Rate all of their albums (3 Viewers)

[sleepy]

Reminds me of their gig in the Point all those years which was savage

 

[old]

Any rating system that equates Sgt Pepper's with Viva Dead Ponies needs sorting out.

Field Music:
Field Music 6
Tones of Town 9.5
Measure 9
Plumb 8
Plays 6.5

Curtis Mayfield:
Curtis 9.5
Live 8
Roots 9
Superfly 9.5
Back to the World 8.5
Got To Find A Way 8
Sweet Exorcist 7.5
(There's No Place Like) America Today 8

 

[washingcattle]

No Seventeen Seconds?

Also The Top WTF? I'd give that an 8, if not a 9! It's mad brilliance

Oh yeah, shit. That would be an 8 from me alright.

I haven't litened to The Top or Kiss me in years. I could be totally wrong about them but I hated them when I got them. I'll give them another go, though I reckon I was right about Kiss Me.

 

[hermie]

I used to be on the same page as you on that, but over the years I've come to love the poppyness of Figure 8 more and more.

Far better songs on XO in my opinion. Also shocked by how little you value Roman Candle, was my favourite for years. By now I'd probably begrudgingly give Either/Or top marks but I'd still place it above all the others.

 

[Unicron]

Also shocked by how little you value Roman Candle, was my favourite for years.

More songs on it that I don't like than ones that I do.

 

[Unknown Convict]

we were at least 10 years older than every single other person in the room and they weren't serving alcohol. It just felt wrong. Like we'd gate crashed a junior cert disco.

i was there too. pretty sure it still shows up on my background checks.

 

[hugh]

Built To Spill
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Ultimate Alternative Wavers (never heard of this until I looked up their discography on wikipedia so I'm going to assume it's crap) 2

There's Nothing Wrong With Love - 7
Perfect From Now On - 9
Keep It Like A Secret - 10
Ancient Melodies Of The Future - 4
You In Reverse - 5
There Is No Enemy - 6

Ignoring live albums, compilations etc because life's too short

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I wish the fake trailers on There's Nothing Wrong With Love were real.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Leonard Cohen

1967: Songs of Leonard Cohen: 9.5
1969: Songs From a Room: 9
1971: Songs of Love and Hate: 8.5
1974: New Skin For the Old Ceremony: 8
1977: Death of a Ladies Man: 6.5
1979: Recent Songs: 7.5
1984: Various Positions: 7
1988: I'm Your Man: 7.5 - let down by production/ arrangement
1992: The Future: 7 - let down by production/ arrangement
2001: Ten New Songs: 9
2004: Dear Heather: 7.5
2012: Old Ideas: 8

 

[shidheat]

Cocteau twins


Garlands - 7


Head Over Heels - 6


Treasure - 8


Victorialand - 10


Blue Bell Knoll - 8


Heaven Or Las Vegas - 9


Four-Calendar Café - 7


Milk & Kisses - 7

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Leonard Cohen

1967: Songs of Leonard Cohen: 9.5
1969: Songs From a Room: 9
1971: Songs of Love and Hate: 8.5
1974: New Skin For the Old Ceremony: 8
1977: Death of a Ladies Man: 6.5
1979: Recent Songs: 7.5
1984: Various Positions: 7
1988: I'm Your Man: 7.5 - let down by production/ arrangement
1992: The Future: 7 - let down by production/ arrangement
2001: Ten New Songs: 9
2004: Dear Heather: 7.5
2012: Old Ideas: 8

Leonard Cohen
Songs of Leonard Cohen - 8
Songs From a Room - 8
Songs of Love and Hate - 8
New Skin For the Old Ceremony - 7
Death of a Ladies Man - 8
Recent Songs - 9
Various Positions - 7
I'm Your Man - 7
The Future - 7
Ten New Songs - 8
Dear Heather - 7
Old Ideas - not heard yet

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Cocteau Twins
Garlands - 6
Head Over Heels - 7
Treasure - 8
Victorialand - 7
Blue Bell Knoll - 5
Heaven Or Las Vegas - 9
Four-Calendar Café - 8
Milk and Kisses - 9

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Madchester

The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses - 10
The Second Coming - 7

Happy Mondays
Squirrel and G-Man - 8
Bummed - 9
Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches - 8
Yes Please - 7
Uncle Dysfunctional - 5

Inspiral Carpets
Life - 8
The Beast Inside - 8
Revenge Of The Goldfish - 8
Devil Hopping - 8

The Charlatans
Some Friendly - 8
Between 10th and 11th - 9
Up To Our Hips - 8
The Charlatans - 8
Tellin' Stories - 8
Us and Us Only - 7
Wonderland - 7
Up at The Lake - 7
Simpatico - 6
You Cross My Path - 6
Who We Touch - 7

Northside
Chicken Rhythms - 7

Paris Angels
Sundew - 8

James
Stutter - 6
Strip-mine - 6
Gold Mother - 9
Seven - 8
Laid - 7
stopped after that

 

[sleepy]

Any rating system that equates Sgt Pepper's with Viva Dead Ponies needs sorting out.

I know what ya mean. They're grand and all and had a few decent tunes but they're no Fatima Mansions

 

[bogmanfan]

Pixies:
Come On Pilgrim - 9
Surfer Rosa - 8
Doolittle - 8
Bossa Nova - 6
Trompe Le Monde - 10

Replacements:
Sorry Ma - 7
Hootenany - 6
Let It Be - 8
Tim - 10
Pleased to Meet Me - 7
Don't Tell a Soul - 8
All Shook Down - 6

Bran Van 3000:
Glee - 9
Discosis - 8
Rose - 9
The Garden - 10

 

[ilovehoovering]

Planxty
Planxty - 10
The Well Below the Valley - 9
Cold Blow and the Rainy Night - 10
After the Break - 8
The Woman I Loved So Well - 7
Words & Music - 7

Live at the Olympia - 9
Live 2004 - 8

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Replacements:
Sorry Ma - 7
Hootenany - 6
Let It Be - 8
Tim - 10
Pleased to Meet Me - 7
Don't Tell a Soul - 8
All Shook Down - 6

any reason in particular you think Let It Be gets an 8? i think it's a rare examples of a perfect album. Not a wasted second on it. I love Tim but I think Let It Be is their masterpiece.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Plus Don't Tell A Soul being an 8 - that record is a real struggle for me.

 

[rettucs]

Madchester



James
Stutter - 6
Strip-mine - 6
Gold Mother - 9
Seven - 8
Laid - 7
stopped after that

I got 2 more, Millionaires and Pleased To Meet You. I liked Millionaires. Would give it a 7 (dropping marks because its not great - but I had expected it to be awful and its better than that). Pleased to Meet you is awful.

I wouldn't have given them above a 7 for any album. James, to me, have always been a band that would have a fantastic greatest hits but all the albums have too much filler.

In saying that I'm curious about your Gold Mother rating so I'm going to listen again now.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

In saying that I'm curious about your Gold Mother rating so I'm going to listen again now.

The tracklist has been fiddled around. My rating is based on

Side 1

1. "Come Home" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
2. "Government Walls" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
3. "God Only Knows" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
4. "You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On a Face That's Always Smiling)" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
5. "Crescendo" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)

Side 2

1. "How Was It for You?" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
2. "Hang On" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
3. "Walking the Ghost" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
4. "Gold Mother" (Booth/Glennie/Gott)
5. "Top of the World" (Booth/Glennie/Gott/Whelan)