I love Taxi Ride so much, it's like a midpoint of Cocteau Twins and Fleetwood Mac lol
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Didn’t vote (sorry!) because I didn’t feel knowledgeable but loving the images! Great job
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
"taxi ride" just missed my ballot (or rather i couldn't in good conscience vote for both it and "secret spell" since they're doing near-identical things) so i'm glad it's here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
also these images rule thank you ufo
Secret Spell is so much more driven and it's almost a power pop thing while Taxi Ride is extremely dreamy soft rock so there's not much connection between the two to me except they're both highlights of her 00's albums
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
and i'm glad people are enjoying the images!
― ufo, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:34 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ah i get this but i group them together anyway, both choruses are sugar
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BDEksXJ.jpg34. Cloud On My Tongue90 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
"cloud on my tongue" has like at least fifteen melodies in it, each of which could support their own song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KX74F1I.jpg33. God92 points, 3 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
God has a great groove and when everything drops out except for the intentionally heavenly backing vocals in the chorus is a highlight
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
that trill downwards on "fi-hi-hind"/"ni-nine iron"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cVDpdhb.jpg32. Concertina92 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
aw it's so nice this made it! one of my favorite venus songs that also dropped off the end of my ballot at the last minute
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
"i know the truth is in between the first and fortieth drink" is prob my favorite lyric she's ever written, a stark sudden depiction of alcoholism in a song that i can't otherwise make heads or tails of
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
and the last one for today
https://i.imgur.com/lu5TRli.jpg31. Bells for Her96 points, 3 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Love the images, ufo!
"Yes, Anastasia" was my #1, glad to see it made the list.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
so much of under the pink already!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Yes, Anastasia just missed my ballot and I was surprised it didn't get more votes, it's a real epic
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
God that low is a shocker, but small pool of ballots makes things unpredictable I guess. (It was my #2)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
I've no idea what the consensus favourites from TVaB are so I'm happy to see 'Concertina' place.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
great images again ufo!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/J6Uui39.jpg30. Twinkle96 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
doing 30 to 16 today
Twinkle is my favourite album closer and just missed my ballot
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XNr3pUG.jpg29. Northern Lad114 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/PHvnQCO.jpg28. Putting the Damage On114 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
three of the best songs ever made in a row, none of which made my ballot lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
personally "putting the damage on" is wayyyy too tied to my first relationship and being 15 and feeling bad all of the time and at this point it feels like the song belongs to a different person than who i am now. still devastated every time i hear the chorus or "it's just your ghost passing through / and... now... i'm... quite... sure"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Putting the Damage On has a really great vocal performance and I love the horn arrangement
boy you still look pretty
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7UaG5x6.jpg27. Cooling118 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
somehow, a song too intense to make the tracklist of boys for pele
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
also maybe the most beautiful song she ever wrote; in its winding digressions it feels twinned with "icicle" for me even though they're about v different things
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
is your place in heavenworth giving upthese kisses
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R305BtI.jpg26. In the Springtime of His Voodoo118 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
too low. even on my own ballot it was too low
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
there are so many ideas in this song and the second uh post-chorus? with the overlapping vocal lines is divine
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R9nqT1D.jpg25. Honey120 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
that's it for the b-sides on my ballot
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
arrangement of this song perfectly haunts the piano line
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
that sustained guitar feedback like flames licking at the song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U07SYeI.jpg24. Girl122 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
my song!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/H0r6sja.jpg23. Raspberry Swirl140 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEh3BTtLfA
i love the extra percussion in the live versions
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
ok so i first heard this song when i was 15, playing a low-quality video on a tori fansite, and it just knocked me out, i had never heard anything like it before. it sounded like what i wanted desire to feel like. anyway now i'm very gay, thanks tori
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ik0caKc.jpg22. Playboy Mummy142 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
sometimes this one is too heavy
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
it's too low, completely devastating song
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Where does Honey originate from?
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
it's an under the pink b-side. originally slated for the album, replaced at the last minute by "the wrong band"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Surprised by how low yes Anastasia and putting the damage charted
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 15 September 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
My ballot would have snuck Past the Mission into the top 40 too :)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 15 September 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Datura
― Ross, Monday, 17 September 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Criminally underrated
― Ross, Monday, 17 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
Is there a spotify playlist of the results?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 September 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
Thanks very much to everyone who participated in this - I listened to Little Earthquakes a lot in college but never went much beyond that, and have really enjoyed discovering everything else in this poll.
― toby, Friday, 21 September 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
Tori influenced my writing to an incredible degree. When she says Ed is watching my every move, that is such an abstract lyricism - perhaps it is Ed the Horse, but Tori always wrote lyrics that allowed one to transpose themselves onto them. Even if she did not give background to these lyrics, she respects the intelligence of the listener to take away their own meaning (much like Lynch). I am grateful she exists and her music changed my life
― Ross, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link