Board 8 > Rank the Tracks Week 3: Nirvana's Nevermind (plus Weezer Blue Album results)

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

The rules:

1. Listen to the album in full
2. Rank every track on the album
3. When you vote, you can also nominate a single album. Anyone can second as many albums as they like (to ensure we are choosing albums people want to cover)
4. 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
5. If you want to include comments for individual songs, I will compile them in the results
6. The results will be posted at the beginning of the next topic
7. The deadline to vote is Sunday, March 28 at 8:00 AM EST

Nevermind track listing:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Polly
7. Territorial Pissings
8. Drain You
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. On a Plain
12. Something in the Way
13. Endless, Nameless

Nominations:
4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)

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Weezer - The Blue Album results

First, the general data. Here are the participants listed by deviation from the final list:
RyoCaliente (8)
CasanovaZelos (10)
ZaziGuado (10)
Jesse_Custer (14)
Mega Mana (18)
Seanchan (18)
Johnbobb (20)
MoogleKupo141 (22)
Snake5555555555 (24)
MrSmartGuy (26)
colliding (34)
LiquidOshawott (34)
Raetsel_Lapin (36)
cyko (36)

General album comments:

CasanovaZelos: My #317 album of all time and #8 of 1994 (which is probably my favorite year for albums - 14 in my top 500 when few years even reach 10). With the Blue Album, Weezer carved a subtly distinct niche within the alternative rock scene. Less angsty than grunge, more guitar-driven than Britpop, and featuring a playful lyricism typically found in the less complex pop-punk scene. Weezer risked falling into the generic, but instead helped define 'alternative rock' as a unified (and radio-friendly) sound. Simply a collection of fun, positive songs in an era when rock really needed some cheering up.

Snake5555555555: I pretty much have no complaints about this album; every track is superb craftsmanship in 90s songwriting, an album consistently capturing the tone of the mid-90s while simultaneously capturing the teenage angst that exists in every generation, most exemplified in the track Buddy Holly which prominently references 50s through 70s culture. Weezer belies a gloomy, depressive edge with upbeat guitar riffs with that retro "uncool" wit, becoming timeless in the process. That is not an easy feat. Getting down to individual tracks, I mainly love Weezer's heavier moments here. Undone could nearly fit as a lighter cut on a metal album, but its spoken word interludes and introverted perspective firmly place it as ironically anti-boisterous, as the song's protagonist metaphorically comes undone through intense social anxiety. Say It Ain't So is a classic, more of a slow jam that lulls you in with relaxing instrumentals that make you focus on the story being told. Even though I've heard it a million times at this point, its explosive ending still gets me hyped every time. Surf Wax and In the Garage are two of the most punk moments on the album; Surf Wax feels like a Beach Boys track if they drank a 12-pack of Surge during recording. In the Garage is a quintessential nerd anthem. The next tracks aren't permanent fixtures for me or anything but nevertheless shine with their musicianship, I especially enjoy the solo in No One Else. Buddy Holly is a fun track but I think I've heard it too many times at this point and it's a little shallow even if I enjoy its references. Holiday comes the closest to being somewhat of a bore, but it's inoffensive at worst. A highly regarded album for good reason and I very much enjoy spinning it from time to time! It's the kind of album you can get absorbed in if you truly listen closely.

MoogleKupo141: at some point I had a revelation that this is my favorite album. I dont listen to full albums often, so thats not a totally huge honor, but still. Even when I do, its usually only a couple times and then I add my favorite songs to my main music library. With the Blue Album every song made the cut. Its also sort of a weird case for me where Im less biased towards the singles on this album because I wasnt necessarily aware of which ones were singles when I first heard it. The first Weezer CD I owned was Maladroit because they used to play the Keep Fishin music video at the bowling alley a lot. That song and Island in the Sun were probably my intros to the band. I never got the physical CDs for the earlier albums, so I probably didnt even know any Blue Album songs other than maybe Buddy Holly until at least a couple years later when I got my first iPod. Until very recently I would have said Only in Dreams was my #1, but Say it Aint So has stealthily climbed up my list over the past few years.

ZaziGuado: The Blue Album is and always will be the most complete Weezer album front-to-back. Sometimes I find myself enjoying individual songs on Pinkerton or even The White Album more than those on The Blue Album, but nothing can compare to how consistent The Blue Album is from the opening jangle of the acoustic guitar to the last pluck of the bass to close the album. It took me until the mid 2000s to dive into the Weezer catalog. Being swept up by Weezer-mania in the mid 90s must've been a ton of fun.

