Best Ever Albums

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:50:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/25/2013 23:50

swedenman wrote:

Liz Phair has been exiled (sorry, I'm too sad to come up with a good pun).

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That's your best entry when you include the part in parentheses. Sorry for your loss, dude.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:02:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/25/2013 23:02

Liz Phair has been exiled (sorry, I'm too sad to come up with a good pun).

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Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Listmeister — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:35:24 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/23/2013 05:35

Vote goes to Blue Lines. It didn't strike me as anything special, but it was enjoyable to listen to, vaguely exotic, well played music.

Besides, I didn't care for Liz Phair's voice at all, and I seem to have a real hang-up about singers whose voices I don't like.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Mercury — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:36:03 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 09/23/2013 03:36

Exile in Guyville gets my vote.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:54:17 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 09/23/2013 02:54

Blue Lines for me.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:09:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/23/2013 02:09

Errm, at times, Exile makes me feel uncomfortable. it has an enjoyable sound, but I just can't get behind certain aspects of the album. I like Massive Attack and like their album Blue Lines. They're an enjoyable outfit, they can be boring sometimes, but that's fairly rare. Errm, went with Blue Lines.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:13:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/22/2013 20:13

Okay, after much deliberation, I have to give my vote to Liz Phair.

Didn't really like much she did after this, but this is one killer debut.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:06:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/22/2013 20:06

I'm pretty bummed to see such a great album draw Blue Lines in the very first round. Oh well, I'd be happy to see either of these albums win the whole thing, tbh.

Anyway, I'm not very good at promoting, but I'll say a few things about Exile:

For one, Liz Phair can write a god-damn chord progression. For example, this entire song:

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Also this one, particularly the "Baby I'm tired of fighting" line:

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The guitar work throughout is outstanding. The lyrics are blunt (in a good way), highly personal, and really dark in places. The album is pretty varied, but maintains themes of failed romance and sexual liberation throughout, and Liz delivers them with a shitload of attitude.

I'd be happy to see either of these albums go on, but everyone needs to give Exile a chance if you haven't already.

Oh, and I'd like to give a shout-out to revolver94 for introducing me to this album 😁

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

revolver94 — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:52:32 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 09/22/2013 17:52

awww exile deserves to go farther than this 🙁 a top 10 album for me. I do love blue lines, too, so I guess I shouldnt get too upset...

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Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:04:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/22/2013 15:04

Blue Lines is one of a few albums I wouldn't mind at all winning the whole thing. It's that incredible. Exile is still great though.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

meccalecca — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:02:14 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/22/2013 15:02

Norman Bates wrote:

It's cruel to Exile, an album I like a lot, to draw Blue Lines, an album I think is better still.

my thoughts exactly. there are days when I'd pick Exile and days I'd pick Blue Lines.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

drakonium — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:55:24 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 09/22/2013 14:55

Exile is OK, I guess. Blue Lines is in my top 30 or something. Another easy choice for me.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Norman Bates — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:36:57 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/22/2013 13:36

It's cruel to Exile, an album I like a lot, to draw Blue Lines, an album I think is better still.

Re: BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:49:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/22/2013 12:49

I've heard both, but it's been an extremely long time. I'll check back to vote in a couple hours.

BDAT Rd. 1 - Exile in Guyville vs. Blue Lines (CLOSED)

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:39:23 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/22/2013 12:39

BDAT

Round 1

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Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
Sponsor: swedenman

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Blue Lines - Massive Attack (1991)
Sponsor: ppnw

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU HAVE HEARD BOTH ALBUMS