The
Rock Album Survivor game from MB has officially moved here so spread the word!
Breakdown of rules for those unfamiliar:
- The game is sectioned into battles of 10 rock albums each, belonging to a particular subgenre
- Those battles are divided into rounds where the participants vote off their least favorite albums once per round. As albums are eliminated this process is repeated until a winner is chosen for that battle
- In addition to the ordinary genre battles, albums that have been eliminated in previous battles may be nominated for "Revival" battles, which will total 4 in number. Thus far 2 Revival battles have been completed (see under "Finished battles (https://scd.community/index.php?topic=333.msg8204#msg8204)"). Nominations for revival are currently CLOSED.
- Users/participants may also nominate albums for Wild Card rounds. All albums under the Rock umbrella (at least vaguely) are eligible for nomination provided they have not been featured on any other list present, past or future. Wild card nominations are currently OPEN
Current battle: Hardcore Punk (https://scd.community/index.php?topic=333.msg26218#msg26218) Quote1. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
6. Ceremony - Rohnert Park
7. Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
8. The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
Next battle: TBA
Future Battles
AOR
1. Def Leppard - Hysteria
2. Journey - Escape
3. Toto - Toto IV
4. Styx - The Grand Illusion
5. Billy Squier - Don't Say No
6. Foreigner - 4
7. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
8. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
9. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
10. Survivor - Vital Signs
Blues Rock
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
2. Cream - Disraeli Gears
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
4. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
5. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
6. The Doors - L.A. Woman
7. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
8. Janis Joplin - Pearl
9. Dr. Feelgood - Down by the Jetty
10. The Immortal Lee County Killers - The Essential ****ed Up Blues!
Deathrock
1. Alien Sex Fiend - Acid Bath
2. 45 Grave - Sleep Safety
3. Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain
4. Samhain - November-Coming-Fire
5. Kommunity FK - The Vision and the Voice
6. Skeletal Family - Futile Combat
7. Cinema Strange - The Astonished Eyes of Evening
8. Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony
9. Xmal Deutschland - Tocsin
10. Screams for Tina - Screams for Tina
Folk Punk
1. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People That Can Eat Other People Are the Luckiest People in the World
2. Against Me! - Is Reinventing Axl Rose
3. Billy Brag - Life's a Riot W/ Spy vs. Spy
4. Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
5. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
6. Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
7. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression
9. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms
10. Titus Adronicus - The Monitor
Hardcore Punk
1. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
6. Ceremony - Rohnert Park
7. Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
8. The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
Indie Folk
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
3. The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
4. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
5. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
6. The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
7. Iron + Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
8. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
9. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Jam Rock
1. Colour Haze - Los Sounds de Krauts
2. Peter Green - The End of the Game
3. Siena Root - Different Realities
4. Gila - Gila
5. Cargo - Cargo
6. Man - Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day
7. Sweet Smoke - Just a Poke
8. Earthless - Sonic Prayer
9. Gov't Mule - Gov't Mule
10. Kollektiv - Kollektiv
Melodic Hardcore
1. Bad Religion - Suffer
2. Descendants - Milo Goes to College
3. H2O - F.T.T.W.
4. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
5. The Adolescents - The Adolescents
6. 88 Fingers Louie - Back on the Streets
7. The Flatliners - Cavalcade
8. The Falcon - Unicornography
9. Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits
10. Strike Anywhere - Change is a Sound
Pop Punk
1. Green Day - Dookie
2. Undertones - Undertones
3. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
4. The Dickies - The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
5. The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos
6. NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
7. Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
8. Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor
9. Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
10. Teenage Head - Teenage Head
Post-Grunge
1. Live - Throwing Copper
2. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
3. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
4. Audioslave - Audioslave
5. Pearl Jam - Ten
6. Creed - Human Clay
7. Days of the New - Days of the New II
8. Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
9. Three Days Grace - One-X
10. Seether - Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
Post-Hardcore
1. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
2. Unwound - New Plastic Ideas
3. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
4. Fugazi - In on the Killer Taker
5. Touche Amore - Is Survived By
6. Small Brown Bike- Our Own Wars
7. La Dispute - Wildlife
8. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
9. Bitch Magnet - Ben Hur
10. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Post-Punk
1. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
3. Wire - Pink Flag
4. This Heat - Deceit
5. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
6. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
8. The Pop Group - Y
9. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
10. Television - Marquee Moon
Revival Battle #3 (incomplete)
1. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
3. David Bowie - Low
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Doors - The Doors
7. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
8. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
9. -
10.-
Rock Opera
1. Pink Floyd - The Wall
2. Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
3. The Who - Quadrophenia
4. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
6. Rush - 2112
7. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
8. Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
9. The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
10. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Skate Punk
1. Bad Religion - No Control
2. The Offspring - Smash
3. Descendants - Everything Sucks
4. NOFX - Punk in Drublic
5. Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
6. Face to Face - Don't Turn Away
7. The Vandals - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
8. Pennywise - About Time
9. Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings
10. Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers
Soft Rock
1. Carole King - Tapestry
2. America - America
3. George Harrison - George Harrison
4. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
5. Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
6. Paul McCartney and Wings - Red Rose Speedway
7. The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute
8. Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy
9. Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder
10. Moody Blues- Long Distance Voyager
Space Rock
1. Spiritualized® - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
2. Gong - You
3. UFO - UFO2
4. Monster Magnet - Dopes to Infinity
5. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
6. Earthless - Rhythms From a Cosmic Sky
7. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
8. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
9. Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Pink Lady Lemonade - You're From Outer Space
10. Loop - A Gilded Eternity
Stoner Rock
1. Melvins - Houdini
2. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
3. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
4. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
5. Boris - Akuma no Uta
6. Fu Manchu - King of the Road
7. Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues
8. Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
9. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
10. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Wild Card #2 (incomplete)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
4. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
5. David Bowie - Station to Station
6. Rush - Moving Pictures
7. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
8. -
9. -
10. -
4 Revival Rounds
4 Wild Card Rounds (see above)
– March 20th - Apr. 9th
Hardcore Punk – Apr. 10th - Apr. 30th
Wild Card #2 – TBD
(all above dates are approximate)
Finished Battles
70's Arena Rock
10. Pat Benatar - In The Heat of the Night
9. Eagles - Hotel California
8. Journey - Infinity
7. Scorpions - Lovedrive
6. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
5. Police - Reggatta De Blanc
4. Alice Cooper - Killer
3. Boston - Boston
2. Queen - A Night at the Opera
1. Van Halen - Van Halen
Alternative Rock
10. Muse - Origin of Symmetry
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
8. Weezer - Weezer [Blue Album]
7. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. The Smiths - The Smiths
3. Nirvana - In Utero
2. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1. Radiohead - OK Computer
