hey
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GRhKhvh.jpg2. Pretty Good Year370 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://i.imgur.com/ypLyieG.jpg1. Silent All These Years404 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
i didn't have much idea what would be #1 before doing the poll but Silent All These Years was my best guess and it's completely deserving. the song that got me into Tori, i was completely blown away the first time i heard it
years go by!
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Pretty Good Year was my #1
Wonderful to see "Mother" so high
It's so weird to see Tori's catalogue ranked like this, I'm starting to think she's not a "singles" artist nor an "albums" artist but this kind of "zeitgeist" artist, it's more her entire existence and strategies toward music-making as a whole that I find so important
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
The first time I listened to "Little Earthquakes" my take-aways from "Crucify" were "the line about 'dirty sheets' is really good and might mean something to me when I'm not 14" and "that clave is really mixed loud" and "this song has one too many choruses". My take-aways from "Girl" were "this snare drum is really boring" and "those MIDI strings are frustrating" and "what do flying pigs dream about?" Then "Silent All These Years" came on for the first time and I just was floored, I don't think I'd ever been so immediately sure that a song was perfect upon first listen as I was when I heard that song.
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
"silent all these years" if anything is MORE powerful now than when i first heard it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
which, i first heard it driving home from the airport with my mom, after visiting my (internet) girlfriend for the first time and it was a nice trip but it was full of the same tensions that would eventually cause me to run away from home at 15 to live with my girlfriend for 10 months and essentially trap myself in a very mentally abusive relationship. but before all that, it was just my mom driving us back home, it was 2001 and for some reason a radio station in las vegas was playing "silent all these years," who can say why, thank god they were though, bc it was the most beautiful song i'd ever heard and it still is
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
god that paragraph is a mess but y'all get it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
"pretty good year" is apparently about a tori fan who was way too dramatic about his own life in his letters to her, but as a way-too-dramatic person it has been a personal anthem this year. which despite a lot of [redacted mental illness], still, pretty good
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
don't want to be a boy today
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
the dynamics on Pretty Good Year are so good and the way it drifts between beauty and darkness only to eventually explode is wonderful
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
anyway here are the full results, thank you to everyone for voting and for all the discussion this has generated. it's been great to poll one of my favourite artists ever
1 Silent All These Years 404 11 02 Pretty Good Year 370 12 03 Father Lucifer 292 10 04 Mother 284 8 05 Winter 270 8 06 Hey Jupiter 268 11 07 Liquid Diamonds 264 8 08 Caught A Lite Sneeze 262 10 09 Precious Things 258 9 010 Spark 242 9 011 Tear in Your Hand 242 6 012 Crucify 232 6 013 Hotel 230 8 014 Doughnut Song 218 8 015 Marianne 216 6 016 Cornflake Girl 208 10 017 Jackie's Strength 192 5 018 iieee 190 6 019 Icicle 176 5 020 Beauty Queen/Horses 160 6 021 Blood Roses 144 4 022 Playboy Mommy 142 4 023 Raspberry Swirl 140 6 024 Girl 122 3 025 Honey 120 5 026 In the Springtime of His Voodoo 118 5 027 Cooling 118 4 028 Putting the Damage On 114 4 029 Northern Lad 114 3 030 Bells for Her 96 3 031 Twinkle 96 4 032 Concertina 92 4 033 God 92 3 034 Cloud On My Tongue 90 6 036 Taxi Ride 88 4 036 Baker Baker 88 4 037 Space Dog 86 6 038 The Waitress 86 3 039 Little Earthquakes 86 2 040 Yes, Anastasia 84 2 041 China 70 3 043 Black-Dove (January) 68 2 043 Real Men 68 2 044 Dragon 66 3 046 Past the Mission 64 4 046 Bliss 64 4 047 Happy Phantom 62 2 048 Not the Red Baron 60 2 049 Datura 58 2 050 Leather 52 2 051 Take to the Sky 50 1 052 Cruel 46 2 