The Album Review Club - Week #195 (page 1310) - A New World Record - ELO

[Coatigan]

Just guess. I would imagine that's what most of us have done.

I put some thought into, erm about 4 of them. Then went random for about 10. Then just divided up what was left fitst come first served.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

About half I thought I could narrow down based on previous comments, or likes/dislikes; the other half was just dancing in the dark.

Springsteen?
I must have missed him.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

We have 8 sets of guesses in and 17 sets of votes.

I’m not really here.
Honestly haven’t a clue.


I think I got mine, but not sure.

 

[threespires]

Just looked at my own guesses again and frankly some of them are absolutely bizarre; Clouseau levels of incompetence.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

And finally here it is, unchanged since Friday.

bennyboy - You must be prepared to dream - Ian McNabb
BimboBob - Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters
Black&White&BlueMoon Town - Old Place - Nick Waterhouse
BlueHammer85 - First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
Coatigan - Line of Fire – Junip
FogBlueInSanFran - Substitution - Silversun Pickups
GoatersLeftShin - Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
GornikDaze - Escape – Metallica
journolud - We Could Send Letters - Aztec Camera
LGWIO - Palm Of My Hand - The Pale Fountains (sorry, not sorry? ;-)
mancity111 - Instinct - Crowded House
mancity2012_eamo - Breathe - Imelda May
Mancitydoogle - Everything Falls Apart - Dogs Eye View (gotcha! :-))
OB1 - The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Out on blue 6 - Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
RobMCFC - For Those In Peril From The Sea - Kevin McDermott Orchestra
Saddleworth2 - And here we test our powers of observation - The Bad Plus
southamptonblue - Black Dog/White Horse - Big Special
stoneblue - One Trick Ponies - Kurt Vile
threespires - The Runner - Allison Russell

 

[mancity111]

This was what I concluded after two listens and FWIW it hasn't changed given some of the entrants already posted.

Mardy Bum - Bluehammer85
Instinct - RobMCFC
Woodstock- GoatersLeftShin
You Must Be Prepared to Dream - mancity111
We Could Send Letters - Out on blue 6
Breathe- threesprires
Everything Falls Apart - southamptonblue
Old Place- Bimbobob
For Those in Peril From the Sea- saddleworth2
Goodbye to Love - OB1
One Trick Ponies - Mancitydoogle
Escape- Gornikdaze
Blackdog/WhiteHorse- Stoneblue
The Boys of Summer- Black&White&BlueMoonTown
Palm of My Hand- LGW10
The Runner- Coatigan
Line of Fire- Bennyboy
Substitution- FogBlueInSanFran
First We Take Manhattan- journolud
And Here We Test Our Powers Of Observation- mancity2012_eamo

Cue a score of 2/20.

 

[Coatigan]

So many have gone with Gornik for Metallica. The scenes, when it turns out to be Bombo. And when it turns out that Rob framed himself too, for the rest to think he was being framed.

 

[GornikDaze]

So many have gone with Gornik for Metallica. The scenes, when it turns out to be Bombo. And when it turns out that Rob framed himself too, for the rest to think he was being framed.

I personally think you stitched a few up ;)

 

[RobMCFC]

Thanks to everybody who nominated a song and submitted votes and to the hardy 10 who had a go at what I thought was a very difficult guessing game. Here is the roll of honour:-

Best song: "Line of Fire" - Junip - @stoneblue
Best song silver medal: "Breathe" - Imelda May - @mancity2012_eamo
Best song bronze medal: "Instinct" - Crowded House - @southamptonblue

The Lt Columbo Memorial Award for the best guesser: @Black&White&BlueMoon Town = 9/20
Honourable mention: @FogBlueInSanFran = 8/20

The Hide & Seek Champions whose songs nobody correctly identified: @Coatigan, @Saddleworth2, @GornikDze, @BlueHammer85, @mancity111, @southamptonblue

The Captain Obvious Award whose song was correctly identified by most: @LGWIO = 7

