Best Ever Albums

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Fri, 9 Nov 2012 13:39:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/09/2012 18:39

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Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Mr. Shankly — Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:59:24 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 11/09/2012 05:59

Hmmm.... I'm currently an undecided voter. I like that Echo album and that Husker Du cover is a brilliant choice for single! On the other side, White Blood Cells is great. I really need to listen to the Microphones. Ditto for the Chills, another group I've been aware of for a long time, but never got around to checking out. I don't think I know any of the others. 🤔

Oh! Missy Elliot's album is pretty good.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Facetious — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:04:39 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 11/09/2012 02:04

Some more promotion:

Why you should vote for 1984

This 1984 team is basically psychedelia in many forms along with one ambient album. Still, it's no less eclectic than the 2001 team, because all of the different psychedelic rock forms are completely different from each other. On the crazier side of things, we've got one of the greatest punk albums, Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac. It is the perfect example of an experimental noisy album that works. It's absurd and ridiculous, but not in a bad way. There's a lot of energy and weirdness here, and every aspect of the music comes together to create an overall highly interesting and, most importantly, enjoyable experience.
Even more energetic and rocking is the Eight Miles High single, a cover of the phenomenal Byrds track. Hüsker Dü do the impossible here, and actually slightly improve on the original, doing an admirable job of creating their own unique version in the process.
Moving on to Dream Syndicate's Medicine Show, we find the band, not wanting to make the same record again and again (however great that record was), take a slightly different direction. Fortunately, the result is one more indie psych rock classic, which was not as successful as the debut obviously, but taken on its own terms, was hardly much less impressive.
Then we get two poppier masterpieces, the single Pink Frost and the album Ocean Rain. The latter, containing some of Echo and the Bunnymen's most popular songs, might have easily ended up being an inconsistent affair, only relying on the hits. This is avoided, though, and that is exactly why it is their best album. The single by The Chills (what an appropriate name 🤣 ) didn't become popular for no reason, as it really is quite good for what it is.
This leaves us with Structures from Silence, which is a bit different from the rest of the team, but certainly not worse. It is one of Steve Roach's masterpieces, which is quite a big deal because Steve Roach is easily one of the best ambient artists ever.
So overall, as you can see, 1984, while not the best year in music, has certainly lots of great underrated albums and singles that deserve your votes.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

RFNAPLES — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 18:02:18 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 11/08/2012 23:02

1984

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Mother Nature's Son — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:38:17 GMT

Author: Mother Nature's Son

Posted: 11/08/2012 18:38

Promotion time 😎

Look me in the eyes and tell me honestly that you don't find this beautiful!

Link

Poppy, yet edgy, yet great, yet.. just listen to the damn thing, okay?

Link

Starts out beautiful and trippy, then slowly turns into madness.

Link

Because we already have used "Killing Moon" as a single, we'll use another great song from the album this time. Post-punk when it's best.

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Hüsker Dü's great cover version of "Eight Miles High", surrounded by their wall of noise.

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..and now time to chill out! Beautiful, isn't it?

Link

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Facetious — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:08:19 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 11/08/2012 15:08

Equally great teams, so I think I'll vote for the team of which I'm the captain.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:51:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/08/2012 14:51

polls open

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:24:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2012 16:24

😕 is going on here?

Know little from either team, so I'll try to listen but might abastain

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

alelsupreme — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:19:34 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 11/06/2012 16:19

abstain, don't know anything from 84 and can't listen to anything right now.

also eggman you're a right jammy bastard, you.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:38:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2012 13:38

Neither team jumps out at me. Got a couple of things to listen/re-listen to and then I'll decide.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

cartoken — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 07:51:51 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 11/06/2012 12:51

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Of course, if you win, Shane Spear (tournament stats guy) will credit the victory to Eggman and not you.

i'm one of the worst captains of this tournament anyways, so...

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Facetious — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 06:42:29 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 11/06/2012 11:42

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Of course, if you win, Shane Spear (tournament stats guy) will credit the victory to Eggman and not you.

Wait.........I hadn't thought about that 😲

ShaneSpear would have to correct the co-captain thing sometime though 😜

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Mr. Shankly — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 06:37:46 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 11/06/2012 11:37

cartoken wrote:

he's the co-captain, he's supposed to if i don't ? no ?

Of course, if you win, Shane Spear (tournament stats guy) will credit the victory to Eggman and not you.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 05:01:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2012 10:01

cartoken wrote:

he's the co-captain, he's supposed to if i don't ? no ?

It's usually after 24 hours to give the Captain a chance to post first. But if you're cool that's cool. We've had quite a few times like this anyway.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Facetious — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 04:58:47 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 11/06/2012 09:58

Jhereko wrote:

I might have a distorted view of things but I feel like this co-captain thing has solved far more problems than it has created.

Agreed.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

cartoken — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 04:57:30 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 11/06/2012 09:57

Jhereko wrote:

Wait...did you organise for Eggman to post the team?

he's the co-captain, he's supposed to if i don't ? no ?

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 04:51:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2012 09:51

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Maybe after round one, it's time we jettison this co-captain thing. Witness this match, for example.

I might have a distorted view of things but I feel like this co-captain thing has solved far more problems than it has created.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 03:26:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/06/2012 08:26

cartoken wrote:

2001 obviously 8)

Wait...did you organise for Eggman to post the team?

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Norman Bates — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 03:18:44 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 11/06/2012 08:18

Mr. Shankly wrote:

Eggman is playing with himself? 😲 That's one way not to lose. :lol:

Sure is.

Re: [CLOSED] BYT - GROUP F|FIGHT 8: 2001 DEFEATS 1984 (19-10)

Mr. Shankly — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 03:17:33 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 11/06/2012 08:17

Eggman is playing against himself? 😲 That's one way not to lose. 🤣

Maybe after round one, it's time we jettison this co-captain thing. Witness this match, for example.