Best Ever Albums

Re: Best of 1974

WindowAbove — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:05:09 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 10/20/2014 16:05

Shouldn't this thread be unstickied?

Re: Best of 1974

Skinny — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:55:27 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/15/2014 20:55

Listmeister wrote:

I'd love to see your revised charts.

Here you go pal.

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:52:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/15/2014 20:52

Listmeister wrote:

Epilogue:

I'm wondering how many participants revised their Best of 1974 list. I know my 1974 chart got a lot longer, as did my 1970's one.

I'd love to see your revised charts.

I noticed that Meet the Residents is on your chart. Have you grown to like that album?

Re: Best of 1974

Listmeister — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:11:37 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 10/15/2014 14:11

Epilogue:

I'm wondering how many participants revised their Best of 1974 list. I know my 1974 chart got a lot longer, as did my 1970's one.

I'd love to see your revised charts.

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:28:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/29/2014 23:28

Listmeister wrote:

Final Results!

50. Libertango by Antonioa Piazzolo
51. Paradise and Lunch by Ry Cooder
52. Mysterious Traveller by The Weather Report
53. Apostrophe by Frank Zappa
54. Secret Treaties by Blue Oyster Cult
55. Ellis & Tom by Ells Regina & Tom Jobim
56. Isshoku Sokuhatsu by Yonin Bayashi
57. Living in the 70's by Skyhooks
58. New Skin for the Old Ceremony by Leonard Cohen
59. The Dingoes by The Dingoes
60. Late for the Sky by Jackson Brown
61. Anima latina by Lucio Battisti
62. Winter Light by Oregon
63. Graham Central Station by Graham Central Station
64. Pussy Cats by Harry Nilsson

Place was determined by round eliminated, then by the scores of the individual matches, with the later rounds counting more than the first rounds. In the case of the first round, some ties were decided by strength of opponent.

None of my noms even cracked the top 50. 😢

Lovable losers nonetheless. In fact, Pussy Cats finishing dead last is kind of fitting. Makes me love it even more. 😎 Now excuse me. I'm going to go cry in my beer.

Re: Best of 1974

meccalecca — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:13:08 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/29/2014 23:13

Listmeister wrote:

64. Pussy Cats by Harry Nilsson[/b]

Poor Pussy Cats. I still love you.

Re: Best of 1974

Listmeister — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:44:49 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/29/2014 21:44

Final Results!

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Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt

Winner: Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
2. On the Beach by Neil Young
3. Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison
4. Kimono My House by Sparks

4th Round:
5. No Other by Gene Clark
6. Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno
7. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
8. Peace & Love by Dadawah

3rd Round
9. Fear by John Cale
10. Autobahn by Kraftwerk
11. Zuckerzeit by Cluster
12. Country Life by Roxy Music
13. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
14. Meet The Residents by The Residents
15. Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
16. Radio City by Big Star

2nd Round
17. Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
18. A Tabua de Esmeralda by Jorge Ben
19. You by Gong
20. Red by King Crimson
21. The Heart of Saturday Night by Tom Waits
22. Unrest by Henry Cow
23. The End by Nico
24. Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell
25. Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) by Brian Eno
26. Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
27. Blackdance by Klaus Schulze
28. Crystals by Sam Rivers
29. Inspiration Information by Shuggie Otis
30. Queen II by Queen
31. Silent Tongues by Cecil Taylor
32. In the Dark by Toots and the Maytals

First Round
33. Sweet Exorcist by Curtis Mayfield
34. Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
35. Rejuvenation by The Meters
36. Batsumi by Batsumi
37. Crime of the Century by Supertramp
38. Natural Boogie by Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
39. Natty Dread by Bob Marley & the Wailers
40. Diamond Dogs by David Bowie
41. Elektronic Turkuler by Erkin Koray
42. Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder
43. Pick a Dub by Keith Hudson
44. Cartola (1974) by Cartola
45. 461 Ocean Blvd. by Eric Clapton
46. Old Train by The Seldom Scene
47. Einsjager und Siebenjager by Popul Vuh
48. Eldorado, a Symphony by Electric Light Orchestra
49. Relayer by Yes
50. Libertango by Antonioa Piazzolo
51. Paradise and Lunch by Ry Cooder
52. Mysterious Traveller by The Weather Report
53. Apostrophe by Frank Zappa
54. Secret Treaties by Blue Oyster Cult
55. Ellis & Tom by Ells Regina & Tom Jobim
56. Isshoku Sokuhatsu by Yonin Bayashi
57. Living in the 70's by Skyhooks
58. New Skin for the Old Ceremony by Leonard Cohen
59. The Dingoes by The Dingoes
60. Late for the Sky by Jackson Brown
61. Anima latina by Lucio Battisti
62. Winter Light by Oregon
63. Graham Central Station by Graham Central Station
64. Pussy Cats by Harry Nilsson

Place was determined by round eliminated, then by the scores of the individual matches, with the later rounds counting more than the first rounds. In the case of the first round, some ties were decided by strength of opponent.

