TEARS IN THE TYPING POLL: ILM Artist Poll #114 - BROADCAST (Results Thread)

Western® with Bacon Flavor, did we see a ballot from you in the end? Hopefully I merely failed to match it to your screen name, if so...

my ballot

Tracks RANKED - but could only manage 30 fsr

Black Cat
Lunch Hour Pops
Dave's Dream
Message From Home
Belly Dance
Poem Of Dead Song
Echo's Answer
The Be Colony
Ominous Cloud
Until Then
Accidentals
Michael A Grammar
America's Boy
Hawk
Tears In The Typing Pool
Valerie
Illumination
I Found The F
Man Is Not A Bird
Paper Cuts
Make My Sleep His Song
Hammer Without A Master
Minim
Inside Out
Before We Begin
A Man For Atlantis
Minus One
Subject To The Ladder
You And Me In Time
The Book Lovers

Albums & EPs RANKED

Extended Play 1
Tender Buttons
Haha Sound
Extended Play 2
The Noise Made By People
Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Work And Non Work

80. Violent playground
91. Minus one

Were my two that missed the parade. I think i decided early on that 2 mad drum tracks were required to leaven the tunefulness elsewhere, I'm glad Hammer without a master made it on.

I'm not sure the formatting of my ballot would survive pasting here...

Come on lets go was my number 8, it is flawless pop moment and Is elevated , I think in a similar way to the left banke's wonderful She might call you up tonight, by the weirdly equivocal lyrics, you never quite get to the bottom of the dynamic your hearing in this ostensible love song do you?

Arc of a journey was my number one. It was a relatively recent realisation that this is unassailable for me, i find the melody breath-taking and the twinkling bed of crunchy electronics irresistible. Utopian space pop perfection.

I liked Children of Alice a lot without it ever getting to quite the level where i would be nominating it here. Does anybody know if there is anything to be expected from James in the near future? It would be so great to hear.

Thanks again to Nag & CAAL for all this, been great!

Xxp I got a confirmation email so I hope so!

40 tracks ranked:

Corporeal
Papercuts
America's Boy
Echo's Answer
Lunch Hour Pops
Come On Let's Go
According to No Plan
Tender Buttons
Accidentals
Make My Sleep His Song
Pendulum
Still Feels Like Tears
Illumination
Inside Out
In Here the World Begins
Unchanging Window / Chord Simple
Man is Not a Bird
Black Cat
Mother's Milk Means Music (At Home in the Universe)
Distant Call
Goodbye Girls
Libra, the Mirror's Minor Self
Hammer Without a Master
Hawk
Michael A Grammar
Poem of Dead Song
The Be Colony/Dashing Home/What on Earth Took You?
Arc of a Journey
Before We Begin
Sixty Forty (Peel Session)
The Book Lovers
Minim
The Be Colony
Long Was the Year
Forget Every Time (Peel Session)
Valerie
Teresa, Lark of Ascension
Look Outside
Angel (Broadcast Mix) [Saint Etienne]
Winter Now

10 albums/EPs ranked:

Tender Buttons
Haha Sound
The Noise Made By People
Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
Work and Non Work
The Future Crayon
Maida Vale Sessions
Mother is the Milky Way
Berberian Sound Studio
Microtronics: Volumes 1 & 2

I twiddled with and resubmitted my ballot multiple times; thanks for patience with this. Reached the conclusion that ranking the top 5 albums is a bit futile as they're all perfectly-formed discrete entities. But here we are.

Albums:
1. Tender Buttons
2. The Noise Made by People
3. Haha Sound
4. Work and Non Work
5. The Future Crayon
6. Mother is the Milky Way
7. Broad and the Focus Group Investigate....

Songs:
1. Unchanging Window/Chord Simple
2. Ominous Cloud
3. You Can Fall
4. I Found the F
5. Colour Me In
6. Lunch Hour Pops
7. Look Outside
8. Lights Out
9. Black Cat
10. Winter Now
11. Tears in the Typing Pool
12. Accidentals
13. Until Then
14. Pendulum
15. Poem of Dead Song
16. Come On Let's Go
17. America's Boy
18. We've Got Time
19. Minim
20. Echo's Answer
21. Corporeal
22. Long Was the Year
23. Before We Begin
24. City in Progress
25. Dead the Long Year
26. Bit 35
27. Tower of Our Tuning
28. You and Me in Time
29. O How I Miss You
30. Tender Buttons
31. Still Feels Like Tears
32. Paper Cuts
33. Goodbye Girls
34. Arc of a Journey
35. The Book Lovers
36. Sixty Forty
37. The Be Colony
38. Michael A Grammar
39. Where Youth and Laughter Go
40. Chord Simple

Thanks CAAL and Na, Nag Nag, it's been fun following this thread - have been busy so unfortunately didn't contribute much but I'm planning on catching up with the playlist and the videos.

