YOU TOTALLY MISSED THE ILX HEAVY ROCK/METAL ALBUM POLL COUNTDOWN, SUCKA (CLICK FOR A RECAP)

I'm thinking that this poll is overly skewed against modern metal but what do I know

Honestly, I think it should be skewed slightly against modern stuff - the older stuff has been vetted again and again, winnowed, weighed and only the best has made it through (not counting Manilla Road or a few others whose cult seem well represented here). The newer stuff may be as good, or even better, but it will take some time for it's value to be assessed.

Flood & Zep III are both freaking classic!!! The Boris wz #10 on my ballot.

Flood is monumental...a lot to digest (hence the Boringus tag) but the patience is definitely rewarded.

Boris is a blind spot for me - I've checked out five or six records and not found one I cared to play again.

I haven't looked at 101-280 so can't comment.

then that's just stupid bloodymindedness

300-61 recap for ez snappin

I'll check it out once it's done so I can still be surprised, even if others aren't.

57
Aerosmith · Rocks (1976) (532 Points, 10 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d108/d10892b99cw.jpg

^one of my favorite threads is the one where dave q suggests that this is the first dub-punk record.

To think people were complaining there wasn't enough old stuff being posted today.

Can't believe Flood placed this highly, that is AWESOME. I would've pushed it up higher had I voted.

and every boris album nominated?

Possibly. ;-)

then that's just stupid bloodymindedness

^as is hating Rush and Grand Funk

To think people were complaining there wasn't enough old stuff being posted today.

Don't put words in my or anyone else's mouth. Wasn't talking about today, was talking about the top 100 so far; roughly 2/3 posted to this point is from the last 20 years as opposed to the 20 odd years prior.

if BBW, Stag, and Tab places, then Drugs will be a happy camper! :D

(I mean, I'm pretty happy anyways, but...)

a hated album on ilx up next

how did it manage to rank 56 if ppl hate it

that's the magic of polls!

this very thread has been slagging it off ! It always gets slagged off on ilx, and I'll NEVER understand why.

56
Led Zeppelin · II (1969) (548 Points, 15 votes - ONE #1 vote)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd600/d660/d66067m7l3p.jpg

okay lol

"I hate this album, so I ranked it #1"

I do dislike this album, but it has some good songs on it-->What Is and What Should Never Be, Ramble On, Heartbreaker, Living Loving Maid, even Whole Lotta Love. But it's a fucking chore to sit through. Way worse than the slowest longest Boris album.

this certainly did not get my vote. If you could put negative votes in, to essentially negate somebody else's positive vote, i would vote this #1

(hey Dan how do you think GAPDYX--sans G--made it on the top 10 last year. ILX polls are MAGICAL!)

GAPDYX should be called NODIX.

Sad Wings far, far too low. Like stupidly low. I don't like you all now.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

^^^this

lol

GAPDYX made it to the top 10 because a lot of people genuinely like those bands; those results didn't surprise me at all. It's really easy to see several vociferous haters and just assume that everyone else agrees with them, or to take burnout by critics on an album as an indicator of burnout by the listeners but there's really no correlation in either case.

it's a fucking chore to sit through

^ this. See also: Presence, which is at least more varied.

see this poll is just making me want to pick up all of the LZ albums because I only ever owned IV on cassette and I keep being reminded that pretty much all of them have fucking amazing songs on them

actually I had a copy of II back in high school and I'm sorry but if you think something with "Ramble On" and "Whole Lotta Love" is a chore to sit through, you are not actually human

Zep II was my first Zep album, bought used for 50¢ in 1981. Played it to death for years, and don't need to hear it to bring track after track to mind. Definitely burned out on it (and didn't vote for it) but I still recall it fondly.

(lol I was going to follow up with "so sez the dude who forgot to vote for Led Zepplin II" but looking back on my ballot, I did)

(also I'm going out on a very creaky limb and predicting that IV is going to be #1)

If there is any justice Black Sabbath's self-titled debut should be #1.

what are the chances more Rush is going to pop up on here?

*Headbanging in my cube to "What Is and What Should Never Be"*

55
Boris · Heavy Rocks (2002) (550 Points, 15 votes)
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/6/4/4/26447.jpg

One of their best. Good entry point to the Boris catalog.

Pink obviously still to come.

I wonder if Absolutego will place, though?

Oh, for fucks sake.

Bill, did you vote for Absolutego?

Another one? Wow - every Boris fan in the world is apparently on ILM. I learned something from this poll after all.

God, it's so great to see some non-American metal bands on this poll.

and bands with females in it too!!

Seriously, it was looking like an American sausage fest in here for a while.

^ new board description?