Album of the Week #81: Voting

Dudess

On this thread you can both vote for one of the above, and make a nomination for the subsequent Album of the Week.

- Only ONE nomination per user, per week shall be accepted.
- A nomination will not be accepted again for a subsequent three months.
- You don't have to ask whether it's ok to nominate a particular album - once it's alt/indie, doesn't matter how old/obscure it is.

deisedude

Voted for whipping boy

Nominating: Alice in Chains "Dirt"

lordgoat

Nominating Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds

Red Sleeping Beauty

Nomination for next week : Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury.

The Hustler

Voted for Ziggy Stardust

Nominating : The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through And Leave

ludwit

I know it doesn't have a hope of winning but this is a great album.

A couple of opinions:
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/afghan-whigs-1965.htm


http://www.theshrubbery.com/0299/music1.html

and below, the reviewer gives it a 4/5 don't know why the score shows as 3/5

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3638

would love if I could post a stream of it but don't know any legal ones.

Xavi6

Nominating - Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows

voted whipping boy

nominating Air - Moon Safari

automaticflare

has to be bowie surely!!!

Dan Dare

Voted Ziggy Stardust.

Nominating Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate.

Rics

(2) for The Cooper Temple Clause nomination

Dudess

I decided I'd give Bowie leeway last week as he was an "alternative" artist of sorts at the time of Ziggy, but Alice in Chains, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (and I love that album) and Madness... sorry, no. They are not alternative/indie.

deisedude

Dudess wrote: »

I decided I'd give Bowie leeway last week as he was an "alternative" artist of sorts at the time of Ziggy, but Alice in Chains, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (and I love that album) and Madness... sorry, no. They are not alternative/indie.

Kind of expected that my Alice in Chains nomination was going to be knocked back. I would have classified Afghan Whigs as grunge but they got nominated last week so thought it was worth a shot. Can i nominate Deus "Pocket Revolution" instead?

flyswatter

ND 1978 wrote: »

nominating Air - Moon Safari

+1 to that.

bowsie casey

ludwit wrote: »

I know it doesn't have a hope of winning but this is a great album.

1965 is my least favourite of the Afghan Whigs albums, but I'll give it the vote because of the brilliant Gentlemen and Black Love albums and their excellent live show. Was p***ed off to miss Greg Dulli in Galway last year.

+1 for dEUS - Pocket Revolution nomination

Dan Dare

Dudess wrote: »

I decided I'd give Bowie leeway last week as he was an "alternative" artist of sorts at the time of Ziggy, but Alice in Chains, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (and I love that album) and Madness... sorry, no. They are not alternative/indie.

Well you are the mod. But a band who have not released new material in over 20 years, and are a ska band to boot (no pun intended) are hardly mainstream. And it is a fab album! Can I appeal your verdict?

Dan Dare

Dan Dare wrote: »

Well you are the mod. But a band who have not released new material in over 20 years, and are a ska band to boot (no pun intended) are hardly mainstream. And it is a fab album! Can I appeal your verdict?

'hardly mainstream' is not the same thing as 'alternative/indie'. The line can be blurry sometimes though

Spiritoftheseventies

Voted for Strangeways here we comes. Nominating Doolittle by the pixies

Dudess

Dan Dare wrote: »

Well you are the mod. But a band who have not released new material in over 20 years, and are a ska band to boot (no pun intended) are hardly mainstream. And it is a fab album! Can I appeal your verdict?

Well my being a mod doesn't have anything to do with it - it's just simply that Madness are not alternative/indie in terms of their genre. In fairness, I have to disagree with your "hardly mainstream" comment. Madness?! There was no getting away from them in the first half of the 80s!
ND 1978 is spot-on. A jazz-metal infusion band isn't mainstream either but they wouldn't belong here.

deisedude, Alice In Chains are suited to Rock & Metal. I would totally consider Afghan Whigs alternative/indie.
And I'm not so sure about Air either... they're more electronica.

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

And I'm not so sure about Air either... they're more electronica.

