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 | | | | | |
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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