Maybe it's a regional thing. It feels like Hats has been adored in certain circles for a full three decades. Even when it was released I got the impression there was a substantial audience waiting for the long-awaited follow-up to the debut. (I had no firm opinion on the matter. I was a child and it all sounded terribly adult. LOL)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 20 June 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
aw, didn't vote but could have thrown tom petty something in retrospect. 'i won't back down' and 'don't do me like that' were important songs from my childhood
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
some seem to forget that i did this seven years back, so to compare to that poll:
Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1989 poll
Pixies - Doolittle 18Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 9De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising 8New Order - Technique 8The Cure - Disintegration 5Galaxie 500 - On Fire 5The Blue Nile - Hats 4Aerosmith - Pump 3Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire 3Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 3Madonna - Like a Prayer 3Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin' 2Nirvana - Bleach 2The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon 2Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy 1Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature 1The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 1Neil Young - Freedom 1Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine 1Fugazi - 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) 1Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time 0Faith No More - The Real Thing 0Mano Negra - Puta's Fever 0808 State - 90 0Lou Reed - New York 0
― Bee OK, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
xp "Don't Do Me Like That" is from 1979
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Friday, 21 June 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
eh whatever, we had a double cassette with another album on it
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
looking it up, full moon fever was a solid album! i remember most of it fondly
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Wow, I'm one of just TWO people to vote for Bleach! I'm... stunned.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 21 June 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
i knew hats wouldn't win
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 21 June 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
Godflesh – Streetcleaner 0
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
if all of these have been 50 choices I wonder which year had the least "zero" votes?
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Friday, 21 June 2019 03:45 (four years ago) link
It's Friday afternoon so I had the time and inclination to collect some data. 80s only:
YEAR - NUMBER OF ZERO VOTES - NUMBER OF VOTES FOR #1 - TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES1980 - 13 - 28 - 1371981 - 15 -12 - 1151982 - 13 - 13 - 1291983 - 13 - 26 - 1251984 - 14 - 16 - 1211985 - 16 - 18 - 1311986 - 9 -15 - 1441987 - 9 -20 - 1271988 - 16 - 20 - 1271989 - 17 -17 - 128
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
the 1990 poll will start next week. Mike and I have our 50 (subject to late changes)
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
I feel very confident in predicting that my favourite record of 1990 will not be among the 50 this time, but I'll happily vote for one of my other three faves.
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:04 (four years ago) link
For data lovers: years ranked by the % of zero vote albums:
1. 1989 (34%)2. 1985, 19884. 19815. 19846. 1980, 1982, 19839. 1986, 1987 (18%)
years ranked by the % of votes that went to the winner:1. 1983 (22%)2. 19803. 19874. 19885. 19856. 19897. 19848. 19819. 198610. 1982 (10%)
There is no correlation, either positive or negative between the two measures (p=.95)
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
what is your fave 1990 record?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
this one i reckon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Please_Hammer_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em.jpg/220px-Please_Hammer_Don%27t_Hurt_%27Em.jpg
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
going to futilely militate for the legendary pink dots
― imago, Friday, 21 June 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
Might actually just start the poll today but end it the middle of the week after if its ok with mike
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
thats fine by me
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
you got a list of the just bubbling under albums that missed out? I forgot to take a note.
add LJ's suggestion to it
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
i dont. im at work lol
― . (Michael B), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
oh well you can post it later
Best Album on OUR Favourite Albums of......1990!! by pfunkboy & Michael B
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 21 June 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
My fave was Freedy Johnston’s The Trouble Tree. Quite OK to have missed it out. Sinéad on the other hand...
― dorsalstop, Friday, 21 June 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
shakey come on man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jggxmc9yMwA
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 June 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link