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Poll Question: Which is your favourite album?
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    Posted: May 20 2023 at 08:50

 3 stars 1977: Blondie - Plastic Letters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj3slKh3IEY
 2 stars 1977: The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfNI8tKGRuJZxo43RTWZ26N4nGHSYTMGl
 4 stars 1977: David Bowie - Low - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomGFs_DaIk
 3 stars 1977: David Bowie - Heroes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFLLE8LPA_k
 2 stars 1977: Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3c857o5LU
 3 stars 1977: Brian Eno - Before and After Science - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLiAX3NjBY
 3 stars 1977: The Jam - This is the Modern World - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7sfNRCO58l5SdAH2xBFKCwNVvRMy2yTy
 2 stars 1977: Ramones - Leave Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeCDxQ62ibc
 2 stars 1977: Ramones - Rocket to Russia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B30U5Gigcu4
 2 stars 1977: Sex Pistols - Never Mind the B******* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCYNhaZ728
 3 stars 1977: Sparks - Introducing Sparks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDXwMuUhgbw
 2 stars 1977: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTy2ccY9eU
 3 stars 1977: Talking Heads - Talking Heads 77 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy55ZdObzBw
 3 stars 1977: Television - Marquee Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvgP8MlEEE
 


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Television - Marquee Moon

even I definitely think more of it as Art Punk than New Wave.

I'm also fond of

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks...  (Punk Rock)


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Originally posted by David David wrote:


Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks...  (Punk Rock)
Never mind the bullocks, look out for the bull! Shocked
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Low - without a doubt
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Low - without a doubt
Low is the high-point of this poll for me too. Thumbs Up
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Strange, but interesting list... Paul, looking at the relatively low ratings you give to quite a bunch of these albums, I guess this is based upon some ranking, somewhere - care to share the source?
Bowie will probably garner many votes here, but I will vote for Ian Dury here - this man deserves some more airplay!

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Strange, but interesting list... Paul, looking at the relatively low ratings you give to quite a bunch of these albums, I guess this is based upon some ranking, somewhere - care to share the source?

It's his own ratings
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by David David wrote:

Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks...  (Punk Rock)
Never mind the bullocks, look out for the bull! Shocked

Sorry if it was too bad for you, Paul. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Strange, but interesting list... Paul, looking at the relatively low ratings you give to quite a bunch of these albums, I guess this is based upon some ranking, somewhere - care to share the source?

It's his own ratings


That, I understand. But the list, apparently, isn't (because why oh why would anyone want to present a list of albums of which almost half of them he/she doesn't like?). Hence my question.

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Strange, but interesting list... Paul, looking at the relatively low ratings you give to quite a bunch of these albums, I guess this is based upon some ranking, somewhere - care to share the source?

It's his own ratings


That, I understand. But the list, apparently, isn't (because why oh why would anyone want to present a list of albums of which almost half of them he/she doesn't like?). Hence my question.
I guessed I probably wouldn't like half of the albums in the poll, but I didn't know for sure until I listened to them all recently. I have a feeling the albums will get better though - at least from my point of view - when we reach the 1980's. The only six albums I'd heard previously in this poll were the two David Bowie albums from his Berlin trilogy, the first two albums by Ultravox, Brian Eno's Before and After Science album and Blondie's second album (released in Japan in December 1977 and the rest of the world in early 1978).


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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Strange, but interesting list... Paul, looking at the relatively low ratings you give to quite a bunch of these albums, I guess this is based upon some ranking, somewhere - care to share the source?

It's his own ratings


That, I understand. But the list, apparently, isn't (because why oh why would anyone want to present a list of albums of which almost half of them he/she doesn't like?). Hence my question.
Yes, sorry I misread.
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^ and ^^ Clearly, my question wasn't clear: Paul, did you base this list of albums for this poll on some existing ranking/listing somewhere or is it a list of your own concoction?

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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

^ and ^^ Clearly, my question wasn't clear: Paul, did you base this list of albums for this poll on some existing ranking/listing somewhere or is it a list of your own concoction?

Yes, I cobbled together the list of albums from multiple sources, just like most of my other polls, and all of the ratings are my own, so you know who to blame. Tongue
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^ I was curious too, that info gives context, and the process to me is often more interesting than the results. On another note, to give more context for the ratings, how much of those two star albums did you listen to? I rarely give out two stars because I rarely persevere with albums that would get less than three form me (I have listened to many songs that I don't like, but I avoid albums that I don't expect to like and don't persevere if very little seems to appeal). I know at times you have mentioned only listening to very little of music that you rate lowly.

Ultimately it's between three albums on this list: Low, Heroes and Marquis Moon. Went Low for a higher percentage one might say (really because of how much I like it as I often do support the underdog, or diamond dogs).
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Quite a bit of New Wave was already around in 77 apparently, but I don't connect that well to the majority of these. Many of these have better albums later, for me that is. Low and Marquee Moon may be better than most on this list but I still don't rate them as highly as apparently most others. I like Heroes quite a bit more than Low, and it would've snatched my vote, were it not for the cool Eno album (the Bowie albums are of course also partly Eno albums, so my favourites are pretty much all Eno). 


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^^Correct me if I'm wrong, Paul. I don't believe he listens to the entire album, only snippets.

Elvis for me.

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^ I was curious too, that info gives context, and the process to me is often more interesting than the results. On another note, to give more context for the ratings, how much of those two star albums did you listen to? I rarely give out two stars because I rarely persevere with albums that would get less than three form me (I have listened to many songs that I don't like, but I avoid albums that I don't expect to like and don't persevere if very little seems to appeal). I know at times you have mentioned only listening to very little of music that you rate lowly.

Ultimately it's between three albums on this list: Low, Heroes and Marquis Moon. Went Low for a higher percentage one might say (really because of how much I like it as I often do support the underdog, or diamond dogs).

The same applies to me too. I didn't persevere with any of the two star albums in the poll - when five minutes was about all I could stand - and that's especially true in the case of the Sex Pistols - one of the most overrated bands in the world in my view. Anyway, things can only get better from hereon - to paraphrase D:Ream. Smile
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Quite a bit of New Wave was already around in 77 apparently, but I don't connect that well to the majority of these. Many of these have better albums later, for me that is. Low and Marquee Moon may be better than most on this list but I still don't rate them as highly as apparently most others. I like Heroes quite a bit more than Low, and it would've snatched my vote, were it not for the cool Eno album (the Bowie albums are of course also partly Eno albums, so my favourites are pretty much all Eno). 

I may backtrack and do a pre-1977 New Wave poll, mainly so I can include the first two New Wave albums by Eno as well as the early albums by Sparks and the debut album by Blondie from 1976. Oh, and not forgetting Bowie's Diamond Dogs too, following a handy reminder by Logan. Thumbs Up

On the subject of Sparks, I have a feeling their debut "Halfnelson" from 1971 may have been the very first New Wave album, unless anyone knows differently. Smile
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^^Correct me if I'm wrong, Paul. I don't believe he listens to the entire album, only snippets.

Elvis for me.
Yes, you're quite correct. I've only listened to six albums in the poll in their entirety. Smile 


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

... the Sex Pistols - one of the most overrated bands in the world in my view. 

What are you saying?!! Great music!! Big smile
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