Favorite PnJ Fourth Place Finisher (1971-2005)

BAH - fourth place finishings albums etc. dur

midnight oil and graham parker duking it out for first obv - will anything else garner even one vote? (PREDICTION: YES! A LIVE ALBUM!)(but which one? this poll = INTRIGUE).

holy shit, some of these are among my favorite albums:

Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
Pretenders - Pretenders (1980)
King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Juju Music (1982)
U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
Elastica - Elastica (1995)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow (1996)
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue (1998)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

With much regret, I'll pick Pretenders over Juju Music (which I heard this morning in the shower and sounded great).

I love many of these records but I voted for X because MFitNW is awesome.

over midnight oil?

top ten
fleetwood mac - rumours
sleater-kinney - dig me out
bob dylan - blood on the tracks
pretenders - pretenders
king sunny ade - juju music
pj harvey - dry
talking heads - fear of music
the white stripes - white blood cells
the replacements - let it be
u2 - achtung baby

tom waits

voting for:

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)

next five:

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978)
Pretenders - Pretenders (1980)
X - More Fun in the New World (1983)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

next five after that:

Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Juju Music (1982)
The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow (1996)
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)

Two that might be better than some of those but I didn't listen to them in forever:

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey (1971)
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)

Yikes - Talking Heads v. U2 ("Achtung") v. Dylan V. Stevie for me.

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Actually, Graham Parker's album might be better than the Replacements or Talking Heads albums too, come to think of it. Maybe not, though.

My #2 album by the way would be Give 'Em Enough Rope, which I bet hardly anybody votes for.

Actually, Graham Parker's album might be better than the Replacements or Talking Heads albums too, come to think of it. Maybe not, though.

Definitely not.

Reason #1: "Gypsy Blood"

Reason #2: "Lady Doctor"

Reason #3: "White Honey"

You play music while showering, Alfred?! Me, I just sing unaccompanied (only time I sound halfway bearable even to myself.)

Quite a few A-minus LPs up there and some B-plusses. My alltime favourite Van Morrison, ditto Tom Waits and maybe the Pretenders and Graham Parker too. Rumours for me.

Pretenders, easy.

You play music while showering, Alfred?! Me, I just sing unaccompanied (only time I sound halfway bearable even to myself.)

I've got a portable radio in the shower.

rumours would seem to be the obv. choice for ilm, i'll go with pretenders

talking headzzz

Who's your favorite DJ savior?

clash.

This is totally my favourite of these lists so far.

Anyway these are all great:

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . . DJ Shadow (1996)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2003)

and these are good:

U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)

and I'd love to know the White Stripes and King Sunny Ade.

Replacements, though admittedly a sentimental favorite. Pretenders, Talking Heads, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Clash, Elastica, Sleater-Kinney (Dig Me Out), Eminem and Franz Ferdinand are all favorites too.

oh and Van Morrison! I was just listening to Tupelo Honey last night.

Rumours. Followed by Shadow, the Clash and Dylan (I guess).

Also, gotta say that I'm kinda shocked at Alfred picking Pretenders over the Mac. I wonder how Mirage would have fared, had it been on this list?

Fear of Music, no contest.

without question my favorite Talking Heads album. and despite stiff competition it's the one I'd reach for first.

Also, gotta say that I'm kinda shocked at Alfred picking Pretenders over the Mac.

If I'd heard it recently, it'd probably make the cut (heh, even Tango on the Night). But Pretenders means too much to me personally.

I went with Blood on the Tracks, over The Soft Bulletin and Rumours.

I voted Howlin Wind 'cause "You've Got to Be Kidding" has been invading my mind lately.

Did the Clash make Top Three in '77 as an import? I can see the Pistols and Costello taking it over Rumours, but what else? Running on Empty?

as noted by all, this list is fucking ace. Fear Of Music by a nose from PJ , Bob and Goo for me

Think Rumours will win though.

Did the Clash make Top Three in '77 as an import?

Nope. Imports weren't eligible for Pazz & Jop until...when, 1980 or so? So in '77 it didn't place.

Fulfillingness First Finale for me (see that album's poll thread for explanation). After that, Blood on the Tracks (which on some days might win). Next, but a ways down: Goo, Rumours, More Fun in the New World, probably Give Em Enough Rope (though I haven't heard the whole album).

Stevie, obviously.

Shadow, only slightly above the rest, although having to choose between that and Rumours, Fear of Music, and Original Pirate Material is a bitch.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The most respectable top five of any poll in recent memory? Maybe the dullest too.

Hey your pick made #2...

and my #2 made #4! I hoped the Neville Bros or Midnight Oil would fuck shit up.

But Shadow isn't dull!

I love the entire top five; I was hoping for a "Smooth"-type upset though.

Ah, I see.