Best Song

	Song/Artist	Nominator	Points
1	Line of Fire - Junip	stoneblue	90
2	Breathe - Imelda May	mancity2012_eamo	85
3	Instinct - Crowded House	southamptonblue	75
4	Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters	GornikDaze	73
5	Black Dog/White Horse - Big Special	Out on blue 6	66
6	We Could Send Letters - Aztec Camera	journolud	61
7	The Boys of Summer - Don Henley	OB1	57
8	Substitution - Silversun Pickups	FogBlueInSanFran	57
9	Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys	Saddleworth2	51
10	For Those In Peril From The Sea - Kevin McDermott Orchestra	RobMCFC	51
11	One Trick Ponies - Kurt Vile	BlueHammer85	49
12	You must be prepared to dream - Ian McNabb	bennyboy	46
13	And here we test our powers of observation - The Bad Plus	Coatigan	33
14	Old Place - Nick Waterhouse	BimboBob	32
15	Escape - Metallica	mancity111	30
16	Everything Falls Apart - Dogs Eye View	Mancitydoogle	28
17	First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen	threespires	27
18	Woodstock by Joni Mitchell	GoatersLeftShin	27
19	Palm Of My Hand - The Pale Fountains	LGWIO	26
20	Moon Town The Runner - Allison Russell	Black&White&BlueMoon Town	26

Best Guesser

1	Black&White&BlueMoon Town	9
2	FogBlueInSanFran	8
3	mancity111	4
4	Mancitydoogle	4
5	threespires	4
6	BimboBob	3
7	Out on blue 6	3
8	Coatigan	2
9	LGWIO	2
10	journolud	1

 

[GornikDaze]

Thanks to everybody who nominated a song and submitted votes and to the hardy 10 who had a go at what I thought was a very difficult guessing game. Here is the roll of honour:-

Best song: "Line of Fire" - Junip - @stoneblue
Best song silver medal: "Breathe" - Imelda May - @mancity2012_eamo
Best song bronze medal: "Instinct" - Crowded House - @southamptonblue

The Lt Columbo Memorial Award for the best guesser: @Black&White&BlueMoon Town = 9/20
Honourable mention: @FogBlueInSanFran = 8/20

The Hide & Seek Champions whose songs nobody correctly identified: @Coatigan, @Saddleworth2, @GornikDze, @BlueHammer85, @mancity111, @southamptonblue

The Captain Obvious Award whose song was correctly identified by most: @LGWIO = 7

Best Song

	Song/Artist	Nominator	Points
1	Line of Fire - Junip	stoneblue	90
2	Breathe - Imelda May	mancity2012_eamo	85
3	Instinct - Crowded House	southamptonblue	75
4	Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters	GornikDaze	73
5	Black Dog/White Horse - Big Special	Out on blue 6	66
6	We Could Send Letters - Aztec Camera	journolud	61
7	The Boys of Summer - Don Henley	OB1	57
8	Substitution - Silversun Pickups	FogBlueInSanFran	57
9	Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys	Saddleworth2	51
10	For Those In Peril From The Sea - Kevin McDermott Orchestra	RobMCFC	51
11	One Trick Ponies - Kurt Vile	BlueHammer85	49
12	You must be prepared to dream - Ian McNabb	bennyboy	46
13	And here we test our powers of observation - The Bad Plus	Coatigan	33
14	Old Place - Nick Waterhouse	BimboBob	32
15	Escape - Metallica	mancity111	30
16	Everything Falls Apart - Dogs Eye View	Mancitydoogle	28
17	First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen	threespires	27
18	Woodstock by Joni Mitchell	GoatersLeftShin	27
19	Palm Of My Hand - The Pale Fountains	LGWIO	26
20	Moon Town The Runner - Allison Russell	Black&White&BlueMoon Town	26

Best Guesser

1	Black&White&BlueMoon Town	9
2	FogBlueInSanFran	8
3	mancity111	4
4	Mancitydoogle	4
5	threespires	4
6	BimboBob	3
7	Out on blue 6	3
8	Coatigan	2
9	LGWIO	2
10	journolud	1

Good effort Rob!!
I pay homage to my school mate Bob for my selection. He sat me and a couple of mates down to listen to Goodbye to Love. A few hours later when the laughter had subsided we did give it a listen. He kept saying “wait until the guitar kicks in” - we waited, and we were treated to something that satisfied our rock roots.
I believe Tony Peluso was given the brief by Richard Carpenter to let rip and he certainly did!!! Allegedly the first fuzz to appear on a power ballad.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Here is my top ten.
Imelda May
Junip
Silver Sun Pickups
Crowded house
Aztec Camera
Nick Waterhouse
The Carpenters
Alison
Joni
Dogs Eye View

 

[Saddleworth2]

Good effort Rob!!
I pay homage to my school mate Bob for my selection. He sat me and a couple of mates down to listen to Goodbye to Love. A few hours later when the laughter had subsided we did give it a listen. He kept saying “wait until the guitar kicks in” - we waited, and we were treated to something that satisfied our rock roots.
I believe Tony Peluso was given the brief by Richard Carpenter to let rip and he certainly did!!! Allegedly the first fuzz to appear on a power ballad.

