Best Ever Albums

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Defago — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:24:32 GMT

Author: Defago

Posted: 03/14/2014 18:24

19loveless91 wrote:

Neil almost beat the BEAM compilation. It was also super close in the best user song vote - all three songs (including yours Defago 😉 ) were really close.

All hail our Dear Leader, Kim Jong Neil. Seriously though he completely deserved the win, both of his tracks (and his LP) are really solid.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

19loveless91 — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 04:51:22 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 03/14/2014 08:51

lethalnezzle wrote:

Eagerly anticipating some of those "interesting thoughts" if you can be arsed loveless. .

Oh, alright then.

I'm not sure if I had anything specific in mind when I wrote that, but I guess I just wanted to give you a better idea of how you guys have voted. I already mentioned the tight battle between mbv and Loud City Song in both indie/alter and overall category. That was a pretty big surprise for me, none of the others were really all that close. Modern Vampires did however get most #1 spots, so if we went with regular "pick your favourite" vote, then this would be your winner (both in best album and best indie/alter). A different winner would also be in the best song category - Gustavo had the most #1 votes, but Get Lucky was just kinda universally loved, most people put it in their top 5, so it ended up being a pretty comfortable win. Another note for the best album - Reflektor only came in 9th, beating only Overgrown. The rest of the nominees were pretty close together from #3-#8.

Other really close decisions:
Gustavo only beat Only Tomorrow on a tie-breaker.
Gorguts beat Sunbather despite having less #1 votes.
Good battle between Lorde and CHVRCHES, both in best pop album and song (but surprisingly enough, The Bones... wasn't really close to Pure Heroine in the best debut category) - in both cases the winner was the one with less #1 votes. Bey took third spot.
Brennisteinn just about took it over ...Like Clockwork
Neil almost beat the BEAM compilation. It was also super close in the best user song vote - all three songs (including yours Defago 😉 ) were really close.

A couple more interesting observations
Black Skinhead had the most #1 votes by far, but also the most #5s, so wasn't really close to winning.
Very similar thing with $krillionaire in best solo female - more #1s than anybody, but still easily in the last place. I said it before, but Mephisto in the Water winning here was a massive, but also most pleasant surprise for me. Interesting note, This is a True Heart only came in fourth, despite Julia doing so well overall.
I also thought Immunity winning was a pretty big surprise - Tomorrow's Harvest was a close second, RAM wasn't really that close...

Most dominating:
Acid Rap murdered everything, both in best hip hop and best solo male.
Julia also won very easily in solo female.
Kveikur in the "foreign language" category. Which kinda sucked. I hope people at least listened to Aljawal.
Bangerz and Accidental Racist also both with an overwhelming win.
BEA also seems to still have a hard-on for Burial. Two convincing wins, I expected the one in the best EP category, but not in the solo male song category - that was a pretty massive margin there...
I was kinda surprised to see Marling very comfortably winning best folk too.
Also a pretty easy win for the Like a Rolling Stone vid. No surprises there.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

junodog4 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:11:34 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 03/12/2014 04:11

Norman Bates wrote:

Splendid ceremony, spent a jolly good time. thanks to all!

^this.

This thread was a perfect illustration of why I'm on BEA.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

camsh — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:01:30 GMT

Author: camsh

Posted: 03/11/2014 22:01

Jhereko wrote:

There's only 4 awards left. We're going on a short break but before we do:

We don't have a writeup of album of the year nominee ...Like Clockwork but here's a video of Queens Of The Stone Age being interviewed by some kids...

Link

I could have done one... 😢

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

alelsupreme — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:38:30 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 03/11/2014 21:38

Disagree with many choices, but I gotta commend those involved in running this - great job!

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:40:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/11/2014 20:40

This keeps getting better each year. Infinite thanks to everyone involved 😁 �'�

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Hayden — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:03:16 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 03/11/2014 20:03

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The last 3 write-ups in particular were fantastic by the way. Great jobs guys.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Norman Bates — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:53:01 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 03/11/2014 19:53

Splendid ceremony, spent a jolly good time. thanks to all!

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:38:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/11/2014 18:38

Just to reiterate what others have said, thanks very much for putting this all together guys. I know it's a mammoth task, but I thoroughly enjoyed the whole presentation (props to everyone who put forward write-ups too, enjoyed every single one in very different ways). This gets better every year. Also, congrats to BEA on picking largely deserving winners (biggest gripe was Beyonce not winning anything, especially considering she was beaten by the honestly rather irritating Chvrches in the Best Pop Album category); give yourselves a collective pat on the back (or, y'know, play a game of soggy biscuit - whatever floats your boat). Eagerly anticipating some of those "interesting thoughts" if you can be arsed loveless. Anyways, well done on a fantastic Beamas.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

videoheadcleaner — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 05:15:18 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 03/11/2014 09:15

19loveless91 wrote:

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BEA MIXTAPE No. 1 BY VARIOUS ARTISTS
Yay, everybody wins!

"A crazy, mixed-up assortment of sounds. In other words, absolutely awesome." – nutso 42

"Really fun listen - I can honestly say that there wasn't a single song that wasn't awesome" - Puncture Repair

"Fantastic effort from all involved! Can't wait for the next one" - SquishyPuffDave

I think this speaks volumes about how talented our community can be.

Bring on BEAM #2!

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 03:35:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/11/2014 07:35

yeah, beyond that little, um, spat, it was a great presentation I could accept the fact that kitty lost best EP even if my tearducts couldn't and a giant round of applause for all the work involved. Can't wait for 2014 and all the new wonderful in-jokes and surprises that awards show has in store.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Mercury — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:33:15 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 03/11/2014 01:33

Yeah this was great.

But Vampire Weekend was robbed. In the song and album races.

But whatever.

And "Get Lucky" winning was surprising for me. I was thinking Gustavo.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:34:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/11/2014 00:34

Thanks all who participated. As always been a lotta work but a lotta fun.

Big thanks to: SquishypuffDave, Jackwc, MeccaLecca, Jman, Defago, 19loveless91, GeevyDallas, lethalnezzle and dividesbyzero for their incredible write ups.

Will post a text list of the winners later.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

19loveless91 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:22:30 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 03/11/2014 00:22

It has to be said - Loud City Song was really, and I mean reeeaally fucking close to winning this. It was already a tie in the indie/alter category with Holter winning on account of having more #1 spots, and it was super close here too. Third placed Vampire Weekend weren't really close, these two were really a step above the others.

I'm off to bed now, might be back tomorrow with more thoughts about some other interesting votes/results.

Oh and.. These write-ups ended up being fucking great, love the mix we got here.

Re: The 3rd Annual Best Ever Albums Music Awards Presentation

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:20:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/11/2014 00:20

�'� You both did fantastic. Thank you very much for this! I was expecting m b v to win for whatever reason. I don't know, something in the back of my mind was just telling me that it would win.