Darkwave and sub-genres (related) according to RYM

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   A bit of a niche poll perhaps.  Similar to Saperlipopette!'s RYM polls this is the top 25 albums in the Rate Your Music chart that I get for Darkwave as a genre if I include subgenres.  Remove the subgenres and I lose Cocteau Twins for instance.  I don't want to lose Cocteau Twins.  Obviously lots of repetition of acts: Cocteau Twins (4 albums), Dead Can Dance (5, no 6, albums), Lingua Ignota (4), two Chelsea Wolfe albums.  

Here is the chart I took this from: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:darkwave/

You don't have to know more than one album to vote in this poll (just vote for that one album if you like it).  There are several albums here that I have not heard {EDIT: now I have at least excerpts of all tracks}, but I will check those out {more properly} in time.

Vote for up to five albums, but I ask for no more than one vote per artist/band.

For me (in no particular order):

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Lingua Ignota - Caligula
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty

EDIT: I'm adding a playlist with one track I like from each of these albums (this is my favourite part of making such polls).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4JUMuoy1s5ZcQEAv6q5PKGH

I noticed that that 24th album is already different at RYM. Der Golem - Zmet had no votes and I am changing it to the current one at RYM, Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook's Sleeps With the Fishes.  I far, far prefer that album and fits the kind of music I was going for way better.  As I have been listening through the albums, that Coil is so good per my current interests (especially the first and final tracks).  I too often confuse the title with The Age of Nipples, but it kind of fits because this is very good for my tastes and the cream always rises to the top (course one could say it sucks based on that name). That Cages album is a standout for me of the ones I did not yet know.  The singer reminds me of Bjork, and that's good thing in my books. I also hear similarities to Anna von Hausswolff, Cocteau Twins, some Lingua Ignota.

Edited by Logan - June 13 2023 at 14:43

Poll Question: Vote for up to five albums, but no more than one per artist/band
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Cocteau Twins - Treasure	1	[3.70%]
Coil - The Ape of Naples	1	[3.70%]
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun	2	[7.41%]
Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready	1	[3.70%]
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses	3	[11.11%]
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic	4	[14.81%]
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll	1	[3.70%]
Lingua Ignota - Caligula	2	[7.41%]
Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die	1	[3.70%]
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal	1	[3.70%]
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels	1	[3.70%]
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg	3	[11.11%]
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand	1	[3.70%]
Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth	1	[3.70%]
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss	1	[3.70%]
Akina Nakamori - Fushigi	0	[0.00%]
Lingua Ignota - Let the Evil of His Own Lips Cover Him	0	[0.00%]
Jun Konagaya - Travel	0	[0.00%]
Malice Mizer - Bara no Seido	0	[0.00%]
Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser... - The Moon and the Melodies	0	[0.00%]
[anonymous] / Dead Can Dance - Aion	0	[0.00%]
Cages - Inside a Ringing Chord	0	[0.00%]
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis	1	[3.70%]
Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook - Sleeps With the Fishes	0	[0.00%]
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty	2	[7.41%]
You can not vote in this poll

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Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37517	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: June 13 2023 at 06:37
	A bit of a niche poll perhaps. Similar to Saperlipopette!'s RYM polls this is the top 25 albums in the Rate Your Music chart that I get for Darkwave as a genre if I include subgenres. Remove the subgenres and I lose Cocteau Twins for instance. I don't want to lose Cocteau Twins. Obviously lots of repetition of acts: Cocteau Twins (4 albums), Dead Can Dance (5, no 6, albums), Lingua Ignota (4), two Chelsea Wolfe albums. Here is the chart I took this from: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:darkwave/ You don't have to know more than one album to vote in this poll (just vote for that one album if you like it). There are several albums here that I have not heard {EDIT: now I have at least excerpts of all tracks}, but I will check those out {more properly} in time. Vote for up to five albums, but I ask for no more than one vote per artist/band. For me (in no particular order): Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic Lingua Ignota - Caligula Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty EDIT: I'm adding a playlist with one track I like from each of these albums (this is my favourite part of making such polls). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4JUMuoy1s5ZcQEAv6q5PKGH I noticed that that 24th album is already different at RYM. Der Golem - Zmet had no votes and I am changing it to the current one at RYM, Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook's Sleeps With the Fishes. I far, far prefer that album and fits the kind of music I was going for way better. As I have been listening through the albums, that Coil is so good per my current interests (especially the first and final tracks). I too often confuse the title with The Age of Nipples, but it kind of fits because this is very good for my tastes and the cream always rises to the top (course one could say it sucks based on that name). That Cages album is a standout for me of the ones I did not yet know. The singer reminds me of Bjork, and that's good thing in my books. I also hear similarities to Anna von Hausswolff, Cocteau Twins, some Lingua Ignota. Edited by Logan - June 13 2023 at 14:43