Rank the Tracks 163: Garbage - Version 2.0

Previous results can be seen here:
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks_Set_2
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks_Set_3
https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_the_Tracks_Set_4

The rules:
1. Listen to the album in full
2. Rank every track on the album
3. For the results, there will be a curve at the top of each list; two additional points between #1 and #2, and one additional point for the next two ranks. This way, the songs that really stick out to someone get an edge that is not immediately negated by someone else putting it lower. In the case of Demon Days, someone's 15th track will get 1 point, 14th 2 points, 4th 12 points, 3rd 14 points, 2nd 16 points, and 1st 19 points. For albums with greater than 15 tracks, everything ranked below #15 will be given 0 points and the scale for the top 15 will be the same as a 15-track album. For albums with more than 20 tracks, you only have to list your top 15 (with 16-20, I still like having the average rank listed)
4. If you want to include comments for individual songs, I will compile them in the results
5. The results will be posted at the beginning of the next topic
6. The deadline to vote is Thursday, May 9th at 8:00 AM Central Time ; If you do get in a vote after the deadline but before I post the results, I will probably include it.
7. Every few weeks, a nomination period will open; there may or may not be a theme. Each user can nominate one album. The following week, everyone will be able to rank their top ~5 among the choices - this will use a bottom-up scoring approach, i.e. voting for one album will give your #1 a single point, voting for five will give your #1 five points, so it is always better to vote for the maximum number of albums. The top ~5 will then be covered.
8. Skits and tracks under 40 seconds will be excluded from the rankings unless argued otherwise

Garbage - Version 2.0 track list:
1. Temptation Waits
2. I Think I'm Paranoid
3. When I Grow Up
4. Medication
5. Special
6. Hammering in My Head
7. Push It
8. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
9. Dumb
10. Sleep Together
11. Wicked Ways
12. You Look So Fine

Future weeks:
5/9: Bjrk - Homogenic
5/16: Babymetal - Babymetal
5/23: Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores (+ album nominations)
5/30: ABBA - Arrival (+album voting)
6/6: Enya - A Day Without Rain

Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
PunishedJeezy (28)
Sheep007 (32)
MaxGalactica (39)
HBJDubs (43)
Johnbobb (49)

General Album Comments

Johnbobb : Easily one of my all-time favorite rap albums. Doom is always interesting, between his distinct pronunciation and flow, his classic Fantastic 4 clips and comic book themes and his lyrics that go back and forth between harsh and goofy. Viktor Vaughn is probably my favorite of his faces beyond the classic MF Doom, though Madvillain and King Gheedorah are up there too. Basically every song on this album is a banger. I'm also a sucker for a great concept album, and Viktor's character of a time traveling villain in the streets of old NY is hard to top

Seanchan : Done 2 listens so far. As you might expect (since I say the same thing about nearly every rap album we've covered), I'm not really a fan. This is just so very verse heavy and I need those choruses to ground me, otherwise these songs tend to just glom together. The songs that stood out to me are the 2 Open Mic Nites and Can I Watch?. That's not surprising, as they're the songs that prominently feature other voices.

Which gets to my second takeaway, which is that I also think I'm just not a big fan of MF DOOM's rapping, just in terms of voice and delivery. This might be herasy to rap fans, but from my limited perspective, his overall sound reminded me a lot of Nas. I could also see maybe some of the Wu Tang influence with some of the little skit/clip things at the end of a bunch of the songs?

PunishedJeezy : Love this album, all-time classic. No real weak tracks, but the Open Mic tracks don't really compare to the DOOM solo tracks.

FoolFantastic : Listened to the album yesterday. Loved it but wasn't paying nearly close enough attention to rank the tracks. I feel like I could try again but I also rank Madvillainy in my top 100 albums and would have no idea how to rank that one either. MF Doom is one of the best examples of an album artist to me. When I want to listen to one of his projects, I'm rarely listening to just one track.