053 Talula 44 2 054 A Sorta Fairytale 42 1 057 Carry 40 1 057 Wings 40 1 057 I'm on Fire 40 1 058 The Wrong Band 38 2 062 Upside Down 38 1 062 Alamo 38 1 062 Hungarian Wedding Song 38 1 062 I Can’t See New York 38 1 063 Gold Dust 34 2 065 1000 Oceans 34 1 065 Pandora's Aquarium 34 1 066 Purple People 32 2 070 Promise 32 1 070 Spring Haze 32 1 070 Night of Hunters 32 1 070 Cool on Your Island 32 1 071 Carbon 30 3 073 Bouncing Off Clouds 26 2 073 Mr. Zebra 26 2 075 Sugar 26 1 075 Cloud Riders 26 1 077 Wild Way 24 2 077 Here In My Head 24 2 080 Juarez 24 1 080 The Pool 24 1 080 Weatherman 24 1 081 Graveyard 22 1 084 Father’s Son 20 1 084 Your Cloud 20 1 084 Time 20 1 085 Me and a Gun 18 1 087 Pancake 16 1 087 Siren 16 1 088 Suede 16 2 090 Sister Janet 12 1 090 Josephine 12 1 091 Secret Spell 10 2 093 Toast 10 1 093 Snow Cherries From France 10 1 094 Frog On My Toe 8 1 095 Strange 6 1 099 Wednesday 4 1 099 Lust 4 1 099 Butterfly 4 1 099 Flying Dutchman 4 1 0102 Rose Dover 2 1 0102 16 Shades of Blue 2 1 0102 Reindeer King 2 1 0
definitely a few I was surprised to not make it - Datura, Sugar, and Here In My Head are probably the main ones
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
49 Datura 58 2 0
motherfucker. my no. 1
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
psyched "dragon" made it to 44
oh whoops I didn't copy the #1s properly there lol
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
Father Lucifer was a shock. Surprised people don’t love Cornflake Girl more. Great poll all round. Does seem, as I thought, that everything after the ‘ .. Choir Girl’ era is much more of an acquired taste.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
and fixed results:
1 Silent All These Years 404 11 12 Pretty Good Year 370 12 13 Father Lucifer 292 10 14 Mother 284 8 05 Winter 270 8 16 Hey Jupiter 268 11 07 Liquid Diamonds 264 8 18 Caught A Lite Sneeze 262 10 09 Precious Things 258 9 010 Spark 242 9 011 Tear in Your Hand 242 6 012 Crucify 232 6 213 Hotel 230 8 014 Doughnut Song 218 8 015 Marianne 216 6 016 Cornflake Girl 208 10 017 Jackie's Strength 192 5 018 iieee 190 6 019 Icicle 176 5 020 Beauty Queen/Horses 160 6 021 Blood Roses 144 4 022 Playboy Mommy 142 4 023 Raspberry Swirl 140 6 024 Girl 122 3 125 Honey 120 5 026 In the Springtime of His Voodoo 118 5 027 Cooling 118 4 028 Putting the Damage On 114 4 129 Northern Lad 114 3 130 Twinkle 96 4 131 Bells for Her 96 3 032 Concertina 92 4 033 God 92 3 034 Cloud On My Tongue 90 6 036 Taxi Ride 88 4 036 Baker Baker 88 4 037 Space Dog 86 6 038 The Waitress 86 3 039 Little Earthquakes 86 2 040 Yes, Anastasia 84 2 141 China 70 3 043 Black-Dove (January) 68 2 043 Real Men 68 2 044 Dragon 66 3 046 Past the Mission 64 4 046 Bliss 64 4 047 Happy Phantom 62 2 048 Not the Red Baron 60 2 049 Datura 58 2 150 Leather 52 2 051 Take to the Sky 50 1 152 Cruel 46 2 053 Talula 44 2 054 A Sorta Fairytale 42 1 057 Carry 40 1 057 Wings 40 1 057 I'm on Fire 40 1 058 The Wrong Band 38 2 062 Upside Down 38 1 062 Alamo 38 1 062 Hungarian Wedding Song 38 1 062 I Can’t See New York 38 1 063 Gold Dust 34 2 065 1000 Oceans 34 1 065 Pandora's Aquarium 34 1 066 Purple People 32 2 070 Promise 32 1 070 Spring Haze 32 1 070 Night of Hunters 32 1 070 Cool on Your Island 32 1 071 Carbon 30 3 073 Bouncing Off Clouds 26 2 073 Mr. Zebra 26 2 075 Sugar 26 1 075 Cloud Riders 26 1 077 Wild Way 24 2 077 Here In My Head 24 2 080 Juarez 24 1 080 The Pool 24 1 080 Weatherman 24 1 081 Graveyard 22 1 084 Father’s Son 20 1 084 Your Cloud 20 1 084 Time 20 1 085 Me and a Gun 18 1 087 Pancake 16 1 087 Siren 16 1 088 Suede 16 2 090 Sister Janet 12 1 090 Josephine 12 1 091 Secret Spell 10 2 093 Toast 10 1 093 Snow Cherries From France 10 1 094 Frog On My Toe 8 1 095 Strange 6 1 099 Wednesday 4 1 099 Lust 4 1 099 Butterfly 4 1 099 Flying Dutchman 4 1 0102 Rose Dover 2 1 0102 16 Shades of Blue 2 1 0102 Reindeer King 2 1 0
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
the first four albums are the classics obviously but it's definitely worth digging into some of the later ones even if they aren't quite as special. Scarlet's Walk, American Doll Posse and To Venus And Back are all solid, and I like Native Invader a lot too
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Sister Janet is so low! and Here In My Head! and Carbon! so interesting. I guess it was a poorly showed voting process tho, that's not a lot of points!
