The King of Rock 'n' POLL, completely - PREFAB SPROUT - Artist Poll #100 - VOTING THREAD

It's been a joy digging a bit - never listened to the radio sessions before -
https://www.sproutology.co.uk/concerts/the-complete-radio-sessions/#

Love how both the March 1984 one and the Peel session include zilch from the albums they'd just released. eg. an ancient single, a song they would never revisit and a single from 3 years into the future. Bless. :)

Under a week to go now, hopefully. Here's a BUMP and another remainder of the sub-poll:

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(3) FAVOURITE LYRIC - Up to 5

Ranked or unranked.

(5-4-3-2-1 points or 3 points each, respectively)

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going through the b-sides today and while some are kinda interesting they all feel like b-sides for a reason so far

ok as soon as i said that i got to the FLPTM b-sides and "Real Life (Just Around The Corner)" is quite nice

still does seem like a b-side for a reason though

My ballot's tragic flaw is I started to feel I was just listing every track on SM/TWG, got SQUIRREL!ed by "Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)", and left off "Desire As". Did include its obvious lyrical choice, though.

Voted! My ballot is quite heavily weighted towards my two favourite albums but most of the records got at least one track in there.

left off "Desire As"

me too. not that it's not an amazing song but i feel really distant from the breakup it helped me through and so it doesn't have the same weight for me anymore

i would make and/or accept the argument that "goodbye lucille" is objectively the best prefab sprout song

i think it's likely to be my #1

Okay, the number of ballots is well into double digits now. Phew! (I *know* by now that most vote fairly late but a slow start still makes me faintly anxious!)

Also: any regrets are easily remedied, if you wish. It's a trivial effort to adjust points, etc.

you're still in love with hayley POLLs

I will be submitting my list today. Got it down to 32 songs which is a relief as I was flicking through Jordan last night and it really felt like every song deserved a place.

The lyrics poll is the hardest part. They have so many incredible ones, I wouldn't even know where to start.

sorely tempted to throw a vote for the wedding march

This is difficult! Compiled my ballot. Listening through to see if I need to move anything around.

My ballot would never have been fixed in stone, so happy with the exclusion, and enjoying reading the alternate tracks you others highly rate.

Just reading through some of their lyrics and my entire top five could come from the first half of Steve McQueen alone.

93 distinct tracks have received votes so far!

i trawl the megahertz is probably my 4th or 5th favorite prefab album. but it also might be the best album ever made.

Voted and already regretting omissions, but no changes, no revisions. Sorry, Sound of Crying.
Had to stop listening to Protest Songs in run up to voting. Terrible feeling I was about to become fixated on it, and that would further confuse a confused ballot.

Voted!

Done...

was about to vote, but then i got megahertzed

will submit in a few

This Xtian-themed LCTWWM track paired with with this stock footage is way more affecting than it has any right to be!

https://youtu.be/2gxHcNtzFrU

voted!

(re)discovering so much as a result of this poll. “Nightingales”, what a song. And just found the 12” mix omg

With two-and-half days to go I count 18 ballots so far. If any lurkers have opinions certainly don't be shy. Your vote can still influence the outcome pretty drastically!

98 distinct tracks have now received votes, with many of the albums 100% represented. However idiosyncratic your list of favourites that obscure deep cut you like is probably just waiting for it's 3rd or 4th vote to secure a place in the top 50. LOL. (A countdown from 50 seems most likely at this point.)

BTW, anyone who *has* mailed a ballot should have seen an acknowledgement of receipt!

^ Er, 2 and 1/2 days. And "its" rather than "it's", while I'm correcting myself. :(

voted! looking forward to the results

Looking forward to the roll out. I only know albums 2 and 3, pulled out and have been spinning Steve McQueen daily for the last two weeks. Found Langley Park on cd really cheap but the other albums are less easily found irl around these parts. Did score the "Faron Young" (Truckin' Mix) 12" today, b-side "Silhouettes" is lovely, too.

Is the lyrics poll favourite line/couplet or the entire song?

i voted for lines

Lyrics poll is lines/couplet, but where >1 section of a given song get points (this has already happened a couple of times) I'm considering grouping the lines/points by song for the rollout. I'll post all the raw data anyway!

21 ballots now and 101 distinct tracks.

Might have to make the rollout a top 60, if only because later voters are displacing some of my own selections! :)

Also, further awesome/appalling pun suggestions are invited for the rollout thread title!

sent! wow that was.. *hard*.

Might go with voodoo chili's "I POLLed the Megahertz". I like its almost-a-plausible-sentence-ness.

Voted!

Main takeaway so far from relistens; Protest Songs is really underrated.

^ OTM

Sunday 15th is here (or long since passed where I'm sitting) so if anyone is still grappling with a ballot, submitting in the next 12 hours or so would be great!

I've seen 24 ballots now and 105 different track selections.

Voted!

Album roll-out will be interesting. I think Jordan, Steve McQueen, and Megahertz will all do well, but I have no idea what the consensus is after those three.

I've just been glancing at such matters and only this instant realised (despite kitchen person touching on it upthread) that Jordan was seemingly *never* released as a double-LP anywhere before the recent reissue?!?! I assumed the four sections delineated on the CD sleeve corresponded to actual physical sides on vinyl in at least some territories!

There seem to have been some places where they did it; here’s a South African CBS one. Weird they never did it in Britain.
https://www.discogs.com/Prefab-Sprout-Jordan-The-Comeback/release/2852928

Aha! Thanks.

Okay, I'll close the voting now. Give me a few hours to fiddle with the final numbers, etc, and I'll start a rollout thread very soon...

Rollout:
I POLLED the Megahertz - ILM Artist Poll #100 - Prefab Sprout - RESULTS