I hate ILoveMusic, it's got too many POLLS - Artist Poll #104 - THE REPLACEMENTS - RESULTS

I was going to do a top thirty for the solo/other stuff, but I'll expand it slightly and fairly briskly today to 36, partly to get everyone's #1's in, and begin the top 30 proper tomorrow (Thursday morning AEDT, Wednesday for most of you.)

No drama perhaps, but still interesting that this was the only long-player that everyone voted for.

SOLO AND OTHER PROJECTS

85 distinct tracks received votes. Here's a seven-track taster before the Top 30 beginning tomorrow, such that everything with 40 points or greater (not least all tracks receiving first-place votes) are accounted for.

Three way tie for 35...

#35 (TIE)
TOMMY STINSON - Light of Day
from Village Gorilla Head (2004)
Score: 40
Votes: 1 (1)
Youtube: audio track

#35 (TIE)
PAUL WESTERBERG - A Star Is Bored
from Melrose Place soundtrack (1995)
Score: 40
Votes: 1 (1)
Youtube: audio track

#35 (TIE)
PAUL WESTERBERG - Runaway Wind
from 14 Songs (1993)
Score: 40
Votes: 1 (1)
Youtube: original promo video

I have sneaking suspicion "A Star Is Bored" existed before Melrose Place used it, but I can't seem to prove it. Anyone?

Interest levels seem low right now so I'll keep things even more skeletal than planned. LOL. Last batch before tomorrow:

#34
PAUL WESTERBERG - Daydream
from Come Feel Me Tremble (2003)
Score: 42
2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

#33
PAUL WESTERBERG - My Dad
from Folker (2004)
Score: 43
2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

#32
PAUL WESTERBERG - Dirty Diesel
from Come Feel Me Tremble (2003)
Score: 45
2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

#31
GRANDPABOY - 2 Days 'Til Tomorrow
from Mono (2002)
Score: 47
2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

Good to see another vote for My Dad. Folker has a couple of strong tracks.

Yay "Days 'Til Tomorrow", great tune

Nag at what point do you start getting consensus (5 votes?) on solo tracks?

It's mostly 3 votes before the top 10, IIRC. The proportion of voters submitting a solo/other list dropped away after a promising surge about half way through the voting period.

Started populating the Spotify list for this part now. Feel free to add stuff if I fall behind.

Good to see another vote for My Dad. Folker has a couple of strong tracks.

I was the other one. Folker's got plenty of strong tracks, and not just one but two about his dad ("Looking up in Heaven" being the other).

And it's funny, because Folker came out 23 years after Sorry Ma, in which he sang about how he hated his dad but someday he wouldn't ("I Hate Music"), but also in the middle of Folker is an entirely different song about a different kind of regret called "23 Years Ago."

A typo has been pointed out: Suicaine Gratifaction, that should be. Sorry about that.

I have clearly been spelling Suicaine Gratifaction wrong for years! I spelt it wrong on my ballot, so my fault.

hello late to the rollout in true punk fashion alas i am not drunk tho sorry (ma)

A typo has been pointed out: _Suicaine Gratif*ac*tion_, that should be. Sorry about that.

its even worse corrected. wtf paul

The self-sabotage takes a multitude of mysterious forms.

I'll return and endeavor to get through to #16 in about 7 to 8 hours, but I'll drop one now, if only to check the image.

https://images2.imgbox.com/0c/a9/D0EvUlsS_o.jpg

#30
THE I DON'T CARES ‎– Born For Me
from Wild Stab (2016)
Score: 53
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtubet: audio track

I’m interested in how 2 votes equal 53?

33 + 20, it seems.

Anyway, I changed my mind. I'll post this three-way tie before wandering off.

https://images2.imgbox.com/35/9f/K6yq2h6M_o.jpg

#27 (TIE)
BASH & POP ‎– Friday Night Is Killing Me
from Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)
Score: 54
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

https://images2.imgbox.com/39/ca/8guxkZkz_o.jpg

#27 (TIE)
PAUL WESTERBERG ‎– We May Be the Ones
from Stereo (2002)
Score: 54
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

https://images2.imgbox.com/60/70/TM0K623E_o.jpg

#27 (TIE)
PAUL WESTERBERG ‎– Knockin' on Mine
from 14 Songs (1993)
Score: 54
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

Enjoying the rollout, thanks Nag. Concur that it’s a good thread title.

Is it wrong of me to think the solo stuff titles and covers look like artifacts from a fictional or parallel universe?

Tommy Stinson was a really cute young man.

Easy, Action!

That SNL performance of Knockin on Mine just rips.

Actually getting curious about the band track results now. Which of the underreleased tracks make the cut, which favorites rise and fall.

I only voted for two solo songs, but I just remembered one I shoulda voted for, "Silent Film Star".

cosign Tommy’s cuteness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyckP1Sjjoc

HI DARE!

So much Replacements discussion on that other thread! Bless.

https://images2.imgbox.com/a6/05/ZyzcRvI2_o.jpg

#26
PERFECT - Better Days
from Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe (2004)
Score: 55
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

So strictly speaking the Perfect album was recorded in 1997 and went without an official release for years?

Correct.

https://images2.imgbox.com/cc/ad/RZezOdar_o.jpg

#25
PAUL WESTERBERG ‎– Love Untold
from Eventually (1996)
Score: 56
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: original promo video

https://images2.imgbox.com/32/d1/W3J25ScG_o.jpg

#24
PAUL WESTERBERG ‎– Mr. Rabbit
from Stereo (2002)
Score: 56
Votes: 2 (1)
Youtube: audio track

Another first-place vote there.

Incidentally, there was another off-by-one error in the opening post. 12 voters in this category, not 11.

I'm really digging this part of the roll out, it puts a spotlight on lesser known gems

Thanks again Nag

I'll dash away briefly for breakfast. In the meantime here's Tommy demonstrating a flagrant disregard for occupational health and safety.

https://images2.imgbox.com/cd/da/OD7b9O5O_o.jpg

#24
BASH & POP ‎– Fast & Hard
from Friday Night Is Killing Me (1993)
Score: 59
Votes: 3 (0)
Youtube: audio track

^ That was #23; trust the image.

https://images2.imgbox.com/e8/10/eUgsJaNK_o.jpg

#22
TOMMY STINSON ‎– Not a Moment Too Soon
from Village Gorilla Head (2004)
Score: 62
Votes: 2 (0)
Youtube: audio track

I've had "Noooot a moment... too soon" swimming around inside my head all week.

https://images2.imgbox.com/42/4d/6BERyZDc_o.jpg

#22
PAUL WESTERBERG ‎– Things
from 14 Songs (1993)
Score: 62
Votes: 2 (1)
Youtube: audio track

^ #21, dammit.

I believe I was the first-place vote here, fairly lazily. It feels like I've dug the pretty yet kinda morose vibe since I was a baby.

An enlightened (?) attitude towards “errors”, flubs, “mistakes”, and perfection for me was part of their charm and part of what made them unique. The anti-Steely Dan maybe? Something like that anyway.