The Album Review Club - Week #141 - (page 1860) - JPEG Raw - Gary Clark Jr.

[journolud]

Maybe 7 or 8 of us could volunteer to do 100 pages each and that way we’d be able to get the information pretty fast. I’d be happy to add the page numbers in (but not to trawl 700+ pages on my own!)

I'll help. Why don't we split up the list at the front say 10 albums each to start with. I'll post the 10 i find, and u update the list. Someone else can take another 10

It should be simple if a search is run on this thread of each album title with the proposers name. Ok that’s 60 odd searches but easier than trawling every page.

I’ll commit to doing some of this Thursday night, assuming my shift is quiet enough to allow it.

 

[Coatigan]

Why don’t we all do our own three or four.

Could do, thought it might be easier to keep track off all working off the same list/order. Happy with whatever is helpful.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Could do, thought it might be easier to keep track off all working off the same list/order. Happy with whatever is helpful.

Well as an example. Viva Dead Ponies is page 629, but only Rob can edit the first post.
It took me two minutes to find that under search.
If we all do our own it would take no time at all but Rob would have to add the page numbers to the original post, unless he has some way of making it public for editing.

 

[Coatigan]

Well as an example. Viva Dead Ponies is page 629, but only Rob can edit the first post.
It took me two minutes to find that under search.
If we all do our own it would take no time at all but Rob would have to add the page numbers to the original post, unless he has some way of making it public for editing.

Happy to go with that. Relies on everyone doing it though (a few have left as well). I find it easier doing things in order. But ultimately the list will get filled eventually.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Another music voting thread!

Several people have commented that the randomizer in @BlueHammer85 's Top 1100 album review thread isn't doing a great job of selecting albums.
Some people have suggested that we'd be better selecting the albums ourselves.
I would argue that the randomizer is doing a perfect job - it's completely random after all - but I understand the sentiment.

However, it got me thinking: given that some of us spend a lot of time on the thread, wouldn't it be nice if we were reviewing and commenting on albums that meant something to us? Even better, we could get an insight into why an album means so much to the person who selected it.

Blue Moon Forums - Album Review Club Scoreboard	Date	21/12/2022
Pos	Nominator	Week #	Album	Artist	Year	#Votes	Average
1	GoatersLeftShin	61	Revolver	The Beatles	1966	18	7.83
2	BlueHammer85	48	The Queen is Dead	The Smiths	1986	15	7.67
3	OB1	5	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin	1975	19	7.47
4	bennyboy	51	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road	Lucinda Williams	1998	16	7.44
5	mancity2012_eamo	57	Viva Dead Ponies p629	The Fatima Mansions	1990	11	7.09
6	southamptonblue	44	Beautiful Freak	Eels	1996	12	7.08
7	RobMCFC	1	The Lonesome Jubilee	John Cougar Mellencamp	1987	19	7.05
8	Saddleworth2	35	10cc	10cc	1973	16	6.88
9	FogBlueInSanFran	2	Let It Be	The Replacements	1984	14	6.86
10	BimboBob	58	The Colour of Spring	Talk Talk	1986	12	6.83
11	BlueHammer85	3	The Masterplan	Oasis	1998	18	6.81
12	Mancitydoogle	14	Southeastern	Jason Isbell	2013	10	6.80
13	Bill Walker	24	Bare Wires	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers	1968	10	6.80
14	Saddleworth2	4	Before The Dawn	Kate Bush	2014	14	6.79
15	Marklr	8	Foxtrot	Genesis	1972	20	6.75
16	denislawsbackheel	55	Flat Baroque and Berserk	Roy Harper	1970	15	6.73
17	Onholiday(somemightsay)	7	Rage Against The Machine	Rage Against The Machine	1992	22	6.68
18	OB1	36	Moving Pictures	Rush	1981	23	6.65
19	mancity2012_eamo	15	Paradise in the Picturehouse p207	The Stunning	1990	11	6.64
20	Saddleworth2	49	The Crossing	Big Country	1983	15	6.63
21	bennyboy	40	Lost Songs of the Confederacy	James King and the Lonewolves	2014	12	6.58
22	mancity2012_eamo	27	Irish Tour '74	Rory Gallagher p329	1974	13	6.54
23	RobMCFC	16	Earth and Sun and Moon	Midnight Oil	1993	12	6.50
24	GoatersLeftShin	42	Hejira	Joni Mitchell	1976	15	6.40
25	KnaresboroughBlue	6	Má Vlast	Bedřich Smetana	1874-79	15	6.40
26	bennyboy	25	Fuzzy	Grant Lee Buffalo	1993	15	6.40
27	Bill Walker	9	Red	King Crimson	1974	17	6.40
28	FogBlueInSanFran	33	Candy-O	The Cars	1979	13	6.38
29	BimboBob	38	Sule Skerry	Erland Cooper	2019	9	6.33
30	Coatigan	53	Painting of a Panic Attack	Frightened Rabbit	2016	16	6.31
31	southamptonblue	31	Dogs at Bay	Bad \\ Dreems	2015	14	6.29
32	bennyboy	12	Southern Rock Opera	Drive-By Truckers	2001	11	6.27
33	BimboBob	22	Songs of Faith and Devotion	Depeche Mode	1993	15	6.13
34	Mancitydoogle	41	Crazy on the Weekend	Sunhouse	1998	10	6.10
35	Saddleworth2	19	Jordan: The Comeback	Prefab Sprout	1990	12	6.08
36	FogBlueInSanFran	17	Welcome Interstate Managers	Fountains of Wayne	2003	14	6.07
37	threespires	60	Stand	Sly and the Family Stone	1969	14	6.07
38	RobMCFC	32	So Runs The World Away	Josh Ritter	2010	11	6.00
39	Coatigan	43	Puzzle	Biffy Clyro	2007	11	6.00
40	OB1	50	Women and Children First	Van Halen	1980	18	5.88
41	Mancitydoogle	56	Hard Station	Paul Brady	1981	13	5.85
42	Mancitydoogle	26	New York	Lou Reed	1989	14	5.82
43	KnaresboroughBlue	37	Rusalka	Antonín Dvořák	1900	11	5.82
44	Journolud	13	Gypsy Blood	Doll By Doll	1979	14	5.79
45	FogBlueInSanFran	47	Last Splash	The Breeders	1993	13	5.77
46	Journolud	23	Aldous Harding	Aldous Harding	2014	12	5.75
47	Bill Walker	45	From This Place	Pat Metheny	2020	8	5.75
48	BlueHammer85	18	A Century Ends	David Gray	1993	13	5.62
49	Coatigan	30	Given to the Wild	The Maccabees	2012	9	5.56
50	Journolud	54	American Gothic	David Ackles	1972	17	5.47
51	KnaresboroughBlue	52	At Budokan (Live)	Bob Dylan	1978	13	5.46
52	Journolud	39	The Magical Record of Blue Orchids	Blue Orchids	2019	10	5.40
53	southamptonblue	59	A Graveyard of Empty Bottles	The Dogs D'Amour	1989	13	5.38
54	BlueHammer85	34	Once (OST)	Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova	2006	14	5.36
55	RobMCFC	46	King Swamp	King Swamp	1989	15	5.27
56	GoatersLeftShin	11	Planetary Unfolding	Michael Stearns	1981	18	5.00
57	OB1	20	Destroyer	KISS	1976	16	5.00
58	denislawsbackheel	28	Death of a Ladies' Man	Leonard Cohen	1977	14	4.71
59	denislawsbackheel	10	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter	The Incredible String Band	1968	15	4.52
60	KnaresboroughBlue	21	Voice	Eyeless In Gaza	1993	14	4.50
61	GoatersLeftShin	29	All Possible Futures	Miami Horror	2015	12	4.33