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
thanks for running this ufo, great images throughout
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
my ballot, bolded didn't place in the rollout
Songs:
DaturaTear in Your HandiieeeIcicleLiquid DiamondsSilent All These YearsCoolingHey JupiterDragonRaspberry SwirlTalula (The Tornado Mix)GirlDoughnut SongHoneySparkCaught a Lite SneezeFather LuciferPretty Good YearSuedeCarbonCloud on My TongueIn the Springtime of His VoodooSecret SpellSpace DogCornflake Girl
Albums:
To Venus and BackBoys for PeleUnder the PinkFrom the Choirgirl HotelAmerican Doll Posse
Remixes:
Ambient Raspberry Swirl (Scarlet Spectrum Feels)God (The Thinking Mix 2)Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)God (The Rainforest Resort Mix)Talula (BT's Synethasia Mix)
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
xpost: yeah only 14 ballots total, rather low unfortunately, it seems Tori only has a small following here
my ballots:
Father LuciferHotelTear in Your HandSilent All These YearsiieeeMarianneSparkMotherPretty Good YearPlayboy MommyTaxi RideIcicleLiquid DiamondsRaspberry SwirlCaught a Lite SneezeWinterGodSirenIn the Springtime of His VoodooCornflake GirlCarbonDoughnut SongPrecious ThingsCloud on My TongueTwinkle
From the Choirgirl HotelBoys for PeleLittle EarthquakesUnder the PinkScarlet's Walk
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
TwinkleTear in Your HandMarianneBeauty Queen/ HorsesDoughnut SongBells for HerAlamoNorthern LadMotherNot the Red BaronCruelPretty Good YearSpace DogLiquid DiamondsPast the MissioniieeePurple PeopleHere. in My HeadPrecious ThingsIcicleBaker BakerFather LuciferCloud on My TongueButterfly
Boys for PeleUnder the PinkFrom the Choirgirl HotelLittle Earthquakes
never need to hear the LI and UTP singles again. I regret not voting for She's Your Cocaine. only recently realized how savage the lyrics are lol. Twinkle became my favorite in the past few years. the piano alone kills me, simple as it is. all the live performances i've seen on Youtube (mostly from the 00s and beyond) don't quite get it right--just a little too fast or busy.
this, on the other hand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9hjw20vifI
― How to Destroy How to Dress Well (lou), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Yes, Anastasia2. In the Springtime of His Voodoo3. Liquid Diamonds4. Cooling5. Precious Things6. Blood Roses7. Hotel8. Cloud on My Tongue9. Pandora's Aquarium10. Spring Haze11. Caught a Lite Sneeze12. i i e e e13. Doughnut Song14. Juarez15. Mother16. Spark17. Baker Baker18. Crucify19. Pretty Good Year20. Cornflake Girl21. Gold Dust22. Hey Jupiter23. Strange24. Flying Dutchman25. Reindeer King
1. From the Choirgirl Hotel2. Boys for Pele3. Under the Pink4. Little Earthquakes5. To Venus and Back
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Great poll and images ufo!
My songs ballot:
Liquid DiamondsTear In Your HandDoughnut SongIcicleIn The Springtime of his VoodooMotherPretty Good YearPlayboy MommyMarianneHoneyFather LuciferHotelSilent All These YearsGold DustDragoniieeeCaught A Lite SneezePrecious ThingsCornflake GirlSister JanetPutting The Damage OnHere In My HeadSpace DogTaxi RideHorses
^ This feels like I was being too harsh on TVAB, but while I love that album I just realised I don't feel as close to any of its songs (even "Datura", my favourite) as to the above. But that's not a diss given I didn't even vote for, like, "Girl" or "Baker, Baker" or "Cloud On My Tongue" or "Sugar" or "Cooling" or "Carbon" or...
