gogo Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Update: Results now posted here! I think we did this a few years ago. Sam, did you do the accounting? Does anyone still have that list? Anyway, since some time has passed, and there are lots of new folks on the board, I thought it would be fun to do it again. The concept is simple: everyone votes for their favorite 20 albums, and then I compile all the votes and come up with VC's Top 100. The rules are: there ain't no rules. No, wait, that's not going to work. OK, the rules are: 1. Polls will open on June 15, and close on July 31. Results will be announced on August 8, or sooner if I've got my act together. 2. Feel free to post your lists in this thread, for discussion, lobbying, etc. However, anything posted in this thread, or PM'd to me, will not count as an official vote. Votes must be sent to VCtop100@gmail.com. 3. List your Top 20 albums of all time, numbered from 1 to 20, and please include both the album title and artist name. Also include your VC screen name and your real name (first name only is fine), just in case I need to verify anything about your vote. 4. I will give each #1 vote 20 points, #2 will get 19, etc. Please don't list anything as a "tie". I will come back to you and make you decide. I know it's nearly impossible to make a list like this, but give it your best shot. Flip a coin for the ties, if you have to. 5. Once you submit your list, that's it. No take-backs, no changes. That's why the voting period is so long. You've got plenty of time to refine your list, think out loud in this thread, etc. Make it perfect, and then send it to me. OK? Who's in? FAQs (and by "F", I mean they've each been asked at least once ): Are compilations off limits? For instance, CCR's "Chronicle" has a far better shot at making my list than any of their individual records. Or is that cheating?There are some artists whose heyday pre-date the album era (Louis Jordan immediately comes to mind)... wouldn't be fair to exclude them simply because the medium didn't exist. Yeah, I'm having a hard time because an Ella Fitzgerald compilation is one of my all time favorites. What about live albums, they're still legit right?I would hope live albums are okAs far as I'm concerned, nothing is off limits. If it was released on some form of vinyl, cassette, or CD, it's in. Compilation box sets are fair game?don't know. i thought i read that compilations were ok, so i included it. someone else can make that decision about the rights and the wrongs of it all.You did read that, and they are OK. oh, would the Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs count as 1 choice or 3? its supposed to be an album but it contains 3 volumesYep, that's going to count as one. I'm up for this, but I have a rules question - what if you don't want to submit 20? I haven't really started to think through this, but I think maybe after 15 or so my last 5 would be completely arbitrary. Would a top 15 muddy up the results? Because I can do arbitrary.The only thing a top 15 would muddy up is my spreadsheet's edit-check that says the total number of votes must be divisible by 20. No, I think a top 15 would be fine. Your #1 pick would still get 20 points, #2 gets 19, and so on, you'd just be forfeiting those last few choices. Can we submit singles (A-side and B-side) as entries? Because if that is true, a wrench is thrown into my list and I have to start including stuff like Hey Jude/Revolution and Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane and She Loves You/I'll Get You and I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There and Get Back/Don't Let Me Down andPaperback Writer/Rain and...then again, if singles were included there might be...one non-entry Beatles on my list.No singles, please. EPs are iffier, but try to stick to LPs. Depending on how crazy the tabulations for this makes me, I may do Top 100 Songs for the Winter edition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Sounds like good times! I'll start working on mine immediatly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I was in until I realized how much work this entailed. Instead, I think I will kick back, relax, and complain about everybody else's choices. I always find these exercises to be self-defeating. As soon as I agonize over the task of selecting my "favorite" anything, there seem to be immediately a million other things that I would rather listen to. "Favorite" is an elusive thing, especially once your collection gets pretty big. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Sounds good.My list is always so liquid. I mean, the top 5 contains pretty much the same albums, but the order shifts from day-to-day. And then, after 5, it's a crapshoot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 1. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club2. Ramones - Leave Home Christ, now I need to come up with 18 more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I was in until I realized how much work this entailed. Instead, I think I will kick back, relax, and complain about everybody else's choices. This really is the only way to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 "_____" is totally overrated. P.S. I'm going to try and do this. I want my voice to be heard!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Don't worry, I'm constantly editing my list as more shenanigans come up . I'm in like a mofo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Eye min. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm in and very happy that we have so long to work on it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Moses Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 i am in as well - this sounds like a shit ton of fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cousin Tupelo Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm in and very happy that we have so long to work on it! It's going to take that long to come up with a list that I'll only mildly grumble at ... This is an awesome project. It will be interesting to see what shakes loose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I was actually thinking about this the other day and noticed most of my favorite bands names began with the letter B (Beatles, Band, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Beach Boys) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 This post will be my work-in-progress page. I will mail off the final list, as instructed, when I am done.Edited (6/12/08) 1. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds2. Beatles - Revolver3. Kinks - Something Else4. Brian Eno - Another Green World5. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea6. Television - Marquee Moon7. John Cale - Paris, 19198. Tom Z Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 sounds awesome. I'll have to start working on this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 i'm in, but just put me down for whatever poptodd submits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm dowwwwwn. The one on the Radiohead board is done every year and is HUGE and it's pretty cool to check out so I think this is a great idea. Who wants to bet with me that YHF is in the top 5? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm dowwwwwn. The one on the Radiohead board is done every year and is HUGE and it's pretty cool to check out so I think this is a great idea.Link? I'd like to see this. I think this is a good idea and I look forward to seeing it, but i over-think these things WAAAYYY too much so it takes me forever. Hopefully I'll get it done though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Moses Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Who wants to bet with me that YHF is in the top 5? lol i'd make that bet if i didn't think that's exactly where it belongs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twisted Acres Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks Maudie! Thinking about this will beat trying to find all 50 state license plates on the next long road trip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panther Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I think are collective minds contain more credibility than any list Rolling stone comes up with, so I say yesreal people, real music fans a real list!!!! all in good fun of course Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm in, now I just have to remember... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Just made a list of contenders that came out to exactly 50. i'll eliminate one a day i guess, i hope i don't think of more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 This post will be my work-in-progress page. I will mail off the final list, as instructed, when I am done. First draft (6/11/08) Beach Boys - Pet SoundsBeatles - RevolverKinks - Something ElseBrian Eno - Another Green WorldNeutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the SeaTelevision - Marquee MoonJohn Cale - Paris, 1919Tom Z Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I'm in, here's a first draft... 1.) The Beatles: Revolver2.) Van Morrison: Astral Weeks3.) Nick Drake: Bryter Layter4.) Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot5.) Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea6.) The Velvet Underground: self-titled (third album)7.) Nico: Chelsea Girl8.) The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society9.) Talking Heads: Fear of Music10.) Eels: Electro Shock Blues11.) Radiohead: Kid A12.) The Beatles: Rubber Soul13.) The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds14.) Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde15.) Os Mutantes: self-titled16.) R.E.M: Murmur17.) The Olivia Tremor Control: Dusk at the Cubist Castle18.) The Velvet Underground and Nico: self-titled19.) Bill Fay: self-titled20.) Neil Young On The Beach --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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