Art Rock
10. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
9. Queen - Queen II
8. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
7. Magazine - Real Life
6. Brian Eno - Another Green World
5. David Bowie - Low
4. King Crimson - Discipline
3. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Clear Spot
2. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Avant-Prog
10. Thinking Plague - In This Life
9. Art Zoyd - Musique pour l'Odyssée
8. Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
7. Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid
6. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
5. Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
4. Etron fou Leloublan - Batelages
3. Univers zéro - Hérésie
2. Fred Frith - Gravity
1. Aqsak Maboul - Un peu de l'âme des bandits
Britpop
10. Elastica - Elastica
9. The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
7. Travis - The Man Who
6. The Auteurs - New Wave
5. Pulp - Different Class
4. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
3. Suede - Dog Man Star
2. Doves - Lost Souls
1. Blur - Parklife
Canterbury Scene
10. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
9. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
8. Gong - Flying Teapot
7. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
6. Khan - Space Shanty
5. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
3. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
2. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
1. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Country Rock
10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
9. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Hearts of Stone
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
7. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
6. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
5. Grateful Dead - American Beauty
4. J.J. Cale - Naturally
3. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
2. Gene Clark - No Other
1. Neil Young - Harvest
Crossover Thrash
10. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
9. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. D.R.I. - Crossover
6. Carnivore - Retaliation
5. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
4. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
3. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
2. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
1. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Crust Punk
10. Dystopia - The Aftermath
9. Mammoth Grinder - Extinction of Humanity
8. Anti Cimex - Scandinavian Jawbreaker
7. Aus-Rotten - The System Works for Them
6. Extreme Noise Terror - A Holocaust In Your Head
5. Skitsystem - Stigmata
4. Doom - Total Doom
3. Wolfpack - A New Dawn Fades
2. Amebix - Arise
1. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Emo
10. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Whenever, If Ever
9. Mineral - Endserenading
8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
7. American Football - American Football
6. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace is There
5. Cursive - Domestica
4. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
3. Cap'n Jazz - Shmap'n Shmazz
2. Title Fight - Floral Green
1. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Experimental Rock
10. Mr. Bungle - California
9. The Red Krayola - Parable of Arable Land
8. Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
7. This Heat - This Heat
6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
4. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
2. The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
1. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Folk Rock
10. The Pentangle - Basket of Light
9. Songs: Ohia - Didn't it Rain
8. The Band - The Band
7. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
6. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
4. Joni Mitchell - Blue
3. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Free Rock
10. Orthrelm - 2nd 18/O4 Norildivoth Crallos Lomrixth Urthiln
9. The Suite Unraveling - The Suite Unraveling
8. Noxagt - Noxagt
7. Ultralyd - Inertiadrome
6. Many Arms - Suspended Definition
5. Zs - Arms
4. Laddio Bolocko - Strange Warmings of Laddio Bolocko
3. The Flying Luttenbachers - Infection and Decline
2. The Thing - Bag It!
1. Zu - Igneo
Funk Rock
10. Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs
9. Living Colour - Vivid
8. Beck - Midnite Vultures
7. Faith No More - The Real Thing
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
5. Prince - Sign O the Times
4. Primus - Frizzle Fry
3. Tim Buckley - Greetings from L.A.
2. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Garage Rock
10. The Litter - Distortions
9. The Seeds - The Seeds
8. The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
7. The Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
6. The White Stripes - Elephant
5. The Dirtbombs - Ulltraglide in Black
4. The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
3. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
2. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
1. The Stooges - Fun House
Glam Rock
10. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
9. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
8. Slade - Slayed
7. T-Rex - Electric Warrior
6. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
5. Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
3. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
2. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
1. Lou Reed - Transformer
Gothic Rock
10. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
9. Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
8. Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity
7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
6. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
5. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
4. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
3. The Cure - Disintegration
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
1. Killing Joke - Night Time
Grunge
10. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
9. Screaming Trees - Uncle Anesthesia
8. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
7. Green River - Rehab Doll
6. Love Battery - Dayglo
5. Tad - 8-Way Santa
4. Mad Season - Above
3. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
1. Alice In Chains - Dirt
Hard Rock
10. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
9. Kiss - Destroyer
8. AC/DC - Back in Black
7. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
6. Deep Purple - Machine Head
5. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
4. The Who - Who's Next
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Indie Rock
10. The Strokes - Is This It
9. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral
7. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
6. Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
5. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
4. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
3. Pixies - Doolittle
2. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
1. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Industrial Rock
10. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
9. Chrome - Red Exposure
8. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
7. Foetus - Hole
6. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
5. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
4. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
3. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
2. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Jazz Fusion
10. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
9. Soft Machine - Third
8. Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
7. John McLaughlin - Devotion
6. Mahavishnu Orchestra
5. Larry Coryell - Spaces
4. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
1. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Jazz-Rock
10. Morphine - Cure for Pain
9. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
8. Steely Dan - Aja
7. Gong - Shamal
6. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
5. Embryo - Rock Session
4. Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
3. Santana - Caravanserai
2. Naked City - Radio
1. Magma - Magma
Krautrock
10. Faust - Faust IV
9. Sand - Golem
8. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
6. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
4. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
3. Can - Tago Mago
2. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
1. Neu! - Neu!
Math Rock
10. June of 44 - Tropics and Meridians
9. Don Caballero - American Don
8. This Town Needs Guns - Animals
7. LITE - Filmlets
6. Piglet - Lava Land
5. Faraquet - The View From This Tower
4. Tera Melos - Tera Melos
3. Battles - Gloss Drop
2. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
1. Shellac - At Action Park
Mod
10. The Prisoners - A Taste of Pink!
9. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
8. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
7. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
6. The Easybeats - Vigil
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
4. The Action - Rolled Gold
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
Neo-Psychedelia
10. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
9. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8. Tame Impala - Lonerism
7. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
6. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
5. Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage Animation Music Vol. 1
4. The Gris Gris - The Gris Gris
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
1. Fishmans - Long Season
New Wave
10. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
9. Duran Duran - Rio
8. Blondie - Parallel Lines
7. The Police - Synchronicity
6. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
5. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
4. The B-52's - The B-52's
3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
2. Depeche Mode - Violator
1. The Cars - The Cars
No Wave
10. Circle X - Untitled
9. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
8. Swans - Filth
7. Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978
6. DNA - DNA on DNA
5. Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex
4. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Everything
3. Massacre - Killing Time
2. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
1. James Chance and the Contortions - Buy
Noise Rock
10. Boredoms - Pop Tatari
9. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
8. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
7. Unsane - Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
6. Harry Pussy - Harry Pussy
5. Les Rallizes Dénudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family
4. Fushitsusha - 悲愴
3. Cows - Sexy Pee Story
2. Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
1. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
Pop Rock
10. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
9. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
7. Peter Gabriel - So
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
5. XTC - Skylarking
4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
3. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2. Beatles - Abbey Road
1. R.E.M. - Murmur
Post-Punk Revival
10. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
8. The Sounds - Living In America
7. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
6. Editors - The Back Room
5. The National - Boxer
4. Savages - Silence Yourself
3. The Rapture - Echoes
2. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
1. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
Post-Rock
10. Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
9. A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...
8. Bark Psychosis - Hex
7. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
6. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
5. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
4. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
3. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
1. Slint - Spiderland
Power Pop
10. Weezer - Pinkerton
9. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
8. The Jam - All Mod Cons
7. Sugar - Copper Blue
6. Supergrass - I Should Coco
5. Squeeze - Argybargy
4. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
3. Badfinger - Straight Up
2. Big Star - #1 Record
1. The Replacements - Tim
Prog Rock
10. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
9. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
8. Rush - Hemispheres
7. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
5. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Yes - Fragile
3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1. King Crimson - Red
Proto-Punk
10. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
8. MC5 - High Time
7. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
6. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
5. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
4. Patti Smith - Horses
3. Monks - Black Monk Time
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Psychedelic Rock
10. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
9. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
8. Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron
7. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
6. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
5. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
3. The Doors - The Doors
2. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1. Love - Forever Changes
Punk Rock
10. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
9. Agent Orange - Living In Darkness
8. Wipers - Youth of America
7. The Clash - London Calling
6. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
5. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
4. Xray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
3. Ramones - Ramones
2. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
1. X - Los Angeles
R&B/Soul
10. Michael Jackson - Bad
9. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
8. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
7. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
6. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
5. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
4. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
3. Prince - 1999
2. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Revival Battle #1
10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Revival Battle #2
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
9. Prince - 1999
8. Pixies - Doolittle
7. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
6. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
5. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
4. Can - Tago Mago
3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2. The Cure - Disintegration
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
Rock and Roll
10. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
9. The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
8. Bo Diddley - Have Guitar, Will Travel
7. Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up
6. The Animals - The Animals
5. The Who - My Generation
4. Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top
3. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
2. Small Faces - Small Faces
1. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Shoegaze
10. Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons
9. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
8. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
7. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
6. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
5. Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing
4. Ride - Nowhere
3. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
2. Lush - Spooky
1. Slowdive - Souvlaki
Ska / 2-Tone
10. The Soul Brothers - Hot Shot
9. Madness - One Step Beyond...
8. Bad Manners - Ska 'n' B
7. The Wailing Wailers - The Wailing Wailers
6. Toots and the Maytals - Sweet and Dandy
5. Prince Buster - I Feel the Spirit
4. The Skatalites - Ska-Boo-Da-Ba
3. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
2. The Specials - The Specials
1. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure
Symphonic Prog
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
9. Gentle Giant - Octopus
8. Camel - Mirage
7. Genesis - Foxtrot
6. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
5. Änglagård - Hybris
4. Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
3. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
2. Yes - Close to the Edge
1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Synthpunk
10. Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
9. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
8. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
7. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
6. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
5. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
3. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
2. Suicide - Suicide
1. Units - Digital Stimulation
Wild Card #1
10. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
9. Whatever Brains - Whatever Brains [2012]
8. Def Leppard - Pyromania
7. Mission of Burma - Vs.
6. Helmet - Meantime
5. Flipper - Generic Flipper
4. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
2. Ween - The Mollusk
1. The Residents - Meet the Residents
Zeuhl
10. Alain Eckert Quartet - Alain Eckert Quartet
9. Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
8. Kōenjihyakkei - Nivraym
7. Ruins - Burning Stone
6. Christian Vander - Tristan et Iseult
5. Dün - Eros
4. Eskaton - 4 Visions
3. Guapo - Five Suns
2. Zao - Shekina
1. Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Canceled Battles
Screamo
4. Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
3. Pageninetynine - Document #8
2. Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World
1. City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar
Voted Off:
10. Union of Uranus - To This Bearer of Truth
9. Heroin - All About Heroin
8. June Paik - June Paik
7. Jeromes Dream - Seeing Means More Than Safety
6. Orchid - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!
5. Envy - All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
Psychobilly
1. The Gun Club - Fire of Love
2. The Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People
3. The Reverend Horton Heat - Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
4. The Meteors - Wreckin' Crew
5. Tiger Army - Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlight
6. Rezurex - Beyond the Grave
7. Demented Are Go! - In Sickness & In Health
8. Nekromantix - Return of the Loving Dead
9. The Quakes - The Quakes
10. Mad Sin - Dead Moon's Calling
Ska Punk
1. Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
4. Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
5. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
6. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create
7. Operation Ivy - Energy
8. Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition
9. Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
10. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
80's Arena Rock*
1. Rush - Moving Pictures
2. Journey - Escape
3. Toto - Toto IV
4. Def Leppard - Hysteria
5. Billy Squier - Don't Say No
6. Genesis - Invisible Touch
7. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
8. Van Halen - 1984
9. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
10. The Cult - Sonic Temple
Arena-Oriented Rock**
1. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
2. Journey - Frontiers
3. Toto - The Seventh One
4. Styx - The Grand Illusion
5. Boston - Third Stage
6. Foreigner - 4
7. Survivor - Vital Signs
8. Mr. Mister - Welcome To The Real World
9. Bad English - Bad English
10. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
* 6 albums from this list were moved into the AOR list. Moving Pictures was moved to Wild Card #2.
** 4 albums from this list were moved into AOR.
Placeholder4
Placeholder5 (just to be on the safe side ;) )
Next battle begins now!
Jazz Fusion
1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
5. Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
6. Soft Machine - Third
7. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
9. Larry Coryell - Spaces
10. John McLaughlin - Devotion
Vote 4 off. I'm gonna make this very simple and say the deadline for voting in the first round is June 1. Have some stuff I need to focus on before then anyway. Happy listening!
Is it bad form to vote if we haven't heard every album on the list?
I would recommend listening to all of them (especially given there's a 2 week initial voting period) but if you're sure enough of how your preferences would stack up then don't let me stop you.
One possible way to deal with it if you're short on time could maybe be to just sample a track or two from the one's you haven't heard and then approximate how you would rank those albums. Up to you though :)
I pretty much have to listen to all ten (Have heard six so far and they're out of this world) so it's good to have the extra time.
PS- You said Soul wasn't really rock but it's closer to the form than jazz fusion, great as it is, don't you think?
Quote from: Rubber Soul on May 18, 2023, 05:45 PMPS- You said Soul wasn't really rock but it's closer to the form than jazz fusion, great as it is, don't you think?
Arguably, and as I've said I wasn't involved in choosing what genres were included initially, but from what I understand the logic was along the lines of "we can allow a few examples of other genres fused with rock influences (examples being Country Rock, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Funk Rock, Crossover Thrash, Power Pop etc.), but genres that belong primarily under different umbrellas (Soul/R&B, Country/Western and also Metal being considered enough of its own thing to be separate from "Rock" in a general sense) should be excluded".
For my own money, I'm just trying to be cautious that the list of genres doesn't balloon out much more than it already has. From what I can tell it's likely that some of the battles we have remaining may need to be cancelled on account of being too niche/not engaging enough, plus it would just take too long to get through all of them. Let's say you added to that the entire scope of Soul, R&B, Funk and whatever else would be adjacent to those styles: Easily more than 10 extra battles to the roster, and at that rate we'll stil be here in a decade :laughing:
If you ever got an "R&B Album Survivor" together though, then count me in (as long as you're the one running it ;) )
Quote from: GD on May 18, 2023, 06:41 PMArguably, and as I've said I wasn't involved in choosing what genres were included initially, but from what I understand the logic was along the lines of "we can allow a few examples of other genres fused with rock influences (examples being Country Rock, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Funk Rock, Crossover Thrash, Power Pop etc.), but genres that belong primarily under different umbrellas (Soul/R&B, Country/Western and also Metal being considered enough of its own thing to be separate from "Rock" in a general sense) should be excluded".