My ranked ballot, 40 tracks:
1. The Book Lovers
Come On Let's Go
Before We Begin
Message From Home
I Found the F
Where Youth and Laughter Go
America's Boy
Echo's Answer
Pendulum
Tears in the Typing Pool
Man Is Not a Bird
Black Cat
Unchanging Window/Chord Simple
Ominous Cloud
Colour Me In
Living Room
City in Progress (BBC Session version)
Look Outside
Accidentals
Poem of Dead Song
The Be Colony
Subject to the Ladder
Until Then
According to No Plan
Goodbye Girls
Long Was the Year
Make My Sleep His Song
Corporeal
Lunch Hour Pops
Minus 3
Forget Every Time
Winter Now
Phantom
You and Me in Time
Still Feels Like Tears
Michael A Grammar
Arc of a Journey
Illumination
The World Backwards
Hawk

LPs/EPs:
1. Tender Buttons
Haha Sound
Work and Non-Work
The Noise Made by People
Maida Vale Sessions
Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
The Future Crayon
Berberian Sound Studio

I really enjoyed preparing my ballot and the subsequent rollout. Thanks NNN and CaAL!

Tracks, ranked:

Tears in the Typing Pool
Ominous Cloud
Corporeal
Lunch Hour Pops
Unchanging Window
Michael A. Grammar
The Be Colony
Man Is Not a Bird
Echo’s Answer
I Found the F
Come on Let’s Go
America’s Boy
I Found the End
Black Cat
Papercuts
City in Progress
Poem of Dead Song
Goodbye Girls
Pendulum
Subject to the Ladder
I See, So I See So
Colour Me In
The Book Lovers
Tender Buttons
In Here the World Begins
Let It Begin/Oh Joy
Microtronics 04
Lights Out
We’ve Got Time
Illumination
Microtronics 11
Elegant Elephant
Ritual/Looking In
Microtronics 02
Distant Call
Microtronics 06
Microtronics 13

Albums/EPs/comps, ranked:

Tender Buttons
HaHa Sound
The Noise Made By People
Microtronics
Work and Non-Work
Mother Is the Milky Way
The Future Crayon
Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
Berberian Sound Studio

Belated thanks to Nag and Camaraderie for the rollout!

My ballot was pretty last-minute so I quickly threw together my 15 fav tracks and 5 albums. Definitely part of the late wave of Tender Buttons love:

Tracks
1. Corporeal
2. Ominous Cloud
3. Arc Of A Journey
4. Goodbye Girls
5. Tears In the Typing Pool
6. Come On Let’s Go
7. Man Is Not A Bird
8. America’s Boy
9. Michael A Grammar
10. Before We Begin
11. Hawk
12. In Here the World Begins
13. Black Cat
14. Message From Home
15. Subject To the Ladder

LPs/EPs
1. Tender Buttons
2. Haha Sound
3. The Noise Made By People
4. Mother Is the Milky Way
5. Work & Non-Work

Western® with Bacon Flavor: just confirming, we have a definitely column in our spreadsheet exactly corresponding to the ballot you posted above. :) *panic attack subsides*

Er, "definitely have a column" that is. o_0

I suspect I'll be quietly returning to this thread for quite some for the various links and recommendations, etc. Thanks everyone.

Glad to hear! And thank you and CaAL for putting this on! Now to dig into all the image source material.

TRACKS

Sixty Forty
Living Room
The Book Lovers
Echo's Answer
Message From Home
Lights Out
Before We Begin
Until Then
Come On Let's Go
Colour Me In
Tears In The Typing Pool
Look Outside
Pendulum
Illumination
Where Youth and Laughter Go
Forget Every Time
Poem Of Dead Song
Minim
Long Was The Year
America's Boy

LPs and EPs

Work and Non Work
Maida Vale Sessions
The Noise Made by People
Haha Sound
The Future Crayon

“Ominous Cloud” just kept getting pushed higher and higher up in placement the more I listened to it. “Though you said goodbye/You did not leave my mind” are probably the best words Trish could’ve left us.

