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Poll Question: Which is your LEAST fave?
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8 [32.00%]
9 [36.00%]
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    Posted: March 05 2018 at 12:31
I confess to being perplexed.  The Sleepwalkers is certainly brilliant, but so are Arrow and Scorched Earth, imo.  I've never understood the lack of love for either.  Yeah, Peter's voice is rather abrasive in Arrow, but in that song I see it as a feature rather than as a bug.  Raw passion.  I wound up voting for The Undercover Man, which I merely like instead of adore, but more to express my support for Arrow and Scorched Earth being great songs rather than due to any actual antipathy towards it.
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At present (before casting my vote), the votes are:

The Undercover Man = 4
Scorched Earth = 8
Arrow = 9
The Sleepwalkers = 2

I find this very surprising as I would have thought these numbers would be more like a vote for the MOST favourite than a LEAST favourite.

For me, this poll was easy. My order from most favourite to least favourite is without hesitation:

1: Scorched Earth (which is one of my favourite VdGG tracks overall)
2: Arrow
3: The Undercover Man
4: The Sleepwalkers

Thus, my vote for this poll goes to The Sleepwalkers.



Edited by I prophesy disaster - March 05 2018 at 03:33
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Arrow

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Not an easy decision. Put a crossbow to my head I'll probably say "Arrow", but there's no weak track on this album.
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A PA crowd favorite, but I could never really get into any of it. Can't vote.
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My least favorite is Scorched Earth. Actually, Arrow is one of my all-time favorites. Wonderful wonderful piece of music.
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...........always prefer Hammill's Chameleon, Silent Corner and In Camera to most VDGG efforts (bar Pawn Hearts).
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Prefer Still Life as an album though..
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Well... Scorched Earth, although all of them are brilliant.
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

All.

Our children should be protected from this depressing crap.

Legislate that voice!

I couldn't put it better myself. I absolutely hate VDGG because of Hamill's voice.
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Probably agree with Arrow - Hammill tends to over-shriek in this one, but I love the Clavinet.
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Each song on Godbluff brings something special to the table, no vote. 
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Arrow is no where near as good as other 3 tracks
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

"Godbluff" has no weak tracks


Yeah, I can't really pick one either. I got this on vinyl when I was about sixteen years old, and it properly blew my mind. I certainly didn't understand it then and thirty years later I'm still not sure I do. VdGG's finest work in the studio, in my opinion.
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Scorched Earth is my least fave... but they're all v. good.
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All.

Our children should be protected from this depressing crap.

Legislate that voice!
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All absolutely fantastic tracks, Scorched Earth is slightly behind the rest.

Why do people keep interpreting "worst" as "must necessarily be bad?" Just pick a least favorite, even it's one of your favorite albums (Godbluff is one of mine).


Edited by mechanicalflattery - August 31 2016 at 10:06
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"Godbluff" has no weak tracks


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