Sheep007 : This album is almost entirely held up by the bars and wordplay which are, in fairness, phenomenal. Ive liked most of what Ive heard from MF DOOM and this was no different, really fun concept.

MaxGalactica : This isn't quite as strong as other DOOM records I've heard, but this is still pretty great. The top 6 in my ranking have some really cool beats, and DOOM's flow is unmatched. I'm glad we got to cover this one.

HBJDubs : Good album, but tough to rank individually

Vaudeville Villain track ranking

16. Open Mic Nite, Pt. 1 (Track #7)
Score: 8 (Average Rank: 14.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#12)
Biggest Detractor(s): Sheep007 (#16)

15. PopSnot (Track #14)
Score: 12 (Average Rank: 13.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#10)
Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#16)

13 (tie). Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2 (Track #12)
Score: 22 (Average Rank: 11.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb, Sheep007 (#8)
Biggest Detractor(s): PunishedJeezy, MaxGalactica (#16)

13 (tie). Mr. Clean (Track #15)
Score: 22 (Average Rank: 11.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Sheep007 (#9)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#14)

Sheep007: Mr Bean reference spotted

12. Change the Beat (Track #17 - Hidden Track)
Score: 27 (Average Rank: 10.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): MaxGalactica (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#15)

Sheep007: The Doogie Howser line was the peak of the entire album

11. A Dead Mouse (Track #6)
Score: 31 (Average Rank: 9.8/17)
Biggest Fan(s): MaxGalactica (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#16)

10. Lactose and Lechitin (Track #5)
Score: 32 (Average Rank: 9.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): MaxGalactica (#14)

9. RaeDawn (Track #8)
Score: 33 (Average Rank: 9.6/17)
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#15)

7 (tie). Never Dead (Track #13)
Score: 34 (Average Rank: 9.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb, HBJDubs (#7)
Biggest Detractor(s): PunishedJeezy, Sheep007 (#12)

7 (tie). G.M.C. (Track #16)
Score: 34 (Average Rank: 9.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Sheep007 (#14)

6. The Drop (Track #4)
Score: 46 (Average Rank: 7.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): HBJDubs (#2)
iggest Detractor(s): PunishedJeezy (#10)

5. Modern Day Mugging (Track #11)
Score: 48 (Average Rank: 6.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): PunishedJeezy (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#11)

4. Lickupon (Track #3)
Score: 58 (Average Rank: 5.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#13)

3. Let Me Watch/Can I Watch? (Track #9)
Score: 61 (Average Rank: 4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): PunishedJeezy (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#5)

Sheep007: Feels a bit more down to earth than the rest of the album and I think I like that?

2. Saliva (Track #10)
Score: 75 (Average Rank: 2.8/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Sheep007 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): HBJDubs (#6)

Sheep007: This sounds wayyyy more interesting than a lot of the rest of the album. Im not sure what it is, but it captures me a lot more in comparison.

1. Vaudeville Villain (Track #2)
Score: 92 (Average Rank: 1.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb, PunishedJeezy, MaxGalactica, HBJDubs (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Sheep007 (#2)

Tag to remind myself to do it this week.

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Tag. I like Garbage and I've heard a few songs from this album but never listened to it all the way through.

Consistently strong album throughout; nothing here I truly love but even the lower tracks are good. I definitely prefer Garbage's debut which is also consistently good but has a stronger top end.

Push It
I Think I'm Paranoid
Special
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
When I Grow Up
Temptation Waits
You Look So Fine
Hammering in My Head
Dumb
Sleep Together
Medication
Wicked Ways

1: When I Grow Up
2: Hammering in My Head
3: Sleep Together
4: Push It
5: The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
6: You Look So Fine
7: Temptation Waits
8: Wicked Ways
9: Medication
10: Special
11: Dumb
12: I Think I'm Paranoid

I liked "When I Grow Up" enough during nomination periods that I really wanted to make sure I found time to listen to this. Glad I did, as this is a pretty neat album.

bump.

