Poll: Bandwagonesque v. Nevermind v. Loveless

That's Peter Murphy.

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Paul looks like Nikki Sixx now, alas.

that guy looks very stoopid. he isn't feeling very comfortable in his outfit. wtf is he doing with his hands in the second photograph? it looks as if he had lost his handcuffs. what a git.

he just happened to have the looks of a male model

Kurt was cute. But male model cute? Really? For one thing, he was too short (for the runway).

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lol. Still hoping Bandwagonesque makes a respectable showing (I've given up the ghost on it winning).

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I like all three of these, but I gotta go with Loveless

I actually just bought my CD copy of Bandwagonesque a few months ago, replacing an old tape copy.

if it was a catholic education v bleach v isn't anything it would be more straightforward

Actually that would be much harder for me!!

Never got the love for A Catholic Education, but it sounds like the kind of album I should like. Must try again, I guess.

Not sure how one can list 28 albums supposedly better than Nevermind if you hadn't even heard it all. I loved Nirvana but when I heard it, I hated the production and some of the songs felt unfinished. I was all about Slint and MBV, Massive Attack, Talk Talk, Public Enemy and The Jesus Lizard. Nirvana grew on me later to sneak into top 10. I remember buying Bandwagonesque around Thanksgiving after seeing it in that Spin issue and like the Big Star-isms. But it barely made my top 25.

if it was a catholic education v bleach v isn't anything it would be more straightforward - how about In Utero vs. Thirteen vs. that Wire cover?

or everything flows vs love buzz vs you made me realise

hmmm.. now there's a poll!

I like all three of these, but I gotta go with Loveless

― da croupier, Monday, 13 July 2009 02:09 (4 hours ago) Permalink

how about omg! they're still making records? so boring! who cares? vs. kurt you fucker i can still barely listen to my nirvana records vs. who needs a sequel to Loveless? we have Belong now

loveless. no contest.

I missed this thread because I've been hiking the Appalachian trail for the last few weeks. I went with Nevermind b/c I like pop music and it's the best pop album of the three (on that front, "Lounge Act" over "Alcoholiday" over "Sometimes" but all three are hot). Its mass success felt like vindication of...something...at the time but that was just a dream. Nowadays we can just talk about the tunes, though each album scratches different itches, ergo the kinda distracted discussion here. I'd like to read more pro-Bandwagonesque here, just b/c we've talked about the other two many times before. "Alcoholiday"'s "there are things I want to do but I don't know if they will be with you" just kills, such insouciant ambivalence.

I missed this thread because I've been hiking the Appalachian trail for the last few weeks

You might have missed something else.

Insert appropriate ironic emoticon here.

:^I

he was really in south america with his mistress.

"Not sure how one can list 28 albums supposedly better than Nevermind if you hadn't even heard it all."

eh, i've heard enough. has there ever been a live through this -vs- nevermind poll? cuz i like that album a lot. that's probably the best grunge-related album there is.

the poll should be bandwagonesque vs. loveless vs. seamonsters. nevermind is not only from a different continent but it also ha a totally different vibe. and speed of course. as an american poll there could be nevermind vs. gish vs. goat. and i would go probably for the wonderful tripping hard rock of <a href="http://musik.antville.org/stories/993832";>gish</a>.

will i ever those ilx tags?

will i ever learn i meant, sorry.

Ooh, one hour to go! Exciting!

voted Nevermind, MJ's death has made me re-examine my roots

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

i have learned from all this that all three album titles are compound words, and the one with the least letters won

Hm. After having my expectations shaped by reading the thread, I was surprised by two things in the results: (a) it was closer than expected between Loveless and Nevermind (74 votes to 72 votes) and (b) Bandwagonesque did okay (36 votes).

Yeah, I was going to say - the order is exactly what I was expecting, but I was expecting Loveless to run way out in front, and was expecting Bandwagonesque to maybe languish in the teens. I'm glad all three were repped reasonably strongly.

as they should since all 3 are amazing

1991 albums better than nevermind:

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coil - love's secret domain

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― scott seward, Saturday, July 4, 2009

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love's secret domain was so goddamn great

― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Saturday, July 4, 2009

the album stream on youtube is making a convincing argument for this album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DewJHJlYOIU

can't find it for sale on itunes, bandcamp, or boomkat. obscure!

Yeah it's out of print, sadly. Saw it for $500+ on Amazon!

Classic album though!

Bandwagonesque is the only album that doesn't sound dated to me 23-years-hence. Nirvana were never as good as their buzz and Loveless (Tremolo and Isn't Anything were far superior) was never as good as the ideals of the critics.

Fanclub's album is the only one of these that i might listen to when i turn 80, if only for it making me feel young.

Also, add Peggy Suicide (Julian Cope) and anything that Levitation put out in '91 for trix more involving than anything Nevermind had to offer (save, "Where Did You Sleep Last Nite", which is one of the smartest covers ever).

Fanclub's album is the only one of these that i might listen to when i turn 80, if only for it making me feel young.

100% OTM. this album makes me feel young.

mon frere

gonna pop a bag of chicarrones and dig into this mighty thread. I do not get bandwagonsque at all, apart from the last track. Why did they waste the best hook on an instrumental!?!

talk talk - laughing stock

This is a work of genius. However, comparing it to Nevermind is like comparing apples and giraffes.

comparing these albums is unfair, but if you could only keep one band's catalog (and the other two disappear from existence), ya gotta go w/ TFC

talk talk - laughing stock
eh

bathory - twilight of the gods
Is this their Viking stuff? No thanks

slowdive - just for a day
this is fine

jesus lizard - goat
dude’s voice = no

slint - spiderland
dude’s voice = no

paradise lost - gothic
lol no

mercury rev - yerself is steam
dude’s voice = no

the field mice - for keeps
some of this is amazing but some of it is terrible

cows - cunning stunts
haven’t heard

neil young - arc
fuck yes

coil - love's secret domain
I am too lame to enjoy Coil but I love the idea of them or whatever

ween - the pod
sounded great when I was 21 and trippin

massive attack - blue lines
not a massive attack fan

the rest of those albums are pretty good to great. sorry for all that.. eeesh

I really hope you lot are all confusing Arc with Weld.