For my own money, I'm just trying to be cautious that the list of genres doesn't balloon out much more than it already has. From what I can tell it's likely that some of the battles we have remaining may need to be cancelled on account of being too niche/not engaging enough, plus it would just take too long to get through all of them. Let's say you added to that the entire scope of Soul, R&B, Funk and whatever else would be adjacent to those styles: Easily more than 10 extra battles to the roster, and at that rate we'll stil be here in a decade :laughing:
If you ever got an "R&B Album Survivor" together though, then count me in (as long as you're the one running it ;) )
I can do that.I can think of six classic gems already from Otis Redding to Michael Jackson :D
I got my ten R&B/Soul if anyone is interested after the jazz fusion.
Meanwhile, here are my eliminated:
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
John McLaughlin- Devotion
Al Di Meola- Elegant Gypsy
Soft Machine- Third
Quote from: Rubber Soul on May 21, 2023, 07:42 PMI got my ten R&B/Soul if anyone is interested after the jazz fusion.
Meanwhile, here are my eliminated:
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
John McLaughlin- Devotion
Al Di Meola- Elegant Gypsy
Soft Machine- Third
I would be interested in R&B/Soul
Quote from: Rubber Soul on May 18, 2023, 06:48 PMI can do that.I can think of six classic gems already from Otis Redding to Michael Jackson :D
Quote from: Rubber Soul on May 21, 2023, 07:42 PMI got my ten R&B/Soul if anyone is interested after the jazz fusion.
Oh, right
I was actually thinking along the lines of a thread of its own that could cover the entire field of all things R&B and Soul, where you could have several battles (like in this thread) split into categories like Philly Soul, Chicago Soul, Southern soul, Funk, Motown Sound, Classic R&B, Contemporary R&B, Alt-R&B etc. etc.
Your idea works too though. If you could post your list of 10 albums I can add it to the "Future battles" roster :) Then we'll have it queued up immediately after the end of this current battle
Okay, this is my proposed list...
James Brown- Live at the Apollo
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
Prince- 1999
Michael Jackson- Bad
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
I do like the idea of the sub-genres but then you fall into the trap of getting into too many genres to count. Still, we are missing some important artists such as Parliament/Funkadelic, the Temptations, The O'Jays, well, you get the idea.
Anyway, this is a preliminary list. If you think we can improve on it, let me know. :)
I was familiar with a few of these and listened to about half of the other half (no I'm not talking about the missus).
Here's my eliminated:
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Larry Coryell - Spaces
John McLaughlin - Devotion
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Soft Machine - Third
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Our time's up for this round and the result is a whopping five-way tie between Weather Report, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Soft Machine and Mahavishnu Orchestra. As this is the first round, and there's no way to break the tie, they are all out!
Round 2
1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
9. Larry Coryell - Spaces
Vote 2 off by June 7 [edit].
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Larry Coryell - Spaces
Quote from: Rubber Soul on May 23, 2023, 11:15 PMOkay, this is my proposed list...
James Brown- Live at the Apollo
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
Prince- 1999
Michael Jackson- Bad
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
That list certainly seems fine, although as far as MJ goes, maybe
Thriller is marginally preferable to
Bad? Not the biggest deal though, so I will leave it up to you and others' best judgement. I'll make sure to add the battle into the overview before long, at any rate
OK, since there's now less than 24 hours to the end of the round and only one person has voted so far, I'll extend the deadline a little bit to give some extra time. The new deadline for this round is June 7.
Hopefully I'll also have sorted out my own rankings by then as well. The massacre that was the first round at least eliminated a few I had yet to hear :laughing:
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Larry Coryell - Spaces
Larry Coryell is out.
Round 3
1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Vote 2 off by June 9.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Return to Forever
Frank Zappa
RTF
Frank Zappa
Chick Corea and Return to Forever is now out.
Round 4
1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Vote 1 off by June 11.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Frank Zappa
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Well, I think it's pretty clear that Miles Davis is out, which brings us to the final round.
Final Round
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Vote 1 off by June 13.
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
The battle is coming to a close and
Herbie Hancock takes the win!
Results10. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
9. Soft Machine - Third
8. Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
7. John McLaughlin - Devotion
6. Mahavishnu Orchestra
5. Larry Coryell - Spaces
4. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
1. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters______________________________________________
Time for the next battle,
R&B/Soul where
@Rubber Soul will be taking the reins for the time being. These are the albums for the upcoming battle unless somebody would like to suggest any changes:
R&B/Soul
1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
2. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
3. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
4. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
5. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
9. Michael Jackson - Bad
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Quote from: GD on Jun 13, 2023, 11:01 PMR&B/Soul
1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
2. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
3. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
4. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
5. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
9. Michael Jackson - Bad
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The list looks good to me.
Quote from: GD on Jun 13, 2023, 11:01 PMTime for the next battle, R&B/Soul where @Rubber Soul will be taking the reins for the time being.
Does anyone know if he's around to run the battle or not? I know that he's been having issues with his health lately, so if he's indisposed because of that, I don't mind running the R&b battle for now. The albums will remain same at any rate so feel free to start listening to prepare your rankings
Quote from: GD on Jun 16, 2023, 11:25 PMDoes anyone know if he's around to run the battle or not? I know that he's been having issues with his health lately, so if he's indisposed because of that, I don't mind running the R&b battle for now. The albums will remain same at any rate so feel free to start listening to prepare your rankings
He hasn't posted anything lately that I'm aware of.
I'll just get us going for now. I will leave it to
@Rubber Soul to take over the scorekeeping at any point when/if he is ready to do so
R&B/Soul1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
2. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
3. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
4. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
5. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
9. Michael Jackson - Bad
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Vote 4 off. Since it's already been in the air for some time, I think a shorter deadline than usual is probably alright:
June 27 will be the end of voting for this round.
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Michael Jackson - Bad
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Michael Jackson - Bad
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
Michael Jackson - Bad
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Triple elimination in the first round; Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill are all out.
Round 2
1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
2. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
4. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
5. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
Vote 3 off by July 3. [edit]
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Gonna extend the deadline a little to give some extra time for people to vote. Might join in this round or the next if I can get my rankings in order by then
New deadline: July 3.
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Sorry for the delay. Two more are out, namely Otis Redding and Curtis Mayfield.
Round 3
1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
4. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
Vote 2 off by July 7.
Finally narrowed it down to where I've heard all the albums on the list, so...
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
I re-read the rules of this and realized I've been doing it wrong the whole time. I've been listing the two that I like the most out of the list not the ones that I want to vote out. Pretty much have been voting backwards anyways. I think I got it now.
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Isaac Hayes is out.
Round 4
1. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
Vote 2 off by July 9.
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Prince - 1999
James Brown has been eliminated. Not far to go until this battle is concluded
Round 5
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8. Prince - 1999
Vote 1 off by July 11.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Prince - 1999
Prince - 1999
Sorry for the late update again. Had some trouble loading the site during the past few days for some reason. Anyway, Prince is out and we've reached the final round.
Final Round
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Vote 1 off by July 16.
As this battle is nearly over, feel free to make suggestions for the next one to do. As always, the list of genres remaining are on the first page of the thread.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
I would love to have the prog or krautrock battle next.
This final vote came down to a coin-toss for me.
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Tough call but...
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
It was a close battle 'til the very last, but in the end
What's Going On by
Marvin Gaye takes the win!
Results10. Michael Jackson - Bad
9. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
8. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
7. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
6. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
5. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
4. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
3. Prince - 1999
2. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On________________________________________
Gonna wait a little longer to announce the next battle, but just an early heads up: I'm gonna take a few weeks off from running this thread once the next battle is posted; probably until early August at least. Therefore, the deadline for the first round of the next battle is going to be somewhat longer than usual.
So far,
Krautrock and
Prog Rock has been suggested by
@Mrs. Waffles for the next battle. I'd gladly go for either of those possibilities, but I'd like to check how many others are interested in those, or alternatively if you'd like to suggest something else, you can do that too.
Krautrock or Prog Rock are fine with me. No preference for one over the other.
I'd prefer the krautrock battle, I think it's a more diverse smattering of albums and I'd be very interested to see SCD's preferences.
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jul 18, 2023, 05:10 AMI'd prefer the krautrock battle, I think it's a more diverse smattering of albums and I'd be very interested to see SCD's preferences.
Ah yes, that makes sense. Also, it might be good to put off the Prog rock battle until TH is back, since I'd bet he'd want to participate in that one.
Everybody fine with the current list for
Krautrock?
Quote1. Sand - Golem
2. Faust - Faust IV
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
6. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
8. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
9. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
10. Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
It looks pretty fine to me at least. I'd question whether albums like
Autobahn and the Popol Vuh one should be considered krautrock, but I can see that it's at least adjacent but sort of tapping into that more electronic-oriented "Berlin school" sound or whatever. At any rate, I'm probably fine with not changing anything about the list if nobody else has any complaints
Quote from: GD on Jul 18, 2023, 05:35 PMAh yes, that makes sense. Also, it might be good to put off the Prog rock battle until TH is back, since I'd bet he'd want to participate in that one.
Everybody fine with the current list for Krautrock?
It looks pretty fine to me at least. I'd question whether albums like Autobahn and the Popol Vuh one should be considered krautrock, but I can see that it's at least adjacent but sort of tapping into that more electronic-oriented "Berlin school" sound or whatever. At any rate, I'm probably fine with not changing anything about the list if nobody else has any complaints
I think that's a good list, not one of the best Tangerine Dream albums but it's the closest to a more classic "krautrock" sound than Berlin School or pure ambient. Popol Vuh yeah that album is more new age/space music but I love it to bits and it adds some diversity, as does Autobahn. So I'm fine with that list.
It looks like there are no real complaints with regard to the next battle's list, so I'll just get us going for now
Krautrock
1. Sand - Golem
2. Faust - Faust IV
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
6. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
8. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
9. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
10. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Vote 4 off by August 6.
Finally a battle where I've heard most of the albums right off the bat, haha. I just finished listening to the only one I hadn't, so I'm ready to (kraut)rock.