I looked up who the guitarist was. He was their regular rather than a hired gun. I didn’t remember the fuzz solo but it was bloody good.

 

[Coatigan]

A few I almost went with that I would have guessed. Spires for Cohen. Given his belated defence of the album that got panned. But had a few down for him and imelda seemed apt. Plus eamo's clarkies worked. Rob for mcDermot. Given the del amitri discussions, it was a 50 50 with dougle. I went with Rob being bold with a no fucks given obvious choice with CH. Goats for joni. Seemed too obvious. Ah well, could have been a 5.

I am surprised nobody pegged me for the bad plus, thought it was a pretty obvious one given past nominations like avi cohen, budos, maybeshewill etc.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I nominated Mardy Bum as I like the Arctics first album for its energy, song writing and lyrics. Mardy Bum is one of the better examples and I particularly like its construction and the poignancy and delivery of the lyrics. I mentioned to Rob that I thought it would fly beneath the radar and was proven correct.

 

[Coatigan]

I nominated Mardy Bum as I like the Arctics first album for its energy, song writing and lyrics. Mardy Bum is one of the better examples and I particularly like its construction and the poignancy and delivery of the lyrics. I mentioned to Rob that I thought it would fly beneath the radar and was proven correct.

Have to say that and gornik were the two biggest surprises. Maybe 111 for Metallica too tbf.

 

[threespires]

A few I almost went with that I would have guessed. Spires for Cohen. Given his belated defence of the album that got panned. But had a few down for him and imelda seemed apt. Plus eamo's clarkies worked. Rob for mcDermot. Given the del amitri discussions, it was a 50 50 with dougle. I went with Rob being bold with a no fucks given obvious choice with CH. Goats for joni. Seemed too obvious. Ah well, could have been a 5.

I am surprised nobody pegged me for the bad plus, thought it was a pretty obvious one given past nominations like avi cohen, budos, maybeshewill etc.

I had you down as The Bad Plus but talked myself out of it on the basis that other than Out on Blue you were the only person who was going to be nominating Big Special and I incorrectly assumed Out on Blue would be covering his New Music tracks. Over thought it once again.

As for Lenny, I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for that pesky Bimbo.

Also I see he's near the bottom, what is wrong with you lot re. Lenny?!!

 

[bennyboy]

My top ten.
1....We could send letters....Aztec Camera.
2....Instinct....Crowded House.
3....Palm of my Hand...The Pale Fountains.
4....For those in peril from the sea....Kevin McDermott Orchestra.
5...One trick ponies...Kurt Vile.
6...Breathe...Imelda May.
7...The runner...Allison Russell.
8...Substitution...Silversun Pickups.
9...Black Dog/White Horse.....Big Special.
10...The old place....Nick Waterhouse

 

[Coatigan]

My 10

Matilda May
Big special
Junip
Silversun Pickups
Carpenters
Crowded House
Cohen
Metallica
Ian McNabb
Dog's Eye View

 

[GornikDaze]

Ian McNabb
Metallica
Silversun Pickups
Don Henley
Pale Fountains
Kevin McDermott Orchestra
Arctic Monkeys
Aztec Camera
Crowded House
Joni Mitchell

 

[mancity111]

It was nailed on my favourite track would be Fog's choice and that I was very confident Fog was behind one of the very few I got correct.

I am sure if he chooses one he despises in the next round I will place it last on my list.

I did give a few subtle hints as to my selection on this thread but happy nobody picked it as such.

Congratulations to those who chose Junip , Imelda May, The Bad Plus and Big Special all songs I would play again and had not heard before bar The Bad Plus as an avid watcher of Jools Holland when it was on air over here.

The Carpenters clearly the best song of the artists known to most bar mine of course (LOL).

Well done to Black&White and Fog stand outs in attributing songs to nominators.