The Album Review Club - Christmas Break Until 8th January

[threespires]

My top ten

Big Special
Allison Russell
Waltzing Matilda
The Bad Plus
Nick Waterhouse
Aztec Camera
Crowded House
Carpenters
Dogs Eye View
Kevin McDermott Orch

I think I probably over scored Allison Russell a little bit because she was completely new to me and very immediate, but she absolutely didn't deserve to come bottom.

 

[threespires]

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

Is it a 'murican thing or were they just the kids obsessed with playing Master Mind (Parker games, did it exist in the US?) when they should have been outside perfecting their recreation of Dennis's League Cup overhead??

 

[BimboBob]

My top ten were...

1 - And here we test our powers of observation - The Bad Plus
2 - Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters
3 - Escape - Metallica
4 - Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
5 - The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
6 - You must be prepared to dream - Ian McNabb
7 - For Those In Peril From The Sea - Kevin McDermott Orchestra
8 - Breathe - Imelda May
9 - Black Dog/White Horse - Big Special
10 - The Runner - Allison Russell

No surprise really. It was the only one that stood out. A lot of "Friends" generation crap or wishy washy dullness ;)

 

[Coatigan]

My top ten were...

1 - And here we test our powers of observation - The Bad Plus
2 - Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters
3 - Escape - Metallica
4 - Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
5 - The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
6 - You must be prepared to dream - Ian McNabb
7 - For Those In Peril From The Sea - Kevin McDermott Orchestra
8 - Breathe - Imelda May
9 - Black Dog/White Horse - Big Special
10 - The Runner - Allison Russell

No surprise really. It was the only one that stood out. A lot of "Friends" generation crap or wishy washy dullness ;)

You know what they say,better to be one person's no.1 than everyone's no.10. Or something like that, I'm taking this one!

 

[GornikDaze]

You know what they say,better to be one person's no.1 than everyone's no.10. Or something like that, I'm taking this one!

I’m happy with second on Bimbo’s list!!

 

[Mancitydoogle]

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

Well done mate,I think you were the only one that got mine.Some still had me down
for Kurt Vile even after I posted my list!
I’ll get the trophy off Rob and bring it in October along with the T shirt and number sticker.

 

[Coatigan]

Well done mate,I think you were the only one that got mine.Some still had me down
for Kurt Vile even after I posted my list!
I’ll get the trophy off Rob and bring it in October along with the T shirt and number sticker.

Yeah well done B&W and Fog, miles ahead of the rest with the guessing. Particularly B&W who has not been here as long as most.

 

[Mancitydoogle]

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 fun again Rob, although I demand a recount! I think you’ll find I got 6 ,
not that it matters but it does move me above Spires lol

 

[Mancitydoogle]

My top ten

Boys of Summer

Marcy bum

One trick Ponies

We could send letters

Substitution

First we take Manhattan

The Old Place

Breathe

For those in Peril From The Sea

And here We Test Our Powers

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Happy but surprised Matilda did so well.
Someone mentioned it early on but that whole album is well worth a listen.
I nearly posted the title track - 11 past the hour.
Her 2017 album - life love flesh blood
is well worth a listen too.