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| Poll: Please listen to both albums in full before voting, then choose your favorite. |
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| Honey by Robyn |
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55% |
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| And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized |
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45% |
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| Total Votes : 20 |
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Skinny
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- #11
- Posted: 07/31/2019 00:13
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Also naaaaaw this clearly doesnt touch spiritualizeds best
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
- #12
- Posted: 07/31/2019 03:08
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Robyn has a clearly solid sound with beautifully piercing vocals and fantastic production, but I struggled with it's dynamics and tonality as something that never really took off.
So while Spiritualized is kind of a regurgitation of things (both a pro and a con) I like, it gets the win for me.
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Purplepash
ranker, rater, & music list maker
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Location: Western Australia 
- #13
- Posted: 07/31/2019 08:57
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As somebody who has liked Jason Pierce since Spacemen 3's debut album, and has Ladies And Gentlemen... in my all time chart, I'm still a huge fan of the latest Spiritualized album. While it might not be as great as some of their earlier albums they did set an extremely high bar, and this is still a wonderful album in it's own right. Top 20 for the year for me and a definite vote over Robyn.
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dihansse
dihansse
Gender: Male
Age: 62
- #14
- Posted: 07/31/2019 15:15
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| Gowi wrote: | | Quote: | | is their absolute best |
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I admit I have this feeling a lot, ie where I think that older artists are releasing their best albums now. I know they mostly do it for the money, I know that in most cases they don’t bring anything new, and I know that in most cases their vocal range hasn’t improved;
But I just find that their new albums tend to be more focused and I just (re-) discover that the production quality of those older albums was not 100%.
But rest assured there’s also many examples of the opposite: I don’t expect that the upcoming Pixies album will be better than Doolittle or Surfer Rosa.
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam 
- #15
- Posted: 07/31/2019 15:57
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| Quote: | I admit I have this feeling a lot, ie where I think that older artists are releasing their best albums now. I know they mostly do it for the money, I know that in most cases they don’t bring anything new, and I know that in most cases their vocal range hasn’t improved;
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Being said, sometimes it works out. I'm extremely fond of Slowdive's 2017 effort, and comfortably consider it their second best.
The Spiritualized album is the only album in the tournament I haven't given a spin yet, but I'll get on it soon. Won't say anything further until I do (but it's going to take quite a bit to beat Robyn).
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Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster
Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment
- #16
- Posted: 08/05/2019 13:11
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This is far from my favorite Spiritualized, but it still easily outdistances Robyn's fluff.
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Repo
BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
- #17
- Posted: 08/06/2019 23:04
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| CryingGameDahlin wrote: | | Yeah this isn't my absolute favorite from Robyn or even my favorite of '18 but I was listening to it quite a bit around the time of the nomination s and it just really fits a perfect mood, definitely finding a place for lean, moody, unabashedly middle-age synthpop album. . |
Totally! It's also quite a grower. One of our favorites from our recent road trip although we still liked her other two albums a lot more.
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Repo
BeA Sunflower
Location: Forest Park
- #18
- Posted: 08/07/2019 12:08
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I worship spiritualized's 90s albums and this new one is great and certainly holds it own. Sure it's nothing new, but Jason owns this sound and this is another GREAT release.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
- #19
- Posted: 08/10/2019 03:22
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My opinion hasn't changed since last year's first listen for either record. Both are above-average albums, but it's a fairly comfortable win for Robyn. Honey is never less than very good, and catches pop lightning in a bottle a few times, leading to some stunning highlights. My hot take is that Honey would beat any album in either artist's discography (although I have a few albums left to tackle, admittedly).
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 30
Location: Massachusetts
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