Sand - Golem
Faust - Faust IV
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Can - Tago Mago
Faust
Kraftwerk
Cluster
Harmonia
Sand - Golem
Faust - Faust IV
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
We're about to enter the second round with Faust having been eliminated.
Round 2
1. Sand - Golem
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
6. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
8. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
9. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
10. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Vote 4 off by August 9.
Sand - Golem
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Kraftwerk
Cluster
Tangerine Dream
Harmonia
Sand - Golem
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Can - Tago Mago
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
And all of a sudden, Sand, Kraftwerk and Cluster are all gone. Next round begins now
Round 3
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
9. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
10. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Vote 3 off by August 12.
Can - Tago Mago
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Amon Düül II
Tangerine Dream
Harmonia
Amon Düül II - Yeti
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Double elimination this round; Amon Düül II and Tangerine Dream are both out.
Round 4
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
10. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Vote 2 off by August 15.
Can - Tago Mago
Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Can - Tago Mago
Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
Neu!
Harmonia
Harmonia is out. We're nearing the end
Round 5
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Can - Tago Mago
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Vote 1 off by August 17.
Can - Tago Mago
Changed my ranking around a lil' bit
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Can - Tago Mago
Can has been eliminated; heading into the final round now
Final Round
3. Neu! - Neu!
7. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Vote 1 off by August 24. [edit]
Popol Vuh
Neu! - Neu!
Sorry I haven't had time to update in the last few days. It's a dead tie between the finalists with no way to break the tie. I'm extending the deadline a little more until
August 24 to give
@Psy-Fi or someone else a chance to vote
Quote from: GD on Aug 21, 2023, 10:24 PMSorry I haven't had time to update in the last few days. It's a dead tie between the finalists with no way to break the tie. I'm extending the deadline a little more until August 24 to give @Psy-Fi or someone else a chance to vote
Thanks for the extension. I forgot the deadline was yesterday.
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
I guess is settled then; Popol Vuh has been eliminated, which means Neu! takes the win in this battle
Results
10. Faust - Faust IV
9. Sand - Golem
8. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
7. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
6. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
5. Amon Düül II - Yeti
4. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
3. Can - Tago Mago
2. Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
1. Neu! - Neu!
Announcement:
I've taken the liberty of deciding the order of all the remaining battles by using a random sequence generator to determine it, with some minor edits to ensure variety and avoid too many samey consecutive genre battles. First up in the order came the second of four Revival battles (one having already been completed over on MB).
I now welcome everyone to have a look at the Finished Battles (https://scd.community/index.php?topic=333.msg8204#msg8204) list on the first page and nominate non-first place albums for revival, preferably among those that placed second or third in their respective battles, but other options can also be discussed if there is a good argument for it.
edit: Forgot to mention it but any albums that were featured in the first Revival round (see under "Finished battles") can be disregarded, in case it wasn't clear. In other words, when an album is nominated for revival it has only that one chance to be "revived" and only the album that places first in the respective battles will get to move on, same as the regular genre battles. /edit
I will take suggestions until we've filled up the first revival list of 10 albums, but don't don't hesitate to suggest as many as you want; if we get to more than 10 I will just keep adding them to the subsequent revival round list, considering there's two more of those left after we've done the upcoming one.
Once we have a good list we'll get going with the battle, though I expect it might get to be at least a week from now until we've settled on those 10 albums.
I'll also soon be posting a tentative schedule for the most immediate upcoming battles including the next one, so that people can prepare their rankings in advance a little earlier than we've been able to do in the past, so look out for that.
Until then!
So we choose one album that placed second or third from each finished battle genre for consideration in a new battle in their respective genres?
Is that correct or am I misunderstanding this?
Prince - 1999
Ramones - Ramones
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Idk how many suggestions per person but I decided to go with three and picked from generally the top 4 of the previous battles.
Quote from: Psy-Fi on Aug 26, 2023, 11:06 PMSo we choose one album that placed second or third from each finished battle genre for consideration in a new battle in their respective genres?
Is that correct or am I misunderstanding this?
Essentially, but you don't have to nominate something from every finished battle, just the ones you feel are deserving of an extra chance. The resulting list will thus contain albums representing a variety of genres, similar to the first Revival battle (where Devo ended up winning)
I'll nominate a few just to give a concrete example for everyone:
So, when looking through the overview of the battles we've done so far I'm seeing albums by
Neil Young,
Pixies and
Can placing in 2nd or 3rd that I feel might deserve another shot, so I will nominate those and start adding them in my preliminary list like so:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
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10.
There are other albums I might like to nominate, like
Iggy Pop's
The Idiot, but that was already included in the first revival battle, and is therefore not eligible.
So basically everyone else can nominate as many as they feel like, and if we end up with more than 10 albums it's no problem because we'll just keep adding the albums into the subsequent revival rounds, keeping in mind that we should leave a few spots empty for albums from the genre lists we've yet to do.
Any other questions?
Quote from: DJChameleon on Aug 27, 2023, 06:49 PMPrince - 1999
Ramones - Ramones
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Idk how many suggestions per person but I decided to go with three and picked from generally the top 4 of the previous battles.
Great! I'll add those, although Ramones were already in Revival battle #1, so they aren't eligible sadly:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
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8.
9.
10.
These are the albums that were included in the last revival round, in case anyone has trouble finding where it's listed:
Spoiler
10. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
8. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Ramones - Ramones
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
3. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
2. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
I'll nominate three as well.
David Bowie - Low
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Cure - Disintegration
Assuming I'm reading the rules right, those are my picks.
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Aug 27, 2023, 08:37 PMI'll nominate three as well.
David Bowie - Low
Yes - Close to the Edge
The Cure - Disintegration
Assuming I'm reading the rules right, those are my picks.
Yes, those are all fine, and good choices btw :)
Current nominees:
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
6. David Bowie - Low
7. Yes - Close to the Edge
8. The Cure - Disintegration
9. -
10.-
I looked through all the finished battles and these were the ones I liked which haven't been mentioned yet...
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
The Doors - The Doors
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
The ones which have already been mentioned are all top-notch picks. :thumb:
Quote from: Psy-Fi on Aug 27, 2023, 11:14 PMI looked through all the finished battles and these were the ones I liked which haven't been mentioned yet...
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
The Doors - The Doors
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
The ones which have already been mentioned are all top-notch picks. :thumb:
Great, that fills up one list then and most of a second one :) I'm gonna suggest we end the nominations for now, just to make sure we have room enough in the last few revival round for albums from the 25 or so remaining genres in our line-up.
Below I've re-ordered the nominated albums a bit to avoid having albums from the same genre or artist crop up in the same battle. If everyone is satisfied with this sorting we can get the next battle going fairly soon, I think.
Revival Battle #21. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
9. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
10.The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
Revival Battle #3 (incomplete)
1. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
3. David Bowie - Low
4. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Doors - The Doors
7. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
8. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
9. -
10.-
Here's a schedule I've made for the next upcoming battles, as determined by the randomly generated sequence. All dates are approximate, but I'm thinking we're going to be starting with the scheduled
revival round on Monday unless someone would like to amend the list in some way:
Revival Battle #2 – (Sept. 4th – Sept. 24th)
List
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
9. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
– (Sept. 24th – Oct. 14th)
Wild Card (1) – (Oct. 14th - Nov. 3rd)
Ska Punk – (Nov. 3rd - Nov. 23rd)
Nobody had any comments regarding the list so I'll just get the next battle started
Revival Battle #2
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
9. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
Vote 4 off by September 12.
Several of these have featured in somewhat recent battles, so I think a week should be enough for the first deadline, but I'm open to extending it if someone requests it.
Sonics
Yes
Pixies
Prince
Pixies - Doolittle
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Pixies - Doolittle
Can - Tago Mago
Prince - 1999
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Can - Tago Mago
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Frank Zappa - Freak Out
Prince
Allman Brothers
Frank Zappa
The Sonics
The Sonics are the first to go. Moving on
Round 2
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. Prince - 1999
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
8. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
9. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Vote 4 off by September 14.
Pixies - Doolittle
Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
Prince
Allman Brothers
Frank Zappa
Neil Young
Can
Allman Brothers
Frank Zappa
Bowie (not my fav bowie record)
Yes
Pixies
Prince
Pixies - Doolittle
Can - Tago Mago
Prince - 1999
The Cure - Disintegration
It's getting controversial now; every remaining album has received at least one vote this round, and the result is actually a four-way tie, meaning Pixies, Prince, Allman Brothers and Frank Zappa are all out at the same time!
Round 3
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
3. Can - Tago Mago
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
Vote 2 off by September 16.
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Can - Tago Mago
Can - Tago Mago
The Cure - Disintegration
Neil Young
David Bowie
Neil Young
Can
This battle is going by faster than I expected. Now both Neil Young and Can are out.
Round 4
5. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
Vote 1 off by September 18.
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Interest check:Who knows/think that they will be participating in the next upcoming battle in the schedule, namely
Crossover Thrash?
Crossover Thrash
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
2. D.R.I. - Crossover
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
4. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
6. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Carnivore - Retaliation
If interest is too low we might want to postpone this one (or at worst cancel the battle outright), which means we would move on the first
Wild Card battle next instead. So just let me know if you are up for the one we have scheduled, and then I'll make the decision within the next few days
David Bowie
Also I have no idea about those bands and I would have to listen to them before the voting process starts to see which ones I prefer. Actually I vaguely know GWAR because of Beavis and Butthead but never listened to an album from them.
I've heard all of those except for M.O.D., Cryptic Slaughter and Carnivore, so I would be fine with doing it if others are interested.
The Cure - Disintegration
I've heard 4 out of the 10 albums in that Crossover Thrash list but it was a long time ago. I'll have to give all of them a listen if I participate in the battle.
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Noted on the crossover thrash battle. It might be a good idea then to postpone that one a bit to avoid any unnecessary delays in the schedule. If so, that means our next battle would be the first Wild Card round:
Wild Card Battle #1
1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
2. Whatever Brains - __LP
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
6. Mission of Burma - Vs.
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
10. Helmet - Meantime
How do you feel about this?
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David Bowie
Sounds like it would be interesting. I've heard all but two of those, though a few of them were quite a while ago. I do think I'd prefer that to the crossover battle for now.
Yes I'm all for that wildcard battle list.
I'm familiar with most of the albums in the Wild Card Battle, so there's only a couple I need to listen to before voting.
David Bowie is eliminated, leaving us with two final albums. Time to settle this
Final Round6. Yes - Close to the Edge
7. The Cure - Disintegration
Vote 1 off by
September 20.
