Could we please be objective cause the other POLLS are queuing up behind us - Artist Poll #94 - Belle & Sebastian - RESULTS

i thought they were supposed to have been annoyed by it because people kept thinking it was a collaboration?

When questioned about it, Arab Strap's leader/singer, Aidan Moffat, said "They have a sense of humour." Malcolm Middleton, the band's instrumentalist, added, "Because Arab Strap is quite an interesting name. The words go well together. That's why we chose it as a band name. We're friends with them, but there's a limit to putting someone else's name on an album. They're taking away something from us." He also mentioned that the album had been confused as a collaboration between the bands

I didn't vote in albums, I had to hustle to get tracks in. But no controversy here.

Nor here, I suspect:

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Tigermilk (June 1996)
Points: 116
Votes: 38
#1 Votes: 7

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If You're Feeling Sinister (November 1996)
Points: 159
Votes: 38
#1 Votes: 20

Tigermilk has IDLA which is super classic. SM really HIOOTP with that one.

GOAT

20 #1 votes out of 40 total. That's what politicians call a "mandate"

Ha! I just looked on eBay to see how much original copies of Tigermilk were going for these days, and the actual stuffed animal from the album cover just sold for $18,500. LOL fans.

BBCODTV

I am one of the two non-Sinister-voters, who are you, other misfit?

LOL @ enochroot.

Being in a silly timezone I will pause at this point and endeavour to resume with EPs on Thursday morning, AEDT. (so...probably not before 8PM Wednesday, GMT.)

Stoked for this!

I can't see the images!

I had Arab Strap at #1! (I don't objectively think it's the best but I can't shake the feeling of what it did to me at the time.)

Easy Chinaski, I thought we had an agreement we'd be objective.

Fallen at the first (tartan) hurdle.

Your favorite between sinister v tigermilk comes down to which one you heard first, I’d guess.

No, I heard Sinister in full before I heard Tigermilk

I voted Sinister but not Tigermilk. Heard Sinister first FWIW.

Fold Your Hands was the album that rose the most in my estimation while re-listening, though not enough to place top 5.

I think I first heard Tigermilk, Sinister and Arab Strap within the same week or month

52 ballots! wtf this band isn't *that* good

incorrect

but seriously has anyone else put out as many deftly crafted pop songs in the last quarter century?

they’re that good

they're grrrrrrrrreat!

Shall we post our albums votes then?

I actually had (have!) a cassette taped from the original Tigermilk vinyl release by Pam from Chickfactor, beat that, hipsters.

speaking of chickfactor, solo stevie jackson then the softies was probs the best show i saw last year

52 ballots! wtf this band isn't *that* good

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:27 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is like the second or third ILM poll I’ve ever voted in!

I... didn't know you could vote for MC Push Barman for LPs!

that one I never bought since I already had the EPs

push barman was the only two cd's in my car for a good year

I've never actually owned Push Barman. It arrived today.

I am one of the two non-Sinister-voters, who are you, other misfit?

Who didn't vote for Tigermilk?

Apart from Dan.

52 ballots! wtf this band isn't *that* good

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:27 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Almost 3 times as good as the entire P-Funk catalogue ;_;

I actually had (have!) a cassette taped from the original Tigermilk vinyl release by Pam from Chickfactor, beat that, hipsters.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:59 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That is pretty cool! I was wondering last week whether bootlegs of Tigermilk circulated in the three(!) years before it got a proper release or was it just this sort of mythical unheard thing.

I definitely had a cassette dub of Tigermilk too, don't remember who dubbed it for me. I do remember it circulating in that period.

I had a cassette of Tigermilk! Definitely before you could buy a CD of it in the store. And there was definitely an "oh my god I HAVE THIS" aspect to it.

I had a dubbed cassette version that had been passed around and was of questionable fidelity, it was written up in high praise by either Jenny Toomey (or Franklin Bruno?) in Puncture Magazine and I put out some ISOs. The Matador crew hooked me up.

It was Jenny Toomey's article circa 1997. Franklin's piece came out later, around the time they toured NYC for the first time around Sinister. I remember FB made a note that SM changed the TSTIAMI lyric from "turning tables round in Marks & Spencer" to "Sears & Roebuck" lol.

Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2018

Normally wouldn't care but my boys Frontierer got in again!

the boy done wrong again

been one of those days eh

first cup of coffee tasted like washing up

Hey this may be a dumb question but did anyone here see the 1 hour Pitchfork doc on the making of If You're Feeling Sinister? It's stellar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4de-RHHLCBA

Okay, time to run through the EPs perhaps?

yee

you be the driver