Johnbobb: Overall, Weezer is fine. It's an okay album, with a handful of decent singles and My Name Is Jonas. Nothing bad, but nothing that blew my mind.

cyko: What a great album. This album hit it big while I was in high school and everyone knows that the music you listen to in high school and shortly afterward forms the foundations of your lifelong musical tastes. This was one of the first CDs I ever purchased and it influenced my musical tastes. I listened to it extensively and I can still sing along with almost every track. 20+ years later almost every song on this album still holds up. This might be one of the most consistently great albums of all time.

Seanchan: I've listened to this album fully 2 more times in the last few days and I've got to say it's legitimately great and one that I will definitely come back to, even after this week is over. There's not a truly bad song on the album. In the Garage may be at the bottom of my list but it's still an okay song and one I wouldn't even bother skipping over on replay since the rest of the album is so strong.

LiquidOshawott: I feel like half the album is really overplayed and the other half is low key good

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The Blue Album track ranking

10. Holiday (Track #9)
Score: 48 (Average Rank: 7.64/10)
Biggest Fan(s): MrSmartGuy (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): RyoCaliente, Snake5555555555, Mega Mana (#10)

ZaziGuado: It's a good song, but doesn't ascend much beyond that. On a bad day I might put it below No One Else. The ending "let's go away"s are fantastic, as is when everything but the bass drops and Patricks takes over vocals for a bit.

Johnbobb: Boring song except for the "Heartbreak" part

cyko: Standard Weezer song. Good but not great.

9. No One Else (Track #2)
Score: 54 (Average Rank: 7.71/10)
Biggest Fan(s): colliding, Raetsel_Lapin (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): CasanovaZelos, Jesse_Custer, MoogleKupo141, ZaziGuado, Johnbobb, MrSmartGuy (#10)

ZaziGuado: For me, this is easily the weakest track on the album. That's not to say it's bad. Not in the least. The vocal variances at the end are really good. For me though, easily the weakest lyrics on the album.

Johnbobb: I literally forgot this song existed seconds after I finished listening to it

cyko: Another catchy song that is still enjoyable but not as great as most of the album.

8. Surf Wax America (Track #6)
Score: 69 (Average Rank: 6.43/10)
Biggest Fan(s): cyko (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#10)

ZaziGuado: The chorus is far and away the star here. Love it when they scale it back and slowly layer themselves back into it. Never seen Weezer live, but I'm sure this song is a rip-roaring good time.

Johnbobb: better than the Beach Boys, for what it's worth. Fuck the Beach Boys

cyko: Everything about this song is great. It reminds me of heading out to the ocean and having a good time. It just feels good.

7. In the Garage (Track #8)
Score: 79 (Average Rank: 5.79/10)
Biggest Fan(s): MrSmartGuy (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan (#10)

ZaziGuado: In The Garage seems to be a song I consistently rate lower than many when Blue Album gets discussed. Maybe it's because I don't have the nostalgia towards the things he's referencing. The verses and chorus are both solid but neither hold up compared to the most of the rest of the album for me. It's still a really good song on an album with no bad songs, though. Great solo, good use of harmonica, and I really enjoy the vocal variance at the end.

Johnbobb: only this high because it makes me laugh that he pronounces it as "graj"

cyko: A great song about having your safe space to be a nerd. Everyone on this board should appreciate this song.

6. The World Has Turned and Left Me Here (Track #3)
Score: 80 (Average Rank: 5.71/10)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, LiquidOshawott (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb, cyko (#9)

ZaziGuado: A guitar intro reminiscent of My Name Is Jonas backed by driving crunchy guitars that persist throughout the entire track. The bridge a great lead-in to the title chorus. I enjoy Rivers' vocal work on the track and the solo is pretty great. The ending octave change is the cherry on top.

Johnbobb: This is the song before Buddy Holly and after whatever song is before it

cyko: The only song on this album I couldn't start singing from memory or remember the music/lyrics to. The most forgettable and generic song on the album.

5. My Name is Jonas (Track #1)
Score: 91 (Average Rank: 5.14/10)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Mega Mana (#9)

ZaziGuado: I think I read once that Rivers Cuomo considered the first track on their first album to be a handshake to the listener. Maybe that's not true, but what is true is that Weezer probably couldn't have selected a better track to open with. The jangly acoustic intro is unique and that harmonica at the end deserves special mention as well. Everything inbetween is pop rock gold.