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From what I'm reading it would seem best to start with the wild card battle and then delay Crossover Thrash a bit.
So then, officially: The next battle will be
Wild Card #1, commencing immediately after the current one is done.
QuoteWild Card Battle #1
1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
2. Whatever Brains - __LP
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
6. Mission of Burma - Vs.
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
10. Helmet - Meantime
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure
The Cure
Our first revival battle has come to a close and the winner is Close to the Edge by Yes!
Results
10. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
9. Prince - 1999
8. Pixies - Doolittle
7. Frank Zappa - Freak Out!
6. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
5. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
4. Can - Tago Mago
3. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2. The Cure - Disintegration
1. Yes - Close to the Edge
Next battle commencing shortly.
Wild Card #11. Def Leppard - Pyromania
2. Whatever Brains - Whatever Brains [2012]*
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
6. Mission of Burma - Vs.
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
10. Helmet - Meantime
Vote 4 off by
September 30.
*Had to trawl through old MB posts to find out exactly what album this was supposed to be. @tristan_geoff you were the one who chose this originally, so please let me know if this isn't the one you wanted to nominate.
wow what a blast from the past, yes that is indeed the album nominated way back when. I can link it here
https://sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-brains-2012
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Whatever Brains - Whatever Brains
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Helmet - Meantime
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
Whatever Brains - Whatever Brains
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Radiohead - The Bends
damn I should've nominated the final whatever brains album oh well
We conclude our first round now, the first eliminees being Whatever Brains and WU LYF.
Round 2
1. Def Leppard - Pyromania
3. Radiohead - The Bends
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
6. Mission of Burma - Vs.
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
10. Helmet - Meantime
Vote 4 off by October 2.
Radiohead - The Bends
The Residents - Meet the Residents
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Helmet - Meantime
Def Leppard
Radiohead
Ween
Helmet
Def Leppard is out. On to the third round
Round 3
3. Radiohead - The Bends
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
6. Mission of Burma - Vs.
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
10. Helmet - Meantime
Vote 3 off by October 4.
Radiohead - The Bends
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Radiohead
Ween
Helmet
Kate Bush
Helmet
Mission of Burma
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Helmet - Meantime
Both Mission of Burma and Helmet are out, leaving us with five albums.
Round 4
3. Radiohead - The Bends
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. Flipper - Generic Flipper
9. Ween - The Mollusk
Vote 2 off by October 6.
Radiohead
Ween
Radiohead - The Bends
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Flipper - Generic Flipper
Flipper
Ween
Flipper have been voted off. Just to give a heads up, I'm going to be limiting the voting time for each round to 24 hours for the rest of the battle, starting with this round.
Round 5
3. Radiohead - The Bends
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
9. Ween - The Mollusk
Vote 2 off by tomorrow, October 7.
Radiohead
Ween
Radiohead - The Bends
The Residents - Meet the Residents
Kate Bush
Ween
Kate Bush
Ween
Radiohead - The Bends
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Radiohead is out. It's now down to the final three.
Round 6
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
9. Ween - The Mollusk
Vote 1 off by October 8.
The Residents - Meet the Residents
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Ween
Ween
Kate Bush
Marginally, Kate Bush has been eliminated and so we enter our last round of the battle.
Final Round
5. The Residents - Meet the Residents
9. Ween - The Mollusk
Vote 1 off by October 9.
Ween
Ween
Ween
Closing up our first Wild Card round now as The Residents take the win!
Results
10. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
9. Whatever Brains - Whatever Brains [2012]
8. Def Leppard - Pyromania
7. Mission of Burma - Vs.
6. Helmet - Meantime
5. Flipper - Generic Flipper
4. Radiohead - The Bends
3. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
2. Ween - The Mollusk
1. The Residents - Meet the Residents
Next battle (Crossover Thrash) starts tomorrow.
Here's the next battle, thanks for your patience :)
Crossover Thrash
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
2. D.R.I. - Crossover
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
4. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
6. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Carnivore - Retaliation
Vote 4 off by October 20. [edit]
Is anyone actually planning to vote in this battle? I should maybe have asked before starting it, but I seem to remember there was at least some interest before we decided to do the previous Wild card battle first, just so that people could have some extra time to listen to these albums.
I guess I could put this one on hold for the time being and instead move on to our next sceduled battle, namely
Ska Punk:
Spoiler
1. Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
4. Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
5. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
6. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create
7. Operation Ivy - Energy
8. Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition
9. Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
10. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
How would that be?
I honestly just haven't had the time to listen to the albums I haven't heard.
I think we got more engagement with the ones where it was a bunch of classic albums from several different genres, I feel like people are less likely to be particular crossover thrash enthusiasts.
I personally like the multi-genre ones the best as well, if the more niche genres aren't getting engagement maybe another wild card kind of battle could be on the table? Just a suggestion.
yeah I'm not familiar with these Trash albums but I will listen to a good chunk of them tomorrow and then vote. idk if I'm going to be the only one voting.
I can try. I've been in and out of bed for chest pain all day so if I feel better tomorrow I can listen to the four I'm unfamiliar with.
I didn't realize that the next battle was on. Haven't checked the thread for several days. I'm only familiar with 4 of the albums in the list, and it's been a long time since I listened to those 4.
Noted on all counts. I'm gonna extend the deadline a bit then to allow for some time to catch up on listening.
New deadline: Oct. 20th
In the meantime I'll try to think of some way to deal with the upcoming genre battles that also may be more niche/obscure.
Yeah thanks for the extension, I've been a bit busy with rl and it seems others have too. The extension is perfect. I'm going to que up a few of the albums and listen to them at the gym and in the car.
I think with genre battles that are more niche/obscure , just give us a little longer deadlines so those that are interested have time to actually listen to the albums that we are picking.
When it comes to some of the other genres majority of the times we know the albums because we've listened to them in the past. If it's more obscure stuff give the ones that want a chance to actually hear the albums for the first time by stretching out the voting periods a little longer.
Okay, finally finished listening to these.
Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Carnivore - Retaliation
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
D.R.I. - Crossover
Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
Got a chance to listen to some of these at the gym and on car rides.
These bad boys gotta go.
Cryptic Slaughter
Carnivore
D.R.I.
GWAR
D.R.I. - Crossover
Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
Carnivore - Retaliation
Lol. Everyone voting for Cryptic Slaughter and I've got to say their drumming patterns are extremely monotonous and my least favourite of the whole lot.
Quote from: GD on Oct 10, 2023, 03:42 PMHere's the next battle, thanks for your patience :)
Crossover Thrash
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
2. D.R.I. - Crossover
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
4. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
6. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Carnivore - Retaliation
Vote 4 off by October 20. [edit]
Just out of interest GD, the 7th option just seems to be a playlist that features Stormtroopers of Death quite prominently. Not sure if that was meant to be added or not as it doubles up on the 3rd option.
Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 20, 2023, 03:26 PMJust out of interest GD, the 7th option just seems to be a playlist that features Stormtroopers of Death quite prominently. Not sure if that was meant to be added or not as it doubles up on the 3rd option.
The 7th album is this one I believe: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/m_o_d/u_s_a-for-m_o_d/
Sorry, I haven't had the time to look into it personally but where is this playlist exactly?
Cryptic Slaughter are first to go. Moving on to the second round for now. If there's any more confusion regarding the list, let me know and I'll try to clear it up as best I can.
Round 2
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
2. D.R.I. - Crossover
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
6. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Carnivore - Retaliation
Vote 4 off by Oct. 23.
Quote from: GD on Oct 20, 2023, 05:58 PMThe 7th album is this one I believe: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/m_o_d/u_s_a-for-m_o_d/
Sorry, I haven't had the time to look into it personally but where is this playlist exactly?
The only reference on Spotify to "M.O.D. - USA for MOD" was this : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0aq8NL6u2M5B2ep6pbJaJs as no album came up with that name. I thought they usually covered everything out there, so I'll have a search for it elsewhere.
Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 20, 2023, 06:54 PMThe only reference on Spotify to "M.O.D. - USA for MOD" was this : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0aq8NL6u2M5B2ep6pbJaJs as no album came up with that name. I thought they usually covered everything out there, so I'll have a search for it elsewhere.
That looks like the right album. Only the first 23 tracks though, after that it goes into SOD.
I used this Youtube playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TBU6DYdohg&list=OLAK5uy_lDQUcM4gIjln6E61Grmr1M59_JyI4MBHM
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
M.O.D. - USA for MOD
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Carnivore - Retaliation
All good. I checked M.O.D. out on Youtube.
GWAR
M.O.D.
Carnivore
D.R.I.
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
D.R.I. - Crossover
M.O.D. - USA for MOD
Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
D.R.I. - Crossover
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
M.O.D. - USA for MOD
Carnivore - Retaliation
M.O.D. is gone.
Round 3
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
2. D.R.I. - Crossover
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
6. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
10. Carnivore - Retaliation
Vote 4 off by October 25.
D.R.I. - Crossover
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Carnivore - Retaliation
D.R.I.
GWAR
Carnivore
Corrosion of conformity
D.R.I. - Crossover
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
Carnivore - Retaliation
Whoops, nearly forgot the deadline was today lol. Anyway, the results are fairly unanimous and in fact, D.R.I., GWAR and Carnivore are now all out.
Round 4
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
8. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Vote 2 off by October 27.
Corrosion of Conformity
Stormtroopers of Death
Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Corrosion of Conformity is out.
Round 5
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
3. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Vote 2 off by October 29.
Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Stormtroopers of Death
Nuclear Assault
Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Calling it a little early today but I think it should be fine. The result is pretty clear cut; Stormtroopers of Death are out.
Round 6
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
9. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Vote 1 off by tomorrow, October 30.
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Bye-bye, Vio-lence. We have now arrived at the final round.
Final Round
1. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Vote 1 off by November 1.
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
Nuclear Assault
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
I've been thinking of a possible solution to avoid starting genre battles with little to no community interest, so here's what I've come up with:
Instead of progressing through all of the scheduled genres in order, I'm instead going to put the next three scheduled genres to a vote between each new battle and the most popular one will be up next. I think this works a little better than selecting the genre options at random because we're still basing it off the schedule, which ensures that there is always some overlap there between each time we vote on it. If then after multiple votes containing the same genre battle, that genre never gets picked, it may be moved into the "Canceled battles (https://scd.community/index.php?topic=333.msg8205#msg8205)" section to make room for other genres, although it may be still be revived at the participants' request.
