The King of Rock 'n' POLL, completely - PREFAB SPROUT - Artist Poll #100 - VOTING THREAD

was about to vote, but then i got megahertzed

will submit in a few

This Xtian-themed LCTWWM track paired with with this stock footage is way more affecting than it has any right to be!

https://youtu.be/2gxHcNtzFrU

voted!

(re)discovering so much as a result of this poll. “Nightingales”, what a song. And just found the 12” mix omg

With two-and-half days to go I count 18 ballots so far. If any lurkers have opinions certainly don't be shy. Your vote can still influence the outcome pretty drastically!

98 distinct tracks have now received votes, with many of the albums 100% represented. However idiosyncratic your list of favourites that obscure deep cut you like is probably just waiting for it's 3rd or 4th vote to secure a place in the top 50. LOL. (A countdown from 50 seems most likely at this point.)

BTW, anyone who *has* mailed a ballot should have seen an acknowledgement of receipt!

^ Er, 2 and 1/2 days. And "its" rather than "it's", while I'm correcting myself. :(

voted! looking forward to the results

Looking forward to the roll out. I only know albums 2 and 3, pulled out and have been spinning Steve McQueen daily for the last two weeks. Found Langley Park on cd really cheap but the other albums are less easily found irl around these parts. Did score the "Faron Young" (Truckin' Mix) 12" today, b-side "Silhouettes" is lovely, too.

Is the lyrics poll favourite line/couplet or the entire song?

i voted for lines

Lyrics poll is lines/couplet, but where >1 section of a given song get points (this has already happened a couple of times) I'm considering grouping the lines/points by song for the rollout. I'll post all the raw data anyway!

21 ballots now and 101 distinct tracks.

Might have to make the rollout a top 60, if only because later voters are displacing some of my own selections! :)

Also, further awesome/appalling pun suggestions are invited for the rollout thread title!

sent! wow that was.. *hard*.

Might go with voodoo chili's "I POLLed the Megahertz". I like its almost-a-plausible-sentence-ness.

Voted!

Main takeaway so far from relistens; Protest Songs is really underrated.

^ OTM

Sunday 15th is here (or long since passed where I'm sitting) so if anyone is still grappling with a ballot, submitting in the next 12 hours or so would be great!

I've seen 24 ballots now and 105 different track selections.

Voted!

Album roll-out will be interesting. I think Jordan, Steve McQueen, and Megahertz will all do well, but I have no idea what the consensus is after those three.

I've just been glancing at such matters and only this instant realised (despite kitchen person touching on it upthread) that Jordan was seemingly *never* released as a double-LP anywhere before the recent reissue?!?! I assumed the four sections delineated on the CD sleeve corresponded to actual physical sides on vinyl in at least some territories!

There seem to have been some places where they did it; here’s a South African CBS one. Weird they never did it in Britain.
https://www.discogs.com/Prefab-Sprout-Jordan-The-Comeback/release/2852928

Aha! Thanks.

Okay, I'll close the voting now. Give me a few hours to fiddle with the final numbers, etc, and I'll start a rollout thread very soon...

Rollout:
I POLLED the Megahertz - ILM Artist Poll #100 - Prefab Sprout - RESULTS