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
Albums
1. Boys For Pele2. Little Earthquakes3. Under The Pink4. From The Choirgirl Hotel5. American Doll Posse
Songs
1. Pretty Good Year2. Icicle3. Doughnut Song4. Crucify5. Little Earthquakes6. Caught A Lite Sneeze7. Hungarian Wedding Song8. Hotel9. Liquid Diamonds10. The Waitress11. Mother12. Twinkle13. Father Lucifer14. The Pool15. Cooling16. Father Jupiter17. Silent All These Years18. Cornflake Girl19. Purple People20. Josephine21. Dragon22. Past The Mission
Sad that Carbon didn't make the top 40, despite three votes. Glad to see that mine wasn't the only vote for Purple People. Weird that Josephine didn't get more votes! my favourite track from TVAB
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
I think The Waitress is one of her top 10 songs, too, but has been somewhat tarnished (in my mind, anyway) by its live version which I find gruelling
If I voted for covers (I didn't) I'd have voted for "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" lol
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
I don't know why I didn't top 10 "Silent All These Years".. I think there's a comparative simplicity to its composition that makes me rank it lower within Tori's oeuvre.. but if I were to include a Tori song on a list of "best songs of the 90s" it'd be my pick
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
glad to see the other dragon voters here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Just home from work and catching up with the top 15 -- great choices everyone! I'm a bit surprised that nothing post-90s cracked the top 35, though I suppose it's just a matter of a consensus-averse artist's later work being even less prone to consensus (and, uh, slightly less amazing).
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
Howdy @ my fellow "Wild Way" voter, whoever you are.
1. Girl2. Crucify3. Jackie's Strength4. Little Earthquakes5. Black-Dove (January)6. Hey Jupiter7. Winter8. Putting the Damage On9. Bells for Her10. Promise11. Caught A Lite Sneeze12. Tear in Your Hand13. Cloud Riders14. Concertina15. Past the Mission16. Your Cloud17. Father Lucifer18. The Waitress19. Hotel20. Wild Way21. Space Dog22. Frog On My Toe23. Bouncing Off Clouds24. Wednesday25. Rose Dover
1. Little Earthquakes2. From the Choirgirl Hotel3. Boys for Pele4. Unrepentant Geraldines5. Under the Pink
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
felt a little guilty putting "Girl" and "Crucify" at 1 and 2, though not enough to start my own religion
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
btw i didn't mention this during the countdown but "mother" is one of my least favorite tori songs! idk why!!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:10 (five years ago) link
Thanks for running this ufo! My ballot:
1. Northern Lad2. Father Lucifer3. Pretty Good Year4. Blood Roses5. Marianne6. Jackie's Strength7. Beauty Queen/Horses8. Caught a Lite Sneeze9. Silent All These Years10. Space Dog11. Liquid Diamonds12. Cornflake Girl13. Black Dove (January)14. Weatherman15. Bells for Her16. Real Men17. Winter18. Hey Jupiter19. Cooling20. Wild Way21. Honey22. Concertina23. Spark24. Secret Spell25. 16 Shades of Blue
Albums:1. Boys for Pele2. From the Choirgirl Hotel3. Under the Pink4. Unrepentant Geraldines5. Little Earthquakes
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 15 September 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
Xpost whut brad that is insane
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 September 2018 07:51 (five years ago) link
Seconded!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
Tracks (ranked)
Take to the SkyGodMotherSparkA Sorta FairytaleWingsPrecious ThingsPretty Good YearBlissCool on Your IslandSilent All These YearsRaspberry SwirlSugarTear in Your HandHoneyBouncing Off CloudsHey JupiterHotelTalula
Albums (ranked)
Little EarthquakesFrom the Choirgirl HotelUnder the Pink
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
idk i can't help it, at some point when i was a kid i convinced myself the lyric was just a little less sure-footed than the rest of le and that feeling persisted even though it doesn't matter! lovely music behind it ofc
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
It definitely points forward to a more oblique lyrical style than the rest of the album. "Somebody leave the light on / just in case I like the dancing / I can remember where I come from" isn't top-tier. But man.. the sudden shift in tone on "he's gonna change my name" wow
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
he's gonna change my name is outstanding yes, maybe i should work hard at changing my relationship with this song lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:59 (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