If this sounds okay to you, here's our choices for what battle to do next once Crossover Thrash is concluded:
1. Ska Punk
Spoiler
1. Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
4. Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
5. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
6. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create
7. Operation Ivy - Energy
8. Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition
9. Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
10. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
2. Synthpunk
Spoiler
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
5. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
6. Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
7. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. The Normal - T.V.O.D. / Warm Leatherette
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
3. Mod
Spoiler
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Effects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
6. The La De Da's - La De Da's
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
10. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
My personal vote would go to
Synthpunk here ftr
That sounds good to me! I vote Synthpunk as well.
Nuclear Assault.
I vote for Mod.
It's a toss-up between Synthpunk & Mod for me. Either one is ok.
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
I vote for Synthpunk because I've never listened to that genre and it piques my interest.
All of those votes are duly noted. I'll announce the genre we'll be continuing with along with the winner of this genre battle tomorrow. Until then!
The battle has ended and the self-titled album from
Suicidal Tendencies has taken a decisive victory.
Results10. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
9. M.O.D. - USA for MOD
8. GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
7. D.R.I. - Crossover
6. Carnivore - Retaliation
5. Corrosion of Conformity - Animosity
4. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
3. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
2. Nuclear Assault - Game Over
1. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies_____________________________________________________
And now for our next genre, which will indeed be
Synthpunk! The list is mostly the same as the version that was posted earlier, although I discovered that the release by The Normal was in fact a single and not an album, so I propose we instead replace it with the album
Knife Play by Xiu Xiu. That way we have some representation of music from our own century as well. ;) If everyone is alright with this, we'll begin again shortly.
Synthpunk
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
5. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
6. Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
7. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
I'm down for the synthpunk! I've only heard 5 of those albums in full but I should have time over the next few days to listen to the rest.
Here we are then:
Synthpunk
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
5. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
6. Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
7. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Vote 4 off. Since this battle was announced on fairly short notice I'm going to give a generous 10-day deadline for the first round, so November 11 in other words.
I already had some time to listen to the ones I wasn't familiar with (which was most of them) and I'm ready to vote, so here are my picks for the first round...
Units - Digital Stimulation
The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Devo
P-Model
The Screamers
Liaisons Dangereuses
Devo
Xiu Xiu
P Model
Liaisons Dangereuses
Ending the first round now and the first to go are Liaisons Dangereuses.
Round 2
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
5. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
7. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Vote 4 off.
I'm planning a move and have some various other stuff scheduled over the next few days so I will therefore leave a slightly longer deadline than perhaps necessary; as such, vote anytime before Thursday, November 16.
'Til then!
The Screamers - Demos
Suicide - Suicide
Nervous Gender - Music from Hell
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Units - Digital Stimulation
The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Devo
P-Model
The Screamers
Nervous Gender
This is turning out to be a divisive battle; every album has received at least one vote after only two rounds. Regardless of that, The Screamers are out.
Round 3
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
7. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Vote 4 off by November 18.
Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Devo
Xiu Xiu
P Model
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Suicide - Suicide
Nervous Gender - Music from Hell
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Portion Control - Step Forward
Units - Digital Stimulation
Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Devo
P-Model
Nervous Gender
Portion Control
Saying goodbye to Nervous Gender now.
Round 4
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
10. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Vote 3 off by November 20.
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Devo
P-Model
Portion Control
Devo
P-Model
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Units - Digital Stimulation
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Portion Control - ..Step Forward
Portion Control is our latest eliminee.
Round 5
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
9. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Vote 3 off by November 22.
Devo
P-Model
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
P-Model - In a Model Room
Devo
P-Model
Xiu Xiu
Units - Digital Stimulation
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
For once unanimously, Xiu Xiu is out.
Round 6
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
3. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Vote 2 off by tomorrow, November 23.
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
P-Model - In a Model Room
Devo
P-Model
Units - Digital Stimulation
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Devo
P-Model
P-Model
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
We've eliminated P-Model, leaving us with four albums remaining.
Round 7
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
8. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Vote 2 off by November 24.
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Units - Digital Stimulation
Devo
D.A.F.
It's not so long to go now for our current battle. Time to pick the genre for the next one, methinks.
These are our choices as for what to do next:
1. Ska Punk
Spoiler
1. Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
4. Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
5. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
6. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create
7. Operation Ivy - Energy
8. Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition
9. Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
10. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
2. Mod
Spoiler
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Effects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
6. The La De Da's - La De Da's
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
10. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
3. Proto-Punk
Spoiler
1. Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
4. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
6. MC5 - High Time
7. Death - For the Whole World to See
8. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. The Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Vote for whichever you fancy the most. I'm a bit torn myself so I'll think about it and let y'all get some votes in first.
I vote mod, it's a genre I'm not as familiar with but would love to check out. Second choice would be ska.
Mod or Proto-Punk would be ok with me.
Almost forgot to vote...
Units - Digital Stimulation
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
Suicide
D.A.F.
Devo
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
I'm cool with going Mod for the next battle. A few albums I need to que up and listen to but I'm interested.
The time has come for Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft to go.
Round 8
1. Suicide - Suicide
2. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
Vote 1 off by November 25.
_______________________________
In regard to the next battle, I think I'll vote for Mod too, on balance. I'll give a little more time for others to vote before I lock it in officially in a day or two.
Units - Digital Stimulation
Units - Digital Stimulation
Devo - Duty Now For the Future
Devo
Suicide
Devo is out, which means it's time for the final round!
Final round
1. Suicide - Suicide
4. Units - Digital Stimulation
Vote 1 off by November 27.
Units - Digital Stimulation
Units - Digital Stimulation
Suicide
Suicide
I'm now confirming that we will be moving on to the
Mod genre battle following this one. Feel free to suggest changes to the list if you like:
Quote1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Effects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
6. The La De Da's - La De Da's
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
10. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
Oh, and as for my own vote in this last round, hmm...
Suicide :shycouch:
An even battle until the end, but... the victory goes to Digital Stimulation by Units!
Results
10. Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
9. The Screamers - Demos 1977-78
8. Nervous Gender - Music From Hell
7. Portion Control - ..Step Forward
6. Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
5. P-Model - In a Model Room
4. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut
3. Devo - Duty Now For the Future
2. Suicide - Suicide
1. Units - Digital Stimulation
_____________________________________________________
See you soon at the beginning of our next battle
In going over the albums for the next battle I had a few small conundrums I'd like to bring up: First of all I'm wondering if it would be better to put in the Jam album
Setting Sons in place of
Sound Affects. Does anybody have a preference between the two?
Secondly, I have not seen the NZ band The La De Da's described as a Mod band anywhere that I've found, which leads me to question if their album is appropriate for this list. If somebody would like to suggest a replacement, now's your chance. Either way I'm hoping to get us going as early as I can tomorrow, just wanted to hear some other opinions regarding the aforementioned things. The list of albums is below for your reference.
Current Mod list
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
6. The La De Da's - La De Da's
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
10. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
Since nobody had a response I decided to just cut through and make the call on everyone's behalf. I left in Sound Affects but swapped out The La De Da's for the album A Taste of Pink! by The Prisoners. So without further ado let's get this party started once more!
Mod
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
6. The Prisoners - A Taste of Pink!
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
10. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
Vote 4 off by December 11. [edit]
Have been sort of busy lately and have not had much time to get ahead on listening/ranking. By the looks of things I'm not the only one. Hence, I'm gonna extend the deadline by a few days:
The new deadline is December 11!
Even if there's only one or two votes in by then we will be moving on to the second round then, so heads up :)
The Creation - We Are Paintermen
The Prisoners - A Taste of Pink!
The Times - Pop Goes Art!
The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
The Creation
The Prisoners
The Easybeats
The Boys
Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
The Prisoners - A Taste of Pink!
The Times - Pop Goes Art!
The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
We end our first round on a tie, meaning both The Prisoners and The Boys are out.
Round 2
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
4. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
7. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
Vote 4 off by December 14.
The Creation - We Are Paintermen
The Times - Pop Goes Art!
The Easybeats - Vigil
The Action - Rolled Gold
The Jam
The Creation
The Times
The Easybeats
Small Faces
The Times
The Action
The Creation
Another two eliminated; The Creation and The Times are gone.
Round 3
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
8. The Easybeats - Vigil
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
Vote 3 off by December 16.
Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
The Easybeats - Vigil
The Action - Rolled Gold
The Jam
Small Faces
The Easybeats
The Easybeats are out.
Round 4
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
Vote 2 off by December 18.
Small Faces
The Action
The Jam
Small Faces
Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
The Action - Rolled Gold
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake or more to the point just, well er... Gone.
Round 5
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
9. The Action - Rolled Gold
Vote 2 off by December 20.
'Sound Affects' is my favorite album by The Jam, but considering the remaining competition, it has to go. :(
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Action - Rolled Gold
The Jam
The Action
Quote from: Psy-Fi on Dec 18, 2023, 08:30 PM'Sound Affects' is my favorite album by The Jam, but considering the remaining competition, it has to go. :(
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Action - Rolled Gold
Same! the ending competition is super tight and sadly I have to pick that one to go as well.
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Action - Rolled Gold
Time for The Action to go.
Round 6
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
Vote 1 off by December 22.
The Jam
The Jam - Sound Affects
A little late maybe, but we should also pick our next genre now that we've only a few rounds left of this one. Our choices are:
1. Ska Punk
Spoiler
1. Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
3. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
4. Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
5. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
6. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create
7. Operation Ivy - Energy
8. Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition
9. Sublime - Robbin' the Hood
10. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
2. Proto-Punk
Spoiler
1. Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
4. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
6. MC5 - High Time
7. Death - For the Whole World to See
8. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. The Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
3. Prog Rock
Spoiler
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
7. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
8. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Kansas - Leftoverture
Once our current battle is over I'm planning on putting this thread on hiatus during Christmas, so we'll probably be starting whichever genre we end up right after New Year's. In other words, no rush in deciding the outcome right away, but I figured it was best to put it to a vote now so I don't have to update the thread during Christmas.
Proto Punk or Prog is cool with me. Lots of tough choices on both lists, though, so I'll be doing a lot of coin tossing.
I feel like we did a variation of Punk kind of recently so I'm going with Prog.
We can do Proto Punk after Prog.
The Jam
I vote prog, because I'm already intimately familiar with all of those albums so I feel less out of my element.
We have eliminated The Jam, bringing us to our final round!
Final Round
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
Vote 1 off by tomorrow, December 23.
I'm also tallying your genre votes and we're certainly tending towards one particular genre. Official announcement to come at the conclusion of this battle.