― Western® with Bacon Flavor,

Absolutely the same for me. It started in my top 20 but ended up top three. A beautifully uplifting song.

Beautiful results and lots of great writing about such a wonderful band.

My ballot:

1. The Book Lovers
Come On Let's Go
Ominous Cloud
Message From Home
I Found The F
Papercuts
Living Room
Echo's Answer
Look Outside
Subject To the Ladder
The World Backwards
Where Youth and Laughter Go
Lunch Hour Pops
Black Cat
Before We Begin
Goodbye Girls
Colour Me In
We've Got Time
America's Boy
Accidentals
Poem Of Dead Song
Phantom
According To No Plan
Michael A Grammar
Until Then
Lights Out
Man Is Not A Bird
You And Me In Time
Arc Of A Journey
Oh How I Miss You
Tears In The Typing Pool
Unchanging Window
Winter Now
You Can Fall
Minim
City In Progress
Corporeal
Long Was The Year
Chord Simple
40. Illumination

Albums/EPs

1. Work & Non Work
Tender Buttons
The Noise Made By People
Haha Sound
The Book Lovers EP
Maida Vale Sessions
The Future Crayon
Extended Play 2 EP
Pendulum
10. Mother Is The Milky Way

I’d describe my Broadcast taste as “basic”:

Tracks

Black Cat
Valerie
Pendulum
Echo's Answer
Corporeal
Tender Buttons
Unchanging Window
The Book Lovers
A Seancing Song
Ominous Cloud
Come On Let's Go
The Be Colony
Before We Begin
Where Youth and Laughter Go
Winter Now
Small Song IV
Elegant Elephant
According to No Plan
I Found the F
Poem of Dead Song
Let It Begin / Oh Joy
Tears in the Typing Pool
Colour Me In
In Here the World Begins
Message From Home
Forget Every Time
Minim
What I Saw
Living Room
We Are After All Here
We've Got Time
Accidentals
Distant Call
Papercuts
Chord Simple
Bit 35
Phantom
Ritual / Looking In
A Quiet Moment
Mother's Milk Means Music (At Home in the Universe)


LPs and EPs

HaHa Sound
Tender Buttons
Witch Cults of the Radio Age
The Noise Made by People
Mother is the Milky Way
Maida Vale Sessions
The Future Crayon
Work and Non-Work
Berberian Sound Studio
Microtronics 1 & 2

based on yr polling submissions, we're all "basic" broadcast fans!

Morvern Callar OST, never seen it

Basicness may be under-rated. Even though I enjoyed advocating for the messiness of Witch Cults at al as long-playing experiences, the individual tracks I actually plucked out for a ballot were still overwhelmingly 'pop' ones, or at least pretty and/or propulsive ones that stood up well in isolation.

My ballot existed mainly as a playlist so I'll make this public for a bit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3N6zPhyqhBOhmnU5mzavSS (Approximately this, from early April, plus "Dulcimer Jam" somewhere in the middle.)

Er, "Witch Cults et al".

“Basic” fan kinda sums me up. I’ve enjoyed the big albums over the years and have heard things like Be Colony and BSS but didn’t think I could rank favorites. This poll will be fantastic for doing a deeper dive though.

Been away for the weekend, good to see so many of you enjoyed the rollout. IMO a "basic" fan would be into the more famous tracks from TNMBP, Papercuts, perhaps a couple of earlier or later tracks - and I can see no ballots along those lines at all, matt you even have A Seancing Song at #9! (and I will try to find a slot for a Morvern Callar viewing)

Here's my ballot, I would recommend the non-placing remixes btw!

