe3. Isobel4. Hunter5. Enjoy6. Venus as a Boy7. History of Touches8. All Neon Like9. Army of Me10. Pluto11. New World12. 5 Years13. It's Oh So Quiet14. Like Someone in Love15. Unravel16. Immature17. Human Behavior18. Bachelorette19. Aurora20. The Gate21. Joga22. Black Lake23. Arisen My Senses24. In the Musicals25. The Modern Things26. Come to Me27. Big Time Sensuality28. Stonemilker29. Violently Happy30. Alarm Call
Albums
HomogenicPostVulnicuraUtopiaDebut
― octobeard, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 07:45 (six years ago) link
i thought i'd never want to hear her voice ever again but i listened to Black Lake because of this poll and I liked it. i still don't want to hear her singing ever again though.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 2 June 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAH omg you guys Mark Bell made a fucking Miami Bass remix of "Bachelorette" I am SCREAMING!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtYVgansNlA
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
@BradNelson
have been listening to the Spotify, great job as always ILM.
― Bee OK, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
my ballot
Tracks:
Come To MePlay DeadEnjoyHyper-balladPossibly MaybeIsobelImmatureMy Snare/Nature is AncientPagan PoetryUndoPleasure is all mineSo BrokenSod OffStonemilkerTabula RasaTriumph of the heartWhere is the lineUnisonvenus as a boywanderlustwho is itit's in our handsyou've been flirting againjogaunravelbachelorette5 yearshidden placescaryone day
Albums:
#1 Homogenic#2 Vespertine#3 Selmasongs#4 Telegram#5 Utopia
remixes
#1 pagan poetry herbert mix#2 plaid all is full of love#3 soft pink truth it's in our hands
music videos
#1 joga#2 bachelorette#3 isobel#4 human behaviour#5 i miss you
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:05 (five years ago) link
hey, i voted Come to Me #1 too! *high five*
such a lovely song
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
Debut turns 25 today.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
listening to "come to me" with the most respect
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Been listening again to this ranking and I love this poll’s results.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 26 May 2022 06:45 (two years ago) link
Aww, me too.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 May 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
Funny, I was listening to this as well yesterday.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 27 May 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
I found myself here just the other day because I had "Scary" swimming around inside my head and wondered whether it got an appropriate amount of love here. (It was on a few ballots, at least!)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 27 May 2022 10:57 (two years ago) link
TTL has all the old Bjork vinyls in stock, FYI
https://www.turntablelab.com/search?sort=best-selling&type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=bjork&_=pf&pf_v_artist_manufacturer=Bjork&pf_v_artist_manufacturer=The%20Sugarcubes&pf_st_stock_status=true&goal=0_8b218d7604-bbb69b2476-31345977&mc_cid=bbb69b2476&mc_eid=365684acc9
― Indexed, Friday, 8 December 2023 22:57 (five months ago) link