Boo....you let Massive Attack in

deisedude

Dudess wrote: »

Well my being a mod doesn't have anything to do with it - it's just simply that Madness are not alternative/indie in terms of their genre. In fairness, I have to disagree with your "hardly mainstream" comment. Madness?! There was no getting away from them in the first half of the 80s!
ND 1978 is spot-on. A jazz-metal infusion band isn't mainstream either but they wouldn't belong here.

deisedude, Alice In Chains are suited to Rock & Metal. I would totally consider Afghan Whigs alternative/indie.
And I'm not so sure about Air either... they're more electronica.

I think in the earlier years Afghan Whigs were more grunge than anything else. Being signed to Sub pop in the early 1990's because they had a similar sound to that of the Seattle bands would indicate this. Granted like Pearl Jam their music changed over time so in essence we are both right!:D

cherryghost

Nominating

Beck - Modern Guilt

rcaz

The Soft Bulletin FTW. Bowie sucks!!

Dan Dare

OK. The The - Infected. Haven't heard it in years, have it on tape but no damned tape player.

Red Sleeping Beauty

+1 for The The Infected.

ludwit

bowsie casey wrote: »

1965 is my least favourite of the Afghan Whigs albums, but I'll give it the vote because of the brilliant Gentlemen and Black Love albums and their excellent live show. Was p***ed off to miss Greg Dulli in Galway last year.

+1 for dEUS - Pocket Revolution nomination

I love having 1965 on before I go out, it always gets the room in the mood for partying, maybe thats why I love it so much and have listened to it so much more than any other of their albums.

I haven't listened to Gentlemen in a while, save 'My Curse' which I am trying to do a version of, probably cause I listened to it so so many times when it came out.

Spiritoftheseventies

think it was on the first album but liked uncertain smile by The The.

Dudess

Ooh, The The! Me likes!

Yes, Uncertain Smile is incredible...

Dudess

Irrelevant posts deleted. There's a Test forum under Sys.

Heaven Net

I love having 1965 on before I go out, it always gets the room in the mood for partying, maybe thats why I love it so much and have listened to it so much more than any other of their albums.

I haven't listened to Gentlemen in a while, save 'My Curse' which I am trying to do a version of, probably cause I listened to it so so many times when it came out.

ADTR

Voted for M83. Nominating Cursive - The Ugly Organ.

Dudess

That Cursive album was nominated a few weeks ago so it can't be again for another while (see opening post).

Captain Darling

Too much choice in this poll. I would have voted for Bowie, the Smiths, Mull Historical Society or Whipping Boy.

Ended up giving the Flaming Lips the nod. Tough choice though.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Does no one know who McCarthy are/were ?

Alan Rouge

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Does no one know who McCarthy are/were ?

Isn't 'we are all bourgeois now' one of theirs?

Manics covered it at the end of Know Your Enemy

Actually wouldn't mind hearing more

Red Sleeping Beauty

ND 1978 wrote: »

Isn't 'we are all bourgeois now' one of theirs?

Manics covered it at the end of Know Your Enemy

Actually wouldn't mind hearing more

It was on their b-sides album Lipstick Traces as well. It's only through the Manics that I heard of McCarthy. Their CDs aren't that easy to find but there's some generic record label called CherryREd that has re-released some of their CDs.


Here's a good site for lyrics and a few other bits of info: http://sances.info/mccarthy/index.htm

Manics also covered Red Sleeping Beauty, well James Dean Bradfield did it acoustic a few times and they recorded an electric full band version for a b-side a few years ago.



I like this one :

Edit: Jaysis, is there anything Youtube doesn't have ?
Interview : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMymF6OvJrM
Live Red Sleeping Beauty : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vz0pHPonU

That tune rocks. Will definitely check out more.

I stand by my vote for Strangeways though, I owe it to my 17 year old self....:)

Dudess

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Does no one know who McCarthy are/were ?

I know about them as I'm so fascinated with 80s/early 90s British alternative/indie, but I don't know their music - first saw their name on an indie compilation in the early 90s and it stayed with me as it's so unusual. I also know Stereolab are linked with them.