Tracks

Ominous Cloud
Phantom
Ritual / Looking In
Where Youth & Laughter Go
Forget Every Time
The World Backwards
Come On Let's Go
You Can Fall
Message From Home
Papercuts
According To No Plan
Unchanging Window / Chord Simple
Before We Begin
We've Got Time
Winter Now
Echo's Answer
The Book Lovers
Illumination
Michael A Grammar
Test Area
Avril - Be Yourself (Remixed by Broadcast)
Minim
Man Is Not A Bird
I See, So I See So
Badly Drawn Boy - Another Pearl (Broadcast Remix)
The Be Colony
Poem of Dead Song
Microtronics 05
Inside Out
City In Progress
Living Room
Hammer Without A Master
Locusts
Miki Furukawa - Coffee & Singing Girl!!! (Broadcast Remix)
Belly Dance
Dave's Dream
One Million Years Ago
Dead The Long Year
Hawk
Long Was The Year

LPs & EPs

Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
Work and Non Work
The Book Lovers
Extended Play
Extended Play Two
Microtronics
The Noise Made By People
Haha Sound
The Transactional Dharma of Roj
Maida Vale Sessions

Great roll-out and a pleasure to follow the discussion - thank you everyone, especially CaAL and N!N!N! for making this happen.

TRACKS
1 Come on let’s go
2 Before we begin
3 Michael a grammar
4 Man is not a bird
5 Unchanging Window/Chord simple
6 Corporeal
7 Lights out
8 The book lovers
9 Paper Cuts
10 Pendulum
11 Tears in the typing pool
12 Long was the year
13 Valerie
14 Echo’s answer
15 The Be Colony
16 Subject to the ladder
17 Lunch Hour Pops
18 America’s Boy
19 Black Cat
20 Ominous Cloud
21 Still feels like tears
22 Goodbye Girls
23 Colour me in
24 Where youth and laughter go
25 Winter now
26 “I See, so I see so”
27 The Little Bell
28 I found the F
29 Hammer without a master
30 Minim
31 Arc of a journey
32 Make my sleep his song
33 In Here the World Begins
34 Message from home
35 What I saw
36 Dave’s Dream
37 A Man for Atlantis
38 The Equestrian Vortex
39 According to no plan
40 O How I miss you


ALBUMS
1 Ha Ha Sound
2 Tender Buttons
3 The Noise made by People
4 Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
5 Work and Non-Work
6 The Future Crayon
7 Mother is the Milky Way

I had a lovely afternoon yesterday reading and listening through much of the Spotify playlist, starting at the top.

Yep, excellent work guys - threads like this refresh my faith in ILM :)

my mixed ballot!

Ranked
Come On Let’s Go
The Book Lovers
Before We Begin
City In Progress
Goodbye Girls
Man Is Not A Bird
The World Backwards
Black Cat
Where Youth And Laughter Go
Paper Cuts
America’s Boy
Unchanging Window / Chord Simple
Pendulum
Winter Now
Michael A Grammar
Tears In The Typing Pool

Unranked
The Little Bell
Echo’s Answer
Message From Home
Phantom
Poem of Dead Song
According to No Plan
Lights Out
You Can Fall
Until Then
Dead The Long Year
Lunch Hour Pops
Minim
Ominous Cloud
I Found The F
Corporeal
Bit 35
Subject To The Ladder
You And Me In Time
Test Area
Distant Call
Hammer Without A Master
Daves Dream
I see, so i see so
Long Was The Year

ALBUMS
Haha Sound
Tender Buttons
The Noise Made By People
Work And Non Work

Catching up with this belatedly (am abroad and have been w/o internet for a few days). Thanks to the poll runners for an excellent rollout experience and superb images. My #1s were Tender Buttons and "Echo's Answer" for the record.

My list. I still use Last.fm and it shows 500 plays for one band in a couple of weeks which is vv unusual for me. Brilliant poll - one of the best ever.

Until Then
Sixty Forty
We’ve Got Time
Corporeal
Echo’s Answer
Valerie
Goodnight Girls
Message From Home
Paper Cuts
City In Progress
Come on Let’s Go
I Found the F
A quiet word
Pendulum
Before We Begin
The Book Lovers
Accidentals
The Be Colony
Hawk
Make My Sleep His Song
Man Is Not a Bird
Forget Evertime
Lights Out
Living Room
Hammer Without A Master
Tears In the Typing Pool
Long Was The Year
Lunch Hour Pops
In Here The World Begins
Unchanging Window / Chord Simple
Teresa Lark of Ascension
Look Outside
Where Youth and Laughter Go
Tuesday’s Offering
The Aphid Sleeps
Microtonics 07
Elegant Elephant
The Equestrian Vortex
Illumination

watched Daisies and now i could see where a the influence in some TB era promo photos came from.

The results playlist on shuffle is currently my favourite thing in the world.
(up late, a little drunk/high, belly dance just hit)

I completely missed this poll and thread when it was live, but even a year later it's ILX at its best. good job everyone!