Johnbobb: Is this in the top spot because of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock? Maybe! But also it's the best and it's not close.

cyko: It was already a great song and then it showed up in Guitar Hero III and it somehow became even better. (Side note - I played in a Guitar Hero tournament and got a perfect score on this song to push me to 5th place out of over 500 entrants...)

4. Only in Dreams (Track #10)
Score: 94 (Average Rank: 4.93/10)
Biggest Fan(s): LiquidOshawott (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, MrSmartGuy, Mega Mana (#8)

ZaziGuado: Love that bass line that forms the backbone of this entire track. The verses and chorus are strong, but it's the end the propels this song to "best in discography" category. The final three minutes are so perfectly and memorably executed.

Johnbobb: I was about to write it off as a bland Weezer-type Weezer song until that back half saved it

cyko: A very sweet song, but it was mine and my ex's "song". So, while the song is objectively great, the memories attached to it aren't so much.

3. Buddy Holly (Track #4)
Score: 106 (Average Rank: 4.43/10)
Biggest Fan(s): Jesse_Custer (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): colliding, LiquidOshawott (#10)

ZaziGuado: This might be the best solo in the entire Weezer discography. That ending lick makes me want to run through a wall.

Johnbobb: ooooooh allajada Buddy Hollly oh oh and a Mary Tyler Moore I don't care whaddasabuddaadda I DON'T CARE BOUT DAT

cyko: A Classic video for a great song.

2. Undone - The Sweater Song (Track #5)
Score: 107 (Average Rank: 4.29/10)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, ZaziGuado (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): cyko (#10)

ZaziGuado: I think I read Rivers got inspiration for Undone from a college professor saying you can unravel an entire sweater by pulling on a single thread of string. This track has always been a bit nonsensical to me, but I absolutely love it. It's such a perfectly singable song in both the verses and chorus and that "whoa-oh-oh" as well as "LYING ON THE FLOOR" gives me life. I wish the ending piano pounding wasn't there, but I obviously don't knock it too much for it.

Johnbobb: yeah every Weezer song sounds the same but this sounds like a better version of those

cyko: I never really cared for the Sweater Song. It was too slow for me, but not sweet like Only In Dreams. It doesn't help that it got massively overplayed on the radio and is still overplayed on commercial alternative radio. Pass.

1. Say It Ain't So (Track #7)
Score: 140 (Average Rank: 2.93/10)
Biggest Fan(s): RyoCaliente, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141, Mega Mana, Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb, LiquidOshawott (#6)

ZaziGuado: Gosh I always go back and forth on my favorite song from this album. It could sometimes be up to any of these top four. Say It Ain't So is consistently top three, though. That bombastic chorus and the sick solo are aces.

Johnbobb: this song would be good if I didn't groan every time I heard it

cyko: I got kind of burned out on this song until it showed up in Rock Band. Then I loved it all over again. (Also The first song I got a perfect on in Rock Band on Expert Drums!)

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Nevermind is my #18 album of all time and #2 of 1991 (Primal Scream's Screamadelica is #17). An end to end masterpiece, this completely changed the music industry for good reason. The singles are striking for sure, but the true strength of Nevermind is in the less discussed tracks. The big hits are a bit on the slow side, yet songs like Territorial Pissings and Stay Away pulse with an explosive energy. I can think of few albums this frenetic, and the slower tracks serve as perfect comedowns. Not a weak moment - I think any of these could have been hits in the right circles. Heck, I have Polly in the second to last spot, and I love that song! It's easy to look back at the grunge era as the broody equivalent of the late-70s punk movement, but Nevermind as a whole is among the most intensely emotional albums ever recorded.

And, finally, an album where tracks have upset my recent all-time ranking. Territorial Pissings and Come As You Are were already close, but In Bloom almost feels out of place on the album proper. This is an album where tracks build off the energy of each other, and In Bloom doesn't really benefit from being placed between Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are.

My rank:
1. Lithium (#168 all-time)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit (#202)
3. Territorial Pissings (#1535)
4. Come As You Are (#1378)
5. Stay Away (#2647)
6. Drain You (#2789)
7. Breed
8. Something in the Way
9. On a Plain
10. In Bloom (#2909)
11. Lounge Act
12. Polly
13. Endless, Nameless

This week, I'll nominate the best album by my favorite artist and hope a few people share similar enough tastes to back it:
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

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1. Come As You Are
2. Lithium
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. Drain You
5. Something in the Way
6. Polly
7. In Bloom
8. On a Plain
9. Lounge Act
10. Territorial Pissings
11. Stay Away
12. Endless, Nameless
13. Breed

Nominate: Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin

CasanovaZelos posted...

