Always tough but Bonny is my go to cut.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Shame the world is ending in 2017 we'll never get to see the results of this poll.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
when love breaks down
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
Just found US version of this LP (Two Wheels Good) in the dollar bin at Stereo Jack's. I haven't had time to fully digest it, but I can already tell this one's going to get played a lot. It feels like it wants to sit on the shelf somewhere between "High Land, Hard Rain" and "Don't Stand Me Down".
So far, the tracks that jump out are "Horsin' Around" and "Faron"
― enochroot, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
For me, the two weaker albums are 'Andromeda Heights' and 'The Gunman', and the two essential ones are 'Steve McQueen' and 'Jordan'. I like 'Swoon' more than I used to, but it's just so dense that it's a tough listen at first.
― funk79, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
^^ otm
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
I feel like this is an album where just about every track will get a vote.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing
Even Horsin' Around?
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
So far, the tracks that jump out are "Horsin' Around" and "Faron"― enochroot, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:40 (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
From Langley Park to Memphis doesn't get mentioned anytime there's Sprout-talk on here. It's a great album, not a bad track on it.
Truly. "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" gets the unresearched 'novelty song' tag, but "I Remember That", "Nancy (Let Your Hair Down For Me)", and The Venus of the Soup Kitchen" all equal the impact of "The Golden Calf" for me.
Andromeda Heights, "The End of the Affair" is a favorite PS b-side, and "Life's a Miracle" is a lovely song, uplifting without being saccharine.
Here, really hard choice, but "Appetite" and "Desire As" are the two that randomly pop in my head often, so choosing the former.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
This is a weird band for me because when I discovered them I OD'd on them so hard, and now every few years I'll play these records and that sates me for several more years. In a way, my binge was such that these songs all--without exception--sound better in my brain and memory than they do when I play them. I can't think of too many other examples of this (possibly Odessey and Oracle)
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
I feel like this is an album where just about every track will get a vote.― Gerald McBoing-BoingEven Horsin' Around?― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 2:51 PM (fifty minutes ago)
Even Horsin' Around?― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 2:51 PM (fifty minutes ago)
Guilty! I actually did vote for Horsin' Around
― enochroot, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Iago, what are the good b-sides? I'll hit up sseek later
― calstars, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
I love Horsin' Around and would have voted for it if Bonny wasn't the best song ever written.
― yugi ex, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:08 (seven years ago) link
I always found it just doesn't fit on the album very well. It would make a charming B-side but that's about it. I still love the album as every other song is a 10/10.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
I did hedge a bit when I said "just about every track". ;-)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
I think the best non album tracks are the pre-Swoon stuff and the stuff from the Andromeda Heights era.
― funk79, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
At least in NYC you hardly ever see them anymore. Is there even Pluck U anymore? I sometimes have the Buffalo Boss wings at Fulton Mall. I always get them so hot I cry
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
Fuck! My wings post that never happened. Sorry calstars
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
Ok, calstars, I moved my whole PS collection onto sseek. My user name is sekaer. There's a folder called b-sides. Also don't miss the folder KCRW 1988--great in studio solo performance (including Wichita Lineman) and interview
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
thank you Iago!
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
I sold "Andromeda Heights" but kept the singles.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 05:15 (seven years ago) link
Spoiler alert (for those who can't wait for the May 2018 results of this one):Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good Poll
― enochroot, Friday, 6 January 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 11 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Oh shit I missed the last poll. This is a REALLY hard one. Appetite or Desire As....
― J. Sam, Friday, 11 May 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
"Bonnie" in a heartbeat
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Monday, December 19, 2016 3:29 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― brimstead, Friday, 11 May 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
this poll is too cruel, but I ended up voting for "Goodbye Lucille #1/Johnny Johnny"
― joshywinty (josh), Friday, 11 May 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
This poll closes in a year and a half
― Iago Galdston, Monday, December 19, 2016 4:33 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the right amount of time imo. picked goodbye lucille
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
this is soooooooooooooooo hard but i just decided not to think to hard and went with appetite.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 May 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
Apparently I've already voted although I can't recall what my choice was. This year, it'd be "Moving The River".