Re: Best of 1974

Hayden — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:20:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/11/2014 13:20

Predicting this for the top 4

Lamb vs. Peace & Love (hopefully... but it'll probably be Rock Bottom)
&
On The Beach vs. Fear

... 🤔
Not sure about the winner though. Or even the round after that to be honest.

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Wed, 6 Aug 2014 08:17:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/06/2014 12:17

Listmeister wrote:

You can see the matchups at https://challonge.com/bea1974.

Bump. (Bracket link)

Re: Best of 1974

denmarkman — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:02:56 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 07/28/2014 02:02

Oddly specific. Sounds like fun, though. How long are the matches up?

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 21:40:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/28/2014 01:40

Can we get this stickied?

Nice work, Listmeister.

Re: Best of 1974

Listmeister — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:31:26 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 07/14/2014 15:31

Are we ready to do this? I'm thinking we'll start in two weeks (July 27 or 28 ) and then have a set of four matchups every Monday and Thursday.

Also, I'd like to try the game mechanic (I think I mentioned it before) where you can vote for "Disliked both" or "Liked Both", and then when "Disliked Both" has the majority it can be replaced by the second one to get the highest "Liked Both" votes.

You can see the matchups at https://challonge.com/bea1974.

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:49:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/24/2014 22:49

http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=326082#326082

I think the reasoning is that starting two albums tournaments at once will create too large a listening load for people who haven't already prepared. Or maybe not, but that's a reason I wouldn't mind if it was delayed till at least round 2 of the +1500. Looking forward to it regardless.

Re: Best of 1974

Hayden — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:37:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/24/2014 22:37

Do you think it's safe to start this one soon? 🤔 Now that the BEU is over?

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Tue, 20 May 2014 01:52:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/20/2014 05:52

My albums shall win the tourney.

Re: Best of 1974

creator — Tue, 20 May 2014 00:03:28 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 05/20/2014 04:03

Sorry about the Steve Reich album. I was going off of the one in my collection, which must be a reissue or something. But I'm excited for tournament, hopefully Anima Latina can get some love!

Re: Best of 1974

Anonymous — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:17:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/19/2014 15:17

Norman Bates wrote:

Just looked at the bracket. 74, a weak year, huh.

Seriously. This is a great bracket, looking forward to the tourney.

Re: Best of 1974

Hayden — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:14:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/19/2014 15:14

Skinny wrote:

I like Dadawah's Peace & Love, but maybe not enough to vote for it ahead of Apostrophe. Will have to relisten to both, it's a close call. As for Batsumi and Bayashi, I've never heard either, but Radio City is my least favourite Big Star album and I'll vote for pretty much anything against Yes, unless it's actually unlistenable. I can't speak for anybody else obviously, but after a few listens and relistens I'd say all of your three nominations stand a good chance of getting my vote in their respective matchups.

I'm with you on Yes 🤣 But I'm afraid BEA will still vote for them..maybe not. Can't tell at this point.

I think you might dig Batsumi actually. Check it out when you can.
Bayashi is a Japanese prog-rock band that released an album heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, and it's pretty impressive.

And Peace & Love is.. well, Peace & Love. Really dope, slow, political reggae album.

Re: Best of 1974

meccalecca — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:12:48 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 05/19/2014 15:12

Skinny wrote:

I've been meaning to check out Zuckerzeit for far too long, so i'm glad to have an excuse, though Cohen's one of my all time favorite artists and New Skin is a phenomenal album.

No Other vs Meet The Residents is a painful one for me. I've been listening to a ton of the Residents lately, so I could really go either way.

Re: Best of 1974

Skinny — Mon, 19 May 2014 11:05:27 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 05/19/2014 15:05

meccalecca wrote:

Ugh. I've got:
Nico's The End vs Taking Tiger Mountain
Gene Clark's No Other vs Meet The Residents

both of those are just as rough.

I'll be voting for The End over Taking Tiger Mountain. Can't say the same for No Other over Meet The Residents though, even though Clark is amazing at what he does. Apologies, but I'm also going with Zuckerzeit over New Skin (one of the first round matches I'm most excited about, along with the Van Morrison/Popol Vuh matchup). But your nominations have all ended up in matches where I'm familiar with both albums - there aren't actually too many of those in the first round, only 13 out of a possible 32 (so lots of listening to do).

Hayden wrote:

I know... I got pretty uneven match-ups too.

I'm against Yes's Relayer, Zappa's Apostrophe and Big Star's Radio City 🙄 With 3 albums that I genuinely believe are the best of the year, but have less than 10 votes in total on BEA...