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

I'll back it because I've been meaning to get into LCD Soundsystem anyway

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Smells Like Teen Spirit - The lyrics are unintelligle to the point where Weird Al made it the focal point of his spoof. In a way though, that only adds to the charm of Smells Like Teen Spirit. The guitar riff is timeless and the chorus is chathartic.

In Bloom - This didn't do much for me and I remember nothing about it now that it has finished. I gave it a second listen and it's better than I initially gave it credit for but still not too memorable. It's hard to follow Smells Like Teen Spirit

Come As You Are - I really enjoy the melody and carries the song well. The chorus is a little boring for me, however.

Breed - The fast driving guitars are fairly appealing, but I don't know what else to say about it.

Lithium - The verses are good enough, but he just says yeah for the chorus and somehow it works very well. Weird, man. The instrumentation is strong throughout.

Polly - It's fine. I like the more acoustically-inclined guitar riffs.

Territorial Pissings - It's short and fast and he's just trying to get it all out and I can appreciate that at times.

Drain You - The build up was in the middles was well-done I think.

Lounge Act - Yeah okay sure this is fine. I like the back half better than the front half.

Stay Away - This seems like a song of rebellion, but I didn't pay attention to the lyrics close enough to know for sure. But it felt like something a teenage boy would blast in his room and yell at his mom when she told him to turn it down.

On A Plain - I don't hate it, but I don't find it all that inspiring.

Something In The Way - This is boring. Unless it picks up towards the end. If that's the case, I'll delete this. It didn't, so I'm keeping it.

Endless, Nameless - Oh gosh I did not enjoy this.

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Lithium
3. Come As You Are
4. Drain You
5. Polly
6. Lounge Act
7. In Bloom
8. Territorial Pissings
9. Breed
10. On A Plain
11. Stay Away
12. Something In The Way
13. Endless, Nameless

I think I missed the window to truly appreciate this album. The top 3 songs are all pretty great, but nothing else sticks with me. There's a definite feel of teenage rebellion throughout this album and I'm just not able to tap into that being far removed from my teenage years. Sure maybe the songs would grow on me, but I don't have much interest in letting them.

Nominate: Air - Moon Safari

Second: LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver. I might've nominated it this round myself because I, too, enjoy this album greatly and it contains one of my most favorite songs.


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1. In Bloom
2. Lithium
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. Something in the Way
5. Come As You Are
6. On a Plain
7. Drain You
8. Breed
9. Polly
10. Stay Away
11. Lounge Act
12. Territorial Pissings
13. Endless, Nameless

The front half of this album is just preposterously good. Can you imagine discovering this as a moody 15 year old in the 90s?

1: Come As You Are
2: Smells Like Teen Spirit
3: Endless, Nameless
4: Something in the Way
5: Stay Away
6: On a Plain
7: Lithium
8: Polly
9: Lounge Act
10: In Bloom
11: Drain You
12: Territorial Pissings
13: Breed
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1. In Bloom
2. Come As You Are
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. Lithium
5. Drain You
6. Something in the Way
7. On a Plain
8. Territorial Pissings
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. Breed
12. Polly
13. Endless, Nameless

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ZaziGuado posted...

Nominate: Air - Moon Safari

Second!

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Nominate: Moby - Play

Can I just say, I really like this topic series you're doing.
It's nice to just sit back on a Sunday night and listen to an album and rank it.
Especially if it's something I haven't heard before.
And if I have, it's great to see what other peoples impressions are.

Judging from your posts, you have a lot of exposure and thoughts on music.
To be honest, one album a week is not enough for me...
I think I can speak for a few of us in that we trust your judgement...
And this is YOUR topic series.

How about 2 per week? The first one being the boards nominated album.
The second you can choose. Your bonus album. Something extra for us.
Don't be too disheartened if the number of people ranking is low.
This board isn't exactly bustling.
But I think you have a very good core support base that would participate.

Whatever you do is cool though. Just keep it going!


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Spike just dropped mad bars in the topic.

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I could probably expand this to covering two albums a week if people would like that; I'd want to do them simultaneously, both to give people a full week and also because I'd rather do all the calculating during the weekend.