― doug watson, Friday, 11 May 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
yeah, appetite. could've been when love breaks down but been more obsessed with appetite lately
― flappy bird, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
i swear i didn't try to create a mini-me or anything, but it does warm my heart when i hear this coming from my 15 year old kid's room. he was playing high land, hard rain in his room the other night.
i mean, i just play stuff. the rest is up to him.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Nonetheless, Scott, well done.
― doug watson, Friday, 11 May 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
the core, the heart music... prefab sprout
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
save your speeches, flowers are for funerals
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
Appetite is such a good song. I love the lyrics. Great album though.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
one of the greatest moments in music
I count the hours since you slipped awayI count the hours that I lie awakeI count the minutes and the seconds tooAll I stole and I took from you
― omar little, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
otm omar
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
not always a fan of bands going unplugged, but the acoustic versions of some of these songs are incredible things
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
Right? Oh my god, those acoustic versions will melt you...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 11 May 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pmp1hr8UxY
this one is total goosebumps
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 11 May 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
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― brimstead, Friday, 11 May 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
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― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 11 May 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
"bonny" was the first prefab sprout song i heard
Very difficult. One of those impeccable albums. Where you cannot take away one song without interrupting the perfect flow. I think i'll go for Faron Young. There is a promise in that song that the album fulfills. The build-up never finishes.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 11 May 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
interesting that Appetite won so easily. would probably still vote for it or Goodbye Lucille
― ufo, Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
Kind of wish I had gone with Desire As now. Can't argue too much with those results tho
― J. Sam, Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
Can't believe this actually finally finished, but glad I accidentally gave it a year-and-a-half runtime. Good turnout.
I thought I'd voted, but it let me vote again yesterday - Desire As.
Shame about Blueberry Pies, but it's lots of moments I like ('ask me what the time is… my eyes shift and slide', 'Hello stranger – the stranger I've become') that don't quite come together into a song I love.
― woof, Saturday, 12 May 2018 01:07 (five years ago) link
Voted When Love Breaks Down. I had recently written a song with a similar title when that record came out, which obviously wiped the floor with my own efforts
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:04 (five years ago) link
I've only just discovered this album but oh my god where has Bonny been my whole life???
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 16 September 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
Completely agree. Hard to listen to at work, risking watering eyes.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 4 June 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
These days Megahertz and Swoon are my two go to PS albums...although SM and JTC are both up there too!
― yugi ex, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
You offer infraredInstead of sun
― The Way Dub Used to Be (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 June 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
My love and I, we are boxing clever
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 3 June 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
This album is the best when driving singing along loudly with other people in the car less familiar.
At the time it didn't seem odd slotting PS into rotation with R.E.M. or the Cure but looking back they really stand alone. Reading Dolby's retelling of his time with the band was lovely as well, recommended.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Saturday, 4 June 2022 05:35 (one year ago) link
I hear you've got a new girlfriendHow's the wife taking it?
― Keep the Aspidistra TikToking (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 4 June 2022 10:56 (one year ago) link
lol very otm
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Saturday, 4 June 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
acoustic steve coming to vinylhttps://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/15660
― la vie wokisme (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 February 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
NO YOU WON’T!
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Monday, June 22, 2020 10:24 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Friday, 31 March 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
Ooh voodoo chili ooh
― Little Big Man Yells at Red Cloud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 31 March 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
one of the greatest moments in musicI count the hours since you slipped awayI count the hours that I lie awakeI count the minutes and the seconds tooAll I stole and I took from you― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:14 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
I count the hours since you slipped awayI count the hours that I lie awakeI count the minutes and the seconds tooAll I stole and I took from you― omar little, Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:14 (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― H.P, Friday, 29 September 2023 00:44 (six months ago) link
hey guess what one of Bjork's favourite songs is?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2YQAAOSwpaljkEg2/s-l1600.jpg
― piscesx, Friday, 29 September 2023 21:36 (six months ago) link