Hammering in My Head
Push It
Dumb
Temptation Waits
When I Grow Up
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
Sleep Together
Special
I Think I'm Paranoid
You Look So Fine
Wicked Ways
Medication

When I Grow Up - I feel bad putting this so low because I had it higher up at first and then kept putting other stuff above it (although I did shuffle a few things afterwards). It's one of the "softer" songs on this album and I ended up ranking the "harder" stuff higher. But this is still my style and I do like it, it's just against tough competition on this album. I think that there is an alternate reality where I put this at #1 and leave everything else in the exact same order and that would still be alright.

1. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
2. Dumb
3. Temptation Waits
4. Wicked Ways
5. Hammering in My Head
6. When I Grow Up
7. Special
8. Push It
9. I Think I'm Paranoid
10. You Look So Fine
11. Sleep Together
12. Medication

1. When I Grow Up
2. Hammering in My Head
3. Temptation Waits
4. I Think I'm Paranoid
5. Special
6. Dumb
7. Push It
8. Wicked Ways
9. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
10. You Look So Fine
11. Sleep Together
12. Medication

Overall, I liked it quite a bit, even if it does fall off a good bit near the end. It was also a breath of fresh air to listen to an accessible, radio friendly album after the past few weeks. I would certainly listen to more Garbage in the future.

Temptation Waits
Special
Hammering In My Head
You Look So Fine
Medication
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
Sleep Together
Wicked Ways
Push It
I Think I'm Paranoid
Dumb
When I Grow Up

So I was expecting "ok rock" from knowing I Think I'm Paranoid previously, and was very surprised to find an excellent album instead. No bad songs here!

1. Hammering in My Head
2. Temptation Waits
3. Dumb
4. When I Grow Up
5. Special
6. You Look So Fine
7. Wicked Ways
8. Push It
9. Sleep Together
10. The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
11. Medication
12. I Think I'm Paranoid

This album was better than I was expecting based off of the sample tracks I tried during the voting process (I Think I'm Paranoid, When I Grow Up, and Push It). Hammering in My Head and Temptation Waits were especially cool. Most of the rest of the album ranged from okay to good. It's also always an interesting thing when the most popular song in an album is the worst song on the album.

tagging this so I remember to do it tomorrow, if that's alright

I just haven't had the time or mindset to sit down and really listen to something for a while...

There is just not a single bad song on this album. There are a lot of albums I love with one or two blemishes, but not this one. Ranking this album was tricky for me because I can hardly bring myself to pick a "worst" song on the album when literally nothing is even remotely close to bad, and best song is mostly the mood I'm in. This is a "deserted island" hypothetical pick for me. I am so happy that pretty much everyone has had a positive takeaway from this one.

1. The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
2. When I Grow Up
3. Push It
4. Special
5. You Look So Fine
6. I Think I'm Paranoid
7. Hammering In My Head
8. Temptation Waits
9. Medication
10. Sleep Together
11. Dumb
12. Wicked Ways

Okay, after many revisions, I'm calling it here. God I love this album.

BlueCrystalTear posted...

tagging this so I remember to do it tomorrow, if that's alright

I just haven't had the time or mindset to sit down and really listen to something for a while...

I'll hold off on the results until you vote

1. I Think Im Paranoid
2. Temptation Waits
3. The Trick is to Keep Breathing
4. Special
5. You Look So Fine
6. When I Grow Up
7. Push It
8. Hammering In My Head
9. Sleep Together
10. Dumb
11. Wicked Ways
12. Medication

Apologies for the late list, wasn't gonna give this a rating and only managed one listen but thought I'd get it in since results are getting calculated late. I wish this album clicked a bit more for me. It's not bad, just feels a lil bit one-note? The vocalist sounds great but nothing else reeled me in. Will definitely need another listen or two before rank the albums.

Bump

Yeah, my bad. Something came up Thursday and I forgot about this after. Whoops.

If I'm not done by 5 pm tomorrow, go ahead and post them without me. REALLY sorry about this

I'm just gonna calculate this on Thursday along with Homogenic