Ground rules

1. Let me know if you want to nominate an album. Don't say what the album is yet as we want a bit of mystery and anticipation.
2. A schedule of nominators will be maintained in this post so people know when their nomination is due to appear.
3. Each Tuesday, a nominator will give a review of their album and tell us why it means so much to them. You do not get to score on your own album
4. All other members score the album 1-10 (0 or less will be rounded up to 1) and comment/discuss at will.
5. Voting will continue until the following Monday when votes will be counted and scoreboard on page 1 updated.
6. Once all regular and new contributors have nominated, everybody can have a 2nd choice and we'll carry on until every album ever made has been reviewed. Or until people get bored.

Obviously I can't enforce this, but it would be nice if everybody who wants to nominate joins in reviewing and scoring other nominations.

Nominators List

Round #5

04/01/2023 GornikDaze
11/01/2023 RobMCFC
18/01/2023 FogBlueInSanFran
25/01/2023 BlueHammer85
01/02/2023 Saddleworth2
08/02/2023 OB1
15/02/2023 bennyboy
22/02/2023 KnaresboroughBlue
01/03/2023 Coatigan
08/03/2023 journolud
15/03/2023 denislawsbackheel
22/03/2023 Mancitydoogle
29/03/2023 Mancity2012_eamo
05/04/2023 BimboBob
12/04/2023 southamptonblue
19/04/2023 threespires
26/04/2023 GoatersLeftShin
03/05/2023 Gaudion M

Simple way we can all edit.
Mine are filled in.
Rob if you want to nominate for any posters who are no longer contributing feel free.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

They might but to your point which stage do you pick? I'd probably go with something obvious like Dirty despite it not being my favourite. Could pick Ciccone Youth instead and try and convince Rob that Into the Groovey and Addicted To Love are evidence that covers are a legitimate art form :-)

Re Bull in the Heather, a bit too often I like to pull apart stuff and analyse why I like it, but Bull in The Heather is just one of those songs that sounds cool and that's the end of it. Even the video, in most videos if you had someone prancing about like the lass from Bikini Kill does in that one it would really wind me up, but I just think its cool and that's it.

When it is the ultra-adorable Kathleen Hanna, it is more than cool. OMG what a crush I had on her.

 

[bennyboy]

My choices.
Drive By Truckers....Southern Rock Opera.page177.
James King and the Lonewolves..Last Songs of the Confederacy.page 444.
Lucinnda Williams..Car Wheelson a Gravel Road.page 541

 

[RobMCFC]

I’ll commit to doing some of this Thursday night, assuming my shift is quiet enough to allow it.

Could do, thought it might be easier to keep track off all working off the same list/order. Happy with whatever is helpful.

Simple way we can all edit.
Mine are filled in.
Rob if you want to nominate for any posters who are no longer contributing feel free.

Probably easier if we get a few people doing it.
OK, let’s commit to doing this over the next week.

I’ll do 1-15, 61+
Coatigan 16-30
Journolud 31-45
Eamo 46-60

Just PM me the results and I’ll update the table.

How does that sound?

 

[RobMCFC]

That’s week numbers by the way, NOT position in the table.

Or would it be easier via table position?

 

[threespires]

I was thinking maybe of a classic jazz album next.

I know some people hold the Jimmy Rabbitte view of jazz but I will probably do one at some point too.