I'd probably just take the top two albums per week; the albums I've thrown my support behind are ones I would eventually choose to cover on my own. My nominations will have to earn their way to the top like all the others, but I also wouldn't complain if people encourage me to throw out some lesser known gems by backing my nominations. Either way, it will take several months to get through the current nomination list at the current rate, so tackling two a week would be good.

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I'll back Moon Safari and Play

Nominations:
4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)

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I'm a fan of 1 a week as it keeps things simple and manageable. Plus, it gives an opportunity to replay an album a few times to see how things grow on you, especially with songs and albums you haven't heard before. My Weezer rankings certainly changed quite a bit with re-listens. With 2 albums you're diluting each down and I wouldn't necessarily have the time/energy to give each a fair shake.

Now if you want to tilt the choice somewhat and give your vote extra power...sure, why not. Or maybe every few weeks you could just pick any of the nominated as the choice even if it wasn't top. Or, hell, just pick any random album you think is worth sharing that hasn't even been nominated.

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I should probably try to have another listen. This is an album I wouldn't have to try nearly as hard to rank since I at least know the songs.

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I'm a little hesitant to jump over to 2/week

Like with these early ones it's not bad, because most of these albums I've either heard or heard significant chunks of, and I could probably do two of those a week, but if it's an album that's completely new I'd want a full week with it

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1. Polly
2. Drain You
3. Lithium
4. In Bloom
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. Come As You Are
7. On A Plain
8. Stay Away
9. Something In The Way
10. Breed
11. Lounge Act
12. Territorial Pissings
13. Endless, Nameless

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Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

I'll back this!

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I haven't listened to WAP...okay, that acronym doesn't work, huh? I have not listened to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in at least five years and can only remember the two big singles, so that will be a fun one.

Nominations:
5 nominations:
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141, SpikeSetsFire)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)

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Ill post mine in a little bit

but for now lets nominate Mastodon - Crack the Skye thanks to another topic

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LiquidOshawott posted...

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

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Only two more days

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1. Drain You
2. Breed
3. Come As You Are
4. Lithium
5. Polly
6. In Bloom
7. Territorial Pissings
8. On a Plain
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit
10. Something in the Way
11. Lounge Act
12. Stay Away
13. Endless, Nameless

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shit I need to do this

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I'll also support Crack the Skye

Nominations:
5 nominations:
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141, SpikeSetsFire)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)

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Final day to vote

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Lithium
Drain You
Lounge Act
In Bloom
Polly
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Stay Away
Come As You Are
On a a Plain
Something in the Way
Breed
Territorial Pissings
Endless, Nameless

I think when I was in high school this was one of my favorite albums. Now? Its still one of my favorites, and I have a newfound appreciation to some songs. I think even the lower songs are really good here

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Come As You Are
In Bloom
Lounge Act
Lithium
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Polly
Something in the Way
Drain You
Stay Away
On a Plain
Breed
Territorial Pissings
Endless, Nameless

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There was a rule I was considering where, in place of a new nomination, people would be allowed to back their own nomination (or another nomination they already backed). Would people be good with that? I don't want the nominations to keep exploding since we won't be able to cover everything if each topic sees a bunch of albums being added, and I figure the ones people nominated first are the ones they are most interested in covering.

I would limit this to a single double-backing per album per person, as I don't want someone to push an album through entirely on their own. But it's a good way for someone to say "this album is really special to me" while limiting the total number of nominations without actually placing a hard limit.

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CasanovaZelos posted...

There was a rule I was considering where, in place of a new nomination, people would be allowed to back their own nomination (or another nomination they already backed). Would people be good with that? I don't want the nominations to keep exploding since we won't be able to cover everything if each topic sees a bunch of albums being added, and I figure the ones people nominated first are the ones they are most interested in covering.

I would limit this to a single double-backing per album per person, as I don't want someone to push an album through entirely on their own. But it's a good way for someone to say "this album is really special to me" while limiting the total number of nominations without actually placing a hard limit.

I would like this. Been participating in these from the start, and the albums Ive nominated keep getting pushed back behind things nominated afterward.

Nominate: Alice in Chains - Dirt

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1. Breed
2. Stay Away
3. Lounge Act
4. In Bloom
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. On a Plain
7. Come As You Are
8. Drain You
9. Lithium
10. Territorial Pissings
11. Something in the Way
12. Polly
13. Endless, Nameless

I don't think I've listened to Nevermind in at least a decade. I lost track of the number of times I thought "Oh yeah, THAT song!". Basically every track on the album (aside from, with good reason, Endless, Nameless) has gotten major radio play over the last nearly 30 years. A true classic.