The Kinks
The Kinks - Face to Face
The Kinks
We have reached the end of the battle and as you might surmise,
The Who has taken a decisive victory!
Results10. The Prisoners - A Taste of Pink!
9. The Boys - To Hell With The Boys
8. The Times - Pop Goes Art!
7. The Creation - We Are Paintermen
6. The Easybeats - Vigil
5. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
4. The Action - Rolled Gold
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
2. The Kinks - Face to Face
1. The Who - The Who Sell Out_________________________________________
And our next genre, commencing on
January 1st will be
Prog Rock!
For your reference, here is the list of albums again in case you want to get ahead on listening in the meantime:
Prog Rock
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
7. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
8. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Kansas - Leftoverture
Suggestions for possible changes to the list are welcome, as always.
Oh, and one more thing: The
Ska Punk battle, having been voted down 3 times by now or receieved "three strikes" as it were, will be moved from the "Future battles" list into the section for "Canceled battles" for now, but may be revived at any point if it is requested by someone.
That's all for now, so merry Christmas to you all until we next reconvene! :)
Can we get Gentle Giant Octopus into the Prog line up?
Quote from: DJChameleon on Dec 24, 2023, 03:33 AMCan we get Gentle Giant Octopus into the Prog line up?
I wholeheartedly support this as well.
Quote from: DJChameleon on Dec 24, 2023, 03:33 AMCan we get Gentle Giant Octopus into the Prog line up?
That one was in the Symphonic Prog battle, so no, sadly. Feel free to suggest any other GG album though, and which album in the list you think should be swapped out for it.
I'd say Power and the Glory is closest to the others stylistically as classic prog and it's iconic even though it's not my favorite non-Octopus album.
Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Dec 24, 2023, 03:15 PMI'd say Power and the Glory is closest to the others stylistically as classic prog and it's iconic even though it's not my favorite non-Octopus album.
We could certainly make that happen but what album should we chuck out to make room for it? At a glance it looks like ELP or Kansas might be the most dispensable, but I would like to hear y'alls opinion as well before I make the call and settle it.
Quote from: GD on Dec 29, 2023, 10:39 PMWe could certainly make that happen but what album should we chuck out to make room for it? At a glance it looks like ELP or Kansas might be the most dispensable, but I would like to hear y'alls opinion as well before I make the call and settle it.
Thanks! And I would remove Kansas.
Yes chuck Kansas away. I agree.
Definitely Kansas.
Then it's settled! Our definitive Prog Rock list will look thusly:
Quote1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
7. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
8. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
We will officially begin the first round on New Year's day. Happy celebrations in the meantime!
Here we go then!
Prog Rock
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
7. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
8. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Vote 4 off by January 11.
Argh, this is already tough, haha.
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Yes
Rush
Van der Graaf Generator
ELP
Rush - Hemispheres
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Time is up for our first round here and Van der Graaf Generator are first to go.
Round 2
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
8. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Vote 4 off by January 14.
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Rush - Hemispheres
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Yes
Rush
ELP
Mike Oldfield
Rush - Hemispheres
Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Emerson, Lake and Palmer are leaving us this round, and now for the next one.
Round 3
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
10. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Vote 4 off by January 16.
Rush - Hemispheres
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes
Rush
Mike Oldfield
Gentle Giant
Rush
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Our first double elimination this battle: The casualties are Rush and Gentle Giant.
Round 4
1. Yes - Fragile
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Vote 3 off by January 18.
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
genesis
pink floyd
jethro tull
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Yes
Genesis
Mike Oldfield
Two more are out, namely Genesis and Jethro Tull.
Round 5
1. Yes - Fragile
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Vote 2 off by January 20.
Yes - Fragile
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Yes
Mike Oldfield
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In the interest of not having a delay in between battles I'm going to suggest we move on to
Proto-Punk after this one is wrapped up, given that it came in second in both of the two last genre votes. Let me know if you are OK with this, or if you'd prefer something else.
List for your reference:
Proto-Punk
1. Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
4. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
6. MC5 - High Time
7. Death - For the Whole World to See
8. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. The Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Yes - Fragile
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
We have eliminated Yes.
Round 6
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Vote 1 off by tomorrow, January 21
I'm gonna make it official now that Proto-Punk is our next genre, by the way. Updating the first page info to reflect that
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield is out and we have once again arrived at the final round.
Final Round
4. King Crimson - Red
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Vote 1 off by January 22.
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Oh, and if you could give any indication how long you think you would need for the first round of Proto-Punk, scheduled to begin tomorrow, that would be helpful :)
(See post #349 (https://scd.community/index.php?topic=333.msg21657#msg21657) if you need a reminder for the albums)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
And I think I should be able get through the remaining proto punk records I haven't heard by the end of January, so maybe like 9-10 days?
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
I'm ready to go with the new battle whenever you're all set.
Pink Floyd
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Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jan 21, 2024, 08:04 PMAnd I think I should be able get through the remaining proto punk records I haven't heard by the end of January, so maybe like 9-10 days?
Ok, I'll set a 10-day deadline then probably :) It's nice to have some extra time to sort out my own rankings as well
Pink Floyd
The decisive victory is claimed by King Crimson's Red!
Results
10. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
9. Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
8. Rush - Hemispheres
7. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
5. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Yes - Fragile
3. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1. King Crimson - Red
Next battle posted soon, stay tuned!
Here we go!
Proto-Punk
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
4. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
6. MC5 - High Time
7. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
8. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Vote 4 off by February 1.
I'm glad you gave a longer window. Gives me time to listen to some of these albums. I'm new to most of them with the exception of two.
Eddie and the Hot Rods
MC5
Radio Birdman
Heartbreakers
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
Ending the first round now with two eliminees. Eddie and the Hot Rods and Radio Birdman, that is.
Round 2
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
6. MC5 - High Time
7. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Vote 4 off by February 5.
MC5
Heartbreakers
Monks
The Modern Lovers
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Patti Smith - Horses
MC5 - High Time
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
The Modern Lovers
MC5
Monks
Heartbreakers
MC5 is gone.
Round 3
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
7. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
10. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
Vote 3 off by February 7.
Been pretty busy. I'm gonna try to listen to the 2 albums I've never heard before the end of the day, then I can finally join you all.
The Modern Lovers
Monks
Heartbreakers
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Patti Smith - Horses
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Monks - Black Monk Time
Heartbreakers are now out.
Round 4
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
7. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
Vote 3 off by February 9.
Patti Smith - Horses
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
Modern Lovers
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Monks - Black Monk Time
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Death
Monks
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Patti Smith - Horses
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
It's a tie, The Modern Lovers and Death are both out!
Round 5
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Patti Smith - Horses
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
Vote 2 off by February 11.
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Patti Smith - Horses
Patti Smith
Monks
Patti Smith
Monks
Patti Smith is out and we have just a couple more rounds to go.
Round 6
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
9. Monks - Black Monk Time
Vote 1 off by February 13.
Monks - Black Monk Time
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Monks
Monks
Sorry for the delay, I've had a busy week thus far. Anyway, Monks are gone and we are at the final round again.
Final Round
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Vote 1 off by February 16.
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Apologies again for the delays this battle, it was a busy week like I said. Anyway, unsurprisingly Iggy and the Stooges have taken the win!
Results
10. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
9. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Life on the Line
8. MC5 - High Time
7. Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F.
6. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
5. Death - ...For the Whole World to See
4. Patti Smith - Horses
3. Monks - Black Monk Time
2. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
1. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
I've also not gotten around to finding the next three genres for us to vote on, but I figure I might as well leave it up to the rest of you for once, so just have a look at the list of remaining battles on the first page and see what you might like to do next. I'm open to all suggestions. See you soon!
What do you guys think of either Canterbury Scene or Industrial Rock?
Canterbury Scene would be new for me and I would have to listen to all of the albums but it would be interesting.
I'm familiar with enough of the following choices, that I won't need to do much in the way of extra listening...
Blues
Hardcore Punk
Pop Punk
80's Arena Rock
Post Punk
Industrial
Rock Opera
Soft Rock
Space Rock
Arena-Oriented Rock
Everything else on the list will require more listening time on my part.
After browsing the list, the one that immediately jumps out at me is industrial rock, so if that's DJ's pick, I'll vote for it as well. I'd be fine to do post hardcore, stoner rock, space rock or melodic hardcore as well.
I hear you on
Industrial Rock, so I think I'll make an adjustment to my tentative schedule and continue with this as our next battle.
Here is the list in its current form, are there any changes any of you would like to make before we get going?:
Industrial Rock
1. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
5. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
6. Chrome - Red Exposure
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
9. Foetus - Hole
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Since Dj mentioned the
Canterbury Scene list I would also like to take the opportunity to schedule that immediately after the Industrial battle, which should provide a nice contrast to our recently explored genres. That way, even if some of us have a lot of listening to do in preparation for the CS battle, we'll have extra time to listen while Industrial is still ongoing :)
Nobody seems to have an issue with the list, so I'll get us going for now.
Industrial Rock
1. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
5. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
6. Chrome - Red Exposure
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
9. Foetus - Hole
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 4 off.
I was aiming for the 22nd to be the beginning of this battle with a 14-day voting period for the first round. Since it's a day later I will just shorten it to a 13-day period, meaning March 7 is our deadline. Hope this is okay with everyone. Happy listening!
Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Foetus - Hole
Chrome - Red Exposure
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Cabaret Voltaire
Chrome
The first round has now ended and Cabaret Voltaire has been eliminated.
Round 2
1. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
6. Chrome - Red Exposure
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
9. Foetus - Hole
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 4 off by March 10.
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Chrome
Cop Shoot Cop
Grotus
Einstürzende Neubauten
Foetus
Chrome
Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Foetus - Hole
Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
Chrome - Red Exposure
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Foetus - Hole
Updating slightly late today, sorry about that. Anywho, Chrome goes out this round.
Round 3
1. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
9. Foetus - Hole
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 4 off by March 12.
Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Foetus - Hole
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Cop Shoot Cop
Einstürzende Neubauten
Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Foetus - Hole
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Grotus
Einstürzende Neubauten
Foetus
Cop Shoot Cop
Our latest two eliminees are quite different acts but they (almost) rhyme; Grotus and Foetus are out.
Round 4
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
3. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 3 off by March 14.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Skinny Puppy
Ministry
Cop Shoot Cop
Cop Shoot Cop
Skinny Puppy
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Get out of here and give that dang dog something to eat! (Skinny Puppy is out duh)
Round 5
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 2 off by March 16.
