I love Faith so much that it honestly boggles my mind that this is even a question.
― Dan I., Thursday, 29 August 2013 06:58 (ten years ago) link
The opening drums on "Guns in the Sky" sounded about as huge as possible on my tinny little Walkman.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 29 August 2013 08:52 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 30 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
huh
having listened to both a lot lately, i disagree!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 30 August 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
wow
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 August 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
These results make perfect sense to me. All of Kick rules, whereas the second half of Faith has some drecky filler.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Friday, 30 August 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
how many albums in the 80s were over 60% singles? I know of Thriller and Faith...Forever Your GirlRhythm Nation 1814Bad"whitney houston" & "whitney"huey lewis "sports"purple raininvisible touchbryan adams "reckless"
― sup (billstevejim), Friday, 30 August 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
killer poll, mizzell.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 30 August 2013 09:37 (ten years ago) link
i started it because i really couldn't decide which one i liked better. the discussion pushed me towards Faith, and then Kick won. I didn't vote.
― mizzell, Friday, 30 August 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
hutchence doing "i want your sex" and michael doing "never tear us apart" is what i keep coming back to
OK, after imagining these, I really want them to exist!
― Vinnie, Friday, 30 August 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
the Jam-Lewis remix of "Monkey" kills both albums dead though.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, August 8, 2013 7:40 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
dang I hadn't heard this before but it is killer
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 11 June 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
Jam/Lewis giving it the full "Sign O' The Times" treatment there at the 1:25 mark.
― vmajestic, Monday, 11 June 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
I've said this elsewhere, but in August 1988 I made a mixtape to play on my knock-off Alba 'Walkman' during a week's holiday in Norfolk with my parents, and 'Monkey' was definitely the highlight (vying for second and third place: Michael Jackson's 'Dirty Diana' and Lipsync's 'Funky Town').
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Monday, 11 June 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
(the Jam & Lewis 7" remix of 'Monkey' specifically)
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Monday, 11 June 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
"We make decisions...that's what we do...that's what we do"
These albums are so damn good that making a list of the Top 5 singles betwixt them is bound to lead to serious (and worthy) arguments. Among the singles, I feel "Father Figure", "Need You Tonight/Mediate" and "One More Try" are the most colossal, with "Never Tear Us Apart" barely securing the 4th spot. ("One More Try" and "Never Tear Us Apart" kinda occupied the same cultural space, at least in late-'80s So Cal). "Monkey" - Jam/Lewis or original - is a solid 5th.
"Kick" wins the battle for me because I love 3 of the album cuts even more than the singles - "Wild Life", "Kick", and "Calling All Nations" are just fucking awesome.
― Prefecture, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 03:24 (five years ago) link