Nominate: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Support: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I'm cool with allowing an extra "support" nomination. I'm also thinking you might want to limit each person to maybe 2 or 3 active nominations; so you wouldn't be able to give a "new" one until one of your priors has been Ranked.

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1. Endless, Nameless - this is the shit I really got into Nirvana for
2. Polly - It's weird, but I think about this song more than any other on the album
3. Territorial Pissings - that opening makes me laugh every time, but this song stands out because it's arguably the most punk of the album
4. Drain You
5. In Bloom
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. Lounge Act
8. Breed
9. Come As You Are
10. Lithium
11. Something in the Way
12. Stay Away
13. On a Plain

This album used to be among my favorites. I still love it a lot, even if it's dropped some spots over the years (as has Nirvana). Grunge is perhaps my favorite subgenre of music, with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden being in probably my top 10 bands, while Nirvana, STP, and Alice in Chains are all also excellent. I've listened through Nevermind at least 50 times by now, and while it's not as shocking in its style as it once was, it's still something unique.

On a side note, in college, I did a presentation on the history and influence of grunge music, and one of the things I discussed was how you can hear grunge's various roots a lot in the different bands that made up the grunge movement. Nirvana drew largely from punk, Pearl Jam from classic rock, and Alice in Chains from metal.

Nominate:
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses

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Man I like how almost everyone seems to have Endless Nameless on the bottom and then Johnbobb has it as his top spot. Good stuff and shows how good this album is that every song seems to be a banger

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Final bump before the next topic; we're at 12 votes, down from 14 the first two weeks but still a solid number - though I thought Nevermind would be a bigger deal than the first two.

I'll support Dirt.

Nominations:
5 nominations:
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Seanchan, Raetsel_Lapin, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141, SpikeSetsFire)

4 supporters:
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Seanchan, CasanovaZelos, Underleveled, Raestel_Lapin)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (ZaziGuado, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk, Seanchan)

3 supporters:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Johnbobb, Underleveled, firefdr)
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin, Underleveled)
U2 - Achtung Baby (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, MoogleKupo141)
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (jcgamer107, Jesse_Custer, ZaziGuado)
Hamilton (TomNook, Underleveled, Johnbobb)
Radiohead - OK Computer (Jesse_Custer, CasanovaZelos, GameStonk)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos, Raetsal_Lapin)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb, ZaziGuado)
Air - Moon Safari (ZaziGuado, SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (LiquidOshawott, Snake5555555555, CasanovaZelos)

2 supporters:
Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (CasanovaZelos, Johnbobb)
The Strokes - Is This It (MoogleKupo141, CasanovaZelos)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Johnbobb, CasanovaZelos)
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (Snake5555555555, cyko)
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood (cyko, Johnbobb)
Moby - Play (SpikeSetsFire, CasanovaZelos)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos)

1 supporter:
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin (Jesse_Custer)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (Seanchan)
Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Johnbobb)

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Im gonna vote roughly forty five minutes from now
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I know half of this album very well and the other half not so much
top spot is easy, Lithium forever

Smells Like Teen Spirit is one that I always think about as being overrated, but then I listen to it agian and i'm like "oh wait nevermind (lol) this rules"

at first Territorial Pissings didn't stand out to me but then I listened to each of the songs I was less familiar with a couple more times and it started growing on me. Maybe if I was voting two hours from now it would climb to number 1 (probably not really)

I do not like the last song oof

1. Lithium
2. In Bloom
3. On a Plain
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit
5. Drain You
6. Breed
7. Come as You Are
8. Territorial Pissings
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. Polly
12. Something in the Way
13. Endless, Nameless

oh and as long as I'm here, I'll endorse MBDTF and Sound of Silver also
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LiquidOshawott posted...

Mastodon - Crack the Skye

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This was very difficult. The whole thing is incredible. Here's what I've got right now.

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Lounge Act
4. Lithium
5. Come As You Are
6. Drain You
7. Breed
8. Polly
9. Territorial Pissings
10. On A Plane
11. Something In The Way
12. Endless, Nameless
13. Stay Away

Nominate: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

Smells Like Teen Spirit is one that I always think about as being overrated, but then I listen to it agian and i'm like "oh wait nevermind (lol) this rules"

My thoughts exactly!

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I'll support 36 Chambers

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