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Einstürzende Neubauten
Cop Shoot Cop
Ministry
Cop Shoot Cop
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
Byebye, Einstürzende Neubauten.
Round 6
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
7. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 2 off by tomorrow, March 17.
Cop Shoot Cop
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Ministry
Cop Shoot Cop
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Also, reminder for our next battle,
Canterbury Scene, scheduled to start on the 20th of March:
list
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
8. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
9. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
10. Gong - Flying Teapot
Suggestions for potential changes to this battle's list is still open until we wrap up our current one.
Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Hope it's okay that I'm calling it slightly early today. Cop Shoot Cop is out in any case.
Round 7
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
10. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Vote 1 off by March 18.
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Quote from: Lexi Darling on Mar 17, 2024, 05:00 PMMinistry - Land of Rape and Honey
Killing Joke - Pandemonium
Only one
Killing Joke
Ministry
@Lexi Darling I will count that as a vote against Killing Joke unless you let me know otherwise :)
Whoops my bad. Yeah Killing Joke is my vote.
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Killing Joke is out and we have reached the final round!
Final round
2. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
4. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
Vote 1 off by March 19.
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
Ministry
Ministry
We have a winner, namely
Nine Inch Nails'
The Downward Spiral!
Results10. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
9. Chrome - Red Exposure
8. Grotus - Slow Motion Apocalypse
7. Foetus - Hole
6. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
5. Einstürzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch
4. Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later
3. Killing Joke - Pandemonium
2. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
1. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral________________________________________________
Stay tuned for our next battle;
Canterbury Scene, which will be posted before tomorrow. Since nobody had any changes to suggest we'll be running with the list of albums as is.
Quote from: GD on Mar 16, 2024, 11:47 PMlist
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
8. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
9. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
10. Gong - Flying Teapot
Next battle begins now!
Canterbury Scene
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
8. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
9. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
10. Gong - Flying Teapot
Vote 4 off by March 27.
Since the battle was already announced ahead of time, I figured a week would be sufficient for the first round of voting, but if someone needs a longer deadline, like always, let me know :)
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Khan - Space Shanty
Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
Caravan
Supersister
Picchio dal Pozzo
Gong
Quote from: GD on Mar 20, 2024, 12:04 AMNext battle begins
Since the battle was already announced ahead of time, I figured a week would be sufficient for the first round of voting, but if someone needs a longer deadline, like always, let me know :)
I'm making my way through the list at a steady pace so the 27th is fine for a deadline.
Robert Wyatt
Khan
Picchio dal Pozzo
Gong
Picchio dal Pozzo are first to go. Moving on to the next round for now
Round 2
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
8. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
10. Gong - Flying Teapot
Vote 4 off by March 30.
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Robert Wyatt
Caravan
Supersister
Gong
Robert Wyatt
Khan
Gong
Soft Machine
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Khan - Space Shanty
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
Supersister is out as we head into the third round.
Round 3
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
10. Gong - Flying Teapot
Vote 4 off by April 1.
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Gong - Flying Teapot
Robert Wyatt
Caravan
Soft Machine
Gong
Robert Wyatt
Khan
Gong
Soft Machine
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Khan - Space Shanty
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
April fools! ;D The actual result is that Gong is out.
Round 4
1. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 3 off by April 3.
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Robert Wyatt
Caravan
Soft Machine
Quote from: Lexi Darling on Apr 01, 2024, 07:43 PMSoft Machine - Volume Two
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Oh, just noticed there was four, but it's only 3 this round
Quote from: GD on Apr 01, 2024, 08:58 PMOh, just noticed there was four, but it's only 3 this round
Whoops, my bad. Will edit
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Khan - Space Shanty
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Khan - Space Shanty
Little Red Robert Wyatt Hit the Road
Round 5
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
5. Khan - Space Shanty
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 3 off by April 5.
Khan - Space Shanty
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Caravan
Soft Machine
Khan
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Khan - Space Shanty
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
One last-minute vote from Psy-Fi seals the deal; Khan is out.
Round 6
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
3. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 2 off by March 7.
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Caravan
Soft Machine
Soft Machine - Volume Two
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
One more thing I wanted to bring up: I was supposed to take suggestions for albums to nominate for further Wild Card lists, given that 3 out of the 4 lists have yet to be filled out with albums, but I never got around to it, before now that is. So if you would like to
nominate any albums that are not found on any other lists, past, present or future, please feel free to do so. You can nominate multiple albums but try to keep it to a maximum of
3 for now. We're still trying to limit ourselves to the "rock" umbrella generally speaking, but if something you want to nominate is at least adjacent to that, we can probably bend the rules a little bit.
Here is the next Wild Card list with the albums that have been nominated thus far:
Wild Card #2 (incomplete)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
4. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
5. David Bowie - Station to Station
6. Rush - Moving Pictures
7. -
8. -
9. -
10. -
Albums number 1-3 are ones that I discussed adding with rubber soul on MB way back when. 4 and 5 are my own nominees, whereas number 6, as you might have glimpsed from page 1, is actually featured on one of the future lists, bringing me to my next suggestion:
In an effort to try and reduce the sheer volume of albums we have yet to get to I'm suggesting we merge two of the lists, namely "80's Arena Rock" and "Arena-Oriented Rock". Seeing as there's so much overlap, even down to many of the literal same bands being featured, it just makes it seem redundant to keep both* which is why I have taken the liberty of pruning it down to a single list like so:
Spoiler
QuoteAOR
1. Def Leppard - Hysteria
2. Journey - Escape
3. Toto - Toto IV
4. Styx - The Grand Illusion
5. Billy Squier - Don't Say No
6. Foreigner - 4
7. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
8. REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
9. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
10. Survivor - Vital Signs
The only downside I can see here is that Rush's
Moving Pictures (from the 80's Arena Rock list) is no AOR album by any stretch of the imagination, and so it won't fit in with these other albums, which is why I have instead opted to move it to the next Wild Card list. Anyways, it's just a suggestion, so let me know what you think, and then I'll make it official if none of you have a problem with this change to the roster. The invitation to nominate albums for Wild Card spots stands in any event.
That is all for now! :)
*edit: To make matters worse there is even a "70's Arena Rock" list among the finished battle, so case in point I guess
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Soft Machine is out.
Round 7
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 2 off by tomorrow, April 8.
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Caravan
Hatfield and the North
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The end of this battle is fast approaching which means it's time to decide on what to do next again. The next Wild card round isn't quite ready yet, so we'll skip that one for now, which means we have a choice between these genres:
1. Hardcore Punk
list
1. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
6. Rohnert Park - Ceremony
7. Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
8. The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
2. Deathrock
list
1. Alien Sex Fiend - Acid Bath
2. 45 Grave - Sleep Safety
3. Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain
4. Samhain - November-Coming-Fire
5. Kommunity FK - The Vision and the Voice
6. Skeletal Family - Futile Combat
7. Cinema Strange - The Astonished Eyes of Evening
8. Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony
9. Xmal Deutschland - Tocsin
10. Screams for Tina - Screams for Tina
3. Folk Punk
list
1. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People That Can Eat Other People Are the Luckiest People in the World
2. Against Me! - Is Reinventing Axl Rose
3. Billy Brag - Life's a Riot W/ Spy vs. Spy
4. Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
5. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
6. Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
7. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression
9. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms
10. Titus Adronicus - The Monitor
Let me know what your thoughts are.
Oh, and if no one had any issue with the merging of those two genre battles I mentioned earlier, I'll make the roster change official within a few days :)
I vote hardcore.
And yeah those changes seem good to me.
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
I'm down for Hardcore as well.
Hatfield and the North is out, decisively so.
Round 8
2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 1 off by April 9.
Caravan
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Can we add Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode to the WildCard list. I don't know if that album has been in any other lists to date. You'd have to let me know GD.
Caravan is out, bringing us to the final round of this battle.
Final Round
6. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
7. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Vote 1 off by April 10.
Quote from: DJChameleon on Apr 09, 2024, 01:18 PMCan we add Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode to the WildCard list. I don't know if that album has been in any other lists to date. You'd have to let me know GD.
Well, I see that
Violator was already featured on the New Wave list, whereas
Music for the Masses has not been featured on any list so it is quite eligible :) Will add.
This is the current list for the next Wild Card round then:
Wild Card #2 (incomplete)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
4. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
5. David Bowie - Station to Station
6. Rush - Moving Pictures
7. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
8. -
9. -
10. -
And if you want to nominate some more albums (since we've yet to fill up the list) the page search function is your friend. Just go to the first page of this thread, click to show all the text hidden by spoiler tags, and then search for whatever album you'd want to nominate. :) This advice goes out to everyone participating btw
Also ANNOUNCEMENT: Since we're drawing to an imminent close for this battle, I'm going to officially state that
Hardcore Punk will be our next battle! Editing the OP to reflect that. As always you can have a look at the list and see if you think there's any changes we should make before we commence:
list
QuoteHardcore Punk
1. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
6. Ceremony - Rohnert Park
7. Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
8. The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
National Health - Of Queues and Cures
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
National Health
The results are in and the winner is Fish Rising by Steve Hillage!
Results
10. Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo
9. Supersister - To the Highe$t Bidder
8. Gong - Flying Teapot
7. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
6. Khan - Space Shanty
5. Soft Machine - Volume Two
4. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club
3. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
2. National Health - Of Queues and Cures
1. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Next battle posted soon!
Time for the next battle!
Hardcore Punk
1. Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
6. Ceremony - Rohnert Park
7. Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
8. The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
Vote 4 off by April 25[edit]. Let me know if anyone needs the deadline to be longer but I hope this will be fine.
Also, the merging of the "80's Arena Rock" and "Arena-Oriented Rock" lists into AOR has now been made official, but the original lists can be found under "Canceled battles" on the first page for reference.
Since nobody has voted yet I'm extending the deadline by another 5 days. New deadline: April 25.
I have not really had much time to get ahead with listening but I'll try to finish up the list if not by the end of this round, then at least in a round or two.
Cro-Mags - The Age of Quarrel
Ceremony - Rohnert Park
Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
Only one person has voted, but I figure we might as well move on to the second round for now. That means it's a 4-way tie, so all of the ones Psy-fi voted for are out.
Round 2
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
4. Minor Threat - Complete Discography
5. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
9. D.O.A. - Hardcore '81
10. Misfits - Walk Among Us
Vote 3 off by April 28.
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Minor Threat - Complete Discography